Icon (film)

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Icon
Directed by	Charles Martin Smith
Produced by	Brian Gordon Robert Halmi Jr. Larry Levinson Nick Lombardo Michael Moran
Written by	Frederick Forsyth Adam Armus Nora Kay Foster
Starring	Patrick Swayze Patrick Bergin Michael York Annika Peterson Ben Cross
Music by	Mark Kilian Daniel Licht
Cinematography	David Connell
Editing by	Craig Bassett
Distributed by	Concorde Home Entertainment The Hallmark Channel
Release date(s)	May 30, 2005 (2005-05-30)
Running time	190 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
IMDb profile

Icon is a 2005 thriller film directed by Charles Martin Smith and based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth. It is set in the period 1985 to 1999.

[edit] Plot

Moscow, 1985: Sergei Akopov runs from the Soviet army. They catch up with him and beat him up until Colonel Igor Komarov (Patrick Bergin) arrives. He interrogates Akopov while a CIA agent, Jason Monk arrives dressed in Soviet military uniform. He says he has orders to take the prisoner. Komarov agrees, but before Akopov is led away, Monk's fellow agents extract him. Komarov then kills Akopov.

Moscow, present day: Russia is a fortnight away from Presidential Elections. A man sets off a bomb outisde a Komarov Industries building. He then walks in and steals a virus labelled R-81 (Resdon-81). He is seen by an old janitor called Leonoid Zaitzef. Sonia Astrova (Annika Peterson) makes her way to the bomb scene to her colleague, Andrey. There they see Colonel Anatoli Grishin (Ben Cross), Director of the FSB (ФСБ or Federal Security Beareau, former KGB), who has unexpectedly arrived there before them. Then Igor Komarov arrives and assures the public that "we will not stand for this terrorism" and that "we will unite, and bring those who did this despicable act, to justice". While this happens, his election agent, Mr. Blacklodge (Jeff Fahey) looks on. Afterwards, in Komarov's limousine, Blacklodge says he admires Komarov for his "moral outrage".

Meanwhile, in the FSB headquarters, Colonel Grishin gives Sonia and Andrey their briefing, saying that "another investigation team will be working independently of you" but he still values their contributions. They are told to report to Grishin alone.

In the British Embassy, Sir Nigel Irvine (Michael York) holds a party. He leads one of his guests, Carey Jordan, to a secret lair, the key to which is hidden inside a picture of the Queen. He suggests sending a former CIA operative, Jason Monk, into the area. Jordan says that "He swore he'd never go back there". Irvine answers "Jason Monk knows more about Russia than most Russians. He's also an expert in Soviet era bioweapons."

Back in the FSB headquarters, Sonia and Andrey have identified the man who set off the bomb. They show a picture of Vladimir Dorganosov to Grishin. They tasked to find him.

Nigel Irvine goes to the south of Spain to find Monk. Monk recognises him almost immediately and says "We never officially met". Irvine does his best to try and convince him that he is needed, but Monk refuses to move. He is offered $500,000 and is offered the chance of having the damage done by the CIA undone by locating his daughter for him.

The film continues with Monk returning to Russia and foiling Komarov's plot to eliminate the ethnic minorities of Russia with viruses.