Product Details

• Actors: Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, Stephen Lang, Ben Gazzara
• Directors: George P. Cosmatos
• Writers: Adi Hasak, Ric Gibbs
• Producers: Adi Hasak, Andrew G. Vajna, Buzz Feitshans, Jeff Ross, Terry Collis
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Walt Disney Video
• VHS Release Date: August 25, 1998
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304503873
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,679 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Charlie Sheen plays a presidential aide who gets wind of a conspiracy at the highest levels of government and quickly finds himself targeted by the mystery villains. Loaded down by coincidences, improbabilities, and a third-rate script, the film comes across as a poor man's cross between The Firm and The X-Files. Nobody involved gets away clean, especially Sheen, who looks like a man condemned to these awful potboilers. (Remember the days of Wall Street?) But what are Gore Vidal, Theodore Bikel, and Sam Waterston doing in here? Directed by George P. Cosmatos, who has done some lousy work, for sure (Leviathan), but also some good (Tombstone). --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

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2.0 out of 5 stars Seen it all before, July 12, 2011

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Dr. James Gardner (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shadow Conspiracy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Political Thriller !!!, September 5, 2007

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S.L.S "dvddiva" (Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shadow Conspiracy (DVD)

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.
DVDDIVA

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

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elena j (Chicago) - See all my reviews

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

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!