Product: The Whistle Blower [VHS] (1987)
Rating: 3.0
Closing the generation gap
The British accents are at times a little tricky for this American, making intricate details harder to follow in the 1986 espionage thriller THE WHISTLE BLOWER but I think I get it anyway. As the closing credits roll see if you agree that all we need to understand happens in the opening scenes, where we get to know the worldly, skeptical former British naval officer Frank Jones and his idealistic young adult son Bob, who translates Russian for a Great Britain spy agency. When Bob dies in an unexplained accident, we start to understand why Frank had seemed to be shaking his head about what his son had yet to learn. Seeking the truth about how and why his son lost his life, Frank realizes there are some things he didn't know, either.Michael Caine anchors THE WHISTLE BLOWER as Frank and even if a few of the accents and plot twists lose you, he won't. Maybe young, innocent Bob Jones and the older, skeptical Frank Jones represent any or all of us, such common names perhaps a hint. But unlike Bob, we could get to live long enough to question who the good guys really are, if they even exist, as Frank has. See THE WHISTLE BLOWER.