A haunted Secret Service agent confronts a cunning assassin threatening the President, reliving past failures.
Suspenseful and tense. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on MGM+ and Fandango at Home (free).
No surprises for an R: some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence.
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Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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