Shane West,
Edward Burns,
Ving Rhames,
Jonathan Pryce,
Tamara Feldman
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A young American engineer comes into possession of a cell phone that bestows unlimited wealth upon him, never realizing the danger posed to him by the device until security agents close in and start shooting to kill. Now, as a frantic chase across the continents gets under way, the stability of the entire world hangs in the balance. Shane West stars in a globe-trotting action thriller featuring Ving Rhames, Jonathan Pryce, and Martin Sheen. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Directed by: Greg Marcks
Release Date: February 27, 2009
Keywords:
shane west,
torres rios,
eagle eye,
ed burns,
Ving Rhames ,
Shane West ,
Ed Burns ,
Eagle Eye ,
Echelon Conspiracy
DVD Release Date: July 21, 2009
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August 11, 2010I actually like this movie more than the similar plotted Eagle Eye. The acting was much better. In general a world setting is more believable than an U.S. only setting like in Eagle Eye and more interesting. The threat was more believable also. I am gay and will say Tamara Feld... read more
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April 16, 2010What starts as an intriguing thriller quickly devolves into just another movie where suddenly everybody is some sort of covert spy and things blow up. That's okay but if you're looking for anything the least bit original look elsewhere.
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March 24, 2010I saw this...enjoyed it (but got alot of echoes of similarity to the movie :" Eagle Eye" with Shia LaBoeuf...) other than that it was an interesting portrayal into the viewing of letting a computer take over the United States. The victims? The American constituents...
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January 12, 2010Hmmm... de ja vu... can you say Eagle Eye??? Very similar to IRobot as well but still interesting.
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July 28, 2009Low budget knock off of Eagle Eye. Eagle Eye was terrible. Ergo.
Gains half a star for tipping me to this awesome forum thread: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1124039/board/nest/134257935
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June 20, 2010The plot of Echelon Conspiracy is strikingly familiar to my own life, except that the text messages offer to increase the size of my penis...and no one important is chasing me. Anyway, It's nice to see that "average guy being pursued by big brother in the 21st century" has remain... read more
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December 4, 2009I really enjoyed this movie, the suspense was good and besides who doesn't like West, Burns or Rhames???!
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March 1, 2009Ok, it is watchable. Barely. It is movie making by the numbers. Ed Burns, well, damn, is he a really MEDIOCRE actor. OMG, he is just a SAG Card.
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May 23, 2012The movie keeps you watching. But it is a poor version of eagle eyes. The ending on how they stopped echelon was awful.
Critic Reviews
November 24, 2011
Joel Brown, Boston Globe
March 2, 2009
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Echelon Conspiracy is a more evocative title than a movie this stupid deserves. Full Review
September 28, 2009
Jamie Gillies, Apollo Guide
In the right hands, this premise might a good movie make -- a fable like Aladdin's lamp updated for the iPhone era. This convoluted and half-baked conspiracy thriller does not. Full Review
July 15, 2009
Jules Brenner, Cinema Signals
When the only elements that could be called professional are the photography and the poster art, you can consider this a movie only the producer's mother could love. Full Review
July 8, 2009
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
The movie isn't so much outright bad as it is simply flat and routine. Full Review
March 13, 2009
Adam Keleman, Slant Magazine
Simply a case of we've-seen-this-before-and-better (at least Sandra Bullock's The Net had camp value), Conspiracy flimsily masquerades as a ticking bomb but is ultimately sans heart-pounding jolts. Full Review
March 7, 2009
Tony Medley, Tolucan Times
Of all the pejorative words that could be used to describe this film, perhaps the most apt is amateurish. Full Review
March 4, 2009
Susan Granger, SSG Syndicate
The biggest mystery is how this high-tech whodunit-gone-awry got a theatrical release and didn't go directly to dvd.
March 2, 2009
Scott Tobias, AV Club
A by-the-numbers international thriller in the Bourne vein. Full Review
March 1, 2009
Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion
Presumably it was the fact that the DVD release schedule for the week was already filled that explains the escape of this picture to theatres--it really belongs on a video store shelf or a late-night ... Full Review
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