Angelina Jolie is Elise, who is being followed and watched by numerous agents and agencies. good guys, bad buys. we don't really know who is who. when she goes to meet her contact Pearce, she meets Frank, a teacher, (J. Depp), and cozies up to him, to throw the pursuers off the trail. we're in lovely Venezia, so this must have been a fun film to make. Elise clearly lives a life of luxury, stays in the best hotels, and wears very expensive jewelry. and does not like questions. lots of long pauses. beautiful scenery of Venice. and a fair amount of action, chases, adventure, and violence. just shooting and strangling. not much blood and guts. about halfway through, Elise finally tells Frank what's going on. Timothy Dalton is in here as the chief inspector. it's pretty good, if you don't look at it too closely. keeps you guessing, right up to the end. Story by Jérôme Salle. He had written and directed the french version of this film. Directed by Florian von Donnersmarck, who had also directed The Lives of Others.
Review of The Tourist
