The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Alex Randal (Stephen Moyer), a young reporter on the make, decides, without knowing anything about the situation, to go to Beirut on October 23, 1983, when he hears a radio report about suicide trucks exploding on both an American base and a French base, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of soldiers. Seduced by a gifted and enigmatic photographer, Julia Muller (Anne Parillaud), Randal finds a capitol torn by civil war, where political, financial and strategic interests intertwine.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Ludi BoekenDirector
- Michael A. LernerDirector
- Michael A. LernerWriter
- Justin AdamsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Stephen MoyerAlex Randal
- Anne ParillaudJulia Muller
- Omid DjaliliAbdul Sayyaf
- Georges SiatidisYann Meschen
- ZarroukAli Ibrahim
- Larry LambPaul Baker
- Karl MakinenUnited Press
- Des McAleerJim Prager
- Bobby BuechlerMike Kennerly
- David CohenReuters
- Taoufik BehiMichel Feyrouz
- Gautam RamnathSgt Coleman