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Movie Review: Hostage Drama 'Argo' Crackles with Energy and Purpose

Six American hostages were rescued from Iran in 1980. Now the real life drama is a movie, and a good one at that!

Nov. 4, 1979: A large group of Iranians storms the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But six Americans did escape. "Argo" tells the story of how those six made it out.

The six find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. That's when CIA operative Tony Mendez comes in. He's played by Ben Affleck, who also directs the film.

Mendez cooks up a plan to fly in alone and fly out with the six, all of them posing as a film crew scouting locations for a faux "Star Wars" knockoff titled "Argo."

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It's a crazy scheme, but it works ... and is at times very funny. There are some great supporting roles for Bryan Cranston, the CIA boss, Alan Arkin, the fake movie producer, and John Goodman, the special effects guy. All this and a great story leaves you with an engaging film crackling with energy and purpose.

"Argo" is timely, topical and thoroughly entertaining. This is no documentary, it's a major studio motion picture, and a heck of a good one at that. So the flick-o-meter gives "Argo" a five out of five. Great film, great acting, great directing. This film is Oscar-worthy.

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Film critic Brett Martin gives his take on a new release. See all Brett's reviews at www.flickedup.com. Follow Brett Martin in Facebook at TheBrettSide.

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