Film1989108 min

The Package

Name: The Package
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1989
Duration: 108 min
Cast: Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones, John Heard, Dennis Franz

Taste attributes: actioncrimethrillerdetectivedramamafia/gangstertried & testedunsavouryheavylineargrittyenclosedall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardy

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"He's one man racing against time to stop the most explosive conspiracy in history."

Boxlist takeExpect a weighty, small-scale crime thriller, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.0 /10

TMDB · 139 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.

Synopsis: TMDB