Bullet to Beijing

Watch: Bullet to Beijing

Unrated

4/5/19971h 41m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The Ipcress File's Harry Palmer is back.... and the Cold War is heating up again! ~

Overview:

When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he's promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia's future, which is threatened because a deadly biochemical weapon called the Red Death has been stolen from him. He'll pay Harry handsomely to retrieve it. An ex-spy friend tips Harry off that it's being sent to Beijing by train, aboard which we begin to learn whose side everyone's really on.

Director:

George Mihalka

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

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Cast

Michael Caine

~ as ~

Harry Palmer

Jason Connery

~ as ~

Nikolai Petrov

Mia Sara

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Natasha Gradetsky

Michael Gambon

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Alexei

Michael Sarrazin

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Craig

Lev Prygunov

~ as ~

Gen. Gradsky

Patrick Allen

~ as ~

Colonel Wilson

Sue Lloyd

~ as ~

Jean

Burt Kwouk

~ as ~

Kim Soo

John Dunn-Hill

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Louis

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
5
Michael Caine reprises his portrayal of the Len Deighton character "Harry Palmer" in this rather cheap and cheerful cold-war thriller. This time he joins forces with the handsome, but lightweight, Jason Connery ("Nick") as they work for the enigmatic "Alex" (an unlikely Russian Michael Gambon) to thwart a deadly plan to release a virus that has been pinched by some North Koreans. A few other familiar faces try their best to pep this along, but it's really just an amalgam of themes that is well past it's sell by date. Caine is there, but he isn't - maybe another swimming pool? The dialogue is really pretty pedestrian (though the "we're all getting a bit too old for this" byline does raise a smile now and again). It's got plenty of stylish location photography and the action scenes - of which there is a distinct paucity - are quite good fun when we get them. Otherwise, it's a mediocre television movie that I found placed the "Palmer' character in a series of fish-out-of-water scenarios that rather undermined the charm and novelty of his earlier outings. Caine can carry a film, his sheer weight of personality does that here - but this is certainly nobody's finest work.