Product Details

• Actors: Sean Connery, Cornelia Sharpe, Albert Paulsen, Adolfo Celi, Marco St. John
• Directors: Richard C. Sarafian
• Writers: Richard C. Sarafian, Alan Trustman, David M. Wolf, Morton S. Fine
• Producers: Burtt Harris, Martin Bregman
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: April 26, 1991
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302075629
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #315,904 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sleeper Spy thriller starring Sean Connery!, April 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Arab Conspiracy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Originally this political science fiction thriller was entitled, THE NEXT MAN. Sean Connery plays Saudi Arabia's quite formidable Minister of State who in the service of world peace offers a security alliance with the perpetually threatened state of Israel. Saudi Arabia's vast oil-supplied wealth is the key to establishing a NEW WORLD ORDER. This outrages Palestinian radicals seeking Israel's destruction; the former Soviet Union which seeks to employ whatever divisive means it can to perpetuate Arab antagonisms and its own influence; as well as a shadowy cartel of oligarchs (The Seven Sisters?) who are bent on maintaining a dangerous status quo that fills their coffers with oil and blood money. The film opens with a series of ruthless assassinations and imports of multiple betrayal. Sean Connery is "merely" the next man to oppose forces of fascism apparently operating on a world wide level. The film is tight, often documentary in style (the way Executive Action dealt with the assassination of JFK)and appearance. The global venues of the film are shot in that "off"-color haze that can make a film strike one as cheap but another as realistic. This is not a James Bond spectacle. But Connery's presence and typically solid performance make this a thriller with good forced to fight evil on its own terms. Cornelia Sharpe is, I believe, effective as the assassin hired (again) by The Oligarchy to do Connery in. I have seen reviews that have panned her performance, but I think she is fine. Remember, her role is to deceive and seduce the man we all identify as the invincible 007. But not this time...Maybe NEXT. The Arab Conspiracy/Next Man is a first rate thriller, made (perhaps)on a second rate budget. It is suspenseful view of the political mandarate which may or may not run things and certainly provides for some "safe", entertaining thrills.

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Arab Conspiracy, October 21, 2003

By A Customer

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This review is from: The Arab Conspiracy (DVD)

I saw the movie when it first came out 20+ years ago and found it very interesting/entertaining. This DVD has THE worst quality image and sound I have ever seen in a DVD. Had I not seen this movie before, and thus known better, I would have thought I was looking at something worthy of being ridiculed in Mystery Science Theater 3000. Maybe the name of the distributing studio(Cheezy Flicks) should have been a warning sign. Don't buy this!!! I actually feel rating this at 1 star is too much but I didn't have the option to go lower.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful and unconventional spy thriller, June 16, 2008

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This review is from: Arab Conspiracy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It's that opening scene that grips me: A female spy seduces an ambassador in a top floor room of his hotel, then smothers him with a plastic bag. Other operatives break in and throw his assistant out the window. Sean Connery is the Arab ambassador that wants to negotiate peace between the Arabs and Isrealis, but OPEC oil cartel members oppose the plan because it might drive oil prices down. They hire our spy (Cornelia Sharpe) to assasinate him. A detective uncovers the plan but he is too late to stop it. This film is so relevant to our current situation in the middle east and to explain some of the roots of terrorism. Are Arabs villainized? No,
only terrorism itself. And solutions are offered to those open to many of its underlying themes.