Most without knowledge of the Historical Events of 1989 to 1990s will Rate this very low, expecting some kind of James Bond Movie with the Good Guy Winning and getting the girl, lots of explosions, car chases, gadgets.
The U.S.S.R. was collapsing, had just lost Afghanistan, due to CIA Operation Cyclone.
The U.S.S.R. had screwed up with the 1979 U.S.S.R. backed Overthrow of U.S. Ally Shah of Iran, and terrified when the U.S.S.R.'s "Puppet" Ayatollah Khomeini went "Off Script" as Fanatical Muslim of what the U.S.S.R. Planned.
1989 Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini had just lost the Iran Iraq Wars, the U.S. Ally Iraq was chasing Iran's Ally the Millions of Kurdistanis Traitors that fought against U.S. Ally Iraq into Southern Turkey, Eastern Syria from Northern Iraq, destabilizing the Entire Region especially where this Movie takes place, Syria.
Syria was a U.S.S.R. Ally,. with the U.S.S.R. Collapse there were severe Economic consequences, Syrian President Assad was making deals with the U.S. to become a U.S. Ally and did 1990 just before the 1990 to 1991 First Gulf War., as the U.S. took the wrong side against longtime U.S. Ally Iraq, because U.S. Ally Kuwait was stealing U.S. Ally Iraqis Oil with "Diagonal Drilling" aka "Slant Drilling" into the U.S. Ally Iraqis Southern Oil Fields, to stop this U.S. Ally Iraq Invaded U.S. Ally Kuwait, U.S. then sided with U.S. Ally Kuwait.
The U.S.S.R. was collapsing, had just lost Afghanistan, due to CIA Operation Cyclone.
The U.S.S.R. had screwed up with the 1979 U.S.S.R. backed Overthrow of U.S. Ally Shah of Iran, and terrified when the U.S.S.R.'s "Puppet" Ayatollah Khomeini went "Off Script" as Fanatical Muslim of what the U.S.S.R. Planned.
1989 Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini had just lost the Iran Iraq Wars, the U.S. Ally Iraq was chasing Iran's Ally the Millions of Kurdistanis Traitors that fought against U.S. Ally Iraq into Southern Turkey, Eastern Syria from Northern Iraq, destabilizing the Entire Region especially where this Movie takes place, Syria.
Syria was a U.S.S.R. Ally,. with the U.S.S.R. Collapse there were severe Economic consequences, Syrian President Assad was making deals with the U.S. to become a U.S. Ally and did 1990 just before the 1990 to 1991 First Gulf War., as the U.S. took the wrong side against longtime U.S. Ally Iraq, because U.S. Ally Kuwait was stealing U.S. Ally Iraqis Oil with "Diagonal Drilling" aka "Slant Drilling" into the U.S. Ally Iraqis Southern Oil Fields, to stop this U.S. Ally Iraq Invaded U.S. Ally Kuwait, U.S. then sided with U.S. Ally Kuwait.