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The Fourth Angel

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Putting work first, editor Jack Elgin (Jeremy Irons) reroutes his family's vacation to cover a story in India. However, his selfish decision comes back to haunt him when terrorists hijack their flight. Though their demands are met, the terrorists fire on the passengers, killing Elgin's wife and daughter. Elgin manages to survive and save his son, but after the attack he dedicates his life to justice and revenge. Meanwhile, an FBI agent (Forest Whitaker) also looks to bring down the terrorists.

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Globe and Mail Rated: 2/4 Apr 26, 2003 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com perplexing Rated: 3/5 Aug 3, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Terry S Superbly acted with top-notch performances from all the charac Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/21/22 Full Review s l The acting was good. The filming was good. The storyline was good. It was made 20 years ago, 2001 but even back then it probably wasn't a very original film but that's okay. Nothing is horrible about it. It was very watchable and entertained me well enough. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member not a classic,but not a snoozer either-easily watchable cause you truly care if those hi-jackers get theirs.seen lot worse. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Revenge-driven story with some interesting twists -- Irons and Whitaker definitely make this worth watching. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member It has a promising thriller premise, but suffers greatly from bad execution, b-movie direction and substandard support acting. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member A journalist seeks revenge after his family is killed by terrorists. A formula seen time and time again. Even in this version gives up after at least trying to seem a little more intelligent than other renditions. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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John Irvin

Director

Jeremy Irons

Jack Elgin

Forest Whitaker

Agent Jules Bernard

Charlotte Rampling

Kate Stockton

Jason Priestley

Davidson

Ian McNeice

Lewison
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Synopsis Putting work first, editor Jack Elgin (Jeremy Irons) reroutes his family's vacation to cover a story in India. However, his selfish decision comes back to haunt him when terrorists hijack their flight. Though their demands are met, the terrorists fire on the passengers, killing Elgin's wife and daughter. Elgin manages to survive and save his son, but after the attack he dedicates his life to justice and revenge. Meanwhile, an FBI agent (Forest Whitaker) also looks to bring down the terrorists.
Director
John Irvin
Producer
Allan Scott
Screenwriter
Allan Scott
Distributor
Cinévia Films, Manga Films S.L., Artisan Entertainment, MC-One (Media Cooperation One) GmbH [de], Argentina Video Home, New Legend Media, Global Cinema Group, Eagle Pictures S.p.a. [it]
Production Co
New Legend Media, Sky Pictures, Norstar Entertainment Inc., Rafford Films
Rating
R (Strong Violence|Some Language)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 25, 2002, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 19, 2003
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)