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Covert Assassin

1994, Movie, NR, 114 mins

Covert Assassin: Review

The globe-trotting COVERT ASSASSIN is an elaborate thriller that chokes on its own plot entanglements. As is often the case with international co-productions, the film seems strangely sluggish, as though someone were slowly translating the meaning of the lines off-camera to the rest of the cast. Forced to resign after his maverick handling of a hijacking crisis, ex-NATO task force commander Colonel Peter Stride (Roy Scheider) finds himself embroiled in terrorist intrigue ... read more leave a comment