At a bistro in Montmartre, Irish operative Deirdre meets with two Americans, Sam and Larry, and a Frenchman, Vincent. She takes them to a warehouse where the Englishman Spence and the German Gregor are waiting. Conversations between the men show that they are all ex-government agents or ex-military-turned-mercenary. Deirdre briefs them on their mission: to attack a heavily armed convoy and steal a large, metallic briefcase. Their first task before the main mission is to acquire weapons; this turns into a setup. Although the team survives and they get the weapons, Spence is exposed as a fraud by Sam. He is dismissed by Deirdre and the others continue the mission. As the team prepares, Deirdre meets with her handler, Seamus O'Rourke, who tells her that the Russian mafia is bidding for the case and that the team must intervene before they get it. During a stakeout, Sam and Deirdre act on their mutual attraction for one another.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Action, Crime, Thriller |
Country: | United Kingdom, United States |
Produced By: | Paul Kelmenson, Ethel Winant, Frank Mancuso Jr. |
Directed By: | John Frankenheimer |
Written By: | J.D. Zeik, David Mamet |
Cast: | Alan Beckworth, Jonathan Pryce, Vincent Schmitt, Katia Tchenko, Ron Perkins, Stellan Skarsgård, Ron Jeremy, Christophe Maratier, Laurent Spielvogel, Steve Suissa, Lilly-Fleur Pointeaux, Michael Lonsdale, Bernard Bloch, Tolsty, Gérard Touratier, Léopoldine Serre, Gérard Moulévrier, Henry Moati, Dimitri Rafalsky, Natascha McElhone, Lionel Vitrant, Julia Maraval, Lee Delong, Katarina Witt, Jan Tríska, Veronique Blanc Meyere, Sean Bean, Féodor Atkine, Jean Reno, Daniel Breton, Dominic Gugliametti, Dyna Gauzy, Pierre Forest, Robert De Niro, Skipp Sudduth, Amidou, Amanda Spencer, Nader Boussandel |
In Theaters: | Sep 25, 1998 |
Runtime: | 2 hours 2 minutes |
Production: | FGM Entertainment, United Artists |
Budget: | $55,000,000 |
Box Office: | $41,616,262 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |