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The Package (1989)

★ 6.1 · 263 ratings on TMDB

He's one man racing against time to stop the most explosive conspiracy in history.

The Package poster★ 6.1

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.

DirectorAndrew Davis
CastChelcie Ross, Dennis Franz, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Joe Greco, John Heard
GenresAction, Crime, Thriller
The emergence reading

The Package keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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