Advantages: Good entertainment, some good acting Disadvantages: Story not very believable
...When he is approached by the CIA, who tell him that three of his closest friends, with whom he has a reunion every year, are working for the KGB, he is cynical enough not to believe a word of it. But being presented with video evidence of their allegiance and nearly losing his wife and son in a kidnap attempt, he is convinced enough to realise that something is desperately wrong. A CIA agent and senior political figure persuade him to go ahead with ... ...agents. At first, the weekend seems to go well. But eventually, the strain of the situation begins to show and the house party begin to suspect each other of stabbing them in the back. Monitored closely by the CIA agent, the weekend deteriorates into panic, fear and the fight for survival. Will John manage to persuade his friends to come back over? Or maybe things aren't quite as they seem....
I had never heard of this film, made back in 1983, but ...
sunmeilan 29.05.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Osterman Weekend (DVD)
Production Year: 2002 - Thriller - Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey, Andy Wilson - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo, Peter Firth, Jenny Agutter, Lisa Faulkner
Thriller - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Timothy West, Neil Morrissey, Tara Fitzgerald, Annette Crosbie, Pauline Quirke, Rob Brydon, Denise Van Outen, John Thomson, Kevin Whately, David Suchet
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