Njengoba ishicilelwe yilo magazini Okunhlobonhlobo, uLeonardo DiCaprio kanye noWarner Bros. basezingxoxweni ezigcwele zokuthi umlingisi "angene" futhi emdlalweni othokozisayo. Kulokhu, iphrojekthi Umzimba wamanga, ukuguqulwa kwenoveli engaziwa kaDavid Ignatius.
DiCaprio, ethatha isilinganiso se-movie eyodwa ngonyaka, izodlala intatheli yangaphambili, i-agent ye-CIA eguquliwe, eya eJordani ukuze ithole inhloko ye-Al Qaeda, ngokusekelwa kwezinsizakalo zezobunhloli zaseJordanian. Le noveli, eyimpumelelo enkulu e-United States, idonse ukunaka okwanele kuyo Ridley Scott ukuqondisa ifilimu futhi inhloso yakhe ukusekela iphrojekthi kumnikelo kaDiCaprio njengomlingiswa oyinhloko kanye nakulelo UWilliam Monaham njengombhali wesikrini, ephinda ngale ndlela i-binomial eyimpumelelo ye Ama-infiltrators.
Phakathi kokunye kuvikela lowo msindo kumlingisi, kugqame Umgwaqo Ovukelayo, lapho ayengaphinde ahlangane khona nesihlabani sakhe ku-Titanic Kate Kinslet, ngaphansi kwenduku yomqondisi ohlonishwayo. USam Mendes.