Review of In the Line of Fire (1993) by Simona B — 26 Jul 2010
Good movie, though it's not really all that great. Clint Eastwood is a badass, what's new? Though this character is much more human and therefore more relateable than some of other character he's played.
John Malkovich is an awesome villain, though he's not villainous enough and while they explained his reasoning to kill the president, it didn't feel like a very believable reason to me. I just couldn't buy into it.
The scene where Clint jumps in front of the PREZ~! to take the bullet is actually pretty laughable. Though I don't blame the movie itself, I blame myself, because every time I see a scene like that, it's usually played up for comedy so I couldn't help but laugh.
There's also the scene where Malkovich's characters kills the two women by snapping their necks. I don't know why I also found that funny, probably because it's something Steven Seagal would have done in his 80s movies.
So just the visual of Malkovich breaking some necks inspired laughter. Oh and the punch sounds at the end, I laughed like a madman. It sounded so corny and cheesy. Other than that, I'm not even sure why I thought this movie was good, it's probably all Clint and John.
Because other than that, this movie would have been pretty boring/uninteresting to be honest. But hey, it was free On Demand so HUZZAH!!!
This review of In the Line of Fire (1993) was written by Simona B on 26 Jul 2010.
In the Line of Fire has generally received very positive reviews.
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