The storyline sounds like a B-grade movie with a dark comedic angle. An immigrant made less-than-good gets mixed up with Mexican drug cartels in a slow-moving plot to blow up the Saudi ambassador in Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Iranian intelligence service. To a public expecting Bondian dash, or al-Qaeda-like determination, it all seems strange, even half-baked. The Coen brothers should get working on the script.
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