- Release Date: 2001
- Runtime: 97 min
- Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
- Starring: Jeremy Irons, Forest Whitaker, Jason Priestley, Briony Glassco ... see all
- Director: John Irvin
- Plot: Jack Elgin is the European editor of The Economist, which is based in London, England. Jack has a wife named Maria and three kids named Joanne, Julia, and Andrew. Jack... Read more
User Reviews
Plot FULL of Holes
Jan 12, 2007
neobrazovni - imdb.com
Jan 12, 2007neobrazovni - imdb.com
The November 15th terrorist movement alluded to in this movie as the August 15th movement was a Greek leftist organization in the 1980's. It had nothing to do with Serbs. The names of the "Serb" terrorists are not at all... Full review
Quite boring
Apr 28, 2006
warmtrooper - imdb.com
Apr 28, 2006warmtrooper - imdb.com
Jeremy Irons and Forrest Whitaker are good actors. But this movie was badly written. First of all, during the hijack scene, Irons sits too comfortably in his chair...he appears to be READING something, and rather calmly too! Perhaps the director... Full review
The exterminating angel?
Nov 23, 2004
dbdumonteil - imdb.com
Nov 23, 2004dbdumonteil - imdb.com
It's strange that an earnest thespian like Jeremy Irons may have agreed to play this part .There's really nothing new under the sun.The umpteenth tale of revenge -which,as everybody knows, is a dish best eaten cold-No more gangsters and make... Full review
Great performances by Jeremy Irons and Forest Whitaker!
May 05, 2004
Movie Nuttball - imdb.com
May 05, 2004Movie Nuttball - imdb.com
This movie, The Fourth Angel is quite good and it has two very good role performed excellently by Jeremy Irons and Forest Whitaker! The story is good the things in it allows Irons to do a lot. In Fact he... Full review
Bright, thoughtful Irons film
Oct 16, 2003
petersimcox - imdb.com
Oct 16, 2003petersimcox - imdb.com
I have appreciated Jeremy Irons since Brideshead Revisited. Anactor of much skill and emotional range, he can admittedly befaulted for the occasional bizarre choice of rolls, for example thepedophile in the Lolita remake and the mad bomber in Die Hard... Full review
Undertouted and underestimated
Mar 02, 2003
George Parker - imdb.com
Mar 02, 2003George Parker - imdb.com
"The Fourth Angel" tells of one man's quest for retribution beyond all reason as he, the protag (Irons), takes on a bunch of hijackers while trying to avoid inquiries from government agents. Typically British in its austerity of production, this flick... Full review
Good actors, bad movie
Oct 28, 2002
blados - imdb.com
Oct 28, 2002blados - imdb.com
I think the manuscript of this movie was written on the piece of toilet-paper. No respect whatsoever to many important details which intrinsically make the movie. For example, the names of some Serbian terrorists (that I remember) are Caradan Maldic,... Full review
Jeremy Irons in nearly every scene
Jun 05, 2002
Rogue-32 - imdb.com
Jun 05, 2002Rogue-32 - imdb.com
Jeremy Irons plays a journalist whose wife and daughters are killed right in front him during a plane hijacking; he is left alone with his 10-year-old son and finds himself unable to deal with the fact that these hijackers are going... Full review
Fragmented hijacking drama
May 29, 2002
Enrique Proto - imdb.com
May 29, 2002Enrique Proto - imdb.com
I found this movie a waste of my time, and a waste of Forrest Whitaker's acting talents. Although there is a lot of good action and suspense, the plot is too fragmented and confusing to be believable.I wonder how many... Full review
Just a good movie
Apr 14, 2002
Lorenz Bogaert - imdb.com
Apr 14, 2002Lorenz Bogaert - imdb.com
Quite a good movie actually with skilled cast and great locations. The plot and script are not really worth a lot, but it worked out for the best. If this would have been a low budget movie, it wouldn't be... Full review
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The Fourth Angel
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2003-08-19
Movie: Movies based on terrorist activity are viewed in a different light these days, given the events of 9/11/01. Until then, most such movies were the action/adventure or thrillers that used one of a handful of lead male actors including,... ... Full Article
A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright 2003 Filmcritic.com Presumably postponed after 9/11 spooked studios and canned after turned out stillborn, The Fourth Angel arrives on DVD and revisits a theme much like Arnold's movie: Man's wife and daughter... ... Full Article
An ordinary man remakes himself into a warrior after the death of his family in this thriller. Jack Elgin (Jeremy Irons) is a magazine editor living in London with his wife and three children. ... Full Article




