A Show of Force is a movie directed by Bruno Barreto in 1990 and based on the book Murder Under Two Flags: The U.S., Puerto Rico, and the Cerro Maravilla Cover-Up by Anne Nelson, first published in 1986. The movie features Amy Irving, Andy García, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Duvall, Kevin Spacey, Joseph Campanella, and others.
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Storyline
During 1978, Kate Melendez works as a TV news reporter and delves into the perplexing fatalities of two radical Puerto Rican activists. The government alleges that they were terrorists, but others argue that they were simply student activists. Despite facing threats to her own safety, Melendez conducts an inquiry into the deaths, which eventually leads her to surmise that covert American agents framed the activists as terrorists and then executed them.
Movie vs Book
Year
1990
Minutes
95
Movie Rate
5.30
Source: IMDb
Movie
A Show of Force
Director: Bruno Barreto
Country: USA
Year: 1990
Length: 1h35m
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Year
1986
Pages
269
Book Rate
8.00
S: Goodreads
Book
Murder Under Two Flags
Subtitle: The U.S., Puerto Rico, and the Cerro Maravilla Cover-Up
User polls & recommendations
“The biggest challenge of adapting the book was trying to make the inner lives of the characters legible through their outward actions.”
SALLY ROONEY (Writer)
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