STATE DEPARTMENT: FILE 649 has to be one of the dullest titles in existence for a movie, although watching this low budget production you soon realise that the quality of the film matches said title. The story involves some heroic American types in Mongolia, crossing swords with a ruthless Chinese warlord who threatens them with execution. It sounds like a good premise, but this is simple stuff indeed, full of long-winded exposition and needless dialogue and little in the way of excitement. The climax is the only time it gets interesting, while the rest is a sea of yellowface make up and po-faced seriousness.