Off The Bookshelf UK - DVD In The Line Of Fire [1993] In The Line Of Fire [1993] New & Used In The Line Of Fire [1993]

Search DVD - select a category

Buy In The Line Of Fire [1993] online at Discounted New and Used prices. Delivered to your door with Off-The-Bookshelf.

In The Line Of Fire [1993]
starring: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole
directed by: Wolfgang Petersen

List Price: £5.99

Price: £2.11

You Save: £3.88 (65%)
Prices subject to change.

Used Price: £1.00
Third Party New Price: £2.11

Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5035822966833
Format: PAL, Widescreen
Label: Uca
Manufacturer: Uca
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Uca
Region Code: 2
Release Date: June 06, 2005
Running Time: 123 minutes
Studio: Uca
Theatrical Release Date: July 09, 1993
Sales Rank: 32413

Related Items:

Any Which Way You Can / Every Which Way But Loose [1980]

Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
This smart, tautly directed thriller from Wolfgang Petersen is about the cat-and-mouse games between a Secret Service agent named Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) and the brilliant, psychopathic assassin (John Malkovich) who's itching to get the President in his cross hairs. In the Line of Fire's back-story--Horrigan is haunted by his inability to prevent John Kennedy's assassination (Eastwood is computer-generated into archival footage)--is more than a little hokey, but the plotting itself is smartly, even ingeniously, constructed. Petersen manages a vice-like grip on the tension and Eastwood even gets to deliver an ever-more-timely lecture on the diminished nature of the office of President. Eastwood's as gruff and as infuriating to the by-the-book Powers That Be as ever and Malkovich oozes delightful menace. Rene Russo capably co-stars as a colleague with whom Horrigan gets friendly. --David Kronke

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Magnificent Malkovich in cool crime thriller
Police inspector Frank Horrigan (Eastwood) is set an assignment to track down a man who claims he will assassinate the President of the United States.

Wolfgang Peterson (Air Force one) directs a fine established crime thriller in a year where a certain John Malkovich starred as a certain Mitch Leary.

The main watching point for this film is Malkovich. The silence and emotion behind this character is a reflection on how the past can change a person. Malkovich's sophisticated attitude towards the protagonist is a thing of beauty. His evilness is understandable and he even outclasses Eastwood, which is no easy thing to achieve. His Oscar nominated turn as the man who wants the President murdered is a sure fire way to ... Read More:

Rating:

- First class thriller
John Malkovich is convincingly creepy and vicious in his role as an assassin turned maniac who wants to kill the president. Next to him, Clint Eastwood is a secret service man who failed to protect JFK. Their demons drive this excellent film, which is convincing and very involving.

It's an excellent movie and first class entertainment.

Rating:

- Clint kicks more butt in this 90's thriller
In The Line of Fire is another fantastic film from Clints 'latter years', though it's always nice to see by this time he still had a full voice and wasn't so creaky. The storyline is good enough to keep you hooked, while the plot, though has been done quite a few times before, is given a 'Presidential' makeover when looney-assasin John Malkovich plans to kill the President before the end of the current elections.

It's also funny in its own way that he still has this amazing ability to attract even young women, as he so does in this film despite the 40/50 year age gap. Must be his own brand of aftershave... Davidoff hasn't pulled for me yet!

What's also nice to see is that he puts a smile on his face regularly whilst ... Read More:

Rating:

- "All we have is the game. I'm on offence, you're on defence."
Warner Bros.' favourite son's first film outside the studio since the mid-seventies (also the first scored by Morricone in even longer) resulted in one of the best thrillers of the Nineties. The premise is simple, offering Eastwood's ageing secret service agent, who failed to save JFK, the chance for redemption by stopping Malkovich's assassin, who latches on to his guilt in an engrossing cat-and-mouse game. The idea of the criminal and his pursuer forging a bond has been done many times before, but seldom as well as here.

What really makes it work is the strength of the characterisation, giving the audience a stake in the protagonists that adds to the tension. As a result, Eastwood and Malkovich's confrontations (filmed simultaneously ... Read More:

Rating:

- Edge of your seat thriller pepered with Malkovich's superb performance
IN THE LINE OF FIRE, in my opinion, is an excellent, suspenseful, and edge-of-your-seat action/drama/thriller! I thought that Agent Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) and Agent Raines (Rene Russo) looked good in the attire they wore at the presidential dinner. As for Leary (John Malkovich), he was a sick man who loved to toy with Frank by phone. He looked good in the tuxedo he wore near the end of the film, though. One thing that surprised me was the growing attraction between Agent Horrigan and Agent Raines. Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say that the entire cast and crew did an outstanding job, I loved the setting, and I couldn't get enough of it. Now, in conclusion, to all you Clint Eastwood fans who haven't seen this excellent, suspenseful, and edge ... Read More:

DVD : In The Line Of Fire [1993]