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starring: Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, Stephen Lang, Ben Gazzaradirected by: George P. Cosmatos
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780788804397
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 6304503873
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: August 25, 1998
Running Time: 104 minutes
Sales Rank: 6493
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 31, 1997
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Editorial Review:
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
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - One of my all-time favorite suspense movies
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!
Rating: - Fair action adventure flick
This wasn't the best action/adventure flick, not by a long shot. It did have a pretty good story line and some good action and fighting. It lost me toward the end with the toy-helicopter flying around shooting real rounds and killing by-standers but always missing the real targets. This film would have got 4-stars from me but for that cheesy ending.
Rating:  - Terrific Political Thriller !!!
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Charlie Sheen/ Sutherland are great in this flic!
Charlie Sheen
stars as an advisor to the president.
He stumbles across what may be a shadow inside the government . He became hunted to be killed since they know that their conspiracy was uncoverd by him. Both Sheen and Sutherland deliver excellent performances.
Donald Sutherland as Jacob Conrad, Chief of Staff
is as expected superb.
While on the run after being shot at and seeing a good
friend shot down on the street Charlie Sheen turns to a good
friend ... Read More
Rating:  - A lot of loose ends!
The film starts off good. Researchers are knocked off one by one by an assassin. Who is this man? Who does he work for? The film then takes bad turn by not explaining more in detail what's going on. The premise is there. There are moments of suspense. But, the execution just doesn't work. Blame the story and screenplay for that! By the end of this film, I wondered "why"? We don't get that answer and this film leaves a lot of loose ends. Marginal thumbs down.
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