The idea for a film seems good, but it did not work out for this film. The screenplay lacks some good scenes. The suspense was weaker and so the action sequences. Though the film had good actors in the lead and visually looked fine, like the locations. Most of the story was set in a single location, except the opening sequence. Almost a minimal cast film. So it had all the qualities to succeed if the plot was developed smartly.The story of a CIA's field agent who has been assigned to one of their remote stations in England after he had failed to obey the order from his fellow senior officer. A code operator Katherine, whom he has to protect find himself in a tight position when their building was breached. Once again, his professional ethics are tested, but how he deals the situation is what covered in the remaining parts.Its most certain that John Cusack days are over in the entertainment industry, just like Nicolas Cage and John Travolta. But it's good to see them at least in small flicks like this. So I did not expect much from it, hence not got disappointed. But I thought it should have been better in a few areas, because I've seen lots of good B movies these days. One time watchable film, but looks like it is a simplified version of 'Wanted'.5/10

For an action thriller then "The Numbers Station" wasn't particularly interesting or impressive. In fact it was so predictable to the point of where it was almost ridiculously predictable. And this was a hard blow to the movie, which dragged it down.And while both John Cusack and Malin Åkerman performed quite well, then they just had very little to work with in regards of script and direction from Kasper Barfoed. Liam Cunningham also did a good job acting in this movie, as he always does.The plot in "The Numbers Station" had an adequately enough foundation, it just never took hold. But director Kasper Barfoed swung wide and missed even wider with this movie.If you enjoy thrillers then there are far, far better thrillers available, and "The Numbers Station" is worth your time only if you are a fan of John Cusack or Malin Åkerman. But even then, don't get your hopes up too high.

THE NUMBERS STATION is a mediocre thriller based rather loosely on fact. Numbers stations do exist, to broadcast coded radio messages to spies in the form of numbers. In the film it is actually how the CIA controls an army of assassins who not only operate in the USA but whose main roles seems to be to kill former CIA staff (presumably none of the assassins ever wonder if they'll be next). The hero - a rumpled John Cusack - is inevitably a burn out - he killed a couple of civilians on his last job of course - assigned to babysit a woman, whose only job is to read the numbers, in a bunker in the UK. Inevitably baddies get inside and proceed to do bad things: can our heroes reverse the false numbers they inserted and survive? The plot is full of holes, the story relies on wonky flash backs and the characters are stock but the Scandi director and short running time mean the film is just about watchable provided you leave your brain at the door.

(Credit, IMDb) A disgraced black ops agent is dispatched to a remote CIA broadcast station to protect a code operator. Soon, they find themselves in a life-or-death struggle to stop a deadly plot before it's too late.What on earth was Cusack thinking? Cusack is one of my favorite actors. It's sad to see him languish in a humorless film like this one. I decided to watch this movie, solely because of Cusack's presence. I just have trouble believing that Cusack could go the STD route. This movie has very little action, and a cornucopia amount of uninteresting dialog. It's way too talky and humorless for its own good. Cusack & Malin Akerman had virtually no chemistry. Cusack phones it in, and looks bored to death. They try to give him this conflicted character, but it felt phony to me. I think he knew this was beneath him. This smells like a paycheck role for him. We all have bills to pay, but it's so disappointing to see him in something like this. Malin Akerman is also boring. Usually I find her lively, and very attractive, but she did nothing for me in this movie. Overall, I don't have a lot left to say. If you wanna cure your insomnia, this movie might do the trick1/10