Defence of the Realm

1985

Action / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 68% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 2805 2.8K

kgb reporter death newspaper man member of parliament

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Plot summary

A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force base. Has there been a Government cover-up? Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam, the MP's assistant, to find out the truth.

Director

David Drury Photo
David Drury

Top cast

Philip Whitchurch Photo
Philip Whitchurch as Cuttings Librarian
David Hatton Photo
David Hatton as Picture Editor
Gabriel Byrne Photo
Gabriel Byrne as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Robbie Coltrane Photo
Robbie Coltrane as Leo McAskey
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878.91 MB
1280*688
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 2
1.59 GB
1904*1024
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by tom e 6 / 10

It was an interesting story but it was

It was an interesting story but it was not compelling. The musical score demonstrated the movie's vintage.
Reviewed by R T 9 / 10

A thriller that thrills without relying on sensory

A thriller that thrills without relying on sensory overload, gruesome carnage or things blowing up (well, not too many things). Well-written, and crisply placed with excellent performances all around, including a young Gabriel Byrne (the base level of acting chops is so much higher in Britain than the U.S. that it's doesn't make sense to use the same term for both). Films of this stamp were far more common in the days before the blockbuster leviathans came to dominate the filmic landscape - Defence doesn't have superheros or 100 million in special effects, but it also isn't a quirky little indie number. It's no more, and no less, than an intense 100 minutes of screen time for grownups.
Reviewed by Jelisije J 6 / 10

A journalist seeks to reveal to the public

A journalist seeks to reveal to the public the truth that his government is willing to kill for.
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