The Package

"The Package" is one of the best fictional Cold War thrillers out there with a stellar cast and a great screenplay. Gene Hackman, playing a tough top sergeant and his ex, played by Joanna Cassidy, try to stop a plot by renegade U.S. and Soviet military officers to sabotage a nuclear disarmament treaty by assassinating the Soviet leader, a Mikhail Gorbachev look-alike, when he visits America. Tommy Lee Jones, Dennis Franz, John Heard and the rest of the cast are all excellent. Don't be fooled by the substandard trailer in 4 by 3 format both in iTunes and on Apple TV. The film itself is widescreen and of near-HD quality in 1080p on HDTV. It looks just as good as when I saw it in a theater long ago, near the end of the Cold War. Some reviewers have linked this film to JFK conspiracy theories but it isn't; the only similarity is that a patsy is set up. It's a great flick. Don't miss it! (Btw, the description should say "assassination" plot, not "assignation." Totally different things!)

This is a early version of an attempt to explain what happened to JFK and explain how this stuff is possible... Very exciting.