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The Fourth Protocol
Action · Thriller · 1987
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.
Movie details
The Fourth Protocol
“If the Fourth Protocol is ever breached, there would be no warning, just a nuclear explosion from a bedsitter... The unthinkable has just begun.”
1987 Action · Thriller 1h 59m
Critical arithmetic
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TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
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.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over The Fourth Protocol?
For the defence
The Adrenaline Seeker
“If it slows down, you check your phone.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Auteur Devotee
“You watch the director, not the movie.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
John Mackenzie
Written by
Frederick Forsyth
Michael Caine
John Preston
Pierce Brosnan
Valeri Petrofsky / James Edward Ross
Ned Beatty
Borisov
Joanna Cassidy
Irina Vassilievna
Julian Glover
Brian Harcourt-Smith
Michael Gough
Sir Bernard Hemmings
Ray McAnally
General Karpov
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Put The Fourth Protocol on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Auteur Devotee
“Speed as an alibi.”
The film races past its weak spots and hopes acceleration will keep the audience from inspecting the evidence.