Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. tick . Distributor: After Dark Pictures Run Time: 1:45 U.S. Release Date: 2009-02-27 While it's reasonable to accept a certain degree of the "dumbing down" of complex concepts in the service of an entertaining story, there's little about Echelon Conspiracy that's watchable, let alone enjoyable. Yuri believes that the messages are coming directly from the computer itself, and that the system has somehow become self-aware and autonomous. In The Echelon Conspiracy, America is engaged in careless, self-aggrandizing acts that could lead to war or the occasional violation of privacy. Tap "Sign me up" below to receive our weekly newsletter Marcks' recipe is to combine mistrust of the government with technophobia and a general paranoia about shadow organizations, stir those ingredients in a pot(boiler) with some formulaic chases and shoot-outs, and have all of this brought to life by B-level actors. Meanwhile, Max fails to stop Echelon's replication countdown, until he takes the idea of using the computer self-learning ability (also in 1968 Star Trek episode The Ultimate Computer and in 1983 WarGames). Echelon is just plain dumb, but honest about it, a B-minus idea finally in its appropriate trappings, clicking along without inhibition.Shane West is kind of ideal for his lead role as tech nerd Max Peterson. SPOILER AHEAD: The movie ends with a twist: the party responsible for ending the Evil American Plot is the Russian Secret Police. When the download is complete, Echelon shuts itself down, "learning" that it itself is the threat to both the US and the world due to the potential of misusage by those that control it. To make things worse, the soldier-spies in the final scene engage in a more-sorrow-than-in-anger dialogue for the camera in which they wonder if Americans will ever learn, and if the wise Russians will be able to save democracy again the next time the U.S. pulls something like this. It is then suggested that he buy a certain stock; its price skyrockets by more than 300%. Dangerous security operatives chase the engineer across the globe, while a powerful government official pursues a mysterious . Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. Could a taut, credible thriller be built around this dependency? AKA: , 735,079,604 bytes, Echelon Conspiracy [Edited by VeRdiKT], The Gift. A collaboration between director April Mullen . He then hits the 3 million euro jackpot on a slot machine but runs away when casino security led by John Reed (Edward Burns) attempts to detain him. Echelon Conspiracy 2009 F.U.L.L Movie. The sole exception, Martin Sheen, tries a little too hard to infuse the pulp with importance by shouting during key scenes. But on the eve of the renowned and cutthroat Tchaikovsky Competitionthe Olympics of classical musicthe violin is stolen, a ransom . Helmer Greg Marcks does his level best to keep everything moving faster than the speed of thought, so auds will have little time or inclination to note gaping plot holes and inconsistencies of character. Only Martin Sheen is trying something a little different, playing against type as a hawkish head of the NSA, where he gets to do a little frothing at the mouth. An actress named Tamara Feldman is on hand to provide a little eye candy. Echelon Conspiracy is a 2009 American action thriller film directed by Greg Marcks, from a screenplay by Michael Nitsberg and Kevin Alyn Elders. The first ending is so solidly conventional you can practically see a phantom title crawl as the music swells.But its the ending the filmmakers spring on you after that I need to point out, because it is one of the more absurd final notes I have ever witnessed snuck into a purportedly serious American movie. Even more unfortunately, Max also attracts the attention of a hardboiled FBI agent (Ving Rhames) with ties to a hard-line National Security Administration chief (Martin Sheen). Synopsis (1) Summaries At first, the strange phone messages promised great wealth. Its silly, but I dont have a problem with silly. Grant, who now receives threatening texts, asks Max to help to stop Echelon. There, Max reconnects with the techie Yuri to get his help in discovering who is sending the messages. The program gains consciousness (seriously) and acts first to protect itself, then to take over American security. 3 Sponsored by TruthFinder Coming Soon. Its position within the U.S. intelligence community was at . If Eagle Eye borrowed freely from 2001: A Space Odyssey and North by Northwest, Echelon Conspiracy ups the ante with additional pilfering from WarGames note the climactic scene in which Max delivers a civics lesson to the rogue super-computer and two or three Jerry Bruckheimer action-adventures. If Eagle Eye borrowed freely from 2001: A Space Odyssey and North by Northwest, Echelon Conspiracy ups the ante with additional pilfering from WarGames note the climactic scene in which Max delivers a civics lesson to the rogue super-computer and two or three Jerry Bruckheimer action-adventures. [more review to follow]. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth - then make him the target of a deadly international plot. The bottom line of The Echelon Conspiracy is that democracy is saved by the measured moral judgment of leftover communists. A young American computer engineer (Shane West as Max Petersen) acquires a mobile phone that receives strange text messages. How much do you have to hate humanity to make a picture like that? Granted, the filmmakers show some wit in casting Hollywood leftie Martin Sheen as the cantankerous head of the NSA, with a picture of George W. Bush on his office wall. The concept of computer self-awareness is a rich and varied subject that has provided the backbone of countless science fiction stories. Would of enjoyed this more if the lead role wasn't so miscast. The Echelon Conspiracy is an example of why that happens. Grant has been tracking the misfortunes that inevitably befall other people who receive these phones, in partnership with NSA Director Burke (Martin Sheen), while Reed is more interested in getting the casinos money back for his boss Mueller (Jonathan Pryce). After arrival, the group finds a sealed-up bunker-like structure with a cache of servers and a high-end computer system that Max helped install years earlier and is revealed to belong to another victim of Echelon's messages - the same person whose credit card was used to send Max the phone. His job, while in office, is to create division and try to dismantle America's democracy by sewing distrust in the system, eventually leading to an outright rebellion against the government and the start of a second civil war. This may be his way of overcompensating in a role thin enough to be entirely defined by the photo of George W. Bush hanging prominently in his office. Grateful and greatly impressed, Max follows subsequent text-message tips: He flies to Prague, checks into another luxury hotel and wins big every time he gambles in the hotel casino. All rights reserved. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. Soon, though, government agents pursue the young engineer receiving them around the world. Twisty scenario by scripters Michael Nitsberg and Kevin Elders focuses on Max Peterson (Shane West), a computer security analyst who receives a state-of-the-art cell phone from an unknown benefactor while on assignment in Bangkok. And there's a darn good fight scene halfway through, but that's the only time the filmmakers come even close to their apparent dreams of making a "Bourne"-style international thriller. Burke recently lost a battle to pass a bill in Congress to allow Echelon to be upgraded by being uploaded into personal computers worldwide. A car chase through Moscow ensues. Bobby Tahouri composed the thunderous musical score, and it, too, is very loud. Undoubtedly, but Echelon Conspiracy is not it. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Echelon Conspiracy holds an approval rating of 8% based on 13 reviews. Echelon Conspiracy (United States, 2009) Director: Greg Marcks Cast: Shane West, Edward Burns, Ving Rhames, Sergey Gubanov, Martin Sheen, Tamara Feldman, Jonathan Pryce Screenplay: Kevin Elders, Michael Nitsberg Cinematography: Lorenzo Senatore Music: Bobby Tahouri U.S. We wont be able to verify your ticket today, but its great to know for the future. Together, Ray and his violin take the world by storm. Max and Reed don't agree but flee when more armed men arrive at Yuri's apartment. But nothing in life is free and he soon finds himself on the run from a deadly CIA chase. Here's the ending, explained. Echelon Conspiracy Shane West (Actor), Edward Burns (Actor), Greg Marcks (Director) Clasificado: PG-13 Formato: DVD 210 calificaciones IMDb 5.7/10.0 Precio: US$19.98 Recibe entrega rpida y GRATIS con Amazon Prime y Devoluciones GRATIS Prime Video US$ 22.99 Blu-ray desde US$ 4.92 DVD US$ 19.98 Mltiples formatos US$ 34.53 DVD Julio 21, 2009 1 . Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". It is part of him. Why is this happening to him, and who can he trust? Cinemark Ving Rhames is once again stuck playing the tough-guy-with-a-heart-of-gold part. Ed Burns and Ving Rhames play former FBI partners who start out on opposite sides and end up helping Max. He first wins one-hundred thousand Euros on a slot machine and then bets the entire amount on a hand of blackjack, getting 21. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. This 10-digit number is your confirmation number. It addresses a certain dangling plot thread, and in a way it is highly traditional a callback to the grave post-game moralizing of 50s science fiction. THE VIOLIN CONSPIRACYBy Brendan Slocumb. plus a strong politically correct ending; 10 obscenities . Max, Grant, and Reed all fly home on a military aircraft. An action packed thriller with an all star cast, Echelon Conspiracy will have you on the edge of your seats from start to finish. Published Apr 17, 2021. Unfortunately, his nonstop success arouses the suspicion of the casino security chief (Edward Burns, billed here as Ed Burns). First they encourage him to miss his flight which crashes soon after takeoff. Released February 27th, 2009, 'Echelon Conspiracy' stars Shane West, Edward Burns, Ving Rhames, Martin Sheen The PG-13 movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 45 min, and received a user score of 63 . The basic premise was interesting, and then this film bogged down in a pedestrian mire of contrived, trite, formulaic caricatures and cliches. (Or maybe the Russian Army. In both superfluousness and eccentricity, it sounds as if it was written for the cinemas king of weird soliloquies, Christopher Walken.I dont make it a habit to talk much about endings, but The Echelon Conspiracy is generous enough to provide two of them, after a climax that was more exciting when they did it in Wargames. Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Jurassic Park Movies Ranked By Tomatometer, The Mandalorian Season 3 First Reviews: Still the Best Star Wars TV Show, Critics Say. They practice every day. Echelon Conspiracy is a 2009 American action thriller film directed by Greg Marcks, from a screenplay by Michael Nitsberg and Kevin Alyn Elders. Any similarities between the two pics may be purely coincidental, but Echelon Conspiracy plays an awful lot like a direct-to-vid knockoff of last years Eagle Eye. To be fair, Echelon actually was showcased (under the title The Gift) at the 2008 Cannes market long before Eagle Eye hit megaplexes. Echelon Conspiracy subtitles. "Echelon Conspiracy" combines a righteous message about out-of-control government surveillance with the old computer-gone-haywire plot to make - well, not very much, actually. The actors including Jonathan Pryce as a haughty zillionaire, Sergey Gubanov as a fortuitously tech-savvy cabbie and Tamara Feldman as the requisite beauty with ambiguous motives are, for the most part, thoroughgoing pros who wisely refrain from trying to transcend the pulpy material. Agent Grant calls Burke at the NSA to inform him; nonetheless, Burke wants the Echelon in the global network in the interests of US national security. He feels it. The movie opens with a woman following text message directions to her death in a subway tunnel. Please reference Error Code 2121 when contacting customer service. Any similarities between the two pics may be purely coincidental, but Echelon Conspiracy plays an awful lot like a direct-to-vid knockoff of last years Eagle Eye. To be fair, Echelon actually was showcased (under the title The Gift) at the 2008 Cannes market long before Eagle Eye hit megaplexes. Unfortunately, his nonstop success arouses the suspicion of the casino security chief (Edward Burns, billed here as Ed Burns). Questions like, why the cabbie (Sergey Gubanov) who meets him at the airport just happens to be a card-carrying expert at hacking the exact phone he has. Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth - then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Classical music stars lead surprisingly monotonous lives. 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