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The Fourth Protocol

1987Movie1 h 59 min

Thriller
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DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.5Metacritic647.3Rotten Tomatoes67%56%

A nerve-racking, gripping action movie about politics and crime.

Good for friends night · party vibe · teens

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Story

If the Fourth Protocol is ever breached, there would be no warning, just a nuclear explosion from a bedsitter... The unthinkable has just begun.

Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent its detonation.

Feels like

  • Cold War Thriller
  • Espionage
  • Nuclear Threat
  • Political Intrigue
  • MI5 vs KGB
  • Tense Cat-and-Mouse
  • Suspenseful
  • Classic Spy Film
  • Geopolitical

Cast

24 of 42

Crew

Directed by
John Mackenzie
Written by
Frederick Forsyth
Produced by
Timothy Burrill
Music by
Lalo Schifrin

Everyone

Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).

Facts

March 20, 1987 · 1 h 59 min · Violence, Strong Language

Released
March 20, 1987
Runtime
1 h 59 min
Content
Violence, Strong Language
Genres
Action, Thriller
Original language
English
Made in
United Kingdom
Budget
$6 million
Box office
$12 million
Available in
14 countries

Tropes

Please Shoot the Messenger, Pillow Pistol, Almost Dead Guy +9

  • Please Shoot the Messenger
  • Pillow Pistol
  • Almost Dead Guy
  • Adaptational Villainy
  • You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
  • Dead Drop
  • My Country, Right or Wrong
  • Improperly Placed Firearms
  • Adaptation Distillation
  • Reassigned to Antarctica
  • Dead Body Roommate
  • Suddenly Shouting

12 of 17 tropes. From TV Tropes.