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Little Nikita [DVD] [2006]

Loretta Devine (Actor), Richard Lynch (Actor), Richard Benjamin (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over | Format: DVD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Loretta Devine, Richard Lynch, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier
  • Directors: Richard Benjamin
  • Producers: Harry Gittes
  • Format: Subtitled, PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish
  • Dubbed: French, German, Italian, Spanish
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent.
  • DVD Release Date: 20 Feb 2006
  • Run Time: 93 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000CIWXF0
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 62,782 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Thriller starring Sidney Poitier as Roy Parmenter, an FBI agent in San Diego. 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba (Richard Lynch). Still at large, Scuba is now trying to extort the Soviets and to prove he's serious, he's killing their agents one by one, including 'sleepers', agents under deep cover awaiting orders. Roy interviews a high school lad, Jeff Grant (River Phoenix), an applicant to the Air Force Academy. In a routine background check, Roy discovers that Jeff's parents are sleepers. He must see if Jeff is also a spy, confront the parents yet protect them, and catch his nemesis. Meanwhile, the Soviets have sent their own spy-catcher, the loner Karpov (Richard Bradford), to reel in Scuba.

Synopsis

An FBI agent (Sidney Poitier) must protect the American son (River Phoenix) of two undercover Soviet spies.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Reds everywhere 18 Dec 2008
By J. Epton
Format:DVD
Sidney Poitier and River Phoenix.
A teenage boy has to come to terms with the truth that his parents have been living a lie, they are in fact Russian sleeper agents. A new twist on parent-child conflict in a coming of age film. Agent Sidney Poitier helps Phoenix come to accept the truth and deal with the consequences.
To say the America-Russia paranoia thing is old is an understatement, but it did provide the basis for a mountain of books, films and drama, (Le Carre's Smiley's People etc). Phoenix is convincing in the role and in his emotions.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars half cock 30 April 2010
By Maurice Hill
Format:DVD
Poitier and River Phoenix should be good for a masterpiece, but this film is badly directed and made into a slow and dull spy story. The boy Phoenix is certainly beautiful but is made to overact here. Poitier is held in overlong closeups and apparently told to move his eyes about. Not very exciting. One of the villains is shot in the heart and drops to the ground, but then, like most film villains, gets up and runs about and is still chippy at the end. Nothing is very realistic. For the climax, the boy and his spy parents get lovey-dovey and walk away arm in arm. Not into the sunset. A cop then says to the FBI agent 'Same old same old', and he replies 'Same old same old.' Dazzling dialogue, eh? - but not a bad description of the film.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Good acting but weak plot 26 Oct 2009
By AK TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
The movie follows a young boy (Phoenix) being confronted with the fact that his parents are sleeper agents - this latter fact being hammered home by Poitier.

The acting is generally of a good quality and all the figures seem reasonably convincing. However the story upon which the movie is based is weak to say the least. It looks like a complete layman's interpretation of the cold war conflict and how the various parties would behave. The little details, such as the border crossings, interactions between agents etc. are all wrong, and not particularly believable to boot.

While it is not painful to watch, it is also not enriching, superbly entertaining, or enlightening.
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