Since 9/11 attacks the plot of suicide bombers, Al-Kaida and terrorism is widely discussed by people around the world, not only in papers, in politics and news, but also in movies. Some of them are based on true stories and some of them show lives of CIA & FBI agents the way they could be in reality.
I have just finished 2nd season of Homeland and I am very impressed! Seriously, I was not expecting such good plot and acting. Actually, I started watching it only because I saw Golden Globes this year and they received many awards for 2012 and previous year too.
The main character Carrie, played by Claire Danes, is a CIA agent very often working under cover and her main task is to work out terrorist networks. Accompanied by Damian Lewis as Brody the whole plot is set around them and the world of Al-Kaida and possibility of future attacks.
See the thing is, Claire Danes and Damian Lewis have really good chemistry and they are both amazing actors. In my opinion, she shines in every episode and maybe it's because the script was very well written or maybe because Carrie is a bipolar CIA agent who rocks in her job like it was created just for her :) or maybe because Claire is simply a good actress.
What I also appreciated was that each episode lasts around 50 something minutes or even more. It's almost like watching a movie, and each time something surprises you. The puzzles :)
Greatly recommended to everyone who likes crime stories, movies about CIA agents and such topic in overall.
I just can't wait for the premiere of third season in September!!!
There is one more title I wanted to mention here, "In the Name of the Father" with Daniel Day-Lewis.
It's still one of my favorite movies even though it's from 1993 :)
And I love everything about this movie, the actors ( Daniel, Emma Thompson and Pete Postlethwaite), the plot, the music...
It touches upon IRA and committing to a crime because of being tortured both physically and mentally. Not to spoil the movie am not gonna write any more about the story but it will touch your insights especially that it's a biographical movie. Jim Sheridan did a good job here!
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