Little Nikita
Rated: PG
Starring: River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, Richard Jenkins, Caroline Kava
Summary: This movie is about Jeff Grant (River) who is told his parents (Kava and Jenkins) are actually Russian spies. Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent in San Diego; 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba, still at large. Scuba is now trying to extort the Soviets; 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, 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, to reel in Scuba. Alliances shift; it's cat and mouse.
Comments:
- This movie is so hard to follow, we barely understood it.
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"You gotta be crazy to bring a child into this ugly world." -Roy.
<>River didn't really want to do this film, but his agent, Iris Burton, advised him to.
<>River didn't get along with the film director, Richard Benjamin, because he said Richard treated him like a kid.
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