In the Line of Fire
Year: | 1993 |
Production Co: | Castle Rock Entertainment |
Studio: | Columbia |
Director: | Wolfgang Petersen |
Cast: | Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole, John Mahoney, Tobin Bell |
Mitch is actually more interested in connecting with Frank than killing the President, believing the whole thing to be a chess game of wits with a worthy equal he's getting off on playing.
A pretty classic cinematic cat-and-mouse game ensues, with lots of 'inside dope' dialogue from the world of high-level Presidential protectors.
The special effects of putting Eastwood's face into the frame with three actual Presidents is interesting, and the acting is indeed great, raising this just a few notches above an everyday entry into what was at the time a crowded genre but which many filmmakers find kind of embarrassing in this day and age. The last example was Michael Douglas vehicle The Sentinel.