In this film, the ethical values ​​of the ops agent are being tested. This man receives a psychological assessment during that task. One day, this guy gets an uncomplicated task to simply protect a young announcer and a remote station announcer they are assigned to. There will be more exciting events when there is an ambush and a phone call that changes things as there is a complicated battle for their survival.
Danish director Kasper Barfoed, who makes his English-language debut here, makes fine use of the movie's tight constraints, painting it in concrete hallways, electrical panels, and glowing computer screens.
A predictable hodgepodge of uninteresting psychological cat-and-mouse, dimly lighted action filmed by director Kasper Barfoed in standard-operating shaky-cam ...
This dreary spy drama is as flat and airless as the concrete bunker in which it unfolds.
New York Daily News
April 25, 2013
Akerman does work hard to keep up the energy level. Cusack, though, seems bored by the superficial proceedings, which don't even offer the distraction of a real romantic connection or a suspenseful confrontation.
'The Numbers Station' is a competent film and it does manage to create some tension. But you're conscious of the fact that it all feels familiar and wondering why there isn't a little more to it.
John Cusack replays his role as a lethal operative with occupational angst for a routine thriller with a female cryptographer at secret CIA site. Dire workplace issues ensue.
