More latter day Chuck Bronson action fodder from Cannon Group has Ole Stoneface starring as a Secret Service Agent Jack "Killi" Killion, attempting to keep the US President's wife, The First Lady(Mrs. Charles Buchinski, Jill Ireland)from being assassinated at the hands of a terrorist paid by the White House Chief of Staff(there's no way I could make this plot up if I tried!). Most of the film has Ireland's Mrs. Craig and Killion moving cross country on a road trip as hit-man, Eddie Bracken(Erik Stern)and his gunmen follow in pursuit. Michael Ansara has a supporting part as Senator Hector Bunsen, the one responsible for the terrorist chasing after Mrs. Craig. Jan Gan Boyd is Killion's much younger lover and member of his Secret Agent team. The film benefits from the sparks that often ignite between feisty, acid-tongued Ireland and the more subdued and laid back Bronson, somehow bonding while on the lam despite the obvious tension. A secret revealed by The First Lady about her President husband, regarding his impotence and her reason for marrying him is rather amusing, as is the underlying purpose behind her assassination. Not as gratuitously violent or repellent as other movies starring Bronson during this decade. While certainly no FROM NOON TIL THREE in regards to the husband and wife's best work together, there are still moments here and there between the two that makes ASSASSINATION enjoyable.
Review of Assassination
