About forty years after the end of world war II, and hitler's third reich, a secret bank account is found. Michael caine is holcroft, the forgotten son of a german general clausen, one of the few nazis who had turned against hitler. They had put a huge sum of money into a swiss bank account to be used for reparations. There are two others who will help manage the fund, and who knows what they want? The three trustees need to stay alive long enought to find and activate the bank account. Pretty good spy thrilla! It has its flaws, and some of the twists and turns aren't so surprising. But it's a good spy movie. Caine himself explains that he came in at the last minute, so there wasn't much time to prepare. But it's not bad. Apparently, james caan had abandoned this film right at the start of filming, and caine came in to save the day. Caine was huge in the 1980s! Directed by frankenheimer... has won a bunch of emmies.
Review of The Holcroft Covenant
