Rent Absolute Power (1997)
3.3 of 5 from 109 ratings
1h 56min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- He was where he shouldn't have been and saw what he shouldn't have seen. Now, who will believe the word of career thief and ex-con Luther Whitney when he says he saw a woman killed - and that the man responsible is the U.S. President? Clint Eastwood portrays Whitney and directs this crisp, finely acted adaptation of David Baldacci's best-seller. Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney and more top talents create well-rounded characters that intensify a constantly spiraling game of cat-and-mouse between Whitney, local police and the highest levels of Oval Office power.
- Actors:
- Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Scott Glenn, Dennis Haysbert, Judy Davis, E.G. Marshall, Melora Hardin, Kenneth Welsh, Penny Johnson Jerald, Richard Jenkins, Mark Margolis, Elaine Kagan, Alison Eastwood, Yau-Gene Chan, George Orrison, Charles McDaniel, John Lyle Campbell, Kimber Eastwood
- Directors:
- Clint Eastwood
- Producers:
- Clint Eastwood, Karen S. Spiegel
- Writers:
- David Baldacci, William Goldman
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know Laura Linney, Getting to Know: Clint Eastwood, History of US Presidents in Cinema: Part 2
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 07/06/2010
- Run Time:
- 121 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, Danish, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, German Hard of Hearing, Greek, Italian, Italian Hard of Hearing, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of Absolute Power
Entertaining but flawed thriller - Absolute Power review by RP
Clint Eastwood plays Clint Eastwood as an old and wily jewel thief who witnesses a philandering US President attempting rough sex with a woman who is then killed by Secret Service bodyguards. After a tense start, the film then rambles a little as suspicion for the woman's death falls on Clint who proceeds to evade detection by his mastery of disguise.
It's an entertaining but flawed thriller – the story is more than a little silly and many scenes are unrealistic (eg Clint gets away from Secret Service men at night when they're 30 years younger and fitter and he's wearing a heavy rucksack and they have night vision goggles) and his 'master of disguise' technique consists of wearing an old coat and a hat. Despite the flaws, Mr Eastwood directed yet another effective thriller. I enjoyed it and rate it 3/5 stars.
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