Spartan

You’d think that intense topics like sex slavery and wicked political ambitions involving Middle Eastern kidnappers, a rogue agent and the Secret Service would be infinitely engaging. Well, think again. Val Kilmer plays a stone-faced military officer with less emotion and appeal than a telephone pole who is assigned to a search-and-rescue mission when the President’s daughter vanishes from her Harvard campus. After Kilmer has said the word "Baby" 20 times too many, he discovers an international trafficking ring of young blondes and a ruthless conspiracy among high-ranking officials who are determined to win the upcoming re-election. Instead of a captivating mystery with high-stakes action, writer/director David Mamet presents a convoluted mess of unanswered questions that tests your will to fight off bouts of boredom and complete disinterest.