The Assignment
| Year: | 1997 |
| Director: | Christian Duguay |
| Cast: | Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley |
A brilliantly tight and neatly scripted thriller about the fictionalised account of how a Naval officer was recruited by a US and an Israeli government spy because of his likeness to the notorious terrorist Carlos the Jackal.
The plot follows a fairly well worn path - of setting up the sting and then executing it, but understated and considered performances as well as a crackling and realistic script lift it way above just the storyline.
The plot follows a fairly well worn path - of setting up the sting and then executing it, but understated and considered performances as well as a crackling and realistic script lift it way above just the storyline.