A ruthless CIA agent (Donald Sutherland) and hard-as-nails Israeli counter-terrorist (Ben Kingsley), allied only in their common obsession with catching an international terrorist (Aidan Quinn), train and deploy a lookalike American Navy man (also Quinn) to trick the vicious mercenary's employers to believe that their man is also working for the CIA. This violent psychological thriller moves at break-neck speed – and the keen characterizations by these three compelling actors, especially Quinn who is so different in each role you think he’s two different actors, make THE ASSIGNMENT assigned viewing. Based on a true story.
THE ASSIGNMENT (1997)
A ruthless CIA agent (Donald Sutherland) and hard-as-nails Israeli counter-terrorist (Ben Kingsley), allied only in their common obsession with catching an international terrorist (Aidan Quinn), train and deploy a lookalike American Navy man (also Quinn) to trick the vicious mercenary's employers to believe that their man is also working for the CIA. This violent psychological thriller moves at break-neck speed – and the keen characterizations by these three compelling actors, especially Quinn who is so different in each role you think he’s two different actors, make THE ASSIGNMENT assigned viewing. Based on a true story.
