Agent of Influence

2002

Crime / Drama

1
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 396 396

Director

Michel Poulette Photo
Michel Poulette

Top cast

Mark Camacho Photo
Mark Camacho as Steve Lamboise
John Dunn-Hill Photo
John Dunn-Hill as Andrei Gromyko
Christopher Plummer Photo
Christopher Plummer as John Watkins
Marina Orsini Photo
Marina Orsini as Diane Fletcher
480p.DVD
845.6 MB
718*404
English 2.0
NR
us  
24 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Uriah43 5 / 10

An Ambassador in a Compromised Position

Loosely based on a true story, this film revolves around a man by the name of "John Watkins" (Christopher Plummer) who was a close and trusted friend of the Canadian Prime Minister. As such, he was given a position as the ambassador to the Soviet Union and from all accounts performed quite well. However, when some compromising information became available that implicated him in a possible blackmail scheme by the Soviets for a homosexual affair, he was quickly apprehended by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and interrogated. What follows in this film is a possible narrative of the events during his interrogation which have certain sinister overtones that may-or may not-be credible. Now, rather than reveal any more and risk potentially ruining the film for those who haven't seen it, I will just say that after reading the account of this incident it is quite possible that the events depicted in this movie are somewhat embellished to provide for a better story than would have been obtained otherwise. Regardless, as far as this picture is concerned, there really wasn't that much action or suspense but Christopher Plummer performed adequately enough to maintain my interest for the most part and because of that I have rated this film accordingly. Average.
Reviewed by elect_michael 6 / 10

Good Plummer performance lifts the film

Overall this is a good film because, and almost only because, Christopher Plummer puts in a good performance when he could have sent them a mail in performance in this made for TV film. The story and writing certainly helps also as it is brow raising along with the Plummer performance. It is kept from being extremely good because the performance by the rest of the cast and the Directing aren't up to par with the writing & the Plummer performance.
Reviewed by blanche-2 7 / 10

Pathetic - not the movie, the real-life situation

"Agent of Influence" from 2002 is the disturbing true story of the CIA's framing of the Canadian Ambassador to the USSR (Christopher Plummer) by exposing him as a Russian agent. In so doing, they want to force him to implicate the Prime Minister at the time, Pearson. It stars Christopher Plummer, Marina Orsini, Ted Whittall, and Shaun Johnson.With the exception of Plummer, the acting ranged from good to so-so - Marina Orsini, I think in an attempt to sound American, did her more subtle scenes the best. Plummer as usual was amazing as a man in failing health coming up against the ruination of his career at the hands of the CIA. The incident took place in 1964; the real story was finally revealed in 1980.The older I get, the more disgusted I get by our government's antics. Sad statement.
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