For this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John watched “Hidden Assassin” — also released under the name “The Shooter” — a 1995 action drama directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Dolph Lundgren and Maruschka Detmers.
In “Hidden Assassin,” Lundgren plays a U.S. Marshall, Michael Dane, tasked with arresting a woman, played by Detmers, suspected of assassinating the Cuban ambassador to the United States. Time is of the essence; the Secretary of State will meet with his Cuban counterpart in Prague — where the movie takes place — in an attempt to ease tensions between the two nations. But Lundgren isn’t so sure that Detmers’ character, Simone Rosset, is the shooter. What unfolds is a conspiracy that threatens Dane’s life and implicates some of his closest allies.
The tagline for “Hidden Assassin” is “Seduction is a deadly weapon!” Which doesn’t have much to do with the actual movie.
You can find “Hidden Assassin” to watch on Amazon Prime or for free on YouTube.
Connor Lynch produced this episode. Artwork by Rachel Eck.
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The films of Chris Marker
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Hackers (feat. Laura Hudson)
Fail Safe (PATREON PREVIEW)
The Rock
Mission: Impossible
The Substitute
Marathon Man (PATREON PREVIEW)
Executive Decision (feat. Nick Wiger)
Crimson Tide (feat. Tony Gilroy)
City Hall
Broken Arrow
J. Edgar (feat. Beverly Gage)
Nixon (feat. Nicole Hemmer)
The Enemy Within
12 Monkeys
The American President (feat. Linda Holmes)
Goldeneye (feat. Isaac Chotiner)
Dead Presidents
Strange Days
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