
When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a young female code announcer, code resources and remote station they are assigned to. After an ambush and one phone call later, it becomes a complicated fight for their survival.... (Full plot summary below)
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When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a young female code announcer, code resources and remote station they are assigned to. After an ambush and one phone call later, it becomes a complicated fight for their survival.
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| AV ClubA.A. DowdIn The Numbers Station, a joyless sins-of-the-government thriller, Cusack sinks to new depths of meditative glumness to play a black-ops agent nursing a guilty conscience. |
| New York PostLou LumenickThe agent in this interesting little thriller — well played by John Cusack — is up to the Company’s usual dirty tricks. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfStrictly for fans of the stars and perhaps those with an insatiable curiosity about career low points, the feature is certainly digestible, but rarely memorable. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesBill StametsDirector Kasper Barfoed defaults to intense replays of surveillance audio recordings, frantic strokes on computer keyboards, and standard-issue chases. |
| Movie MetropolisJames Plath'The Numbers Station' is a competent film and it does manage to create some tension. But you're conscious of the fact that it all feels familiar and wondering why there isn't a little more to it. |
| MovieWebJulian RomanThe Numbers Station is a lean, tactile thriller that grabs you from the opening and keeps you aptly entertained. |
| Scene-Stealers.comAbby OlceseUltimately this movie is better forgotten. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekClaustrophobic and repetitive...a numbingly tedious would-be thriller. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanThe Numbers Station is watchable for the things it gets right, yet it is impossible not to think that a lot of pieces to this puzzle are missing. |
| Common Sense MediaJeffrey M. AndersonDanish director Kasper Barfoed, who makes his English-language debut here, makes fine use of the movie's tight constraints, painting it in concrete hallways, electrical panels, and glowing computer screens. |