The Assignment (1997)
- Directed by
- Christian Duguay
- Genre
- political thriller film
- Country
- United States, Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 161 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The CIA recruits a naval officer to impersonate the terrorist Carlos the Jackal. The operation unfolds through the late 1980s as he adopts a new identity and a dangerous mission.
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What happens
The Assignment is a 1997 spy action thriller film directed by Christian Duguay and starring Aidan Quinn (in two roles), with Donald Sutherland and Ben Kingsley. The film, written by Dan Gordon and Sabi H. Shabtai, is set mostly in the late 1980s and deals with a CIA plan to use Quinn's character to masquerade as the Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Random Encounter (1998)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.