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The Fourth Protocol
1987
From the acclaimed British director of THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY and THE HONORARY CONSUL in which Caine also starred. In THE FOURTH PROTOCOL an undercover plot to destroy NATO, the KGB plans to annihilate a peaceful English residential area and a U.S. Air Force base. Michael Caine plays John Preston, the only member of British .. Read more
| Starring | Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Joanna Cassidy, Ned Beatty |
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| Director | John Mackenzie |
| Genres | Thriller |
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The Fourth Protocol
From the acclaimed British director of THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY and THE HONORARY CONSUL in which Caine also starred. In THE FOURTH PROTOCOL an undercover plot to destroy NATO, the KGB plans to annihilate a peaceful English residential area and a U.S. Air Force base. Michael Caine plays John Preston, the only member of British intelligence who can stop the countdown to terror in this excellent cold war thriller.
| Starring | Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Joanna Cassidy, Ned Beatty, Julian Glover, Michael Gough, Ray McAnally, Ian Richardson |
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| Director | John Mackenzie |
| Studio | ITV DVD |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 53 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 20 Oct 2003 Production year: 1987 |
| Format | DVD |
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Before getting his big break as 007, Pierce Brosnan tried his hand at life on the other side of the wall, playing a dastardly Russian agent out to blow up an American airbase in England in this spy thriller. Michael Caine is his less-than-super British counterpart and a familiar cavalcade of British actors (plus the odd visiting American) is on hand to help or hinder him. It's based on a Frederick Forsyth bestseller, but what made for diverting reading while on the way to the sun now appears tired and not particularly relevant.
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This adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's espionage thriller is neither fish nor fowl. Brosnan, who plays the ice-cool and... read more on Time Out
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
A very good, taut, credible thriller, with Caine and Brosnan both on fine form. If there is a flaw, it's the absence of a big confrontation scene between the two. The whole movie seems to be leading us to that, and then it's resolved in a couple of seconds. But don't let that put you off watching. Caine is masterly as ever, and Brosnan in this early role pulls off the difficult feat of giving depth and sympathy to a cold-blooded killer -- so that we're rooting for the villain as much as for the hero. Makes for a most interesting movie.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Frightening that it could happen
Very good film, frightening to think that it could happen, this film is very acurate, Michael Cain is excelent as the spy catcher and the action is just right, one of the best films I have seen for a long time.
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The Fourth Protocol
From the acclaimed British director of THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY and THE HONORARY CONSUL in which Caine also starred. In THE FOURTH PROTOCOL an undercover plot to destroy NATO, the KGB plans to annihilate a peaceful English residential area and a U.S. Air Force base. Michael Caine plays John Preston, ...
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