Lions for Lambs

2007

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / War

22
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 47% · 181 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 47% · 100K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 56267 56.3K

future terrorist journalist propaganda war on terror externally controlled action

Plot summary

Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.

Director

Robert Redford Photo
Robert Redford

Top cast

Tom Cruise Photo
Tom Cruise as Senator Jasper Irving
Meryl Streep Photo
Meryl Streep as Janine Roth
Michael Peña Photo
Michael Peña as Ernest Rodriguez
Andrew Garfield Photo
Andrew Garfield as Todd Hayes
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842.78 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 4
1.69 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 15

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by HotToastyRag 6 / 10

Would make a great stage play

It's easy to imagine the 2007 drama Lions for Lambs performed on the stage, since the story is so dialogue-driven and only three simple sets-or merely four chairs, if a modern take was adopted-would be necessary. Three stories are all related, each including a dialogue between two characters, in a time-sensitive story during the current (depending on when you rent this movie) war in the Middle East. In one, a powerful Republican senator, Tom Cruise, tries to persuade a liberal journalist, Meryl Streep, to write a favorable piece on his efforts for the war. In another, a California university professor, Robert Redford, tries to get an apathetic student, Andrew Garfield, to care about current events. In the third, two soldiers and friends, Michael Pena and Derek Luke, find themselves isolated and fighting for their lives during a mission gone wrong.If you're hooked already, like I was, you're going to want to rent this one. Plus, it's Robert Redford's baby (meaning, he directed it) so you know it's going to be well-made and full of top-notch acting. If this ever does get turned into a stage play, I think it'll be a great success. Many theatergoers will enjoy the witty dialogue and agree with the message. A word of warning, though: if you find yourself agreeing with Tom Cruise as the movie starts, you might not enjoy the rest of it. I wouldn't exactly classify this film as a "message movie," but it definitely has a theme. If you're a Republican, there's a chance you might not like it.
Reviewed by JonyVeana 6 / 10

Redford propaganda

This is just an antiwar movie and that's great because war sucks and it shouldn't exist, the cast is amazing specially Cruise and Redford amazon performances, the music is also very efective, but overall tue best thing about this thing is the message, our kids are going to a useless war, we need to protect our kids ok american, we are literally fighting a war that is not our business, the president is in his house happy secure meanwhile our kids are there far from home fighting and suffering, Tom Cruise is the example of that in this movie, he doesn't care, the soldiers are just tools for them, that's sad and it need to stop ok.
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