Argo

Another tale of American hero-ship where the agency saves the day. There is the usual frustrated bureaucrat and the 007 minus the girls and cars in hostile territory and involving multiple governments. The American embassy in Tehran is run over and a select few have managed to escape to the Canadian embassy.
The movie is the story of escape of these men and women engineered by none other than Ben Affleck.

Watch it not for the Oscars but for engaging screenplay and slick editing.

Rating 4/5

Zero Dark Thirty

The hunt for the most wanted man on the planet, the devil incarnate by CIA based out of a country with fickle loyalties. The film starkly exhibits the torture cells and inhumane treatment met out to the Al Q operatives to extract information. It is also the story of Maya, the young CIA operative who relentlessly pushes herself to the limit meanwhile the body count keeps on mounting. Slick editing and realistic screenplay  make it a must watch.

Rating: 4/5