Available on platforms like Apple TV and YouTube Plot Analysis
Much of the action unfolds on a train ride from St. Petersburg to Beijing via the Trans-Siberian Railway.
This film was the first of two 1990s sequels produced by Harry Alan Towers, who had acquired the rights to the Palmer character. Bullet to Beijing
It serves as a sequel to the 1960s trilogy: The Ipcress File , Funeral in Berlin , and Billion Dollar Brain .
Palmer is hired by a Russian tycoon for $250,000 to recover "Alorax" (the Red Death), a genetically altered biological weapon. Available on platforms like Apple TV and YouTube
Palmer must navigate a web of double-crosses involving ex-CIA agents, Russian allies, and North Korean buyers. Production Context
The story picks up after Palmer is forcibly retired from the British Secret Service due to Cold War downsizing. It serves as a sequel to the 1960s
It was filmed back-to-back with Midnight in St. Petersburg (1996), often using the same cast and sets.