On Dangerous Ground

VHS, 165 minutes, PARAMOUNT

Rob Lowe is an ex-terrorist turned assassin-for-hire in this powerhouse espionage thriller based on the acclaimed bestseller by master spy novelist Jack Higgins "The Eagle Has Landed" Coerced into the British intelligence fold by former undercover colleagues, mercenary Sean Dillon (Lowe) is enlisted to track down the Chungking Covenant. This politically explosive agreement, made at the close of WWII, is being frantically sought by everyone from murderous Hong Kong triads to the Sicilian Mafia's ruthless Carl Morgan (Jurgen Prochnow). Descending into a lethal underworld where no one is who they see, Sean embarks on a one-man covert operation to secure the Covenant before it falls into the wrong hands... and ignites an international political meltdown!.