Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006– )

While in a retrieve operation of a virus in Berlin, the Covert One agent Rachel Russell is double-crossed by two dirty agents; she kills them and escapes, trying to find a hiding place and ... See full summary »

Stars:

Azdin Zaman, David L. Murphy, Stephen Dorff

Cast

Series cast summary:
Azdin Zaman	...	Jalal (2 episodes, 2006)
David L. Murphy	...	Darell (2 episodes, 2006)

Storyline

While in a retrieve operation of a virus in Berlin, the Covert One agent Rachel Russell is double-crossed by two dirty agents; she kills them and escapes, trying to find a hiding place and someone to trust to protect the vials. Meanwhile, the former Covert One agent Dr. Jon Smith is also in Berlin with his beloved fiancée Sophie Amsden participating in a congress. When three persons die with bleeding, the doctors disclose a Hades virus outbreak, an extreme rare Ebola variant. Jon and Sophie return to the USA to research a cure, and Jon discovers a huge combination of bio-terrorism and conspiracy.

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Plot Keywords:

female president | based on novel

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

CBS [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English French German

Release Date:

9 April 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Opération Hadès

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shotz Fiction Film, CBS Broadcasting

Technical Specs

Runtime:

160 min 160 min (2 parts)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Don't expect too much and you won't be disappointed

If you enjoyed the Dustin Hoffman movie Outbreak, the TV series 24 and X-Files and the HBO/BBC series TheCell, and wondered what would happen if you mixed them altogether, then this is the result.

It trundles along at the usual pace of all the above, with Stephen Dorff doing his best Jack Bauer impersonation, in both looks and personality. Naturally the love of his live is offed fairly early on and that sets up the lone-agent working to recover the truth. Very 24'esque.

The X-Files element is all the government conspiracies that are woven into the plot and that makes for more distraction than anything else. The story is a good one on its own merit, no need to keep mixing in nonsense that really only serves to bog down the movie.

But on the whole it is a good watch.