The Numbers Station

2013 "The code has never been compromised. Until now."
5.6| 1h30m| R| en| More Info
Released: 26 April 2013 Released
Producted By: Matador Pictures
Country: United States of America
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When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a young female code announcer, code resources and remote station they are assigned to. After an ambush and one phone call later, it becomes a complicated fight for their survival.

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Action, Thriller

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Director

Kasper Barfoed

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Matador Pictures

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Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.
VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
stuart-432 I have no personal experience of the dark worlds of espionage and the so-called "security" services. It has intrigued me that the supposed lives and exploits of those who inhabit those worlds have been used to such an extent in books and in films. I have always suspected that the truth is probably too nasty and too boring to make really good box office. This is a film which probably gets closer to the truth of it all than any I have seen. It might be a little bit more violent and it might over emphasise how alone those sort of people are... but it has a feeling of "reality" which is reliably absent from so many in the genre.But that is not all. This film is so much more than a "bang, bang, woop, woop" espionage thriller. This is thanks to the writing, the setting and the performances from the actors. We start with Cusack, inhabiting a grey world with "no life outside" and Akerman tantalising... and yet neither trying nor likely to succeed in re-connecting him with "life". It's not very long and there are no seismic shifts in their surroundings... even though quite a lot of stuff does go bang. Which means that the character development... and there is quite a bit of that... rests entirely on the two leads. It's subtle so don't be embarrassed if you miss it. They do a brilliant job and it's been a long time since I was inclined to applaud.It seems to me that this film is ultimately about redemption, primarily Cusack's but also Akerman's. If anything it's underplayed... but it's all the more effective because of that. I congratulate all those involved in making a film which allows you to care about the characters and which actually has something to say.
jpdhadfield i liked this film, it was about something id never heard of before,which is always good,and to have a large part of it based in Britain was nice, my reason for giving it 8 and not 10, is SPOILER ALERT: plot holes, such as in Britain if you arrive at a hospital with gun shot wounds carrying a gun and crash into cars, the police are called, and would hang around until you woke up,as its a rare event,and they would have confiscated his gun. SPOILER ALERT. also if there is a giant explosion any where, either the police or military police would attend, pretty quickly, or fire fighters,or just local people.as Britain really isn't big enough to have middle of no where places. but besides that, i liked it,
Reno Rangan The idea for a film seems good, but it did not work out for this film. The screenplay lacks some good scenes. The suspense was weaker and so the action sequences. Though the film had good actors in the lead and visually looked fine, like the locations. Most of the story was set in a single location, except the opening sequence. Almost a minimal cast film. So it had all the qualities to succeed if the plot was developed smartly.The story of a CIA's field agent who has been assigned to one of their remote stations in England after he had failed to obey the order from his fellow senior officer. A code operator Katherine, whom he has to protect find himself in a tight position when their building was breached. Once again, his professional ethics are tested, but how he deals the situation is what covered in the remaining parts.Its most certain that John Cusack days are over in the entertainment industry, just like Nicolas Cage and John Travolta. But it's good to see them at least in small flicks like this. So I did not expect much from it, hence not got disappointed. But I thought it should have been better in a few areas, because I've seen lots of good B movies these days. One time watchable film, but looks like it is a simplified version of 'Wanted'.5/10
lois-lane33 Everybody has seen films about 'black ops' stuff. This film is completely different. In this film you see 'black ops' guys acting like barbarians towards other human beings who did nothing to deserve it. The fact that 'they might compromise something' is hardly a qualifier for shooting down an unarmed teenage girl-which is what the film depicts. The term 'disgraced black ops person' as that applies to John Cusack's character has about as much meaning as a poem from Pol Pot. I have never seen the world of clandestine operations depicted in quite this way before. It of course makes me wonder if it is true. The acting is as usual great from all involved. I think movies are not about the actors anymore-they are about the ideas presented in the movies. This isn't a very glossy film but it is thought provoking-if making people think was the filmmakers objective I think they achieved their objective.