The Shadow Conspiracy Movie Review 1996

Laughable innocent-on-the-run tale of presidential advisor Bobby Bishop (Sheen), who finds himself smack in the middle of an assassination conspiracy against the Prez (Waterston). Accused of murder, Bishop hooks up with ex-gal pal, reporter Amanda Givens (Hamilton) to get to the truth before the police and the bad guys get to them. Hunting the duo is a pro known as "The Agent" (Lang). Lang's lethal Agent comes off as one of the only believable characters here, perhaps because he has absolutely no dialogue to sabotage him. Sutherland fares better than most as Chief of Staff Conrad Jacob. Ludicrous plot twists and unconvincing performances by leads Sheen and Hamilton.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS
Running time 103 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, It's a Conspiracy, Man!, Presidency, Front Page, Hit Men/Women, Politics, Frame-Ups, CIA/NSA, Capitol Capers

Screenplay

Rick Gibbs, Wayne Beach

Cast

Charlie Sheen, Linda Hamilton, Stephen Lang, Donald Sutherland, Sam Waterston, Ben Gazzara, Nicholas Turturro, Charles Cioffi, Theodore Bikel, Stanley Anderson, Dey Young, Gore Vidal, Paul Gleason, Terry O'Quinn

Cinematography

Buzz Feitshans

Director

George P. Cosmatos

Music

Bruce Broughton

Producer

Terry Collis, Andrew G. Vajna, Buzz Feitshans, Hollywood Pictures, Buena Vista