At the very least The Kidnapping Of The President should discourage Barack Obama or Mitt Romney against foreign travel. Even in a country like Canada with close cooperation between governments, there's still a turf war over security.
And some security President Hal Holbrook had. A Che Guevara wannabe Miguel Fernandes wires himself with explosives and handcuffs himself to Holbrook while he's visiting Toronto. Great crowd control from the RCMP. He demands one hundred million dollars in diamonds or he and a confederate who lock Holbrook in an armored vehicle will blow it up.
There are a couple of side issues in this film. Fernandes has the sister of a former comrade whom he killed convinced that it was those no good Yankee capitalists that did Cindy Girling's sister. Secondly President Holbrook before leaving for Toronto confronts Vice President Van Johnson about some indiscretions that were never fully explained and wants him off the ticket. Now Johnson is the guy who is making the command decisions from the White House about the ransom money and of course Holbrook's life.
William Shatner is the Secret Service agent in charge and he does one colossal breach of stupidity during the crisis that I'm still reeling over. I can't say what it is, but no Secret Service agent would do it or for that matter any law enforcement person.
The Kidnapping Of The President is a rather mediocre product from Canada and I'd skip it.
And some security President Hal Holbrook had. A Che Guevara wannabe Miguel Fernandes wires himself with explosives and handcuffs himself to Holbrook while he's visiting Toronto. Great crowd control from the RCMP. He demands one hundred million dollars in diamonds or he and a confederate who lock Holbrook in an armored vehicle will blow it up.
There are a couple of side issues in this film. Fernandes has the sister of a former comrade whom he killed convinced that it was those no good Yankee capitalists that did Cindy Girling's sister. Secondly President Holbrook before leaving for Toronto confronts Vice President Van Johnson about some indiscretions that were never fully explained and wants him off the ticket. Now Johnson is the guy who is making the command decisions from the White House about the ransom money and of course Holbrook's life.
William Shatner is the Secret Service agent in charge and he does one colossal breach of stupidity during the crisis that I'm still reeling over. I can't say what it is, but no Secret Service agent would do it or for that matter any law enforcement person.
The Kidnapping Of The President is a rather mediocre product from Canada and I'd skip it.