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 In The Line Of Fire (DVD)
Description: Genre: Crime & Thriller - Thriller / Theatrical Release: 1993 / Director: Wolfgang Petersen / Actors: Clint Eastwood, ... more  In The Line Of Fire (DVD) ... John Malkovich ... / DVD released 18 February, 2002 at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Collector's Edition, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen / This smart, tautly directed thriller from Wolfgang Petersen is about the cat-and-mouse games between a Secret Service agent named Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) and the brilliant, psychopathic assassin (John Malkovich) who's itching to get the President in his cross hairs. In the Line of Fire's back-story--Horrigan is haunted by his inability to prevent John Kennedy's assassination (Eastwood is computer-generated into archival footage)--is more than a little hokey, but the plotting itself is smartly, even ingeniously, constructed. Petersen manages a vice-like grip on the tension and Eastwood even gets to deliver an ever-more-timely lecture on the diminished nature of the office of President. Eastwood's as gruff and as infuriating to the by-the-book Powers That Be as ever and Malkovich oozes delightful menace. Rene Russo capably co-stars as a colleague with whom Horrigan gets friendly. --David KronkeNewest Review: ... protection assassinated. Eastwood was hand-picked to protect Kennedy on that fateful day and is still haunted by the thought ... more ... that perhaps he could have saved him from the second bullet. When his investigations uncover another psycho is stalking the current president he immediately gets himself assigned to the protection scheme...if he couldn't save one President, he is damned sure he can save another one. A little bit of absolution maybe. Eastwood's problem mount though when he runs into a brick wall of ignorance and stupidity from those advisors to the President who refuse to alter his schedule despite the mounting evidence that...more |
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In The Line Of Fire (DVD): Kill the US President. (427 words)
by daseaford - written on 21.10.01 (Very useful, 24 readings)
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At a time when America is dominated by the threat of terrorism it is ironic that this film is shown on British TV where the threat to the President’s life comes from within their own staff. “In the line of fire” is the story of Mitch Leary (played by John Malkovich), a disgruntled agent who feels the US government is trying to kill him and decides the only answer to this threat is by killing the President. To ensure that the reason for the killing is clear to the authorities the assassin contacts Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan (played by Clint Eastwood) and taunts him with comments about his role during the killing of John F. Kennedy in ...
Losing A President Is, At Best, Careless. Losing Two... (576 words)
by wampyrii - written on 20.10.02 (Very useful, 36 readings)
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You might be forgiven for baulking at the idea of watching Clint Eastwood play another aging character on screen, it's certainly one of the reasons I had avoided this until its recent television repeat. Coming someplace in the middle of his playing an aging gunslinger in "Unforgiven", an aging astronaut in "Space Cowboys" and just plain old in (the very painful) "The Bridges Of Madison County" comes "In The Line Of Fire" to mix it up a bit with Clint playing an aging C.I.A. operative instead. Still, no one plays 'old' quite like Clint so, despite the boring as hell "...Madison County" glitch I shouldn't ...
In The Line Of Fire (DVD): In the line of Excellence (292 words)
by clissoldjones - written on 03.05.01 (Very useful, 8 readings)
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The true strengths of this excellent thriller are the performances delivered by an all-star cast of Clint Eastwood, John Malkovic and Rene Russo. The plot involves Eastwood playing an ageing bodyguard who still has painful flashbacks to the assassination of President Kennedy-something he blames himself for. When a creepy killer Malkovic starts taunting and harrassing him, he begins to worry about the safety of the current President. A cat and mouse thriller springs up and the troubled Eastwood confides in a young and beautiful policewoman (Russo). While the plot and the script added to the direction make for a very gripping and sometimes suspenseful thriller, ...
