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Jul 9, 1993 · Thrillers are as good as their villains, and "In the Line of Fire" has a great one - a clever, slimy creep who insidiously burrows his way into the psyche of the hero, a veteran Secret Service agent named Horrigan (Clint Eastwood).
A straightforward thriller of the highest order, In the Line of Fire benefits from Wolfgang Peterson's taut direction and charismatic performances from Clint Eastwood and John Malkovich.
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A top-notch thriller, the movie's traditional values concerning classic first-responder, law enforcement, and Secret Service/FBI/CIA-agent hero-types who dutifully put their lives on the line...
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"In the Line of Fire" is a very exciting film and works well because the film was well cast and very well written. Clint Eastwood plays an old Secret Service agent whose claim to fame was his being on the detail that protected President Kennedy in Dallas (oops).
Jun 14, 2021 · In the Line of Fire Review. Wolfgang Petersen's finest Hollywood thriller cemented Eastwood's late career resurgence, following his tremendous comeback in Unforgiven, weaving a tense cat-and-mouse game set against a sublime Morricone score.
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On Rotten Tomatoes, In the Line of Fire has a 96% rating based on 73 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The site's consensus states: "A straightforward thriller of the highest order, In the Line of Fire benefits from Wolfgang Petersen's taut direction and charismatic performances from Clint Eastwood and John Malkovich."
Jul 9, 1993 · Eastwood stars as Frank Horrigan, a veteran Secret Service agent haunted by his failure to protect John F. Kennedy from assassination. Thirty years later, he gets a chance to redeem himself when a brilliant psychopath threatens to kill the current president and take Horrigan with him.