Body of Lies is a 2008 American spy thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. The movie is based on a novel of the same name by David Ignatius. The plot centers around the CIA's hunt for a terrorist leader named Al-Saleem who is responsible for a series of bombings in Europe and the Middle East.
Roger Ferris (played by DiCaprio) is a CIA field operative who is tasked with tracking down and capturing Al-Saleem. Ferris's efforts are hampered by the CIA's head of Middle East operations, Ed Hoffman (played by Crowe), who is more concerned with political expediency and PR than with actually catching Al-Saleem. As Ferris gets closer to Al-Saleem, he realizes that he can't trust anyone, not even Hoffman, and that the only way to catch the terrorist is to work with local operatives on the ground.
The movie is a tense and action-packed thriller that deals with issues of trust, loyalty, and morality in the world of espionage. It was highly praised for DiCaprio and Crowe's performances as well as for its portrayal of the complexity of the War on Terror and the challenges faced by intelligence agents in the field.