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To me, this movie is perfection.

Best movie ever!

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

In the Line of Fire is an insanely entertaining action/suspense film from 1993, starring (the great) Clint Eastwood as the aging secret service agent Frank Horrigan, cast opposite of him, in the role of the villain, is John Malkovich who delivers what's probably the most inspired performance of his career, as the fiendishly vindictive rogue agent/assassin, Mitch Leary. Also starring is a young and still very beautiful Rene Russo and she quite capably fills the roll of the young-female-secret-service-agent and she's also Clint's squeeze or "love interest" in the film - although it is a highly contentious relationship between the two at first. But, as if you couldn't guess it, Clint's charm and heroism eventually win's her over. Also starring as Eastwoods partner, in what's probably his only notable film role, is Dylan McDermott, who, when in the presence of such an inspired cast and helmed by a director of Wolfgang Peterson's caliber, even he rose to the occasion.This film is masterful by the way it's creates such a potent atmosphere of tension between the two main character's, in which we see Eastwood pitted against Malkovich, in the classic good-guy vs. bad-guy format and the events that transpire, play out in the form of what's an incredibly exciting game of cat-and-mouse; and since it revolves around assassinating the President, the games stakes could not be any higher. I say "game", because that's how Malkovich's character, Mitch Leary, treats it as and he's unfailing sporting of his grand scheme of assassination towards his nemesis Frank Horrigan and agents of the Secret Service; and he constantly keeps them in the loop all the way through to conclusion, which brilliantly leads up to the films climatic ending. But there's more to say before we get there. Just remember that there's apparently an established code of etiquette among psychotic assassin's - one which colors greatly this movies mood.Throughout the movie Leary taunts his pursuers through a series of phone calls, that are always flavored with cryptic threats, which tends to cast a dark pall over the film. Though it goes well beyond that (especially in the second hour of the film), as the tension only intensifies, when it becomes obvious that there's a killer on the loose. Malkovich plays his role with a remarkable level of energy and conviction and his looming presence cast's a very long shadow over his enemies which, impressively, is the Secret Service AND the FBI. Yet it's on the conscious of agent Horrigan, that the threat of Leary weighs most heavily, as the ever-present threat of this shadowy specter remains at large. All this tension effectively builds up into a vast morass of terrible uncertainty which must be vanquished, if the nightmare that is Mitch Leary is ever to end. If that doesn't spell it out for you here's another, the tension that's created is: Positively Palpable.Throughout the second half of the film the ante is upped and Leary is actively on a killing-spree, murdering several people who he perceives as being in the way and/or knowing too much and for Horrigan, one of his victims comes very close to home. Who might it be? All while following the president's re-election bid/campaign trail around the country, which at a series of campaign rallies, leads us up to some of the films best and most exciting moments; once again pitting old, steely-eyed Clint against his nemesis - Mitch Leary, who also happens to be a master of disguise. With Horrigan's obsessive nature towards catching (or killing) Leary, not to mention all the additional safety precautions he ask's for on the Presidents behalf, this invariably (and quickly) causes a lot of internal friction between himself, other members of the Sercret Service, all the way up the ladder to the White House Chief of Staff (played by the late Frederick Dalton Thompson).In lieu of Horrigan's efficient investigating and Leary's devious, but very sporting-like MO, this effectively ensures that the game will always be kept very close and the stakes are always at their highest: Presidential Assassination; this again, creates profoundly intense levels of suspense, which are potently and thrillingly sustained until the very end of the movie. In the Line of Fire is a lot more than just a great action film with "all it's guns blazing"; it's a film that has very few rivals when measured in the terms of it's compellingly gripping levels of suspense and 23 years after it's release, it still, very much remains among Eastwood's best films. A tall order for any movie and the only other movie of Clint's that has anywhere near this level of suspense and nervous tension, is the first Dirty Harry film - but even that falls well short of In the Line of Fire. Which, as time has proved it to be, a true heavy-weight contender in the realm known as: The Suspense Genre.

This film,in my opinion, is up there with dirty harry, Gran Torino and million dollar baby, Eastwood best films hes acted/directed in. I have absolutely no problems with this film whatsoever it is suspenseful, romantic, powerful and never has a dull moment. Obviously its not as good as the likes of Shawshank, the godfather and se7en but still similar to films likes of phone booth, rocky 2 and die hard 4.0 have been hard done by by the the critics.I would highly recommend this film to anyone who really listens to the dialogue and enjoys suspenseful thrillers. Again Eastwood never fails to please me.

Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood), a veteran US secret service agent, has never recovered from that fateful day (22 November 1963) when President John F. Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald at his watch. Blaming himself for not reacting sooner and taking the fateful bullet, Horrigan became occasionally brooding and turned to liquor, actions that drove away his wife and daughter. He stayed in the bureaucracy though and requests an assignment to protect the latest president thirty years after the Catastrophe in Dallas. Now in his early sixties, the grizzled and intense Horrigan questions his own decision and forms doubts whether he still has the physical vigor to stand up to the job demands. Secret Service Director Sam Campagna (John Mahoney) backs him and grants his request, but Assistant Director Bill Watts (Gary Cole), although reluctantly agreeing to the new assignment, is so strongly against Horrigan that he revels in his apparent faux pas (like running out of breath while running alongside the presidential vehicle). Chief of Staff Harry Sargent (Fred Dalton Thompson) is similarly not in Horrigan's corner. The president is facing a very difficult reelection campaign, and Sargent does not want him to look awkwardly or cowardly in the face of potential danger.Mitch Leary (John Malcovitch), a trained operative for the CIA who was laid off, claims he was double-crossed by the US government and wants revenge. What is this loose cannon's plan? He longs to kill the current president (Jim Curley, code name "Traveler"). Calling himself "Booth" (after you know whom) he takes the offensive and continually torments Horrigan on the telephone, explaining exactly what he intends to do. Booth had studied Frank Horrigan for years, and is so clever and conditioned and twisted that he is able to burrow deeply into the latter's mind. A master of disguise, Booth continually toys with Horrigan, recounting parallels in their life experiences. At other times, he creates bummers. For example, consider the scene when President Curley is holding an AFL-CIO rally in Chicago. Booth uses pins to pop display balloons, badgering Horrigan into believing that gunshots are being fired. Horrigan's actions caused disruption and humiliated the president, although the agent did show his self-assurance and quick reaction, and was even willing to take a hit for "Traveler." Now Frank has a partner, Al D'Andrea (Dylan McDermott), and the two of them had undermined a deadly band of Phoenix counterfeiters early in the film. D'Andrea, though, is fated for a different destiny even though for more than two-thirds of the film Horrigan and he tail Leary. The psychopath divulges that he could have killed Horrigan many times but left him alone ("I have allowed you to live so you show me some g**damn respect!"). And at one point the aging Horrigan nearly perishes from a rooftop fall. Now when the denouement eventually arrives, will he have the efficacy to save the president? Malcovitch's acting is always of high quality. He is just so believable as a creep that one almost begins to hate him. Rene Russo may have come late to Hollywood (in her later thirties), but she already had polished acting tools and looks to match. Her role here is Lilly Raines, a capable and strong agent herself who is on presidential protection detail; later she becomes Horrigan's younger lover. Of course the beginning was rocky, especially after Horrigan made several offensive statements. But Raines eventually saw his masculine sensitivity, charm, and his real respect for her, and she shows her own capacity to fall in love.This movie is a nice vehicle for Eastwood, a good actor who easily handles similar roles. Director Wolfgang Petersen created a competent film with a novel idea of a man obsessed with his inability to save a past president from a real, historical assassination. Those pictures and footages (digital effects) of a young Horrigan inserted into actual pictures of Kennedy are believable. Also, the sets are convincing (White House, Air Force One, police escort, rallies). The only drawback may be that the movie runs a few minutes too long. Recommended.

Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) is a no non-sense secret service agent who is stilled haunted by his failure at the Kennedy assassination. He has a young eager partner Al D'Andrea (Dylan McDermott). They investigate Joseph McCrawley as a possible threat to the president. Then Frank gets a call from McCrawley (John Malkovich) who is fixated on him. Agent Bill Watts (Gary Cole) in charge of the presidential detail doesn't want to hear it but agent Lilly Raines (Rene Russo) is interested. Frank gets back on the presidential detail with the help of mentor Sam Campagna (John Mahoney).Despite its two hours running time, director Wolfgang Petersen weaves a tightly wound thriller. Clint Eastwood is the perfect choice for the world wearied expert agent. John Malkovich has a creepy menace to him. Also I love the wooden gun. It's not a complicated story but Eastwood keeps our attention throughout.