A retired CIA operative is paired with a young FBI agent to unravel the mystery of a senator's murder, with all signs pointing to a Soviet assassin.
Richard Gere is a retired spy who is tasked with working with a young hotshot analyst when a Senator is killed and a foe long thought dead is blamed. He refuses to believe he's alive as it's been 20years since his last activity, but when he's dared to prove it, he agrees to take the case. His target is Cassius. A highly trained very deadly Russian assassin who Topher's character is obsessed with, and has made it his life's work to capture and kill if necessary. Cassius Is aware of this but doesn't believe that he is a threat. If and when he does, he'll attempt to kill him.
There's a twist that's revealed pretty early in the film and Cassius continues to tie up his loose ends as the agents and topher grace specifically, closes in on him. As the hunt continues, they find that several high ranking soviet assassins have come into the states. They may have ties to Cassius so they set out to bring them down. Right as everything is revealed, and a climax is achieved, a double twist occurs, followed immediately by yet another. That's right folks, a triple twist!
The film is clunky, but by the end it begins to make sense. Richard gere and topher grace deliver admirable performances, and Martin Sheen brings levity for the 5 minutes he's in the film. I was waiting for the world record fourth twist, but surprisingly that never came.
Out of Ten? 6
Violence? Yes
Explosions? No
Nudity? No
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