Midnight Man (TV 1997)

British soldiers force a recently captured IRA terrorist to cooperate with them and then assign him to go undercover with a gang of terrorists and prevent them from killing the U.S. ... See full summary »

Director:

Lawrence Gordon Clark

Writers:

Jack Higgins (novel), Jurgen Wolff

Stars:

Rob Lowe, Kenneth Cranham, Deborah Moore

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rob Lowe	...	Sean Dillon
Kenneth Cranham	...	Brig. Charles Ferguson
Deborah Moore	...	Hannah Bernstein
Hannes Jaenicke	...	John Engel
Daphne Cheung	...	Su Yin
Ben Gaule	...	Mirov
Ellen David	...	Myra
Michael Sarrazin	...	Mr. Tayi
Aaron Shirley	...	Dovotny
John Warnaby	...	Nigel
Laura Marine	...	Tania
Jay Simon	...	Billy
James Duggan	...	Danny Farmer
Samantha Giles	...	Mary Farmer
Ron Berglas	...	Harry Flood

Storyline

British soldiers force a recently captured IRA terrorist to cooperate with them and then assign him to go undercover with a gang of terrorists and prevent them from killing the U.S. President. But the spy isn't in long before he realizes that the first plot is but a ruse for a more sinister scheme that could result in trouble between China and Great Britain.

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Plot Keywords:

ira | terrorist | u.s. president | soldier | undercover | 

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Genres:

Action | Thriller | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for continuous violence, and for sexuality and language

Details

Country:

Canada USA Luxembourg UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 August 1997 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Eye of the Storm

Filming Locations:

Alco, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Carousel, Telescene Film Group Productions, Vision View Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Thunder Point (1998)

User Reviews

This movie becomes very tiring

This movie gets very tiring to watch.

For the first 30 minutes or so, you expect the two hit men to go after each other right away.

It's just talk, talk talk...blah, blah, blah.

I fail to see the intense action I was looking for.

In fact I am writing this review as the film plays in the background and I could care less about it.

Too much politics. Too much boredom.

Too bad, because the box cover reads like it would be a kick ass movie.

Unless you are really inspired by slow moving political movies with over done Russian KGB agents and British spies, you might be a tad bit sleepy within 25 minutes or so.