Provocateur (1998)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Jim Donovan

Writer:

Roger Kumble (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Action

Tagline:

Sometimes The Enemy Is Closer Than You Think

Plot:

In 1994 South Korea, a female North Korean spy integrates herself as a housekeeper for U.S. military officer to steal classified documents, but soon worries about her cover when she falls for the teenage son of the officer.

Plot Keywords:

South Korea | Spy | Shower Scene | Nudity | Computer Disc

Cast

Jane March	...	Sook Hee / Miya
Stephen Mendel	...	Colonel Greg Finn
Lillo Brancato	...	Chris Finn
Nick Mancuso	...	Toynbey Bates
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Captain Jong
Sarah May	...	Ming Ju Lee
Bryn McAuley	...	Audrey Finn
Daniel Brochu	...	Kurt Spears
Charles Edwin Powell	...	Coach Felder (as Charles Powell)
Zenhu Han	...	Chung
Joseph Kim	...	Minister Kang
Eleanor Noble	...	Dara
Claudia Besso	...	Miss Brooks
Frank Fontaine	...	General Reed
Peter Colvey	...	Captain Malloy

Also Known As:

Agent provocateur (Canada: English title) (video title)

Runtime:

103 min | Germany:99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Korean

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Via Appia Communications

Better than average spy flick

I'm not sure why so many IMDb voters chose to give Provocateur a '1'. The film is well acted (especially by lead Jane March and Nick Mancuso as a justifiably paranoid CIA agent), takes itself seriously, engages in a minimum of silly action movie cliches, and has an incredibly downbeat ending that is almost believable. Sure there's some unnecessary softcore T & A, but even that is relatively tasteful. Worth a look if you like spy flicks.