Argo

Title: Argo
Playtime: 120 min
Genre: Drama History Thriller
Year: 2012

Sorry for taking so long on the update of this particular film. It has been "movie of today for 4 days in a row now. I'll try to find something special for tonight.

Argo tells the true story, (which of course makes it more exciting), of a secret covert operation in the 80's. The inhabitants of Iran are revolting and happens to take out its' anger upon the US government since they're providing sanctuary to Irans former dictator.
But what can a bunch of angry iranians do to USA without leaving their own lands?
Well.. for starters, they storm the US embassy in Iran and violently takes the ones working there as hostages to bargain for their former dictator with. Their whole objective is to get vengeance upon the old dictator by brutally murdering him publically. Basically, it's blood for blood.
Six americans working on the embassy manage to escape through a back-door, and seeks refuge at the canadian embassy. While they're safe for the moment, the Iranians are destined to find out that they're gone, and when they do that, it's only a matter of time before they'll get found.
Meanwhile, in the USA, people within the CIA are trying to figure out a way to get to the hostages and get them out. After denying all sorts of crazy plans, they eventually come up with one that's less crazier than the others. Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) is the man with the plan and he's destined to rescue these hostages in Iran, even if they themselves has doubts about the plan.
So will he successfully rescue all six americans hiding on Iran soil, or will the plan backfire?

Ben Affleck plays the role of Tony Mendez, the man in charge of the rescue-operation. He's a serious and cool character and does well with delivering a feeling of "realness" into the story. By "realness" I mean that it's much plausible that's how the real Tony Mendez acted back in the 80's.

It's a very thrilling and incredible story that one finds hard to believe, even though it's all based on true events.
I find these movies to be a very entertaining way to learn about history you won't read about in school.

I rate this film 7 out of 10.