Sadly, Sheen doesn't even look profound. Like a zombie who's spent too much time in the gym, he blunders heavily from one stunt to the next, his pursed lips conveying nothing more than pique.
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06/24/06
The Shadow Conspiracy (1996)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:0
Rotten:27
Average Rating:3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A trusted advisor to the U.S. President finds himself the target of a dangerous assassin whose employers are the instigators of a plot to bring the government to its knees. A tale of political... [More]
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, Stephen Lang
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Reviews for The Shadow Conspiracy
Top CriticThis is the sort of film in which informants are shot in the head from across the street just as they are about to reveal the name of the traitor behind the scheme.
01/01/00
Top CriticCorpses pile up, dreadful secrets are uncovered, and Bishop eventually gets to the bottom of things, a full hour after the least attentive viewer will have figured out who's behind it all.
07/28/09
Bland, interminable chase scenes take up so much of the story -- the hackneyed plot doesn't need much exposition -- that the sheer repetitiveness begins to amaze you.
07/28/09
No review available.
08/13/05
No review available.
07/29/05
The climactic assassination attempt... is so ridiculous there's only one real danger: that the president (and the audience) will laugh to death.
04/29/05
Top CriticNo review available.
07/13/04
The story's driven completely by coincidence and baffling lunacy, and you'll be driven... to press eject on your VCR.
06/05/04
Ridiculous.
05/11/04
The film is so contemptuous of its audience it doesn't even bother to present a surface resemblance to reality.
05/20/03
Top CriticThe whole thing is so vague and preposterous and paranoid that it almost goes without saying that Donald Sutherland plays a key role.
10/15/02
No review available.
07/25/02
Sheen is a handsome and resourceful actor, but not enough so to win in this conspiracy of shadows over substance.
06/05/02
When Charlie Sheen and Donald Sutherland appear in any movie, you should be wary. Their contracts seem to demand nothing but corny formula.
01/22/02
The audience is guaranteed to laugh at all the wrong moments.
01/01/00
Is it just me or is Charlie Sheen the kiss of death for anything other than Hot Shots?
01/01/00
Here, we have stereotyped villains involved in a generic, high- level conspiracy, and a couple of equally-bland heroes on the run.
01/01/00
A truly pathetic thriller.
01/01/00
Donald Sutherland plays Sheen's enigmatic mentor at the White House. Do you think he could have something to with the conspiracy? Sutherland as a bad guy? You think?
01/01/00
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