Sleepers is no longer sleeping quite so heavily
Sleepers was originally a TV miniseries from 1991 and has taken forever to be re-released in video or DVD format. After years of false hope when the title got mixed up with the Woody Allen film in searches, I finally hit the day when the story description matched what I remembered. Everyone involved: the KGB, CIA, British Secret Service, and the embedded spies, are willing to fight to the death not to return to the cold war but they still don’t trust anyone either. It pokes fun at the stereotypes of every nation in a friendly sort of way. There’s enough suspense to be interesting and sufficient happy endings to satisfy the romantics. Highly recommended for sick days at home.



