Rent In the Line of Fire (1993)
3.6 of 5 from 181 ratings
2h 3min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) is a tough, veteran Secret Service agent who has been plagued by feeling s of guilt and failure since the assassination of John F. Kennedy. As the agent on duty that fatal day, Horrigan feels that he should have reacted more quickly and taken the bullet for the President. Thirty years later, the current President of the United States is entering a re-election campaign, and following a number of death threats, Horrigan has been called in to assist in what should be a routine research operation. However, when he discovers that a professional assassin and master of disguise (John Malkovich) has been tracking the President, the assignment turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Leary uses his knowledge of the events in 1963 to mentally torture Horrigan in the ensuing psychological duel - a duel that will eventually put Horrigan 'In the Line of Fire'... - Actors:
- Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole, Fred Dalton Thompson, John Mahoney, Gregory Alan Williams, Jim Curley, Sally Hughes, Clyde Kusatsu, Steve Hytner, Tobin Bell, Bob Schott, Juan A. Riojas, Elsa Raven, Arthur Senzy, Patrika Darbo, Mary Van Arsdel, Ryan Cutrona
- Directors:
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Producers:
- Jeff Apple
- Writers:
- Jeff Maguire
- Others:
- Anne V. Coates
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Clint Eastwood, JFK on Screen
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/06/2008
- Run Time:
- 128 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Russian Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby TrueHD 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Wolfgang Petersen Commentary
- 'Behind-the-Scenes with the Secret Service' Featurette
- 'How'd They Do That?' Featurette
- 'Catching the Counterfeiters' Featurette
- 'The Ultimate Sacrifice' Documentary
- Deleted Scenes
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 14/06/2021
- Run Time:
- 128 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Atmos, English Dolby TrueHD 7.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Hungarian LPCM Mono, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1, Russian Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Thai Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Simplified Mandarin, Spanish, Swedish, Thai
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary with Wolfgang Petersen
- 5 Deleted Scenes
- "The Ultimate Sacrifice" Featurette
- "Catching the Counterfeiters" Featurette
- "How'd They Do That" Featurette
- "Behind the Scenes with the Secret Service" Featurette
- Theatrical Teaser
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Reviews (5) of In the Line of Fire
Bodyguard Clint vs Rogue Malkovich - In the Line of Fire review by JD
What puts this film above all the other "save the president and get the girl" is Clint, John and possibly some good directing too. Malkovich's disguises are a strange brand of humour but most of the film is a tightly orchestrated assassination attempt. Don't be put off that it was made in 1993. It is better for it.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
An excellent political thriller starring Clint Eastwood and John Malkovich - In the Line of Fire review by Philip in Paradiso
Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) and his partner investigate a psychopathic killer (John Malkovich) who has warned them that he is going to murder the president of the USA. On the basis of this somewhat conventional storyline, the movie succeeds in creating a fast-paced, suspenseful political thriller that is generally plausible, amazingly enough. (I found the romance involving F Horrigan the least plausible part of the story, I must say!)
The film is interesting because it becomes a fight to the death between the 2 men (C Eastwood and J Malkovich), each one with his own demons, and this is brought about in an intelligent way. As far as this type of movie goes, this is the best you are going to get, and it is well-worth watching.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Despite the clichés, this is excellent - In the Line of Fire review by RP
Yes, it's another 'assassinate the President' film - but a very good one.
It's clichéd of course - mad-as-a-box-of-frogs loner ex-agent uses his disguise skills to get close to the Pres and only Clint Eastwood can save him. Save him he does, and (of course) gets the girl.
So why is this different from so many other similar films? Well, it's got Clint - and here he's actually playing an older man (albeit younger than Clint), not just pretending to be young - and it works very well in his part of a veteran agent who failed to protect JFK and doesn't intend to fail again. It's got John Malkovich who makes an excellent baddy. But most of all it's the tight direction that makes it work - and that's down to Wolfgang Petersen. He is perhaps best known for directing 'Das Boot' - if you've not seen it, do!
Most of Clint's later films he directed himself and produced via his own production company. The previous year he directed and starred in the Oscar winning 'Unforgiven', so this must have had something about it to attract him - it has, it's great and was nominated for 3 Oscars and 3 BAFTAs. It deserved to win awards, but somehow failed.
Despite the clichés, this is excellent. 5/5 stars - highly recommended.
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