Spartan
A very good file from David Mamet that doesn't hit you over the head with its Mametness. Val Kilmer is a secret service/special ops guy responsible for rescuing the President's daughter, who's apparently been kidnapped. Elaborate schemes, plot twists, and snappy dialog abound. I really liked how you were just dropped into the story -- it took a while to figure out who the players were and what was going on. Even though I know it's a Mamet trademark, I thought the characters were a little too robotically single-dimensional. And although the plot as a whole took plenty of unanticipated turns, each atomic scene was too predictable. On the whole, though, a worthwhile movie.