![]() ![]() The writers added a pretty female agent, and an ex-family for Jason Monk. This gave us some insight into Monk's skills, espionage background and disillusionment, but the screenplay follows a different track. Also, Monk's early career unfolds as the CIA loses to the Russians in the spy game before the Cold War ends. I thought the basic novel plot was a natural screenplay: the ICON's grim political manifesto - and how it falls into Western hands. However, I don't know why the writers chose to stray from Forsythe's super novel, which is in my top-10 favorites. ![]() That's why the book 'ICON' and this DVD appealed to me. I liked 'the Saint', 'Hunt for Red October' and 'Russia House' - films with insight into the Russian culture - and problems. I thought the Russian urban scenes were impressive - it's a beautiful country, you know. Swayze (Jason Monk) is OK, but maybe miscast in this one - he doesn't have the right face. There were good actors: Barry Morse (still alive?) and Ben Cross. Looked realistic to me, not unlike the sequence in the recent 'Quiet American'. Lots of flash and bang - a truck blows up early in the film, which is sort of a launching point for the plot. There were several decent action sequences (by 'decent', I mean much better than those silly ones on '24' where the good guys show up with tiny pistols and no flak-jackets or radio-gear). I'd like to point out some positive things about ICON - the lead review here at IMDb pounded this telefilm pretty hard! lol. ![]()
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