Seeing is not believing in this complex adaptation of a Robert Ludlum novel. The Osterman Weekend, a thriller bulging with TV-induced paranoia, concerns the turbulent reunion of John Tanner (Rutger Hauer), an investigative TV reporter, and three of his former collegemates. Enter Lawrence Fassett (John Hurt), a saurian little CIA agent, and the plot thickens as the blood congeals. Head sleuth Burt Lancaster believes these weekend barbecuers to be members of OMEGA, a sinister terrorist organization. An uncredited star of this film is the truckload of high-tech video equipment that turns Tanner's home into a surveillance matrix. Using monitors and full-frame video images, Peckinpah (in his last film) confounds point of view and pads human interaction with layers of technology. From within his master control, Fassett maintains a hygienic coolness while he violates the privacy of his televised victims. The Osterman Weekend makes the viewer a party to the crime as it squelches our objections through television's calm voyeurism.