You couldn't ask for a more alarming declaration of noble intent than the authentically scraggly black beard Leonardo DiCaprio sports as Roger Ferris, CIA point man in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Dubai and other spots in the Levant.

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The squad also includes Ulster players Neil Best, Rory Best, Isaac Boss, Ryan Caldwell, Tom Court, Stephen Ferris, Paddy Wallace, Roger Wilson and Bryan Young.

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On the other hand Russell Crowe is relaxed and kicking up his heels as Ed Hoffman, Roger's Langley supervisor and often enough "the eye in the sky, " keeping his thumb on Ferris through more of those scarily efficient satellite tracking systems we keep seeing in movies this year.

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