Where to Watch The Package
- ርልዪረJuly 16, 2026Tommy Lee Jones is "The Package," a prisoner that Gene Hackman is returning to the United States from Germany in this 1989 film also starring Joanna Cassidy, Dennis Franz and John Heard. The United States and the Soviet Union are in the midst of delicate peace negotiations, but there are factions of the military who don't want to see it happen. Jones is Tommy Boyette, their hired assassin who, through an intricate plot, is supposed to kill the soviet premier. Boyette escapes via a mens room while the Hackman character, Johnny Gallagher, is returning him to the states. Gallagher starts investigating; it's not long before he's uncovered the plot. This is a very good movie with some exciting sequences and lots of tension, as Gallagher finds himself and everyone around him in tremendous danger as he figures out what's going on. He has the help of his ex-wife (Joanna Cassidy) who is in the military, and a Chicago police officer, played by Dennis Franz. The problem with this film is in its timing - it was released in August 1989 in the U.S., and in November of that year, the Berlin Wall came down, rendering the film dated -- and it had only been released in two countries by then. It's nevertheless a well-acted, well-directed film. Seen today, it holds up better as a story set in the past than it did a story set in a present that was changing dramatically.
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The Package was released on August 25, 1989.
The Package was directed by Andrew Davis.
The Package has a runtime of 1h 48m.
The Package was produced by Beverly J. Camhe, Tobie Haggerty.
A framed Army sergeant and a Special Forces master sergeant uncover a covert military conspiracy that exploits Cold War diplomacy, false identities, and assassination logistics to trigger a geopolitical catastrophe while erasing witnesses.
The key characters in The Package are Sgt. Johnny Gallagher (Gene Hackman), Eileen Gallagher (Joanna Cassidy), Thomas Boyette (Tommy Lee Jones).
The Package is rated R.
The Package is an Action, Thriller, Crime film.
The Package has an audience rating of 4.5 out of 10.
The Package had a budget of $16M.
The Package has made $10.6M at the box office.