The Assignment Page #2

Synopsis: 1986. In his civilian clothes while on shore leave in Jerusalem, Lieutenant Commander Annibal Ramirez of the US Navy is captured and interrogated by who he eventually learns is Mossad in a case of mistaken identity. Because of the resemblance, they believed him to be Carlos the Jackal, one of if not the most wanted and dangerous terrorist in the world. Shortly following, Henry Fields, using the alias Jack Shaw, he the Paris deputy chief of CIA counter-terrorism whose primary mission for at least the past ten years has been to get rid of Carlos in any way possible, tries to recruit Ramirez to work on a covert CIA-Mossad operation to stop Carlos' terrorist activities with the ultimate goal of Carlos' capture or death. The plan is for Ramirez to impersonate Carlos, in the process discrediting Carlos in the eyes of his current KGB backers, and thus effectively ending his career as a terrorist, with nowhere he can longer hide. After an initial reluctance on Ramirez's part, Shaw is able to c
Director(s): Christian Duguay
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
R
Year:
1997
115 min
253 Views


- Is this that Carlos guy?

- Look!

- Joey, get down out of there.

This is the only recent photo we

have of him. Taken half a mile away.

It was taken by the Israelis.

You can't blame them for the mix-up.

I hope you're not trying

to talk me out of my lawsuit.

They kept me chained up for

two days after I identified myself.

- They knew who I was.

- I'm not here about your lawsuit.

- I'm trying to tell you..

- Can I finish?

Carlos is the single most vicious

terrorist in the whole world.

He has carried out the worst

terrorist acts in modern history.

Men, women, kids.

Kids like your boy down there.

Blown to bits.

Slaughtered in cold blood.

Did you join the Navy to protect

your country from her enemies?

Carlos is one

of her biggest enemies today.

As terrorism is a growth industry,

he's a bigger enemy every day.

Why are you telling me all this?

Most of the free world has been

after Carlos for the past ten years.

And they have come up with nothing.

There is only one way to get him.

There is exactly one person,

in the whole world, who can get him.

- How the hell would I get him?

- You'll need to think it over.

The answer's no.

I was trained as a naval officer.

You came to the wrong address.

The man you're looking for is Bond.

James Bond. He lives in England,

drives an Aston Martin. Go see him.

Admiral Crawford, this is

Commander and Mrs. Ward Scowcroft.

I know your family well. I was

with your father at the Academy.

I won't let you down, sir.

Lt. Commander

and Mrs. Annibal Ramirez.

- Annabelle..?

- Annibal, sir.

I'm glad to see we're getting some

Mexican-American officers.

I'm an L.A. boy myself.

I have a soft spot for Mexican food.

- My stomach doesn't always agree.

- We eat Cuban food.

I think your stomach

would find that more agreeable.

- You're Cuban-Americans?

- Yes, sir.

- If he can't appreciate that..

- It's okay, don't worry.

His wife asked me to mow her lawn,

so we'll always have food.

This is a coincidence. I was over at

your lovely house the other day, -

- but I had to leave suddenly and

never got to make your acquaintance.

The pleasure is mine.

- Shaw. Jack Shaw.

- Seor Shaw. Mucho gusto.

My wife speaks English.

So do I.

I should have realized you'd feel

embarrassed speaking Spanish here.

Who is he?

- A white wine and a club soda.

- Yes, sir.

Let me guess,

the wine is for your wife?

You're afraid to loosen up

in front of the brass.

How can you stand this sh*t?

They're all so f***ing constipated.

- My wife is waiting for her soda.

- There's a fiery retort!

- How about "f*** you, pal"?

- I'd believe it, if it was louder.

You don't belong with these guys.

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