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...because U.S. officials have been concerned for months about his ties to a man named Raed Hijazi. Hijazi had listed Al-Marabh as his emergency contact at work; both men used to drive for Boston cab companies. Hijazi is now jailed in Jordan for his alleged role in a plot to blow up a hotel filled with Americans and Israelis on New Year's Day 2000. Jordanian officials say that the plot was backed by the bin Laden organization and that Hijazi admits he was trained in bin Laden camps in Afghanistan. U.S. Customs Service agents assisting Jordanian prosecutors found...
Which is not to say that the film, directed by veteran Gary Fleder and adapted from the book by Andrew Klavan, isn’t frequently a lot of fun. Though it is riddled with laughable plot contrivances and unnecessary characters who impede the flow of the story, this movie isn’t concerned with making sense, and its pace and vigor almost divert your attention from such mean-spirited questions...
That patient is Elisabeth Burrows (Brittany Murphy), a violent schizophrenic whose knowledge of a mysterious six-digit combination makes her the center of Koster’s next plot. Early scenes between Conrad and his new patient are surprisingly tense. Having been shown photographs of Burrows’ most recently brutalized victim, Conrad approaches the sedated patient with an unsteady resolve reminiscent of a timid Clarice Starling first approaching Hannibal Lecter...
...story unfolds quickly from there. The talented Jennifer Esposito does what she can in a role that was created purely in service of the plot, while Douglas’ character remains stoic and resolute, if you can believe it, despite the tremendous pressure he’s under. Oliver Platt surfaces briefly as a deceitful shrink whose better lines were most likely left on the cutting room floor...
...every superfluous character and lapse in logic—and there are many—Don’t Say a Word provides a genuine scare and unexpected plot twist. Purists may be annoyed by the myriad loose ends that abound even as the credits begin to roll, but those with a sense of humor will enjoy the unintentional comedy of the inconsistencies in the plot...