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The Package [DVD] [1990]
enlarge	Director: Andrew Davis Actors: Gene Hackman, Tommy Lee Jones, Joanna Cassidy, John Heard, Dennis Franz Studio: MGM Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£12.99~~ Buy New: £1.30 as of 23/11/2009 19:10 GMT details You Save: £11.69 (90%) New (16) Used (5) from £1.29 Seller: zoverstocks Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 12242 Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 103 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5050070002829 ASIN: B00004TT7M Theatrical Release Date: August 25, 1989 Release Date: July 24, 2000 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Gene Hackman is a career officer assigned a routine mission well beneath him: deliver a prisoner (Tommy Lee Jones) from Europe to the United States. However, the simple assignment becomes a daring cat-and-mouse game played as the last flames of the Cold War are flickering. This is the first of three films that teamed Jones with director Andrew Davis. In 1989 Jones was a wild card: an actor respected but only popping up in grade B fare. After Davis' IUnder Siege/I and IThe Fugitive/I, Jones was America's favourite gruff character actor, with an Oscar on his mantel. With a weaker script, Davis still creates the same kind of magic here. Hackman is superb as the officer, an action role similar to others that the nearly 60-year-old unexpectedly excelled at (IBat 21/I, INarrow Margin/I) during this period. Tight, tense and with no letup in the third act, IThe Package/I is a good gem for a Saturday night flick. --IDoug Thomas/I

Customer Reviews: Post Cold War Thriller August 25, 2009 Ian L. Prince (Aberdeen Scotland) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Gene Hackman gives a stunning performance in this fast moving post cold war conspiracy thriller. Gene hackman is tasked with bringing Tommy Lee Jones (TLJ)a renegade soldier(the package)back to the US for court martial. All is not what it seems when the packgage goes missing and people start to have accidents. TLJ also excels as the bad guy with a mysterios past. The formula of two super actors certainly works with this movie A well done military suspense thriller, with Gene Hackman August 12, 2007 C. O. DeRiemer (San Antonio, Texas, USA) 3 out of 4 found this review helpful This movie has always seemed to me to be one of the most efficient, best crafted of its type, the military suspense thriller. And one of the most under-rated, too. br / br /Gene Hackman stars as Sergeant Johnny Gallagher, an Army lifer who finds himself up to his ears in a ruthless conspiracy to assassinate the Soviet leader when the man visits Chicago. Gallagher had been stationed in West Berlin. His squad failed to stop the assassination of a U.S. Army general who had been taking part in a top military meeting in the outskirts of Berlin. Semi-disgraced, he is given the job of escorting an Army sergeant under arrest, the package, to Washington. But he's mugged in the D.C. airport and the prisoner escapes. Then he discovers the photo of the prisoner doesn't match the guy he was escorting. As he tries to find out what's going on, people start getting killed. br / br /This movie works, I think, for several reasons. First, we know what's going on before Gallagher does, so there is the pleasure of watching him figure things out. There is a conspiracy, we realize, involving top U.S. and Soviet generals to sabotage the signing of a nuclear disarmament treaty. This will be done by killing the Soviet leader in Chicago on a visit to sign the treaty. The assassin, Tommy Lee Jones, is being provided by the senior American officers taking part in the plot. Gallagher at first stumbles around, but slowly, using his intelligence and with the help of the few friends he can count on, he begins to put things together. We know where this is going, but the fun is in seeing how Gallagher thinks and then acts. Second, Hackman's performance, as usual, is excellent. Hackman was 59 when he made this movie, but he is every bit believable as a shrewd, action-focused Army sergeant. He's nearly matched by Tommy Lee Jones as the cynical, amused hit man who doesn't respect anyone. Dennis Franz as a tough Chicago cop and John Heard as a ruthless Army colonel both give first-rate performances. Third, Andrew Davis keeps the movie moving quickly, with clues discovered, shoot-outs, near misses, chases. The plot is complicated, but Davis plays fair. Watch the movie again and it still makes sense. br / br /It's interesting to compare this movie or The Fugitive, both by Davis, with an other good movie he directed, Holes. The Package and The Fugitive couldn't be more different than Holes, but all three, in my view, are very well handled. The DVD transfer is very good. Gripping Cold War Thriller February 22, 2001 7 out of 7 found this review helpful While being a bit dated now, both in terms of setting and special effects, this film still manages to keep your attention throughout.pWell worth a watch, though it would have been nice to add a few extras.

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