A psychological thriller; Mace Sowell, an ex-intelligence operative and whose past government activities catches up with him, faces his own mortality, in the shape of the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Holding the electronic key to secret information which implicates a Presidential front-runner, Mace struggles for his life while battling the debilitating effects of the disease.
Acting
Stewart's trembling vulnerability — Professor X this ain't.
Direction
Stahl weaponizes confusion; you feel Mace's disorientation.
Director
Eric Steven Stahl
Patrick Stewart
Mace Sowell
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Andi Travers
Héctor Elizondo
Dr. Simon
Joy Kilpatrick
Michelle Sowell-Ross
Craig Shoemaker
Stuart Bittenbinder
Richard Livingston
Admiral Thomas Michelmore
Julia Vera
Teresa
Brenda James
Asthma Girl Interviewee
Hank Garrett
Hitman / Postman
James Lew
Asian (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stewart researched at UCLA's Alzheimer's center and wore weighted gloves to simulate motor decline.
Released months before the Lewinsky scandal — its political paranoia hit different in '98.
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