In 1979 the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans were taken hostage. However six managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA was eventually ordered to get them out of the country. With few options exfiltration expert Tony Mendez devised a daring plan to create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts Mendez created the ruse and proceed to Iran as its associate producer. However time was running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House had grave doubts about the operation themselves.
Review
This film spends half its time calling Hollywood a bunch of phonies and liars then makes a phony film that tells a lie. The true story is amazing. This one completely misleads on the actual events and leaves out some of its greatest heroes. I've seen Ben Affleck on multiple talk shows talking about politics. This film had a chance to tell an amazing story of diplomacy cooperation and bravery but failed to tell the story.
I know it's not a documentary and I know that a director needs to add in dialog that no one could know but even Titanic a story about two people who never existed got the facts right. Iɽ put this film in the same category as Inglorious Basterds. Entertaining but insultingly misleading.
