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In The Line of Fire (Patreon)

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OddThomas

Another great Wolfgang Peterson film: The Perfect Storm

Scott CineRam

I like Brandi Carlile too. My favorite of hers is "Before It Breaks". BTW I'm thrilled to death that you've seen this movie. Aim high! One good Secret Service movie is To Live And Die In LA, it's about hunting a counterfeiter.

Jay Johnson

I would love to hear Simone singing and/or playing guitar or any of the other instruments (other than recorder, to be honest) mentioned in the pre-show question answering.

djKENTO

To Live and Die in LA is the only modernish movie about The Secret Service dealing with counterfeiters and that's from 41 years ago. It's really good though. William Petersen and Willem Dafoe. It's from the director of the Exorcist and The French Connection and it genuinely rips really fucking hard. Every other movie on the topic is from prior to the 60s or really fucking terrible straight to VHS 80s and 90s trash.

Cc Decc

I still love the first song i encountered of hers, "What Can I Say". And its weird umbrella video.

Maiki (edited)

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2026-10-24 15:00 For more "guy from Frasier" aka John Mahoney: The American President (1995) Primal Fear (1996)
2026-10-24 12:33 For more "guy from Frasier" aka John Mahoney: The American President (1995) Primal Fear (1996) More Rene Russo: Tin Cup (1996) The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

For more "guy from Frasier" aka John Mahoney: The American President (1995) Primal Fear (1996) More Rene Russo: Tin Cup (1996) The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Robert Cooper

Re: Bank thing... Yes, we have the teller that opened the account on file, but not the date it was opened.

Cc Decc

As an aside, as a singer/rhythm guitarist you can get away with only knowing a few chords. G ,C & D will let you play thousands of songs. Just have to find a quality lead. Of course quality lead guitarists are notorious for their egos, so then you can have the classic lead guitar/vocalist clash.

Matt Dellarosa

Great reaction, love this movie. This seems like a good place to recomend Ransom starring Mel Gibson and Rene Russo. Its oddly ironic but that movie has some similarities to this one. Youll see what I mean when you watch it. Great movie.

Joel

Simone's band name: Simone and the Cathair Dustbunnies

Samuel Johns

Simone and George should be in a folk/rap duo and they'll call themselves Simone & G-Funk.

MeetMountain

Most inaccurate subtitles ever. 😆

Jaaahn

they look like interpretations instead of captions meant for people with hearing difficulties.

Jeff K.

RE: the Superman effect being real like George said, I can attest to that with a literal example. I was on Martha’s Vineyard waiting in line at a cafe to grab some breakfast before getting on the ferry back to the mainland. When I came out of the cafe, my friends were like, “Do you even realize who you were standing next to?” Turns out it was Tom Welling - at the height of Smallville - and I didn’t even notice him just because he had a Red Sox hat on.

MeetMountain

Yea it’s just basically the essence. I’m not hard of hearing but I’m an avid subtitle reader or I miss stuff. This is worse than even watching Japanese subtitles on a dubbed anime. I’m not mad at it but I’m like, “dang almost none of the sentences match what they are saying.”

Marshmallow Venom (실리콘 밸리)

Ah, the quote from Sirhan Sirhan when Frank visits the first time. Sirhan was the man who assassinated Robert Kennedy in 1968. He was prosecuted and convicted by Buck Compton from Band Of Brothers. There is so much to like about this movie!

Jean-Dominic Lapointe

When I was 10 I won a trip to Los Angeles and we stayed at the Bonaventure Hotel where the final of the movie was filmed, the week it was filmed (I’ll always remember those indoor glass tube elevators). One evening we asked one of the valet direction to a specific restaurant, he said “I don’t know, I’m not a valet, I’m just an extra on break”

OddThomas

I hope you watch Oliver Stone's JFK as it's a great thriller & companion movie to this. I had In the Line of Fire on VHS and can confirm the neck snapping wasn't in it. This is the first time I've seen it. Frankly it was disturbing enough without it! This and Scream are the best of the 90s 'crazy guy on phone' thrillers, of which there were many due to the rise of cellular phones, but some other good ones are: Ransom (Rene Russo again), Blown Away (Jeff Bridges vs Tommy Lee Jones) and Along Came a Spider (Morgan Freeman). An underrated John Malkovich film is Of Mice & Men with Gary Sinise; very different role from his usual stuff.

Jay Johnson

I first read that at "cath-air" (I may be a bit loopy this morning), and thought to myself "is air in a catheter problematic?" (I'm guessing that would depend on the kind and placement of the catheter). eventually I realized you meant "cat hair"

Tinfoilnation

Actually guys, there *is* an awesome financial crimes film that has nothing to do with protecting the POTUS: "To Live And Die In L.A. (1985)" -- it is awesome and it should be on your little list. I would bet real money half the comments you get today will be mentioning it.

Jay Johnson

I'm convinced that for many vocalists, the acoustic guitar that they are "playing" while singing is pretty much just a prop (when there is a backing band with another guitarist). with the vocalist's guitar not even being run through the amp (or its channel turned way down). at least as for as the big shows where the audience is really only hearing what's coming out of the speakers. smaller shows, you'd be able to hear the sound of the unamplified guitar that the singer was strumming

Jay Johnson

I don't think Carney (Malkovich) killing the dog would contradict with him asking the hunter why he shot the duck/ bird earlier. Carney didn't say that line because he had a soft spot for animals. He was just comparing his own motives for shooting the president with the hunter shooting a bird

Richard Pearce (edited)

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2026-10-24 22:00 Day Of The Jackal (1973) starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale (Drax in Moonraker) would be a good movie for a double feature with this one
2026-10-24 15:01 Day Of The Jackal (1973) starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale (Drax in Moonraker) would be a good movie for a double feature with this one or Absolute Power (1997) starring Clint Gene Hackman and Ed Harris

Day Of The Jackal (1973) starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale (Drax in Moonraker) would be a good movie for a double feature with this one or Absolute Power (1997) starring Clint Gene Hackman and Ed Harris

Jay Davis

Band name ideas for Simone? Heard of Oingo Boingo? How's about Oh Boy Oh Boyo?

Ian West

For more John Malkovich goodness, check out Dangerous Liaisons, which is was JMs big breakout film star role. Cruel Intentions is a modern-day adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons, but for me the original is a much better film in every way.

Scott CineRam

That one played on an episode of Grey's Anatomy

Scott CineRam

Wolfgang Peterson films you have seen: Das Boot, The Neverending Story, Outbreak, Air Force One, Troy.

Chris Bruneau

John Malkovich is amazing as the villain, and that makes this film better than most. He is like a "hans gruber" level antagonist!!!

parker469a

Did you two purposely miss the part where Leary was put on a hit list? He knows he's already a dead man walking. One day, he'll open a door or get into a car and the thing will blow up on him. Or one of a thousand other ways the same way he assassinated people. All of the other stuff is why he ended up being on that hit list but isn't the entire reason he's doing this. Now, the more worthwhile way of doing this would be to wipe out the entire CIA but he'll die doing that too most likely. Either way he is screwed.

Brad Lowry

FUN FACT: (Apologies ahead of time if it's included in your Trivia Segement) So Clint Eastwood's nemesis, the political consultant that never wants to cancel the President's appearances, is played by Fred Thompson. Interestingly, Fred Thompson, along with being a pretty accomplished actor, is also a lawyer and a pretty famous political operative. In fact, during the famous (in the USA) Senate Watergate Hearings, he was the Senate Counsel who questioned Alexander Butterfield that exposed the existence of the extensive tape recording system within the Nixon Whitehouse. (https://www.c-span.org/clip/vignette/senate-watergate-committee-testimony-of-alexander-butterfield-about-secret-tapes/4735626) He also had a much anticipate run for President... and then he entered the race and it quickly failed pretty inauspiciously.

Mike FromOz

I love how the weather influences the film thumbnails. We've entered the Simone beanie months 😁

Baron Imhoof

My favorite band name was my best friend's high school band: Ways to Amuse Your Dog.

TSGroup

Sad to see them dismiss Rene Russo's role in this film. We should also add Get Shorty to this list!

REDR58

Remember, they call it a "toque" up there! Down here in the US I just call it a "hat" or "knit cap."

REDR58

Excellent film. Watched it for the first time a few months back.

REDR58

I'm just about to start the reaction so I'll assume they remember him from "Cape Fear" but he was also in Die Hard 2 as the airport boss and in The Hunt for Red October as Rear Admiral Joshua Painter. https://youtu.be/YZuMe5RvxPQ?is=fu5udIaaBfRW9Ow6

Joel

Love Day of the Jackal, I was disappointed in the remake except for Diane Venora

Ari Ramirez

Simone Playing Instruments Poorly is a solid band name

Frank

Lol. Was thinking the exact same thing watching. Most of the time, I feel like it's pretty spot on. George has mentioned they usually use amazon. Idk what the deal was with this specific movie

John

For John Mahoney I would add Say Anything for Rene Russo Major League

John

I would recommend Shooter, The Jackal, White House Down, Olympus has Fallen, and Day of the Jackal for similar movies you might enjoy

beefjerkywizard

I used to work at MEC (Canadian REI) and got to help John Malkovich pick out a camping knife and he was such a delightful person. It makes his villian roles that much more impressive.

DebianDepp

If you liked this, you need to see “The Jackal.”

Michael Daw

You know how a person has certain movies that are "special" to them because of their relationship to experiences they associate with them? My best friend and I saw this as kids on Superchannel (a Canadian subscription-based movie channel in the 80's and 90's). We weren't supposed to... it was soooo fucking cool! It's a great movie, but that experience makes it special. I haven't seen it in a long time. I'm looking forward to taking a moment to watch it with you two.

Michael T.

Regarding the conversation during the trivia section when they talk about killing dogs vs killing people, I never really get seriously affected by things like that. If I were to witness something like that in real life then yes that would fuck me up, but in a movie I know it's not real so I don't get super upset over it. Not like Simone does anyway, I always see her getting physically angry anytime an animal is hurt or killed in a movie 😂

Jaaahn

so does that mean in a comedy you dont laugh either since 'its not real anyways' i mean the jokes are all prewritten to be that way. that means you just dont feel anything when watching any fiction right since its all made up. or is it just some guy bullshit of "show feelings makes me uncomfortable so i gotta dismiss it"

Jay Johnson

watching this Clint Eastwood film inspired me to go rewatch their reaction to "Gran Torino" (especially his piano playing, which reminded me of the song that Eastwood sings during the end credits of Torino)

TexasNight

Movie where a dog's death made meaningful impact? John Wick!!

SnabbKassa

if you were one of the first people to go to Mars and then you get there, you'd have to be in the government of the planet. George would be Martian Minister of Movie Archives and Puns.

beefjerkywizard

So this was shortly after that incident and he was filming here in Edmonton and he was wearing a beautiful scarf.

Dan

I know this is super niche but I do sometimes like to look for errors in the subtitles. Around 39:42 (no-sync) the line is "Not if it's an old twisted-pair analog line" but the subtitle mis-abbreviates it to "Not if it's a para-analog line" probably thinking that "twisted" was just an adjective that could be left out (and of course that the next word was "para").

Dan

So... what knife did he get?

Dan

The 1973 Edward Fox film is good but I had to give up on the recent Eddie Redmayne series, despite some good aspects.

funky weapon

One thing I appreciate about Clint Eastwood is that he never tried to hang onto his glory days. Sure he was always a big deal, but the kinds of roles and projects he would do changed as he aged out of certain archetypes. A lot of actors could stand to take a cue from him that when your time in a certain type of role is up, it's up. Otherwise you get the Irishman.

Brandon

I remember him being pretty fake, tbh. He would show up at campaign events in a pickup truck and put on a "regular all American guy" act as a way of relating to people. Turns out he was actually being driven around in a limo like every other politician and he would switch to the pickup truck a few blocks away from the event before showing up. Then when he left, he would drive a short distance and get back into the limo again. 😆

Brandon

Whenever I see a movie with Renee Russo, I can't help but think back on when I saw her do an interview on Oprah back in the 90's. At one point she was talking about doing love scenes in films. She didn't mention the actor's name, but apparently someone actually said to her before they started filming, "I'm sorry if I get an erection and I'm sorry if I don't". So who was it? Clint Eastwood? Mel Gibson? Someone else? I can't help but be curious. 🤣 Edit: Okay, I looked it up and apparently it was Michael Keaton. https://www.imdb.com/news/ni10253285/

Cc Decc

Eastwood was already a legend before the 90s, and I've mentioned some iconic things this channel should hopefully get around to from those decades (Outlaw Josie Wales, Dirty Harry etc.), but it was this early 90s period where I think he took that next step as a director and an aging performer. He put together a string of movies with a masterful series of villains who were more than just cardboard bad guys -- Little Bill in Unforgiven, Leary in this one, the channel should check out A Perfect World too with Costner as the villain. And then the maturity to not only let himself age on screen, but to play off his decades of tough guy persona, so he could be vulnerable without appearing weak. Legendary figure. You put together complete body of work, maybe top 10 Hollywood figure of all time.

Cc Decc

Renee was interesting just in that most actresses get introduced to us very young, but she walked onto set after a modeling career already in her 30s, and for a solid decade kind of cornered the market on mature professional roles. We never saw her young and playing high school girls or whatever.

Ben G (edited)

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2026-10-25 20:00 Was thinking the same thing. Auto dubbing sometimes mangles words but whoever did this, did a lot of summing up. Inigo Montoya level.
2026-10-25 00:58 Was thinking the same thing. Auto captioning sometimes mangles words but whoever did this, did a lot of summing up. Inigo Montoya level.

Was thinking the same thing. Auto captioning sometimes mangles words but whoever did this, did a lot of summing up. Inigo Montoya level.

Ben G

I thought this movie was ok at the time but it was actually better than I remembered. [Since you mentioned it, you will have to do Dirty Harry. ]

Dan

1:59:18 She didn't say they didn't log deposit dates, she said they didn't log them *by* date. With a lot of old corporate software there weren't necessarily a ton of options for a normal user to sort data in unexpected ways, so if they didn't expect bank staff to sort them by date there might not have been an automated way to do it.

Ian Hunter (NewbieInOttawa)

Tinfoil, just came here to answer their question as well, lol. To Live... is pretty damn good. Def 80s vibe, but in a good 80s vibe kinda way.

FranciscoGios

Since you guys are talking about dogs in this reaction, I want to talk about the Animal Kingdom. Do you guys know that some animals specially Dogs and Cats want to become humans. The moment some animals interact with us humans they want to become us, they want to feel how is it to be human. Their consciousness has to be strong enough not be carnivorous. Once they break that consciousness they look up to us and want to be us. Dogs & Cats know this that's why some have human like reaction, the way they move or how they ask for things.

MacGuffinStuff

I've always heard them called "beanies". The technical nomenclature in the Army was "Watch Cap", not exactly sure why... Toque is a great Canadianism I've adopted, like saying "SOREY", and sometimes I mix it with "Eh", "SOREY EH" like a Canadian Cholo 😆

Mikey Sea

I love that movie; very 80's in the best way. 👍

CouchCheese

As someone who lives in Los Angeles, it's always interesting to see the Westin Bonaventure hotel (from the end of this film) in movies. It's in quite a few, some of which you've watched on the channel (Interstellar, True Lies, Zoolander, This is Spinal Tap, MaXXXine). It's usually used as a setpiece because of its then-futuristic structure, but as someone who's stayed in it in modern times (like 10 years ago), it's kinda old and musty now and shows its age. Kinda got that 80's futurism charm though.

Mikey Sea

Hunt For Red October; good movie. 👍

VMH

Man, I have been wanting the Dynamic Duo to watch 'To Live & Die in LA' so badly and George just tossed up the volleyball to spike over the net. It's a moral imperative to put that one into the rotation.

Mikey Sea

I enjoyed seeing this one again; been a while. Nice job with it! A few Clint movies that I think you two will especially enjoy: Dirty Harry 1971 Play Misty For Me 1971: Clint's directorial debut, a thriller. The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 Every Whichway But Loose 1978 Dramedy with an Orangutan, "Clyde" Escape From Alcatraz 1979 Cheers!

Daishan

I enjoyed how much you both enjoyed this movie. I love this phase of Eastwood's career, throughout the 90's he often plays an over the hill underdog. Another great one from this period is "Absolute Power" with a very different Presidential dynamic.

Eversharpe

You're older when you make "that sound" when you get up. You're old when you make "that sound" when you sit down. This knowledge comes with age...

Vinnero

I love this movie, excited to watch it again with yall.

REDR58

I think the whole Dirty Harry series is worth a watch, because even though they get sillier and sillier as they go on, the last movie in the series, "The Dead Pool," has an appearance by an actor S&G really seem to like. No spoilers!

Bill Douglas

I have to second all the people recommending you react to To Live And Die In LA. Superb thriller directed by William Friedkin, legendary director of The French Connection and The Exorcist, and starring a young William Peterson and Willem Dafoe.

REDR58

Eastwood is apparently retired now. His last acting role was in "Cry Macho" from 2021. His first role, uncredited in a movie called "Revenge of the Creature," was when he was about 25 years old: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNnTFgzl150

REDR58

She also appears to only have done a single TV series (a 1987 series called "Sable" based on a comic book) and all of her other onscreen work is in films, the most recent being in "Velvet Buzzsaw" (with Jake Gyllenhaal and Toni Collette) and Avengers Endgame" both from 2019.

REDR58

I saw that too. "Twisted-pair analogue line" referring to a telephone cable (or some such) or some other telecommunications line with copper wiring. As noted below, the subtitles for this movie are all over the place.

MacGuffinStuff

How old is old??? I just assume I'm old, I was old at around...6, 7? Fun fact I have the same birthday as Clint, we were both in the Army but never saw any actual combat but did get into a few bar fights and worked as bouncers. But I'm old enough (still listening to trance music and dancing when no one is around) https://youtu.be/--3eIRSg2RY?is=1vByOYBw1KHNsfBb 🤣 I love all kinds of music but NIN is my all time favorite band and Trance was my all time favourite TIME, 20 years old in a foreign country alone, I had a fun anyway. But now... Every morning I wake up excited to find out which part of my body will hurt today! But my dad is OLD old, he's the one who got me into Clint Eastwood movies! Tough ass old school Chicano he gets up every day and makes himself indispensable. His geographic and historical memory of Southern California is insane, I can't go anywhere without double checking with Google maps. My point is that old does not mean less.

REDR58

Probably wouldn't last very long, though. Colonizing Mars is a pipe dream right now, and may well always be.

REDR58

"SPIP"?

REDR58

Hah! We often say “beanies” too but I still mostly associate it with the thin, fabric headgear Girl Scouts used to (I think they wear berets now?) wear as growing up in the 1980s when my sister was in the Brownies (younger version of Girl Scouts) part of the uniform was a brown beanie, just like the one Annie (Amy Madigan) wears in Field of Dreams as she’s getting ready to take her daughter to a Brownie meeting.

REDR58

Yes it is. Highly rewatchable. But, sadly, Simone and George didn't seem to recall him from Cape Fear!

REDR58

He really elevates what might otherwise be standard action fare with his performance here.

Vinnero

About the fingerprints he was in the system he was considered a c-12 which some sort of top classified status so they couldn't tell them he was in the system.

REDR58

Simone, you asked what the book was that the agent who started the fingerprint scan was reading? It is “Killer Instinct” by Robert Walker, first in a series of 11 books about an FBI medical examiner named Jessica Coran. This paperback edition was supposedly published in 1995 if the information on Goodreads is right, and if so, that means the prop department on the movie got its hands on the book early! I’ve no idea if there is a connection with the author and anyone involved in the movie. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111531.Killer_Instinct

MacGuffinStuff

Simone being the singer of a folk indie band is entirely natural. That's something that the world needs. I don't know what her name would be called but right now this moment I want to start a band called Love In The Company Of Wolves. I would play guitar, I don't play anything else, I can sing but Imya baritone which is only really good for Goth or Goth/Metal, I sound kind of like Peter Ferry from Dead Can Dance. I'm high AF his name is Brendan Perry 🤣

REDR58

George, you noted the oddly-designed clock that belongs to Horrigan… it is a clock produced by the Shanghai Diamond company. There is another identical version named “Shanghai Umbra” or just “Umbra” as we see in the movie (I assume the two are connected, or one is a knockoff? Who knows). The Shanghai Diamond version has a diamond logo instead of “UMBRA” like the one in the movie.

REDR58

Shanghai Diamond version:

G P

Hoping you guys check out the jewel thief movie that Malkovich starred in one of these days

DebianDepp

Interesting idea, but I didn't mean the series at all. I meant the 1997 movie with Bruce Willis as the Jackal. The film isn't as good as the original, but it's fascinating to see how versatile Bruce Willis is. Until then, he was known more as a dull action hero.

REDR58

To be considered for being a Secret Service agent one must be between 21 and under 40 years old. I *think* the mandatory retirement age is 57, but I may be misunderstanding some of what I've been reading (quickly) about that. https://www.secretservice.gov/careers/special-agent/qualifications Renée Russo was about 39 years old here, so, yes Eastwood is certainly old enough to be her father and then some. As noted in the Internet Movie Firearm Database article on this movie and the "composite" gun, it seems likely that a gun made out of the materials that Leary describes would blow apart or at the very least crack when it was fired. Granted, it is intended for a single usage, but he does test fire it a few times and it appears he only makes the single gun seen throughout the movie. The firing prop was made out of painted aluminum (and then later cut apart) to "destroy" it. The "composite" non-firing prop that Malkovich assembles shows up again in a 1995 movie with Russell Crown called No Way Back: https://www.imfdb.org/wiki/In_the_Line_of_Fire#Composite_Pistol

Data Cable

The difference between subtitles and closed captions

Data Cable

Two inverted-bookending TV appearances from 1979, both of which used the exterior and interior: The final (filmed) episode of Wonder Woman, "The Man who Could Not Die", and the premiere movie of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Michael Daw

Yep, still fucking cool. Love this movie.

Simon Pegged Me

I saw this service advertised on a poster stapled to a telephone pole, and thought it'd be a great name for a band, “Postpartum Snack Box.” I'm not going to use it, so, Simone, you're welcome. One of my favorite John Malkovich performances was in the movie Of Mice and Men (1992), and though it's not one of my favorite performances, I enjoyed Rene Russo in Tin Cup (1996). Finally, since you liked this thriller, I think you'd like Copycat (1995). It's loaded with talent, and it's kind of fun.

PIG

This whole comment section is a recommendation for other movies other than talking about “In the Line of Fire”. I haven’t watched it since I was a kid. I guess I see why lol

Ben G

Black Sunday [1977] would be a good double feature for Jackal.

Frank

More Will Forte!! Macgruber and/or The Brothers Solomon would be great

G Lam

Regarding dog killing comments, I was there going: John Wick! John Wick! John Wick! Cape fear, what? John Wick! John Wick! Ah, there you go... Simone looked like she was going to quit at that scene.!

Hammond of Texas

Space Cowboys another great example of this.

Rokkor X

The chief of staff is played by Senator Fred Thompson from Kentucky. Who also played the ATC boss in Die Hard 2.

xeve

The romantic subplot wasn't about saving the president and needing emotional support to do so,it was about having something to live for when all is said and done with his job.

Ian Hunter (NewbieInOttawa)

Nice picks! Surpirsed Primal Fear hasn't hit their watchlist yet. Mahoney was in so many films back in the 80s and 90s. I remember him from The Manhattan Project with Lithgow. A few other familiar faces in that one too.

Happy Hanukkah

A man's got to know his limitations.

Kyle West

I get the backlash at the idea of villains harming animals and how we see them as innocent and incapable of evil, but then my mind goes to the opposite end and I immediately think of one of those movies that lives rent free in my head because of some of the shit that scarred me as a kid - The 1993 horror film Man's Best Friend.

John

The Manhattan Project is such a little gem from that era and I would definitely recommend

John

Related to questions of Dangerousness you should think of their assessment on a scale vs binary. They mentioned 1400 threats to the President every year but not all relate to actually being dangerous, no means or intent, no ability to carry it out. I really like that this was the first question in that meeting because it demonstrates his expertise and the reality of limited resources and scariest aspect, a motivated, capable individual can be incredibly difficult to stop which Carey mentions

Matt Blanchette

Always loved he got Donald Sutherland back in. "Kelly's Heroes" reunion!

REDR58

Yes, Black Sunday!

Angela D. Mitchell

I think this is such a great movie thanks to a wonderful cast, and a really smart, tight script. While everyone was terrific, John Malkovich was so damn good and so complex -- I especially love the real regret we can see in his eyes when he says "Or from Minneapolis." He's a villain but he's not a robot -- he hated killing the sweet banker woman, and I really like that little detail. Also, he was fricking robbed of an Oscar nom for Best Supporting. Grr. I'm very iffy on Clint as a romantic lead, honestly, but I like him here because he allows himself to be vulnerable, and because the film is honest about his age. I especially love the detail that he's been a sexist ass on occasion, but in the end, he quits working and is visibly all in on supporting Rene Russo's career. And who wouldn't? She's so good in this and her character is so smart, brave, badass, and thoughtful. I love her. Meanwhile, I loved seeing so many other great character actors here -- the wonderful John Mahoney, Gary Cole, and Fred Thompson (although I hate him as a politician).

punterjoe

If you guys want to see prime romantic lead Eastwood, check out Play Misty for Me. Long before Michael Douglas and Glen Close did it, Eastwood and Lucille Bluth were first.