Turtles all the way down

A nice effort that manages to partially address the issue of terrorism without resorting to one-sided patriotism. However a handful of Hollywoodisms manage to hold back an otherwise strong plot: The Obligatory Firefight(tm), Main Character Protection(tm) and the Sympathetic Death(tm). Overall it comes off as too contrived to be believable and too heavy-handed and smarmy for the latter to be ignored. Good acting by most of the cast helps, but can’t bump this one from the “good” to “near classic” category. B+.