Tale of Two Halves for "The Recruit"

Nothing is what it seems.

The second half of this 2003 film devolves into a weak spy thriller as the characters of Colin Farrell and Bridget Moynahan play a predictable romantic, sexual cat and mouse game.  But, for me, the real drama and intrigue were in the first half.  One feels for Farrell and his longstanding desire to learn more about who his father was and how he died.  He is bright, he is a go-getter, but he plays right into that cat and mouse game that CIA lifer Al Pacino schemes.  The Recruit begins with good human drama, but slips into spy snoozer.