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The Package (1989)

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The Package, a thriller involving political assassination and intrigue, is an excellent action feature using a familiar theme and providing good performances by the cast. Boyette (Tommy Lee Jones) is a prisoner entrusted to Gallagher (Gene Hackman) for transportation back to the United States. Boyette escapes and Gallagher must find him. In doing so, Gallagher finds himself getting into far more than he had bargained for as he becomes involved in a political assignation plot that he must stop.

R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure

May 15, 2001

Orion Home Video

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All Critics (18) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (5) | DVD (3)

The best in mindless entertainment.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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Smarter than most contemporary thrillers.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Chicago Sun-Times
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Gripping little thriller with dependable Hackman in charge.

February 10, 2006 Comment
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Decent thriller.

May 12, 2005 Comment
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

Style and drive are everything in movies that have storylines that don't hold up to scrutiny, and The Package is as flat and bland as they come.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | Comment
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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Good conspiracy thriller film that seemed dated even when it came out, with Gene Hackman caught up in a plot on Gorbachev's life.

March 12, 2007
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Dean McKenna

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A compelling and enormously satisfying political thriller, About a career officer sergeant Johnny Gallagher played by Gene Hackman in a marvelous performance who thinks he has been assigned a routine mission to escort a rebellious American soldier played by Tommy Lee Jones in a solid performance from Europe to the

May 23, 2010
Dannyrovira

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