Verschwörung im Schatten (1997)

Verschwörung im Schatten: Directed by George P. Cosmatos. With Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, Stephen Lang. Bishop, trusted advisor to the president, has shots fired at him when Pachenko comes to him about a traitor in highest level of government. He gets away from the cold blooded assassin twice. Will he find the traitor before getting killed?

“Bobby Bishopu0026#39;s role in the White House was never made clear, but when they needed him, they sent a helicopter, and he arrived in a conference room full of suits still wearing his sweaty Princeton sweatshirt. Once he cleaned up and put on his own suit, Bishop went before the press to clear up a public relations problem–after reminding a certain congressman what could happen if said congressman didnu0026#39;t help.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA secret meeting with Prof. Pochenko promised to reveal something not quite kosher in the White House. But a man with a gun wanted the information to stay secret. So Bishop spent the rest of the movie on the run and trying to uncover secrets with the help of Washington Herald reporter Amanda Givens. Meanwhile, someone was capable of monitoring pretty much every phone call that took place in the movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI like Charlie Sheen better as a womanizing jerk, but he was just fine here. Both Sheen characters know how to scheme and lie and otherwise be quite charming to get what they want. Donald Sutherland did a credible job as the White House Chief of Staff who didnu0026#39;t have faith in the Presidentu0026#39;s ability. And Sam Waterston didnu0026#39;t exactly inspire confidence as the President. Linda Hamilton was good as Amanda. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis wasnu0026#39;t a great action thriller, but it was good nevertheless. Too violent for my taste (and there was a stern warning on the TV station I watched, even after the movie was cleaned up for TV), but I enjoyed the chases and the occasional comedy.”