The Fourth Protocol [ Region 2, PAL, Import - Spain ] [Region 2]

The Fourth Protocol [ Region 2, PAL, Import - Spain ] [Region 2]

starring: Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Ned Beatty, Joanna Cassidy, Julian Glover directed by: John Mackenzie See Larger Image Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 0842001833320 Format: PAL Label: Filmax Manufacturer: Filmax Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Filmax Region Code: 2 Running Time: 119 minutes Sales Rank: 114300 Studio: Filmax Theatrical Release Date: August 28, 1987 Related Items: Sneakers (Collector's Edition) The Bourne Ultimatum (Widescreen Edition) The Bank Job Vantage Point (Single-Disc Edition) Michael Clayton (Widescreen Edition) see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ),Portuguese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ),Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ),English ( Subtitles ),Portuguese ( Subtitles ),Spanish ( Subtitles ),WIDESCREEN, SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Making Of, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s),SYNOPSIS: Scripted by Frederick Forsyth from his own novel, The Fourth Protocol is a fact-based spy thriller. The titular protocol is a secret agreement between America, Britain and Russia to cease smuggling nuclear weapons into their respective countries. This figures into the schemes of several rogue spies, who hope to destroy NATO by embarking on just such a smuggling endeavor. Russian agent Valeri Petrofsky (Pierce Brosnan) is ordered to stage a nuclear accident in England, then arrange the evidence to point to the Americans. British intelligence agent John Preston (Michael Caine) begins wondering why such nuclear-weapon components like lithium are showing up in the unlikeliest places. Ignored by his superiors, who figure that Preston is merely an old-line anti-Commie paranoic, Preston gathers the clues that will enable him to find out who's behind the potential breaking of The Fourth Protocol. Amazon.com: Frederick Forsyth wrote the novel and screenplay for this story about a plot to stage an enormous nuclear accident in England, a catastrophe so large that its source can never be identified but will lead to assumptions that America is behind it. Michael Caine plays an aging intelligence agent who picks up clues that the ingredients for such an apocalypse are being smuggled piece-by-piece into the U.K.--but he cannot seem to get his superiors to care. Caine is outstanding in a role that seems tailor-made for him, and Pierce Brosnan is very good as the Russian agent working undercover in England to effect the planned tragedy. The film perfectly captures a spreading suspicion and resentment toward superpower adventurism, even though such sentiments are, in fact, being exploited by the bad guys. Caine, as always, suggests a man walking a narrow line through a gauntlet of moral compromises. --Tom Keogh Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - The Fourth Protocol We received this DVD and were disappointed to find that it was not for this region and the language was spanish. We emailed the supplier, davede, and returned the product to them on October 7th, requiring a US Postal Service Delivery Confirmation Receipt. We are waiting for a refund. Len Tranter Rating: - Don't rent THIS verision While this is a reasonably enjoyable bit of spy vs. spy escapism, the quality of this rental download is pathetic. I rented this film to watch on my laptop during a recent airline trip and frankly, I was a bit shocked. It's quite obviously been transferred from a twenty year old edited for TV analog video tape complete with choppy breaks for commercials and awful audio and video quality. Amazon should really be embarrassed to offer (let alone charge money for) this version. This is certainly not what customers expect when they rent or purchase an Unbox Video. (Thankfully, it's the exception and not the rule) Rating: - Absorbing thriller! A Russian pilot is disposed to reaffirm his noble patriotism setting off a nuclear weapon near an American base in U.K. Michael Caine will be the assigned officer in order to foil this brutal incident that would visibly alter the delicate terror' s equilibrium. In sum a pretty good spy thriller, where Pierce Brosnan reaffirmed his own style as a promissory actor, after his successful brief cameo in 1980 with The long good Friday. It's not mere casualty John Mackenzie had been the same director in both films. Based on the famous novel of Frederick Forsyth (The day of the jackal) Rating: - DVD available in Region 2 of suspenseful thriller In the 1960s Michael Caine appeared in a series of spy movies as Len Deighton's fictional cold war hero Harry Palmer. Then in 1986 Caine appeared again in much the same mold except in this instance, since it was based on a book by Frederick Forsyth, his character had a different name, even though in image and style he was very much a Palmer clone. Forsyth has had a number of his works adapted into movies. In the 1970s we had such classics as THE ODESSA FILE and DAY OF THE JACKAL and even Christopher Walken fresh off his Oscar for THE DEER HUNTER appeared in 1980s DOGS OF WAR based on another bestseller. This mid-1980s entry is perhaps a little grittier in tone and more frightening in scope then the other movies mentioned and is ultimately fascinating as much for the picture it paints of the machinations of the intelligence community as for the intrigue played out on screen. One needs to understand the political context in which this sly political thriller was written to appreciate it. Today we are consumed with tackling terrorism but back in the 1980s the big threat was the Soviet Union and its nuclear arsenal. Indeed there were regular protests outside the American airbase of Greenham Common when people expressed their displeasure at the presence of cruise missiles. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this movie for today's audience is the appearance of a pre-007 Pierce Brosnan as a Russian spy. Having been forced to decline the role of James Bond in 1986 Brosnan instead ... Read More Rating: - Great Movie But no DVD I saw this movie when it first came out. Loved it. Why Why Why no one has put this to DVD i'll never know? I'll have to keep waiting I guess. More The Fourth Protocol [ Region 2, PAL, Import - Spain ] [Region 2] Reviews Browse for similar items by category: Genres African American Cinema Animation Anime & Manga Art House & International