The Package

The Package (1989)

  • 64% of critics liked it
    (14 reviews)

  • 42% of users liked it
    (4,125 ratings)

The Package, a thriller involving political assassination and intrigue, is an excellent action feature using a familiar theme and providing good performances by the cast. Boyette (Tommy Lee Jones) is a prisoner entrusted to Gallagher (Gene Hackman) for transportation back to the United States.… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
John Bishop (II)
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Aug 25, 1989 Wide
Orion Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Rita Kempley, Washington Post

    The best in mindless entertainment.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    Smarter than most contemporary thrillers.

  • Carol Cling, Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Gripping little thriller with dependable Hackman in charge.

  • Boo Allen, Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

    Decent thriller.

  • Chris Hicks, Deseret News, Salt Lake City

    Style and drive are everything in movies that have storylines that don't hold up to scrutiny, and The Package is as flat and bland as they come.

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  • Dean M


    Good conspiracy thriller film that seemed dated even when it came out, with Gene Hackman caught up in a plot on Gorbachev's life.

  • Danny R


    A compelling and enormously satisfying political thriller, About a career officer sergeant Johnny Gallagher played by Gene Hackman in a marvelous performance who thinks he has been assigned a routine mission to escort a rebellious American soldier played by Tommy Lee Jones in a solid… More

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