"Shadow of Treason" is an ultra-low budgeted film made by Brits in what was at the time Yugoslavia. Why? Because it was CHEAP to film there! Despite the cheapness of the film and a plot that is only okay, it's still worth seeing just for John Bentley's performance!
Steve (Bentley) is hanging out in Yugoslavia for no apparent reason. However, after he thwarts an attempt on a stripper's life, she hires him to be her protector. He soon realizes folks are trying to kill her because her father (who had recently died) had been blackmailing them, as the list of people he left to her are the names of his prey. Steve needs to figure out why they were all being blackmailed as well as which one of them is the one trying to kill his client.
The story is okay. But I was really impressed by Bentley. First, he plays a world-weary American...yet he is British. His accent was fine and his characterization of Steve was wonderful...so much so that it seems sad that he's not more of a household name. Overall, an uneven and occasionally dull film...which lights up when Bentley is in the picture.
Steve (Bentley) is hanging out in Yugoslavia for no apparent reason. However, after he thwarts an attempt on a stripper's life, she hires him to be her protector. He soon realizes folks are trying to kill her because her father (who had recently died) had been blackmailing them, as the list of people he left to her are the names of his prey. Steve needs to figure out why they were all being blackmailed as well as which one of them is the one trying to kill his client.
The story is okay. But I was really impressed by Bentley. First, he plays a world-weary American...yet he is British. His accent was fine and his characterization of Steve was wonderful...so much so that it seems sad that he's not more of a household name. Overall, an uneven and occasionally dull film...which lights up when Bentley is in the picture.