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[EndtheMadnessNow]

When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth... which they soon discover to be contained in an audio tape which the man had with him, exposing political manipulations at the highest levels of government. But such underlying agendas require careful considerations to avoid worse things than murder.
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The conspiracy thriller is actually about the secret dirty war of MI-6, the CIA, and various Tory vampires waged to undermine a labour government and install a hard right wing one in their own country. The film has alot of dialog and may be too boring if you're looking for the Hollywood style action.

Hidden Agenda was praised for its honesty and complexity, as well as its resonance.





Kerrigan: What happened to the film?

Ingrid Jessner: Never got made.

Kerrigan: Too controversial?

Ingrid Jessner: Too honest, I think. It was about how Mr. Kissinger, the CIA and the Pentagon have made Chile safe for democracy.

"Don't worry, it's nothing like Chile here."

The director of the film Ken Loach, paid part of the $150,000 needed for Julian Assange's bail. "I turned down the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) because it's not a club you want to join when you look at the villains who've got it. It's all the things I think are despicable: patronage, deferring to the monarchy and the name of the British Empire, which is a monument of exploitation and conquest."