The Fourth Protocol
Taste attributes: actionthrillerespionagehistoricalfasttried & testedunsavouryheavyintricatelinearbig & variedall consuming questrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeAn expansive thriller that is familiar, layered and fast. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.3 /10
TMDB · 114 votes
Where to watch
Streaming data: JustWatch
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
- Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
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Synopsis
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent it's detonation.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- John Mackenzie
Cast
- Michael Caine
- Pierce Brosnan
- Ned Beatty
- Joanna Cassidy
- Julian Glover
Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- The Rank Organisation
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
