THE HADES FACTOR is a routine conspiracy/scientific/virus thriller with an international appeal and plenty of familiar cast members. It plays out as two feature-length episodes while the plot is based on a mix of the likes of OUTBREAK with the TV show 24, with protagonist Stephen Dorff made up to look EXACTLY like Kiefer Sutherland. The story is about a new kind of virus that kills people instantly in gruesome ways; it soon transpires that it's actually a chemical weapon so there are human bad guys in the mix too. The cast includes performances from the likes of Jeffrey DeMunn, Anjelica Huston, Mira Sorvino and Sophia Myles, all of whom seem to be on autopilot here. It's not the worst thing you'll see, but it's little more than an average time-waster at best, let down by being just too predictable for its own good.
Review of Covert One: The Hades Factor
