In the Line of Fire

In 1990s the author of this review learned the hard way not to expect much from Hollywood blockbusters, especially those based on "high concepts". One of those, based on the "Secret Service agent must stop super-efficient assassin from killing President", didn't look good, indicating nothing more than poor man's *The Day of the Jackal*. However, every now and then, there comes a pleasant surprise and those "high con…

More CLint Eastwood. Clint does pretty much his typical style of performance in this movie and doesn't seem overly pushed with his acting. The film is helped by John Malkovitch who does a very good "bad" guy, add to that the direction of Wolgang Peterson and you end up with a film that is actually above average. This means that if you have some spare time and nothing else to do, then you could watch this. We have Fr…