<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/701/argo-filmnov12" rel="attachment wp-att-702"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-702" title="Argo-film(nov12)" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Argo-filmnov12.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150" /></a>The film had received excellent reviews. Dave &amp; Lucie had been to see it and found it good so we decided to go to the cinema on a wet Monday evening.

The introduction takes us back to 1979 when the USA embassy in Tehran is overrun by the Iranian "revolutionary guard" and all the staff are imprisoned within the embassy. Six staff evade imprisonment and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. The dilemma for the USA administration is to come up with a way of rescuing the six without putting their lives in greater danger. The "best worst" option is to invent a film and send in a "Canadian" who pretends to be in search of a film location.

The twists and turns within the security agencies is amusing, in fact laughable, but within the amusement there is the serious tension as to whether the CIA agent can get them all out and survive himself. This isn't an all action film but it still has you on the edge of your seat right up to the very end. ((Jane didn't think it needed to be on the big screen). Highly recommended.