The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the crime. Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but is pushed to take on the case by his former supervisor, Tom Highland. Geary, who wrote his Master's thesis on Shepherdson's pursuit of the Soviet killer, is certain that Cassius has resurfaced.
Acting
Gere's exhausted charisma vs Grace's desperate earnestness.
Writing
Third act reveal that recontextualizes every glance, every line.
Director
Michael Brandt
Richard Gere
Paul Shepherdson
Topher Grace
Ben Geary
Martin Sheen
Tom Highland
Tamer Hassan
Bozlovski
Stephen Moyer
Brutus
Christopher Rodriguez Marquette
Oliver
Odette Annable
Natalie Geary
Stana Katic
Amber
Yuriy Sardarov
Leo
Jeffrey Pierce
Agent Weaver
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Agent Burton
Sonja Crosby
Employee
Ed Kelly
Senator Dennis Darden
Dan Lemieux
Russian Military Officer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gere and Sheen previously played father and son in The American President; here they're bitter institutional allies with rotting secrets.
The film's disastrous theatrical release (under $3M worldwide) came from studio confusion—marketed as Bourne-style action when it's actually a slow-burn Manchurian Candidate descendant.
US
