What I like about this movie is what a jackass Matt Damon is in the movie. He's even better than his role in Team America, which incidentally, I'm not sure that was him making a cameo in that movie.
It tells the story of Mark and Ginger Whitacre. A couple that is caught in a plot to fix the prices of lysine, a food additive at agri food giant ADM. Mark compiles hundreds of hours of video tape, film etc. to implicate the company but during this time he is stealing money from the company itself and turns out to be a horrible informant. His lying get's him and the FBI into some serious trouble and it isn't til after the movie is over we find out he's okay.
Not a great movie, but like any others in this range, we find out it's even worse when it tries to grow a consience. I thought Damon was great in this role, and his character was truly unbelievable. It all of this actually happened it must have been hilarious. Damon lies and covers up so much, you almost can't believe this story is true! And what's ironic is that in the end, he still comes out as the president of a major company. White crime does seem to pay. Rent it, don't buy it.
-M
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