IMDb
6.5 /10
3k votes


Action · Thriller · 1986 · 1h 36min
A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force base. Has there been a Government cover-up? Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam, the MP's assistant, to find out the truth.
Sign in and build your archive. The best notes get written right after the credits roll.
Sign in → top right

IMDb
6.5 /10
3k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
6.5 /10
41 votes
Letterboxd
6.8 /10
—
Weighted average
6.6/10
Available in United States (data from JustWatch via TMDB · click → opens in provider)
Defense of the Realm (1985) Original Trailer [FHD]