Synopsis
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.
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Cast
- Clint EastwoodSecret Service Agent Frank Horrigan
- John MalkovichMitch Leary
- Rene RussoSecret Service Agent Lilly Raines
- Dylan McDermottSecret Service Agent Al D'Andrea
- Gary ColeSecret Service Presidential Detail Agent-In-Charge Bill Watts
- Fred ThompsonWhite House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent
- John MahoneySam Campagna
- Gregory Alan WilliamsMatt Wilder
- Jim CurleyPresident
- Sally HughesFirst Lady
Recommendations
- 100
The New York Times
It's movie making of the high, smooth, commercial order that Hollywood prides itself on but achieves with singular infrequency. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
The director is Wolfgang Petersen ("Das Boot"), who is able to unwind the plot like clockwork while at the same time establishing the characters as surprisingly sympathetic. - 80
Washington Post
It's not the deepest thematic concern you ever saw on screen. But it's watchable, great fun. - 78
Austin Chronicle
In the Line of Fire is a terrific action movie with good performances and a smart script that occasionally falters for trying too hard but, on the whole, takes us on psychological journeys that few of us have had opportunities to experience. - 75
ReelViews
Petersen takes what could have been a muddled motion picture and structures it perfectly, creating a strong piece of entertainment. It helps, of course, that he has a capable cast. - 75
Rolling Stone
Eastwood hasn't had this much fun with a role in years, and his joy is contagious. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
With all of that going for it, it's hard to see how In the Line of Fire could be anything less than rock-solid entertainment-and, indeed, it is. Yet it's never more than that. - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
This is a movie that works well when it works, and lazes around the rest of the time.
