Product Details

• Actors: Anthony Brophy, Cary Elwes, Timothy Dalton, Maria Lennon, John Kavanagh
• Directors: Jim McBride
• Writers: Nicholas Meyer, Gerald Seymour
• Producers: Leon Falk, Morgan O'Sullivan, Nicholas Meyer, Paul Lowin, Steven-Charles Jaffe
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English, German
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: July 27, 1999
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0792145917
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,662 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gripping exploration of human nature, August 20, 2004

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history buff "bismarckdg" (Oakton, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Informant [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a must-see movie for anyone interested in Ireland, human nature under stress, the IRA, police work, urban guerilla warfare, superb acting, great direction, or simply a wonderfully compelling story. How and why someone would turn informer, how others would relate to him and vice versa -- the way this movie presents these and other issues is superbly well done and the acting is absolutely convincing. Having read the other reviews, I was prepared to find the Dalton character (lead RUC inspector) much more brutal and simplistic than he was. Mind, he's no peach, but Dalton carries conviction, as do all the other actors, including the poor hapless Brit soldier caught up in the middle. Can't recommend this highly enough.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Informant, September 17, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Informant [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is slightly better than 'Framed' and in my opinion one of Tim's better choices! Very well written and directed and for that matter acted by all those on screen! Tim Dalton gives an excellent performance, his best since Licence to Kill in my mind! I won't give the plot away but I will say you would be foolish not to buy this! A gritty if somewhat harrowing tale of life in Northern Ireland.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A film about the Irish and it is Great!, February 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Informant [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw this film because I am a huge fan of Cary Elwes and because I am Irish. It is about a man(I don't remember the character's name) played by Cary Elwes who is English and how he sympathizes with the Irish and the IRA. It is powerful and a great film. I am glad to see Cary Elwes getting back to more dramatic roles. Even if you aren't interested in the IRA or Cary Elwes this is still a must see film.