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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396157767
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: July 25, 2006
Running Time: 165 minutes
Sales Rank: 12393
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: April 09, 2006
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Stephen Dorff (Blade) and Academy Award® winners Mira Sorvino (Best Supporting Actor Mighty Aphrodite 1995) and Anjelica Huston (Best Supporting Actor Prizzi's Honor 1985) star in this globe-spanning tale of action and intrigue based upon the bestselling series written by Robert Ludlum (The Bourne Identity The Osterman Weekend).Colonel Jonathan Smith (Dorff) is a disease specialist and former secret agent for Covert One an elite intelligence agency made up of political and technical experts that report directly to the President (Huston). When an unknown deadly virus begins to surface Smith is called into action to find and isolate the source before the outbreak can endanger millions of lives.Featuring an all-star supporting cast including Blair Underwood (Rules of Engagement) and more it's a race against time for Covert One to stop the virus and uncover the truth behind a conspiracy at the highest and most dangerous levels of society.System Requirements:Run Time: 160 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 043396157767 Manufacturer No: 15776
Amazon.com:
Based on Robert Ludlum's novel, The Hades Factor puts a bio-terrorism spin on a good old-fashioned spy thriller storyline for this tense TV miniseries. Stephen Dorff is top-billed as a former spy turned medical researcher who is pulled back into the espionage business when a new and mysterious disease erupts simultaneously in three military-sensitive regions. The target of the investigation centers on another covert operative (Mira Sorvino), who made off with a black-market virus in the middle of a government sting. The film's solid cast, which includes Blair Underwood and two Hustons--Danny and Anjelica (as the U.S. President)--helps the suspension of belief required for this sort of story considerably, and director Mick Jackson delivers the required amount of action at a brisk and engaging clip. Squeamish viewers should know that the outbreak scenes are particularly grisly for a television production. --Paul Gaita
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - An INSULT to Robert Ludlum's Work, Never Watch This
Robert Ludlum should rise from the grave to beat the snot out of everyone involved in making this piece of trash. I would have given it zero stars if I was able to. Absolutely none of the great aspects of The Hades Factor novel make it into this miniseries. The whole story of what Covert One is is completely changed, and not even remotely for the better. The characters of Klein and the President are completely changed, along with pretty much every single other character.
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Rating:  - Covert One is a Tad Long
Just do a little editing and make it two hours or just over and you definitely have something thrilling. It may seem a little long about halfway in. Still it isn't bad at all. Robert Ludlum books usually make good movies. The acting is top notch with a good cast. I recommend it as a rental before buying. All professionally done with excellent sets and decent music. The length is the only thing that detracts a little at 180 minutes. If you split it into a couple viewings you may enjoy it more. A little ... Read More
Rating:  - The Hades Factor
Fast reading, I enjoyed it very much. I have been reading Ludlum for a long time.
Rating: - Above average production for a TV movie
A new kind of virus breaks out at three different places simultaneously, each part of the U.S. military. In Germany, Mira Sorvino is working undercover buying a vial of a virus. When her own people try to kill her, she goes underground to find out why. Stephen Dorff is an ex covert agent now working as a medical researcher. He starts out investigating the viral outbreak, but is eventually pulled back into black ops work to find out where the virus came from and who tried to kill Sorvino.
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Rating: - A Tense, Well-Scripted Thriller Pertinent to our Times
Great literature its not, but Robert Ludlum is hard to beat as a writer of suspense thrillers and COVERT ONE: THE HADES FACTOR is no exception. Writing the screenplay with Ludlum is Elwood Reid and together they have created a very fast moving tale of the threats of bio-terrorism, found in Mick Jackson a perfect match for a director, and gathered an exciting cast to make this 160 minute made-for-television movie fly by at tremendous speed.
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