In the Line of Fire (Special Edition)
by Wolfgang Petersen
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Actor: Clint Eastwood, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole, John Malkovich, Rene RussoDirector: Wolfgang Petersen
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: John Bailey
Producer: Wolfgang Petersen
Producer: David Valdes
Producer: Gail Katz
Producer: Jeff Apple
Producer: Robert J. Rosenthal
Writer: Jeff Maguire
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Unknown; French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); Portuguese (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 128 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-02-27
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of In the Line of Fire (Special Edition)
DVD Review: First-rate Eastwood
Summary: 5 Stars
This will become a classic. Clint delivers an excellent performance. Good drama/thriller/suspense flick. Malkavich plays an excellent villain. It's a definite must-watch, especially in Blu-Ray format. The video resolution details are just amazing. Enjoy.DVD Review: ...
Summary: 5 Stars
"Everyone dies. Some die because they deserve to; others die simply because they come from Minneapolis. It's random and it's meaningless."DVD Review: Malkovich Steals The Show
Summary: 4 Stars
Here's another entertaining Clint Eastwood action-suspense film. I am not a particularly fan of his but I have to hand to him: he knows how to make entertaining movies. It didn't hurt, either, to have John Malkovich as his co-star. Now there is an intense actor!
In this story, Malkovich plays an assassin, and he is fascinating to watch, thanks to his different disguises and the terrific dialog he was given. He also has a interesting voice.
Rene Russo is fairly low-key (for her), but that's fine and Eastwood plays the usual loner-cop role, not appreciated by his superiors but showing them all up in the end. I guess he couldn't stop playing the "Dirty Harry"-type figures, but he played them well.
There were some negatives this film, however, namely: credibility. The climatic scene, in particularly, had too many holes in it. There also were too many verbal blasphemes in here.
Overall, however, this is good, escapist fare.
DVD Review: A Must Have For Any Eastwood Fan
Summary: 5 Stars
A Must Have For Any Eastwood Fan
Great extras with commentary from Rene Russo, John Malkovich, and Clint of course and interesting footage of real Secret Service agants
The story of course is well known by this time to any Eastwood fan. This is one of Eastwood's best: a pretty good action thriller, lots of chases and shootouts but all connected inteligently so as not to insult the viewer. If you're an Eastwood fan you probably already have this or have seen it, so I won't waste a lot of time and energy describing the plot to you. Eastwood has put out a few duds in his time but this isn't one of them - this is well worth the money and I think you'll enjoy it.
DVD Review: First class thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
John Malkovich is convincingly creepy and vicious in his role as an assassin turned maniac who wants to kill the president. Next to him, Clint Eastwood is a secret service man who failed to protect JFK. Their demons drive this excellent film, which is convincing and very involving.
It's an excellent movie and first class entertainment.
Description of In the Line of Fire (Special Edition)
A veteran secret sevice agent haunted by his failure to protect john f. Kennedy from assassination gets a chance to redeem himself thirty years later when a brilliant psychopath threatens to kill the current president. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 08/23/2005 Starring: Clint Eastwood John Malkovich Run time: 127 minutes Rating: RThis 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. The 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 viselike 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. Renee Russo capably costars as a colleague with whom Horrigan gets friendly. --David Kronke
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