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2.0 out of 5 stars
Seen it all before, July 12, 2011
You've seen it all before. Something is going on inside the government and people who are investigating it are getting killed.
Charlie Sheen stars as the Assistant to the President (Sam Waterston) who is being hunted by a determined Stephen Lang. Donald Sutherland plays Sheen's mentor and Linda Hamilton plays a reporter caught up in the plot. Theodore Bikel has a small part as the man who exposed the conspiracy.
There are several chase scenes which albeit are exciting, also seem incredible. Can you really chase someone through the luxury hotels in Washington shooting at them and pushing everyone out of the way?
It's a little funny to see Linda Hamilton running from the stern faced Stephen Lang who appears "terminator" like as a killing machine who ploys down everyone who gets in his way. Hamilton later confessed that she thought the film was "mediocre".
This was the last film for George Cosmatos (1941-2005) who made only 11 films between 1973 and 2004, including "The Cassandra Crossing" (1976), "Rambo 2" (1985), "Cobra" (1986) and "Tombstone" (1993).
It isn't so much that this is a bad film, it's just that it has been done many times and much better - "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962), "Seven Days in May" (1964), "Soylent Green" (1973), "The Parallax View" (1974), "The Conversation" (1974), "Three Days of the Condor" (1975), "Blow Out" (1981), "No Way Out" (1987), and "Conspiracy Theory" (1997) to name a few.
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific Political Thriller !!!, September 5, 2007
This is a gem of a movie. Charlie Sheen does
the best that he is capable of.Donald Sutherland
is his usual brilliant self.It's about a shadow
government within the government that is trying
to run things.Sheen plays Billy Bishop,an advisor
to the president( ok,nobody can buy that)and he
accidently stumbles onto a shadow gov.That's when
the bodies start piling up.Despite Sheen,the story
itself is a really good political thriller.
That being said,save yourself some money and
buy this region 2 dvd from Amazon uk for less
than 1 pound!!!! About $3.00 US.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my all-time favorite suspense movies, August 16, 2008
This is a great movie if you like political intrigue, action and suspense, and if you're a fan of Donald Sutherland and Charlie Sheen. This movie is almost more relevant today than it was when it was made. Great cast and attention-getting, creative plot, with its fair share of twists and turns. If you've never seen this movie, you should!
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