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Subterfuge

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1996 | 95 min | Drama, Action

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no lasting buzz and mixed reviews, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
One for action fans and anyone who loves a strong drama. Leaves you with something to think about. Liked Beast? This is a good next one.
The mood
Exciting.
The pace
Gives its people room to develop, at 1 hr 35 min.
What might put you off
  • Rated R: expect violence.
  • Skip it if you need something light and fast tonight.

Scuba-diver turned beach-bum Jonathan Slade is forced back into his previous milieu - the world of international espionage - in order to retrieve Black Boxes from an American jetliner that crashed under mysterious circumstances into the Black Sea. With his computer-hacker younger brother, Slade travels to a resort on the Russian-Turkish border to begin his quest. To his surprise and dismay, he's now joined by another secret agent, a beautiful but highly-skilled woman named Alex. As they begin diving in search of the downed jetliner, Slade and Alex begin to suspect they're being manipulated by higher-ups who may not be committed to American interests.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsBelow par

    Mixed reviews

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 3K people sought it out in the past year

Behind the scenes

A few things you might not know about the making of Subterfuge.

  • Subterfuge might have been inspired by the 1977 film The Deep starring Nick Nolte.

    Production
  • Stock footage for Subterfuge was provided by Cameo Film Library.

    Production

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Cast & crew

Directed by Herb Freed

  • Matt McColmJonathan Slade
  • Amanda PaysAlex
  • Jason GouldAlfie Slade
  • Richard BrakePierce Tencil
  • Glynn TurmanStallworth Hubbs
  • Ben HammerVladimire Tiomkin
  • Adam GregorColonel Yuri Svetlanov
  • Francine LapenséePistachio
  • Richard BalinNightclub MC
  • Janice LyndeNewscaster