Conspiracies involving murder by federal agencies used to be found in obscure publications of the far left. Now they're glossy entertainments starring Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway. How soon we grow used to the most depressing possibilities about our government — and how soon, too, we commercialize on them.
It's a film built around political metaphors and pessimism, trends that continue to spiral and evolve throughout our culture even today, with events unfolding that oddly mimic this film's once outlandish plot. The picture really wasn't prophesying, however, the groundwork for the fate of our country was laid out long ago. Novelist Grady, screenwriter Stanley Schneider and director Sydney Pollack just brought it to life thirty years ahead of schedule.
— R.L. Shaffer (IGN.com)
Synopsis: A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.