XIII The Conspiracy Part 2 2008 #Hollywood #Greed #Revenge #Lust #Money #Power

XIII: The Conspiracy Part 2 is the second half of the 2008 TV miniseries XIII, adapted from the Belgian graphic novels by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance. Quick rundown: Year: 2008 Format: TV movie / miniseries (Part 2 of 2) Genre: Action, political thriller Director: Duane Clark Based on: XIII comics What happens in Part 2 (no spoilers): The story picks up right where Part 1 leaves off. XIII—still struggling with amnesia—dives deeper into a massive political conspiracy tied to the assassination of the U.S. president. As the plot tightens, alliances get shakier, the stakes go national, and XIII gets closer to the truth about who he is and why so many powerful people want him dead. Main cast: Val Kilmer as XIII Stephen Dorff as Mongoose Caterina Murino as Sam Bruce Ramsay as General Carrington Why people remember it: Slick, late-2000s TV-thriller vibe Heavy political paranoia energy Val Kilmer doing “mysterious, lethal, and confused” surprisingly well It laid the groundwork for the later XIII TV series (2011)