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Cineman Syndicate
03-15-2004
Movie Review: SPARTAN
Stand to! In his twelfth film as writer-director, David Mamet deploys his
trademark macho dialogue to stage a run-of-the-mill espionage thriller. His
staccato wordplay streamlines the plot but also serves as a distracting
layer of ornamentation that lessens plausibility. Val Kilmer portrays a
lethal military operative assigned to rescue the ...

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