Early in this movie there is promise. We hear about the colossal errors made by former U.S.A. CIA chieftain George H.W. Bush installing Manuel Noriega in a puppet government in Panama. Then, he has to take part in extricating Noriega and sets up bombing raids on the exact parts of Panama City that harbor the friends of the US CIA, killing them and wiping out their city. Then, Bush takes part in the actual capture of Noriega after the drug running becomes known to the whole world (before it became known, the drug running was A-OK).
Enter the British. Noriega is gone, and along with the rest of the 'civilized' world, there is concern over what will happen to this most important waterway, the Panama Canal. The Brits have a network of spies in clandestine operations all around the city, one played by Geoffrey Rush...and the only well-played role in this whole fictional fiasco.
Rush's character, Harry Pendel, a simple tailor, has his thumb on the pulse of international politics, and he and, against her will, his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), become pawns in the British game to take over what was never theirs--the Canal.
Ok folks, time to change channels. It all goes downhill from here. Don't bother with this one, unless one of the stars rings a particular bell with you. It is another example of a good book that just goes floppo when it changes media. :-( 1/10 stars.
Enter the British. Noriega is gone, and along with the rest of the 'civilized' world, there is concern over what will happen to this most important waterway, the Panama Canal. The Brits have a network of spies in clandestine operations all around the city, one played by Geoffrey Rush...and the only well-played role in this whole fictional fiasco.
Rush's character, Harry Pendel, a simple tailor, has his thumb on the pulse of international politics, and he and, against her will, his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis), become pawns in the British game to take over what was never theirs--the Canal.
Ok folks, time to change channels. It all goes downhill from here. Don't bother with this one, unless one of the stars rings a particular bell with you. It is another example of a good book that just goes floppo when it changes media. :-( 1/10 stars.