Storyline

Patrick Hale (Sean Connery) is a slick television journalist with impressive ratings. When Hale travels to the Middle East to interview a prominent member of Arab royalty, he gets entangled in an intricate plot that involves the American president (George Grizzard), a terrorist group, nuclear devices and possibly even global war. Before long, the CIA, a high-powered arms dealer and religious zealots are involved, giving this dark comedy plenty of satirical fodder.

Plot Keywords

television reporter, celebrity, president, king, beautiful woman, terrorist, cheeky, engaging, middle east, washington, d.c., new york city, new mexico, france, italy, politics, international conflict, television, media circus, terrorism, violence, discovery, pursuit, 1980s

Short Review

Veering wildly between a quite well-written satire on the contemporary American political scene and a very ham-fisted nuclear blackmail thriller, its sheer eccentricity is quite engaging.

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