XIII - The Conspiracy

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Movie
German title XIII - The Conspiracy
Original title XIII
Country of production France , Canada
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 174 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Duane Clark
script David Wolkove
Philippe Lyon
production Jay Firestone
music Nicolas Errèra
camera David Greene
cut Yann Hervé
occupation

XIII - The Conspiracy (Original title: XIII ) is a two-part French - Canadian television film from 2008 with Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff in the lead roles. Directed by Duane Clark . The production is based on the comic series XIII by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance and serves as the pilot for the series XIII - The Conspiracy, which was launched in 2011 under the same title . The television film was produced by Prodigy Pictures and Cipango Films .

action

The first woman President of the United States is fatally struck by a bullet during her Independence Day speech. The assassin can barely escape. Three months later, an elderly couple found an injured man in the woods. He can't remember anything, not even his name. The only indication of his identity is the tattoo "XIII" on his neck. And soon it turns out that he must have had professional combat training. Not only does he have lightning-fast reflexes, he also has a decidedly killer instinct.

He tries to find out more from a chip card hidden in his watch. However, this only leads his pursuers on his trail. The elderly couple who looked after him are eliminated by a uniformed unit. The man without identity escapes the murderers in a car. In it he finds a photo that shows him and a woman. He locates the photo shop where the print was made and learns that the woman in the picture is called Kim Rowland. Everything indicates that the man without identity is her husband Steven Rowland. He is wanted as the president's murderer.

Ultimately, however, another truth emerges. The stranger is not Steven Rowland, but only assumed his identity after undergoing facial surgery to uncover a conspiracy against the state. His real name is Ross Tanner, and his own family was killed in a terrorist attack. Tanner exposes the conspirators and prevents an atomic bomb attack in Maryland on election day . The group of conspirators includes top government officials. Tanner is brought to Japan to have another facial surgery.

Finally, it turns out that the newly elected president, brother of the murdered president, was the main mastermind and that the photos of Tanner's alleged family were fakes. Tanner's true identity is known only to the man who recruited him. This in turn is completely anonymous. Tanner begins to doubt everything. In retrospect, it seems too easy to uncover the conspiracy and he decides to return.

publication

The French first broadcast was on October 6 and 13, 2008 on Canal + , in Germany the two-parter was released directly on DVD and was broadcast several times on 13th Street from April 2010 . The film was shown on television in the USA, and in January 2010 also on ATV Austria.

Reviews

"Conspiracy theory thriller based on a French comic that builds up solid tension, but noticeably frayed towards the end."

- Lexicon of international film

"Star-studded television production that spices up a conventional story in an exciting way."

- Cinema

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ XIII - The Conspiracy. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ^ Cinema . No. 6, June 9, 2008, p. 101.