Bobby Bishop is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately gets killed by an assassin. Now bad guys are after Bobby as the only man who knows about a plot. Bishop must now not only survive, but to stop the conspirators from achieving their goal. And he doesn't know whom to trust.
Stunts
Sheen does his own ridiculous parkour before it was cool.
Acting
Donald Sutherland chews scenery as the shadowy villain.
Director
George P. Cosmatos
Charlie Sheen
Bobby Bishop
Donald Sutherland
Jacob Conrad
Linda Hamilton
Amanda Givens
Stephen Lang
The Agent
Nicholas Turturro
Grasso
Stanley Anderson
Toyanbee
Theodore Bikel
Prof. Yuri Pochenko
Charles Cioffi
General Blackburn
Paul Gleason
Blythe
Terry O'Quinn
Frank Ridell
Sam Waterston
The President
Ben Gazzara
Vicepresident Saxon
Gore Vidal
Page
Henry Strozier
Murphy
Dey Young
Janet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was George P. Cosmatos's final film; he previously directed Rambo: First Blood Part II and Tombstone.
Shadow Conspiracy arrived at the exact moment 90s paranoia thrillers peaked, then vanished without a trace—fitting for a movie about cover-ups.
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