Robert Ludlum's Covert One: The Hades Factor

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Based on Robert Ludlum's novel, The Hades Factor puts a bio-terrorism spin on a good old-fashioned spy thriller storyline for this tense TV miniseries. Stephen Dorff is top-billed as a former spy turned medical researcher who is pulled back into the espionage business when a new and mysterious disease erupts simultaneously in three military-sensitive regions. The target of the investigation centers on another covert operative (Mira Sorvino), who made off with a black-market virus in the middle of a government sting. The film's solid cast, which includes Blair Underwood and two Hustons--Danny and Anjelica (as the U.S. President)--helps the suspension of belief required for this sort of story considerably, and director Mick Jackson delivers the required amount of action at a brisk and engaging clip. Squeamish viewers should know that the outbreak scenes are particularly grisly for a television production. --Paul Gaita Stephen Dorff (Blade), Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite), and Anjelica Huston (Prizzi's Honor) star in this globe-spanning tale of covert agents fighting to contain the spread of a deadly virus that threatens millions, based upon the best-selling series written by Robert Ludlum (The Bourne Identity, The Osterman Weekend).