my take represent routine political thriller with mediocre action scene and predictable twist . a rarely see political thriller and which make a very poor box office response and i manage to catch the shadow conspiracy on tv just now and and while i be glad that i satisfy my curiosity to see this rare film and i do not exactly feel this film be all special . consider the box office response to it and shadow conspiracy be not all quite as bad a critic and the public react to it and but still ain not very good to begin with and everything and from script to direction and be pretty predictable . charlie sheen play the presidential assistant who find himself catch up with assassin and chase ( a lot of them ) when he discover a deadly conspiracy which lurk amongst the white house staff . after a professor be murder and sheen aid the help of ex flame reporter amanda given ( linda hamilton ) to uncover the traitor and unlock the conspiracy of the title . but this script and write by adi hasak and ric gibbs and be pedestrian a they come and not much differing from other white house conspiracy thriller a in absolute power and murder at 1600. some considerable talent ( donald sutherland and ben gazzara and stephen lang ) try their best on a routine script and but rarely save it from predictability of the script . not to mention a ludicrous scene which involve a toy helicopter and which seem far too silly and out of place in this serious political thriller . the shadow conspiracy have it moment i be sure and some of which be much to under appreciate ( director george pan cosmatos serve up some decent chase scene ) and but none of which lift this routine thriller of which there not much payoff or surprise . rating represent out of 5 .