Hidden Assassin
by Ted Kotcheff
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Actor: Assumpta Serna, Dolph Lundgren, Gavan O'Herlihy, John Ashton, Maruschka DetmersDirector: Ted Kotcheff
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-09-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Dimension
Movie Reviews of Hidden Assassin
Movie Review: Has a shakespearean quality...well, if you squint really hard ;-)
Summary: 4 Stars
Hidden Assassin is one of my favourite Dolph movies. In fact, I visited this website after I realised I could not find my worn out copy...(if you have a suggestion as to where I might have misplaced it, please leave a comment). Since I can see the film has not been reviewed in quite some time, I thought I would contribute my three cents.
Anyway, first things fist:
Things I hate about it:
1) the haircuts (Dolph's and the two female leads') - whoever is responsible, should not be allowed to work in movies again...
2) some parts of the dialog, especially those spoken by the bad guys - too cartoonish...
Things I love about it (other then the fact that Dolph is in it, of course):
1) the setting - Prague is charming, no matter how bad the cinematography
2) the story - there is a love triangle, an assassin, a traitor, two countries on a brink of war; almost like a shakspearean tragedy...almost...Still, the story is far better then anything you would typically associate with a Dolph flick...
3) the low key (read: budget) approach to the chases/special effects - in this case, it actualy makes the entire story much more credible...
4) the two female leads - Detmers and Serna are sexy, each in her own, surprisingly different way (at least to this straight female)...
A four star rating is rather high, but I am awarding it based strictly on the value of other movies in the same genre. This film was never an Oscar contender, but sure did what a good movie was supposed to do: for a while, it pleasantly transported me out of the mundane reality and into the exciting world of spies and heroes.
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