Unclear and Present Danger24 Aug 2024

Shadow Conspiracy

On this week’s episode of Unclear and Present Danger, Jamelle and John watched Shadow Conspiracy, the 1997 political thriller directed by George P. Cosmatos and starring Charlie Sheen, Linda Hamilton, Donald Sutherland and Sam Waterston.

In Shadow Conspiracy, a young White House aide uncovers a plot to assassinate the president, making him a target of the conspirators. What follows is a race to evade the assassin, expose those responsible, and save constitutional government from a shadowy group of deep state operators. If this sounds generic, that’s because it is! The movie feels like it was written by ChatGPT. Despite the total absence of anything original, Jamelle and John do find much to discuss in the film, including the ways in which it is rooted in the anti-political ethos of the 1990s.

The tagline for Shadow Conspiracy was “Life, liberty and the pursuit of absolute power.”

You can find Shadow Conspiracy available to rent or buy on Amazon or Apple TV+.

Episodes come out every two weeks so we’ll see you then with an episode on Absolute Power, the 1997 political thriller directed by — and starring — Clint Eastwood.

And don’t forget our Patreon, where we watch the films of the Cold War and try to unpack them as political and historical documents! For $5 a month, you get two bonus episodes every month as well as access to the entire back catalog — we’re almost two years deep at this point. Sign up at patreon.com/unclearpod.

The latest episode of our Patreon podcast is on the 1973 Walking Tall, starring Joe Don Baker.

Connor Lynch produced this episode. Artwork by Rachel Eck.

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