Main Cast: Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Theodore Bikel, Linda Hamilton
Release Year: 1997
Country: US
Run Time: 103 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Presidential advisor Bobby Bishop (Charlie Sheen) is hunted by an unknown assailant in this political thriller. With the help of Chief-of-Staff Jake Conrad (Donald Sutherland) and the newspaper journalist Amanda (Linda Hamilton), he uncovers an assassination plot to kill the President and his most trusted advisors. Bobby battles forces in the government he has sworn to uphold, as his every move is monitored by high-tech surveillance cameras. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
William Hiney - Art Director, Karen Elizabeth-Rae - Casting, Adi Hasak - Co-producer, April Ferry - Costume Designer, David Cass - First Assistant Director, Jim Chory - First Assistant Director, George Pan Cosmatos - Director, Vic Armstrong - Second Unit Director, Robert A. Ferretti - Editor, Buzz Feitshans - Executive Producer, Andrew G. Vajna - Executive Producer, Bruce Broughton - Songwriter, Joe Alves - Production Designer, Buzz Feitshans IV - Cinematographer, Terry Collis - Producer, Anne McCulley - Set Designer, Thomas Minton - Set Designer, Jonathan J. Short - Set Designer, Keith A. Wester - Sound/Sound Designer, Chuck Jeffreys - Stunts, Vic Armstrong - Stunts Coordinator, Jim Behnke - Unit Production Manager, Ric Gibbs - Screenwriter, Adi Hasak - Screenwriter, Leonard Hirschfield - Second Unit Director Of Photography
Set in Washington D.C., this film documents an attempted power grab by White House Chief of Staff Jacob Conrad (Donald Sutherland). Bobby Bishop (Charlie Sheen) is a special aide to the president, and finds out about a plot to assassinate the president from a former professor. Bobby's old professor is quickly murdered, and he is left to try and uncover the conspiracy on his own. He recruits his journalist friend Amanda Givens (Linda Hamilton) to help him uncover the mystery and stop the assassination.
The movie involves several chase scenes and a harrowingly close assassination attempt at the end.
When the US Secret Service would not allow the filmmakers to land their UH-1 Huey on the South Lawn, they used stock footage of the President's helicopter, Marine One, landing instead.
