The Fourth Angel (2001)

A man seeks justice when his wife and daughter are gunned down in a terrorist attack.

Director:

John Irvin

Writers:

Robin Hunter (novel), Allan Scott (screenplay)

Stars:

Jeremy Irons, Forest Whitaker, Jason Priestley

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeremy Irons	...	Jack Elgin
Forest Whitaker	...	Agent Jules Bernard
Jason Priestley	...	Davidson
Briony Glassco	...	Maria
Charlotte Rampling	...	Kate Stockton
Lois Maxwell	...	Olivia
Timothy West	...	Jones
Joel Pitts	...	Andrew Elgin
Anna Maguire	...	Joanne Elgin
Holly Boyd	...	Julia
Kal Weber	...	Kulindos
Ian McNeice	...	Lewison, MI5 Officer
William Armstrong	...	Perry
Garrick Hagon	...	Duguay
Serge Soric	...	Ivanic Loyvek

Storyline

The Economist reporter Jack Elgin, a workaholic, takes his family on a working trip to India, where he is to interview the PM. But their US airplane is hijacked in Limassol (Cyprus) by the unknown August 15 terrorist movement, which ends up in a bloodbath. Jack can save his pre-teen son Andrew, literally in his arms, but his wife and daughter are among the slaughter victims. Western governments seem unwilling to go after the fiends, even hide the identity of a high-profile fatal victim. Although now a single father, Jack uses all his contacts and snooping skill to seek the truth himself. A London-based Serbian free newspaper editor sets him on the trail of four Balkanic killers, but is murdered. Jack decides to exact revenge himself, tipped-off by Sûreté-contact Dugay. Meanwhile US embassy official Davidson and FBI Special Agent Jules Bernard play a key part in the official, MI5-lead investigation, which ends up crossing Jack's path.

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Plot Keywords:

terrorist | fbi | embassy | hijacking | terrorist group | 

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Taglines:

They took everything he had. Revenge is all that's left. (DVD box-art)

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Genres:

Thriller | Drama | Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and some language

Details

Country:

UK Canada

Language:

English French Serbo-Croatian

Release Date:

18 January 2002 (Canada)

Also Known As:

El cuarto ángel

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$11,737 (Hong Kong) (6 December 2002)

Gross:

$11,737 (Hong Kong) (6 December 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Legend Media, Norstar Entertainment, Rafford Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lois Maxwell's final film project.

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Goofs

Several times supposed correspondence of the Serbian terrorists is shown in the Latin Alphabet. Serbian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet whereas Croatian is written in the Latin Alphabet.

User Reviews

Great performances by Jeremy Irons and Forest Whitaker!

This movie, The Fourth Angel is quite good and it has two very good role performed excellently by Jeremy Irons and Forest Whitaker! The story is good the things in it allows Irons to do a lot. In Fact he does quite a bit in the movie. His performance is very believable as it makes the viewer believe something horrible happened to his family. The terrorists are different in the film. The music is pretty good and it fits the film very well! The scenes when Irons and Whitaker are together really makes the film good and Whitaker does a very good job here. I feel he is really an underrated actor. Plus I like to see two unusual actors together in a film and see how they can make it interesting! Jason Priestley was different in this one and he performance showed Me that he can be a big star! Really the part I didn't like is the hunting scene. Other than this is a decent film! If you want to see Jeremy Irons and Forest Whitaker is superb performance then watch The Fourth Angel!