That time Jason Boue went to a fake CES - CNET

In many ways, being a technology joualist is exactly like being an action hero. If you don't believe me, look at "Jason Boue", where the hard-hitting assassin of the title heads into a place every tech hack feels at home: a technology trade show.

"Jason Boue," which opened Friday in the US, sees Matt Damon's amnesiac assassin once again entangled in spy shenanigans. We won't give you any spoilers of the actual plot, except to say that this time round, the conspiracy involves a CIA boss played by Tommy Lee Jones and a Silicon Valley rich kid played by Riz Ahmed. During the film, Boue follows the two men to Las Vegas where they are scheduled to appear on stage together at a made-up technology conference called "ExpoCon".

I couldn't help laughing at that, because there really is a technology trade show in Las Vegas, and I've been many times. It's called the Consumer Technology Show, better known as CES. Each January, pretty much the entire CNET team joins other tech joualists, manufacturers, random celebrities and general industry types from all over the world who descend on the Las Vegas Convention Center to see the coming year's gadgets.

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CES is huge. One thing the movie gets right at its fake trade show is the crowd: CES attracts 170,000 people, but luckily Boue is super-skilled at walking quickly through throngs of people. I wish I knew his technique, having tried to fight my way from one press conference to another while every every single one of those 170,000 people had apparently decided to stand right in my way.

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Those aren't the only obstacles you face at CES. Boue is a master at adopting different identities, but that doesn't explain how he gets past all the damn queues.