Over the years, Michael Caine has played the spy Harry Palmer in five different movies. The first three were in wonderful stories written by Len Deighton...the latter two were made years later and were not from Deighton stories.
In "Midnight in Saint Petersburg", you find Palmer in post-Cold War Russia. Now instead of being a spy, he is head of an organization which is best described as non-military mercenaries. They take care of problems...and send you a bill.
In this story, someone has stolen some nuclear fuel...enough to make several bombs. Their job is to find the material and return it. There are other plot elements, such as a kidnapped ballerina and various attempts to stop Palmer.
This made for Showtime film has one thing going for it...it was filmed in Saint Petersburg. Apart from that, the story is pretty dull and VERY talky. Despite being a Harry Palmer film, there really isn't much action and the film put me to sleep.
In "Midnight in Saint Petersburg", you find Palmer in post-Cold War Russia. Now instead of being a spy, he is head of an organization which is best described as non-military mercenaries. They take care of problems...and send you a bill.
In this story, someone has stolen some nuclear fuel...enough to make several bombs. Their job is to find the material and return it. There are other plot elements, such as a kidnapped ballerina and various attempts to stop Palmer.
This made for Showtime film has one thing going for it...it was filmed in Saint Petersburg. Apart from that, the story is pretty dull and VERY talky. Despite being a Harry Palmer film, there really isn't much action and the film put me to sleep.