When a Polish police officer (Ed Harris) plots the assassination of a priest (Christopher Lambert) over his sermons for solidarity against the evils of the community regime, he finds many blockades in his way, including the supposedly criminal justice system. It's not that the government isn't against assassinating so called enemies of the state, it's just that they do things in their own way and time. Harris's family life begins to fall apart due to his obsession, while a stint in prison for Lambert only brings up other issues.
A complex drama that won't appeal to everyone, it keeps jumping from one element back to the other, and it's hard to keep a balance as well as the interest for those who aren't really interested in the subject matter. Those who aren't can easily drift away. Joss Ackland, Tim Roth, Timothy Squall, Pete Postlethwaite, Cherie Lunghi and Joanne Walley get lost among the political intrigue that shows a very depressing society, even more so because it was based on fact. A well meaning but not very engaging film, showing perhaps that this would have been better for cable TV rather than cinemas.
A complex drama that won't appeal to everyone, it keeps jumping from one element back to the other, and it's hard to keep a balance as well as the interest for those who aren't really interested in the subject matter. Those who aren't can easily drift away. Joss Ackland, Tim Roth, Timothy Squall, Pete Postlethwaite, Cherie Lunghi and Joanne Walley get lost among the political intrigue that shows a very depressing society, even more so because it was based on fact. A well meaning but not very engaging film, showing perhaps that this would have been better for cable TV rather than cinemas.