The comparison made by the previous reviewer is reasonably correct if one makes a comparison between 1945 productions and 2005 productions.
In addition, even today, if this story was updated from Germans in New York in 1937-1941 to Muslim extremists in this country from 1984-2004,facts would be surprisingly lacking.
I would expect a serious student of this film to review the whole genre of FBI movies to include PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET, 1953 and THE F.B.I. STORY, 1959.
In addition, a student who wanted to make a serious approach to the story line and how it was presented would listen to the radio broadcasts of the era, THE F.B.I. IN PEACE AND WAR and THIS IS YOUR F.B.I.
The reviewer probably heard people in the audience saying, "Well why didn't they beep the agent via satellite pager, or use your cell phone stupid?"
A better movie to compare with rather than MINISTRY OF FEAR would be 13 RUE MADELEINE.
In addition, even today, if this story was updated from Germans in New York in 1937-1941 to Muslim extremists in this country from 1984-2004,facts would be surprisingly lacking.
I would expect a serious student of this film to review the whole genre of FBI movies to include PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET, 1953 and THE F.B.I. STORY, 1959.
In addition, a student who wanted to make a serious approach to the story line and how it was presented would listen to the radio broadcasts of the era, THE F.B.I. IN PEACE AND WAR and THIS IS YOUR F.B.I.
The reviewer probably heard people in the audience saying, "Well why didn't they beep the agent via satellite pager, or use your cell phone stupid?"
A better movie to compare with rather than MINISTRY OF FEAR would be 13 RUE MADELEINE.