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No Way Out  Rating: Rating:  - Nice slight of handFor a twenty years old movie , No Way Out holds up very well. (From automobiles to clothing, it's easy to forget it is not a current release.) Like The Sixth Sense (Collector's Edition Series), the ending is a shocker and the build up exceptionally well crafted. If you've never seen the movie, you're in for a treat. If you have seen it and know the ending, it's still interesting to watch how the film makers lead the viewer along a apparently obvious path until the very end. Both films cleverly use movie clichés standardized characters to seduce the audience. The Shut Mouth Society The Shopkeeper Rating:  - No Way. Out.It is 1987, mid way through Ronald Reagan's second term. 1987 is the year of the Iran Contra scandal and a big stock market crash. The Cold War with the Soviet Union is still being waged, but soon it will come to an end. George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle will be our next president and vice president. Naval hero Tom Farrell (Kevin Costner) is summoned to the pentagon by Secretary of Defense, David Brice (Gene Hackman). At a posh political function the dashing commander hits on a glamorous woman and is shot down. But he makes a brash exit, claiming she is interested, and she follows him to the bar. As they get to know each other, they exchange these tender words: ----------------------- Susan Atwell: Are you one of them? Tom Farrell: One of what? Susan Atwell: These hypocrites. All posh and shiny getting ready for four more years of ******* it to the rest of us. Tom Farrell: You're pretty cynical. Susan Atwell: Adequate to the occasion. ======================= They begin an intense affair, but as things start to get serious, it becomes evident that she is a kept woman, the mistress of a powerful man in Washington. Tom Farrell presses her for details. ----------------------- Susan Atwell: It's David Brice, Secretary of Defense. Satisfied? Tom Farrell: You know I work for Brice? Susan Atwell: I guess that makes two of us. ======================= Sean Young is great in this movie, but her performance is not enough to save this movie. Still, it's worth it to at least watch the first half just to see her go. If you are a fan of tempestuous romance between strangers, you will enjoy this part (the only thing that mars an otherwise enjoyable sequence of events is when they play "Say It" by Paul Anka and Richard Marx. the song may have been composed especially for this film, since there is a repeated refrain that says 'no way out'). No Way Out might be among Sean Young's best performances, but as her notoriously bad luck would have it, that isn't enough. Kevin Costner makes a pretty good action hero, but the story is not at all believable. At one point he realizes that two assassins have been dispatched to kill Susan Atwell's friend Nina Beka (Iman). He rushes out of the pentagon, comandeers a car from the motor pool, chases them, smashes his car into theirs, jumps off the bridge into a tree and then runs away on foot. They pursue him, but he manages to jump the turnstile of the subway and get on a train in the nick of time. He takes the subway to a shopping mall where Nina works and warns her. She escapes, but the assassins capture him. They take him back to the pentagon, where somehow he is magically protected, and he resumes his old job, heading up the investigation to find the man who was with Susan Atwell, i.e., himself. No mention of him smashing the car and pulling a Halle Berry. No mention of him not paying his subway fare. He is barely reprimanded for his erratic behavior. Seeing this, I flashed back to the night they met: ----------------------- [the band has started playing ''D'ya think I'm Sexy' by Rod Stewart and two people start disco dancing] Susan Atwell: We've got a potential nausea situation building here! ======================= I couldn't have said it better myself, Susan. No way. Out! FILMS AND ROLES OF KEVIN COSTNER The Postman (1997) .... The Postman Tin Cup (1996) .... Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy Waterworld (1995) .... Mariner The War (1994) .... Stephen Simmons Wyatt Earp (1994) .... Wyatt Earp A Perfect World (1993) .... Robert 'Butch' Haynes The Bodyguard (Special Edition) (1992) .... Frank Farmer JFK - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) (1991) .... Jim Garrison Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) .... Robin Hood Dances with Wolves (1990) .... Lt. John J. Dunbar Revenge (1990/I) .... Michael J. 'Jay' Cochran Field of Dreams (1989) .... Ray Kinsella Bull Durham (1988) .... Crash Davis No Way Out (1987) .... Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell The Untouchables (1987) .... Eliot Ness FILMS AND ROLES OF SEAN YOUNG Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) .... Lt. Lois Einhorn / Ray Finkel Bolt (1994) .... Patty Deerheart Fatal Instinct (1993) .... Lola Cain Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) .... Marie Barth Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (1993) .... Twinkle Blue Ice (1992) .... Stacy Mansdorf Once Upon a Crime... (1992) .... Phoebe Love Crimes (1992) .... Dana Greenway Forever (1992) .... Mary Miles Minter A Kiss Before Dying (1991) .... Ellen/Dorothy Carlsson Fire Birds (1990) .... Billie Lee Guthrie Cousins (1989) .... Tish Kozinski The Boost (1988) .... Linda Brown Arena Brains (1988) .... Artist at Party Wall Street (1987) .... Kate Gekko No Way Out (1987) .... Susan Atwell Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985) .... Susan Matthews-Loomis Dune (1984) .... Chani Young Doctors in Love (1982) .... Dr. Stephanie Brody Blade Runner - The Final Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) (1982) .... Rachael FILMS AND ROLES OF GENE HACKMAN Runaway Jury (2003) .... Rankin Fitch Behind Enemy Lines (2001) .... Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) .... Royal Tenenbaum Heist (2001/I) .... Joe Moore Heartbreakers (2001) .... William B. Tensy The Mexican (2001) (uncredited) .... Arnold Margolese The Replacements (2000) .... Jimmy McGinty Under Suspicion (2000) .... Henry Hearst Enemy of the State (1998) .... Brill Antz (1998) (voice) .... General Mandible Twilight (1998) .... Jack Ames Absolute Power (1997) .... President Allen Richmond The Chamber (1996) .... Sam Cayhall Extreme Measures (1996) .... Dr. Lawrence Myrick The Birdcage (1996) .... Sen. Kevin Keeley Get Shorty (1995) .... Harry Zimm Crimson Tide (1995) .... Capt. Frank Ramsey The Quick and the Dead (1995) .... John Herod Wyatt Earp (1994) .... Nicholas Earp Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) .... Brig. Gen. George Crook The Firm (1993) .... Avery Tolar Unforgiven (1992) .... Little Bill Daggett Company Business (1991) .... Sam Boyd Class Action (1991) .... Jedediah Tucker Ward Narrow Margin (1990) .... Robert Caulfield Postcards from the Edge (1990) .... Lowell Kolchek Loose Cannons (1990) .... MacArthur Stern The Package (1989) .... Sgt. Johnny Gallagher Mississippi Burning (1988) .... Agent Rupert Anderson Full Moon in Blue Water (1988) .... Floyd Split Decisions (1988) .... Dan McGuinn Another Woman (1988) .... Larry Lewis Bat*21 (1988) .... Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton No Way Out (1987) .... Defense Secretary David Brice Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) .... Lex Luthor / Voice of Nuclear Man Hoosiers (1986) .... Coach Norman Dale Power (1986) .... Wilfred Buckley Target (1985) .... Walter Lloyd/Duncan (Duke) Potter Twice in a Lifetime (1985) .... Harry MacKenzie Eureka (1984) .... Jack McCann Misunderstood (1984) .... Ned Rawley Uncommon Valor (1983) .... Col. Cal Rhodes Two of a Kind (1983) (uncredited) .... Voice of God Under Fire (1983) .... Alex Grazier Reds (1981) .... Pete Van Wherry All Night Long (1981) .... George Dupler Superman II (1980) .... Lex Luthor Superman (1978) .... Lex Luthor March or Die (1977) .... Maj. William Sherman Foster A Bridge Too Far (1977) .... Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski The Domino Principle (1977) .... Roy Tucker Lucky Lady (1975) .... Kibby Womack Bite the Bullet (1975) .... Sam Clayton Night Moves (1975) .... Harry Moseby French Connection II (1975) .... Doyle Young Frankenstein (1974) .... Blindman Zandy's Bride (1974) .... Zandy Allan The Conversation (1974) .... Harry Caul Scarecrow (1973) .... Max Millan The Poseidon Adventure (1972) .... Rev. Frank Scott Prime Cut (1972) .... Mary Ann Cisco Pike (1972) .... Sergeant Leo Holland The French Connection (1971) .... Jimmy Doyle The Hunting Party (1971) .... Brandt Ruger Doctors' Wives (1971) .... Dr. Dave Randolph I Never Sang for My Father (1970) .... Gene Garrison Marooned (1969) .... Buzz Lloyd Downhill Racer (1969) .... Eugene Claire The Gypsy Moths (1969) .... Joe Browdy Riot (1969) .... Red Fraker The Split (1968) .... Detective Lt. Walter Brill Bonnie and Clyde (1967) .... Buck Barrow FILMS AND ROLES OF IMAN The Deli (1997) .... Avocado Lady Exit to Eden (1994) .... Nina Blackstone Heart of Darkness (1994) (TV) .... Black Beauty Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) .... Martia The Linguini Incident (1991) .... Dali Guest House Party 2 (1991) .... Sheila Landreaux L.A. Story (1991) .... Cynthia Surrender (1987) .... Hedy No Way Out (1987) .... Nina Beka Out of Africa (1985) .... Mariammo Exposed (1983) .... Model The Human Factor (1979) .... Sarah FILMS AND ROLES OF GEORGE DZUNDZA Basic Instinct (1992) .... Gus Moran The Butcher's Wife (1991) .... Leo Lemke White Hunter Black Heart (1990) .... Paul Landers Impulse (1990) .... Lt. Joe Morgan The Beast of War (1988) .... Daskal Honor Bound (1988) .... Wocjinski No Way Out (1987) .... Sam Hesselman No Mercy (1986) .... Captain Stemkowski Best Defense (1984) .... Steve Loparino Streamers (1983) .... Cokes FILMS AND ROLES OF SENATOR FRED DALTON THOMPSON Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005) .... Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson Baby's Day Out (1994) .... FBI Agent Dale Grissom In the Line of Fire (1993) .... White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent Born Yesterday (1993) .... Sen. Hedges White Sands (1992) (uncredited) .... Arms Dealer Thunderheart (1992) .... William Dawes Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992) .... Stockman Cape Fear (1991) .... Tom Broadbent Curly Sue (1991) .... Bernard Oxbar Necessary Roughness (1991) .... Carver Purcell Class Action (1991) .... Dr. George Getchell Flight of the Intruder (1991) (uncredited) .... Court-Martial Captain Die Hard 2 (1990) .... Trudeau Days of Thunder (1990) .... Big John The Hunt for Red October (1990) .... Rear Admiral Joshua Painter - USS Enterprise Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) .... Maj. Gen. Melrose Hayden Barry Feds (1988) .... Bill Bilecki No Way Out (1987) .... CIA Director Marshall Rating: - Costner-Good acting-will miracles never cease?This is a great suspense thriller. Costner is 100% believable throughout, as are Hackman (as always!) and the rest of the cast. I was completely shocked by the ending. Great film! P.S. Why not five stars? Low rewatchability. Rating:  - Best movie Kevin Costner has ever made! An exceptional film! Shel Natowsky, Ph.D. This movie is Costner's best, without any hesitation. The performances by Hackman and Sean Young are also flawless. Supporting roles are well honed, as well. The movie has everything you could want in a film...I mean everything! The screenplay is wonderfully written, acted, directed, and presented. Why is it that movies as superb as this one is cannot be made anymore? Everytime I run it, it never ceases to thrill me and to amaze me. If you want to see a Cold War drama that never ceases to excite and one which moves at a fever's pace, then see this one. Satisfaction guaranteed! Well done people! |
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