The Spanish Prisoner

Buy This Item The Spanish Prisoner by Sony Pictures  Available from Amazon  $19.98  on 11-25-2008     Campbell Scott plays a green young technocrat who invents a secret and highly successful high-tech process that, it appears, most of the free world would like to get their hands on. His own company may not be dealing with him fairly, and competitors are lurking around every street corner and kiddie carousel in New York (not to mention Caribbean hideaways) hoping to steal, cajole, or trick him out of the formula. The plot is as full of switchbacks as a mountain highway, and the delights are in watching it unfold around Scott, who is not so much of a naif that he doesn't catch on that not only his formula, but his life, are in dire danger. Steve Martin is consummately assured--and scary as hell--as a wealthy big shot determined to come out on top. David Mamet's script is refreshingly free from his trademark mannerisms; it's his most satisfying film since 1987's <I>House of Games</I>. <I>--Anne Hurley</I> Reader Reviews About a third of the way into "The Spanish Prisoner," I was beating my head on the sofa and my husband considered turning the movie off. But I am tenacious and wanted to hear it out. I'm glad I did because there was a smart twist towards the end and you have to look beyond what is obviously going on to figure it out before it happens.

The Spanish Prisoner Available from Amazon Price: $19.98 Updated on 11-25-2008.

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