fahte

I watched a Hollywood movie on TV some 10 years ago, and I loved it. But I haven't been able to identify it so far.

The plot is as follows: A young man starts to live alone in a big city of the USA (perhaps Washington). One day he mysteriously loses all his identification documents, and when he comes home he sees other people living there. Then he receives a briefcase from someone he doesn't know. In the briefcase, he finds new IDs prepared for him under another name, and an apartment key and address. When he goes to this address, he meets a young woman waiting for him. With time, he realizes that these were prepared by the US intelligence and he will be used in the assassination of the Russian (not Soviet) president -or another high-ranked person.

Does this ring a bell for anyone?

TGM

kinda sounds like Eagle Eye, but that wasnt 10 years ago

fahte

nope, that's not it, sorry.

slimdude

Do you happen to remember any of the actors, or actresses who starred in the movie? That will be a big help!

Solid Snake

Maybe describe the actors or the clothing they're wearing?

TGM

I haven't seen the movie in awhile, but The Recruit?

slimdude

Is it: Hitman, with Timothy Olyphant?

fahte

Thanks for the replies, guys, but we still couldn't spot it

If only I knew the actors/actresses... But, let me say, there was no superhero-kind of actor, and the guy in the leading role was a modest-looking young man at his 20-30s.

slimdude

How about Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity!

fahte

No, sorry. I appreciate your effort, though!

Solid Snake

uhm....there all kinds of superheroes..too broad of a way to not distinguish an actor from anyone else.

fahte

Well, I mean, there is nobody such as Arnold Schwarzenegger or Brad Pitt in the cast. The leading actor is just an ordinary guy, who tries to extricate himself from the scheme. I even doubt if he ever fights in the movie.

I'm sorry this is all I can remember from the movie I saw 10 years ago

PopcornTreeCt

Obligatory, Schwarzenegger and Pitt have never played superheroes comment.

Anyhow, don't know this one.

edstein

The Saint with Val Kilmer maybe.

The Bus

I have been derided for giving false information to members in these types of threads. As a show of support, I will help you by ruling out the following films:

The Ghost and the Darkness
V.I. Warshawski
Cars 2

You are most welcome.

JumpCutz

Schindler's Li..... never mind.

fahte

@edstein = good one but sorry, that's not it.
@The Bus = well, at least we've weeded them out.
@JumpCutz =

This was among the thrillers that I've enjoyed most, but as nobody knows it, I'm starting to suspect that I saw it in my dream.

Norm de Plume

I did several IMDb searches and came up empty. Sorry.

gmanca

Shadow Conspiracy? Not about Russians but does have a Russian professor.

E. Honda

Perhaps "Just Another Secret" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097633/

PopcornBandit

On Topic: I have no idea what movie you're talking about.

Rob V

You 100% sure about that?

Groucho

Could it be the remake of The Manchurian Candidate? I haven't seen it, so I'm not sure how much the plot differs from the original.

RichC2

Reminds me of Cypher but that had no assassinations in it.

FinkPish

Center of the Web?

Trailer here: http://www.videodetective.com/movies...-trailer/38082