Clint Eastwood,
George Kennedy,
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Jack Cassidy,
Heidi Brühl
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Clint Eastwood both directed and starred in this thriller based on a novel by Trevanian. Dr. Jonathan Hemlock (Eastwood) is a professor of art history who formerly had a deadly secret life; he was a h... read more
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
DVD Release Date: December 15, 1998
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October 13, 2008Clint Eastwood plays James Bond wannabe Jonathan Hemlock in this espionage thriller. Eastwood should never play a spy or a Russian stealing a badly rendered jet. There, I've said it. This film is almost a parody of James Bond films, going so over the top with its characters. The ... read more
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January 1, 2007An interesting movie... a bit underrated - Eastwood goes secret agent an mountain climbing. An interesting story - a bit slow but it all comes together at the end when you find out the truth. This movie is special due to its script - a sharp, witty script with some good liners a... read more
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January 21, 2011One of Eastwood's best early directorial efforts and for it's time it features breathtaking climbing stunts which are still thrilling to watch today. Eastwood plays Hemlock, a hired killer trying to retire but is forced to do one more job and fights for his life on the side of a ... read more
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January 10, 2012An entertaining lesser known Eastwood movie. Clint plays a retired assassin who's blackmailed into doing one last job. The acting of course is excellent from Eastwood, who's playing a slightly different role than we're used to. I also loved the really sharp dialogue (that's shock... read more
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April 14, 2012This was a good movie that was also directed by Clint Eastwood about a man who is retired assassin from a service agency. But is thrust back into it by his wonderful boss named Dragon, when a real good friend of his is killed trying to deliver a virus vaccine. He is told that one... read more
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July 17, 2011"Fasten Your Seat belt, Sir" "I have no intention of trying to escape" Yeah so that line is really the only good part of this film the rest of this film is boring and has been done before I will say they tried but not enough the Characters were boring and not exciting the story w... read more
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June 8, 2011Just an excellent intelligence community thriller with fantastic location photography and real climbing sequences. What a clever story.
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February 27, 2011clint eastwood is the fourth director film and the also starring. based on the novel by rod whitaker. what can i say clint eastwood good acting and a snow rock climbing. super good another clint eastwood movie.
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June 3, 2009Based on the raunchy pulp novel by Rodney William Whitaker, written under the pseudonym Trevanian. Clint Eastwood's most interesting film. A top notch intelligence community action thriller.
Critic Reviews
July 30, 2009
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
April 9, 2007
Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
What makes the movie less offensive than you might assume -- its total detachment from its characters -- also makes it a tough sit. Full Review
October 28, 2005
Daniel Eagan, Film Journal International
Flaccid story redeemed by superb mountaineering footage
April 3, 2005
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
One of Clint's lesser-known adventures, and one that's certainly worth of a revisit.
October 27, 2005
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
No review available.
September 11, 2005
Robert Roten, Laramie Movie Scope
No review available.
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