THE ASSASSINATION GAME is a fairly conventional political thriller. Although the film is given some credibility by its extensive location shooting, it is a forgettable addition to the ranks of paranoid spy flicks.
Jack Reilly (Robert Rusler) is a CIA rookie whose unofficial mission is to stop Lithuanian terrorist Vlad (Doug Wert) from assassinating Mikhail Gorbachev. Vlad is an ideologue with a grudge, a revolutionary refugee bent on vengeance for the Soviets' murder of his family. Contacted in Germany by
the Lithuanian resistance, he returns home, and Jack follows with his old buddy Leo (Theodore Bikel), a retired KGB operative with invaluable connections in ...
Released:
1993
Rated:
R
Length:
85 mins