This has all the ingredients for a superb espionage thriller, like The Ipcress File. Unfortunately this does get bogged down in the middle. Caine, considering this is the late eighties ( before fore his renaissance in the mid nineties ) is actually pretty good. As is Brosnan, who shows he's as good as a ruthless killer as a romantic lead ( bits of both here ). Add in some great UK actors, Richardson, Rodgers and especially Julian Glover ( who excels as the boss you would hate to work for) putting in good performances. The only slight is the underrused Joanna Cassidy, who has little screen time. Twenty minutes cut out and this could've been an 8/10.
Review of The Fourth Protocol
