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The Package (1989)

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Reviews Counted:17

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Average Rating:6.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: After bungling an important security detail in Europe, Army officer Johnny Gallagher is assigned to escort a soldier to trial. After being jumped by thugs in a washroom, allowing the prisoner to... After bungling an important security detail in Europe, Army officer Johnny Gallagher is assigned to escort a soldier to trial. After being jumped by thugs in a washroom, allowing the prisoner to escape, he begins to suspect that he has stumbled onto something big. He's not sure who's behind it, or why, but one thing's for sure: they're out to get him before he figures it out. [More]

Starring: Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones, John Heard

Starring: Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones, John Heard, Dennis Franz, Reni Santoni

Director: Andrew Davis

Director: Andrew Davis

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5.5/10. Good but way too far fetched thriller. The presence of Gene Hackman and Tommy Lee Jones... More
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