Thursday, September 10, 2020

In the Line of Fire (1993)

 

Genre: Action/Thriller
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo 
Running time: 128 minutes

 


Aging Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan embarks on a cat-and-mouse chase with Mitch Leary, a former CIA agent now determined to kill the president of the United States. Horrigan, who is still haunted by what he perceives as his failure to protect JFK in Dallas, really wants to get his man now.

This film contains many of the Eastwood film clichés (complex intergender relationships in the workplace, a hero having to rebel against his own allies to get the job done, etc), but I am a fan and, as usual, it is well done. What we have here is a smart action-thriller movie with a compelling storyline, good actors and interesting characters.

John Malkovich was such a great choice to play the bad guy here. He brings that character to life and makes you wonder how he can ever be defeated. Eastwood did a good job playing a character more vulnerable than his Dirty Harry alter ego.

Overall, this is a very good movie.

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