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Little Nikita

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6.0/10 • 108

1988-03-171h 38m

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He went to bed an all-American kid and woke up the son of Russian spies.

Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent in San Diego; 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba, still at large. Scuba is now trying to extort the Soviets; to prove he's serious, he's killing their agents one by one, including "sleepers," agents under deep cover awaiting orders. Roy interviews a high school lad, Jeff Grant, an applicant to the Air Force Academy. In a routine background check, Roy discovers that Jeff's parents are sleepers. He must see if Jeff is also a spy, confront the parents yet protect them, and catch his nemesis. Meanwhile, the Soviets have sent their own spy-catcher, the loner Karpov, to reel in Scuba. Alliances shift; it's cat and mouse.

Directors
Richard Benjamin
Editors
Jacqueline Cambas

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Sidney Poitier

    Sidney Poitier

    Roy Parmenter

  2. River Phoenix

    River Phoenix

    Jeff Grant

  3. Richard Jenkins

    Richard Jenkins

    Richard Grant

  4. Caroline Kava

    Caroline Kava

    Elizabeth Grant

  5. Lucy Deakins

    Lucy Deakins

    Barbara Kerry

  6. Richard Bradford

    Richard Bradford

    Konstantin Karpov

  7. Richard Lynch

    Richard Lynch

    Scuba

  8. Jerry Hardin

    Jerry Hardin

    Brewer

  9. Loretta Devine

    Loretta Devine

    Verna McLaughlin

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kevin2019

Feb 26, 2024

10/10

"Little Nikita" is a highly addictive film and it makes for compelling viewing from beginning to end. Richard Benjamin appears to have forsaken his own acting career in favour of pursuing directing instead and he has certainly selected a very wise choice of material this time around. Benjamin's career as an actor has often reflected that of someone like Clint Eastwood in a lot of ways. They only specialised in playing a particular type of character for the most part and this undoubtedly restricted their choices principally because they may not have coincided with audience expectations concerning what they might have wanted to see them appearing in, but they have now successfully managed to extend their range into other genres as a director and apparently with great acclaim. Hopefully this is a trend which will continue well into the future.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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