That was an excellent one.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

I thought to give The Numbers Station a chance but I was wrong. John Cusack was the only actor who saved this thriller from a complete disaster. The story is boring and the soundtrack very cheap. It is too overrated and believe me you don't' miss anything. I'm not surprised now that this movie didn't earn a cent at the box-office. This must be an example not to buy again such a DVD when critics here tell already these bad experience.Sorry, but my expectations are higher and for these reasons I give 2/10. I hope I have enough lines to transmit review because there is not much more to say about.

Sharp and Dark Low-Budget Thriller with a Plot So Secret and Clandestine it is Forever Elusive and Becomes in Essence a "McGuffin". Suffice to Say it is Run by Spooks and Even Most of Them Don't Have a Clue, by Design.The Heart of the Matter is the Effect that "Serving" One's Country with Blind Obedience and an Abandonment of Moral Concerns has on "Regular Human Beings". This Little Film Does that Quite Well.It is a Dimly Lit World of Computer Screen Glow Through Maze Like Corridors with Heavy Key-Punch Doors and the Natural Light of Day is Absent in More Ways Than One. This is a Suspenseful Character Study and John Cusack and Malin Akerman are Believable in the Tightly Choreographed Story.Although the Ending is a Bit Mysterious, there is Enough Action and Intrigue to Satisfy Fans and the Dark Tone is Welcome in This Big Brother Scenario that Comes at the Right Moment in Time and is Well Worth a Watch.

THE NUMBERS STATION is a mediocre thriller based rather loosely on fact. Numbers stations do exist, to broadcast coded radio messages to spies in the form of numbers. In the film it is actually how the CIA controls an army of assassins who not only operate in the USA but whose main roles seems to be to kill former CIA staff (presumably none of the assassins ever wonder if they'll be next). The hero - a rumpled John Cusack - is inevitably a burn out - he killed a couple of civilians on his last job of course - assigned to babysit a woman, whose only job is to read the numbers, in a bunker in the UK. Inevitably baddies get inside and proceed to do bad things: can our heroes reverse the false numbers they inserted and survive? The plot is full of holes, the story relies on wonky flash backs and the characters are stock but the Scandi director and short running time mean the film is just about watchable provided you leave your brain at the door.

John Cusack stars in "The Numbers Station," costarring Malin Akerman. Directed by Kasper Barfoed, it was filmed in England.Cusack plays Emerson Kent, a black ops agent. One night on assignment, he enters a house, executes somewhat, and the man's daughter appears on the steps. He's not supposed to leave any witnesses, but he runs out of the house. She runs after him, asking why he killed her father, and Kent's partner (Liam Cunningham) sees her and orders Kent to shoot her. He can't.Kent gets a bad psych evaluation and is transferred to an out of the way station where he is to guard the young woman, Katherine, announcing the codes. There are a few other people working there; one night, the station is ambushed and dangerous codes, orders, are put into the system. In order to change them, Katherine has to work backwards to get the original codes back. Then Kent gets a phone call that "the asset is to be eliminated." Faced with having to kill another innocent person, and faced with a continued security breach, Kent has a decision to make.I admit I had no idea what these people were doing at that station, they might as well have been speaking Swahili. However, it was a tense, exciting, and suspenseful film, and a nice character study of Cusack's character. Everyone else, including the Akerman character, isn't well developed.This comes off like a small movie, the kind you don't need to see in a theater. I rented it and enjoyed it.