Product: Great Spy Movies (Inside Man/Hangmen/The Sell Out) - EP Mode [VHS] (1977)
Rating: 2.0
Inside OUT or: SLAGskämpen,
Dennis Hopper's THE INSIDE MAN (aka "Slagskämpen") is not to be confused with Spike Lee'sINSIDE MAN(2006).This Cold War spy flick is a joint Swedish-British production done in English. It's based on a Swedish best seller about an actual incident: a Soviet sub that's found lurking in Swedish waters by a modified laser.Here, the laboratory that develops a usable submarine tracking laser is torched and the device stolen. An agent (Ekman) of the Swedish equivalent of the FBI suspects scientist Paul Mandell (Krüger) of the arson/theft, so he plants an operative (Molder) as Mandell's driver. Hopper is a U.S. government official trying to reacquire the laser before the Russians get ahold of it.Even diehard Dennis fans may find it difficult to sit through this one, and for those who fondly recall Krüger's turn as the model airplane designer who rescues Jimmy Stewart and several other stranded crash victims inTHE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX(1965), you may wonder where his fine acting skills disappeared to.A real disappointment.Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb user poll rating.(4.4) The Inside Man (Sweden/UK-1984) - Dennis Hopper/Hardy Krüger/Gösta Ekman/Kre Mölder/David Wilson