Icon

TV Movie
2005
PG
3h 10m

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On the eve of the elections in Russia, there's an outbreak of a mysterious disease. The British are curious to find out what's going on, so they need to send someone. An official knows someo... Read allOn the eve of the elections in Russia, there's an outbreak of a mysterious disease. The British are curious to find out what's going on, so they need to send someone. An official knows someone, Jason Monk, an American Agent who worked deep cover in Russia during the Cold War. He ... Read allOn the eve of the elections in Russia, there's an outbreak of a mysterious disease. The British are curious to find out what's going on, so they need to send someone. An official knows someone, Jason Monk, an American Agent who worked deep cover in Russia during the Cold War. He approaches Monk, who initially refuses till he tells Monk that he can help him settle some... Read all

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5.7/10

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Trivia
Final acting project of Barry Morse.

Goofs
When Monk shoots at the assassin's van in the park, the window on the side door breaks completely. In the shots that follow, however, the window is broken only at the top.

Quotes
Jason Monk: How many children have to die because of your greed?

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5/10

Bland action thriller...

Right, well I stumbled upon this 2005 TV movie titled "Icon" by random chance. And I opted to sit down and watch it, given the fact that it was something that I hadn't already seen.

I am not overly much a fan of Patrick Swayze, but he does have some good enough movies and TV shows to his name, so I figured that a movie that ran for 3 hours and 10 minutes might have potential.

Writers Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster managed to put together a good enough storyline here. Sure, I am not familiar with the book or books written by Frederick Forsyth, so I have no idea how close "Icon" is to the source material. But while "Icon" was adequately entertaning, it just wasn't a particularly outstanding movie experience. And I assume that the phrase "Patrick Swayze is CIA agent Jason Monk" is supposed to have a meaning, but then again, I didn't read the books.

For a movie that ran for 190 minutes, then it was somewhat of an ordeal to sit through, as the movie was way too long. The editing could easily have trimmed down the movie quite substantially in my opinion. And the fact that the script was bland, just didn't really help much to make time go by quicker.

The movie does, however, have a good ensemble of actors and actresses, with the likes of Patrick Swayze, Michael York, Ben Cross, Jeff Fahey, Annika Peterson and Joss Ackland.

Ultimately then "Icon" was watchable, but it turned out to be too long and just downright too mundane and bland in comparison to other action thrillers of the same kind.

My rating of the 2005 TV movie "Icon" lands on a five out of ten stars.