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The Recruit is a spy thriller movie starring Colin Farrell and Al Pacino. It was created in 2003. It follows the career of a recent MIT graduate recruited into the CIA and his attempts to become an NOC officer.

The "abandoned warehouse" where the final sequence in the film takes place is the same set where Chicago (2002)'s prison scenes were filmed.There are numerous references to Kurt Vonnegut Jr., including the computer virus being named Ice-9 (from "Cat's Cradle"), Clayton reading "Slaughterhouse Five" at the coffee shop, and Clayton referring to his father's eggs as the "Breakfast of Champions".When shown in theatres, the movie was in an aspect ratio of 2.35:1. When it was released on DVD in May of 2003, it was presented in a ratio of 1.78:1, preserving Roger Donaldson's vision.The pictures that are shown during the opening credits, of James and his father, are actual childhood photos of 'Colin Farrell' and his father.The scene where 'Colin Farrell' 's character tells the girl at the bar how he "just got out of jail" was Farrell's idea. He said he used it on a girl in a bar one time and that it worked, so the producers put the scene in the film.