Good Fights.(Body of Lies)(Movie review)

There's a startling moment in "Body of Lies," the potent new thriller directed by Ridley Scott--a moment that not only crystallizes what the movie is about but shrewdly demonstrates the ironies of asymmetrical warfare in the age of terror. The hardworking C.I.A. field agent Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio) has got himself involved in a complicated plan to smoke out a Middle Eastern terrorist leader who has been coordinating a series of attacks in Europe. But Ferris, based in Amman, Jordan, makes the mistake of falling in love with an Iranian-born nurse (Golshifteh Farahani). When she's kidnapped by the terrorists, he offers himself in exchange for her freedom. Ferris's ...