Product Details

• Actors: Treat Williams, F. Murray Abraham, Danny Aiello, Rita Rusic, Robert Balchus
• Directors: Pasquale Squitieri
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home E
• VHS Release Date: February 28, 1990
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6301599624
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #359,265 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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The world superpowers become caught up in a diplomatic triangle with the Vatican when the murder of a seemingly innocent American tourist reveals an age-old secret pact between the Kremlin and the church. A low-level diplomat suddenly finds himself in a race against time with assassination, corruption and seduction his only weapons in his efforts to stop the third solution.

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1.0 out of 5 stars CURSE OF THE OSCAR WINNER, September 27, 2004

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Michael Butts (Berkeley Springs, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Third Solution [VHS] (VHS Tape)

F. Murray Abraham stole an Oscar away from Tom Hulce for AMADEUS and hasn't done anything worthwhile since. Prime example is the horrifyingly bad dud, THE THIRD SOLUTION. Incredibly slow and amazingly confusing, the script is so disjointed that even when you've finished the movie, you're not sure what the whole thing was about. Suffice to say involves some kind of secret organization trying to stifle the Pope's visit to Moscow. But that's just the only thing I could figure out. Who are the heroes and who are the villains is up in the air. Treat Williams, who can be very good (Prince of the City) is awful in this role; Danny Aiello (Goodfellas) is likewise terrible; in fact, the whole cast bites the big one.
Don't waste your time on this early Thanksgiving turkey!!!