# The Fourth Protocol (1987)

> A blunt British intelligence officer races to expose a K.G.B. operation assembling an atomic bomb on English soil while his own superiors obstruct him.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/2806

## Facts

- Runtime: 119 min
- Genres: Action, Thriller
- Director: John Mackenzie
- Cast: Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Ned Beatty, Joanna Cassidy, Julian Glover, Michael Gough, Ray McAnally, Ian Richardson
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093044/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: tense, paranoid, procedural, cold war movie night, spy thriller marathon

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