Hidden Agenda (2001)
Hidden Agenda is a 2001 Canadian action film written by Les Walton and directed by Marc S. Grenier. It stars Dolph Lundgren as Jason Price, who is a former government agent who now earns money helping people disappear through a program he engineered. When his childhood friend Sonny (Ted Whittall) and mobster Paul Elkert (Serge Houde) both come to Price for help, things begin to go awry. Someone has infiltrated Price’s network, and his clients begin turning up dead. He is helped in his investigation by the mobster’s assistant, Renee Brooks (Maxim Roy) — but no one is who they seem to be.RELATED:
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Plot:
Jason Price, a former NSA agent, operates the Daedalus network, which gives clients new identities and makes them disappear. As he lavishes a key witness against a lot of money and is hounded by a hitman (called the Cleaner), he not only sucks the FBI’s anger, but also the crime syndicate Icarus, who also turns the cleaner on his best friend, the FBI agent Sonny begin. When Price also lets him submerge and shortly thereafter finds out Sonny’s corpse, he realizes that the network has been infiltrated. Price follows the bloody trail of the Cleaner, which leads him not only to the true identity of the Cleaner, but also to its backers.
In a return to former glory screen idol Dolph Lundgren top-lines the sturdy action thriller Hidden Agenda. Movies like this little low-budget gem are the definition of a find, at least in this reviewer’s eyes. Director Marc S. Grenier brings verve and grace to one of the better on-screen turns from action icon Dolph Lundgren.
While Hidden Agenda is light on action, it sustains interest by stylishly telling a solid story. This low-budget feature film plays like a good backdoor pilot episode for a syndicated television series. As a stand-alone feature film Hidden Agenda, is a mixture of Eraser, Jason Bourne, and The Parallax View.
Dolph Lundgren’s post-theatrical offerings are a wildly varied mix. Hidden Agenda is easy viewing for action enthusiasts and represents a high-point in the beefcake’s filmography.
Cast:
- Dolph Lundgren as Agent Jason Price
- Maxim Roy as Renee Brooks
- Brigitte Paquette as Connie Glenn
- Ted Whittall as Agent Sonny Mathis
- Serge Houde as Paul Elkert
- Alan Fawcett as Sam Turgenson
- Francis X. McCarthy as Deputy Director Powell
- Harry Standjofski as Kevin
- Christian Paul as Charlie Radisson
- Andreas Apergis as Boris Yoesky
- Jeff Hall as Vincent Moretti
- Cas Anvar as Agent McCoomb
- Lynne Adams as Prosecutor
- Alan Legros as Jerry
- Jay Levalley as Paolo Bucci
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