Oh no, wait, that's 'The Reluctant Dragon', something that you definitely shouldn't confuse this film with, because where 'The Reluctant Dragon' was less than 80 minutes, this thing find itself 'drago-I mean, dragging (Sorry, that was a close one) to about 130 minutes. Yeah, I can't help but notice that 'political' thrillers use the actual term 'thriller' loosely, even though I can't see too much political depth to an ostensibly lively tour of Walt Disney Studios. Man, that's a dull title, and you know what, the film itself isn't exactly the thriller they say it is. Look, I could listen to Riz Ahmed and Liev Schreiber shoot the breeze all day, but we really don't need to hear Changez talk so much about him having hot, sweaty sex with his artist girlfriend Erica(Kate Hudson).ok, maybe just a little.

So much so, that the movie lacks any sense of urgency which is a definite problem concerning its framing device. 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' take great aims to show the world is not that simple, while being very critical of both rampant capitalism and fundamentalism and keenly exploring notions of identity in the post 9/11 world. Changez agrees to talk to Bobby but insists at starting at the beginning, like his being recruited out of Princeton University at Underwood Samson, a top investment firm, by Jim Cross(Kiefer Sutherland, perhaps doing penance for playing America's favorite crypto-fascist) in 2000. Bobby Lincoln(Liev Schreiber), a journalist, has a lead in Changez(Riz Ahmed), a professor with supposed ties to local militants. In 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist,' Anse Rainier(Gary Richardson), an American university professor, has been kidnapped in Lahore, Pakistan.

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