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On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.

2h 6m2001RTMDb 6.9

ActionCrimeThriller

English

Crew and Cast

Tony ScottTony ScottDirectorRobert RedfordRobert RedfordNathan MuirBrad PittBrad PittTom BishopCatherine McCormackCatherine McCormackElizabeth HadleyStephen DillaneStephen DillaneCharles HarkerLarry BryggmanLarry BryggmanTroy FolgerMarianne Jean-BaptisteMarianne Jean-BaptisteGladys JennipMatthew MarshMatthew MarshDr. ByarsTodd BoyceTodd BoyceRobert AikenMichael Paul ChanMichael Paul ChanVincent Vy NgoGarrick HagonGarrick HagonCy WilsonAndrew GraingerAndrew GraingerAndrew UngerBill BuellBill BuellFred KapplerColin StintonColin StintonHenry PollardTed MaynardTed MaynardCIA AdministratorTom HodgkinsTom HodgkinsCIA Lobby GuardRufus WrightRufus WrightFolger's SecretaryDemetri GoritsasDemetri GoritsasBilly Hyland
Quinn CollinsOPS Center Security Officer
Sam ScudderBack Bencher
Yann JohnsonCIA Back Bencher
Pat McGrathCleanerShane RimmerShane RimmerEstate AgentDavid HemmingsDavid HemmingsHarry DuncanJames AubreyJames AubreyMitch AlfordIn-sook ChappellIn-sook ChappellReceptionistBenedict WongBenedict WongTranKen LeungKen LeungLiAdrian PangAdrian PangJiang
Ho YiPrison Warden
David Y. CheungDown's Prisoner

Storyline

On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
18 November 2001
Runtime
2h 6m
Rating
R
TMDB score
6.9 / 10 (2,466 votes)

Production

Director
Tony Scott
Writers
Michael Frost Beckner, David Arata
Studios
TOHO, Kalima Productions, Metropolitan Filmexport
Countries
France, Germany, Japan

Box Office

Budget
$115.0M
Revenue
$143.0M
Profit
$28.0M
Return
1.2×

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
Cantonese, English, German, Arabic, French