Icon (2005)
A former US Operative, who lived in Russia in his earlier years and had been married there with a child, comes out of retirement to face down a former enemy, now running as a candidate for President in modern Russia. Working with a Russian policewoman, they work to uncover a plot to use biological weapons against certain factions of the Russian people to commit genocide. The virus would also be released in other populations, but would be treated making the candidate a hero. A side plot has the agent being reunited with his long lost daughter.
- Date of release
- 2005-01-01
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (23)
- Runtime
- 2h 46m
- Genres
- TV Movie, Action, Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Charles Martin Smith
Casting
- Patrick Swayze — Jason Monk
- Patrick Bergin — Igor Komarov
- Michael York — Sir Nigel Irvine
- Annika Peterson — Sonia Astrova
- Ben Cross — Anatoly Grishin
- Jeff Fahey — Harvey Blackledge
- Joss Ackland — General Nikolayev
- Tom Wlaschiha — Mercedes Driver
- Steve Speirs — Viktor Akopov (as Steven Speirs)
- Niko Nicotera — Andrei Kasanov
- Valentin Ganev — Vladimir Tonkin
- Barry Morse — Josef Cherkassov
Interesting facts
- Based on: Icon
- Filmed in: Bulgaria
Icon is a 2005 made-for-television thriller film directed by Charles Martin Smith and very loosely based on the 1997 novel by Frederick Forsyth. The film premiered on Hallmark Channel May 30, 2005. It is set in the period 1985 to 1999.
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