William Hurt, as the janitor, knows what's going on, and he loves reporter Sigourney Weaver, the daughter of immigrants who are involved in getting out Jews from the Soviet Union.
The problem with this film is that the plight of Soviet Jews is stated but once in a sentence or so. It's because of these people that we had such a story to begin with and we could have seen the victims in relation to the murder. In other words, we needed a script conference here to do some real rewriting, or shall we say editing.
Christopher Plummer plays his villain part with relish, but he too is given little to work with. Irene Worth is wasted as Sigourney's mother, up to her neck in intrigue insofar as rescuing the Jewish people. James Woods, as young as ever here, is also wasted as the janitor-friend suspected in the killings.
The problem with this film is that the plight of Soviet Jews is stated but once in a sentence or so. It's because of these people that we had such a story to begin with and we could have seen the victims in relation to the murder. In other words, we needed a script conference here to do some real rewriting, or shall we say editing.
Christopher Plummer plays his villain part with relish, but he too is given little to work with. Irene Worth is wasted as Sigourney's mother, up to her neck in intrigue insofar as rescuing the Jewish people. James Woods, as young as ever here, is also wasted as the janitor-friend suspected in the killings.