No Way Out

There are only a fistful movies I gave 9 points. This is one them. After watching it I immediately had an itch to watch a sequel (regrettably impossible due to the story line). Didn't actually want it to stop and was sad that it ended. (True for just a few other movies, like for example Dr. Zhivago or 12 Monkeys) When I checked the IMDb - rating composition to find out why this movie is so grotesquely underrated, I asserted that the IMDb Staff gave 8 points, anyway. (Phew!) One of the very few US-thrillers, the end of which I wasn't able to predict. Gene Hackman and Kevin Costner are habitually brilliant, Will Patton deserves an Oscar as the best supporting actor in my book.

No Way Out is a suspense movie set during the cold war. Political intrigue within the US government is the focus of the film. The politically powerful Brice accidentally kills his mistress. Things get out of hand and he decides to frame her other lover as a spy. He knows that she is seeing someone else but has no idea who. Farrel, her other lover, is the man assigned to her case. He realizes that the investigation will eventually expose him, and when the investigators begin using a computer to restore a partially developed polaroid of Farrel found in the dead girlÕs things he has a good idea of how much time he has. There are some tense moments as Farrel trys to expose Brice before he is caught. Also there are a string of neat twists at the end, which succeed in not being corny. This is worth your time. I definitely recommend it for fans of military suspense or cold war movies.

Kevin Costner stars in a military and political cover-up in this mid-80's film with Gene Hackman and a very popular Sean Young. Sean Young was one of the IT girls in the 80's and so were the bad soundtracks. This movie was filled with it. Anytime you had a scenery scene, it was all about the horrible music. Film on the other hand was good. It was suspenseful and had me on the edge of my seat. Plus, who doesn't like a young Kevin Costner. But...let me say that you need to watch til the end, you will be surprised at the ending. That is what makes a good suspense thriller.

The last quarter drags on a little too long, and the characters and their decisions often seem unrealistically erratic, but it all comes together in the end. I was surprised this movie was able to pay off so well. The finale comes out of nowhere, but it provides the plot and main character some depth. Music is corny though. Some of it sounds like it was made for a bad '80s TV show. That's my lone complaint.

Sex, murder, mystery, politics—No Way Out has it all! If you like edge-of-your-seat thrillers, don't let the 80s release date fool you. This could have been released last week; it's that exciting! Kevin Costner has a great job at the Pentagon, working directly under the Secretary of Defense, Gene Hackman. When he starts seeing an alluring young woman, he thinks he's on top of the world. What he doesn't know is that his new girlfriend is also his boss's mistress! This is a fast-paced, intense thriller with a hot romance, exciting action scenes, and twists and turns in nearly every scene. If you like thrillers, you'll love this! Check it out during your next movie night; in the right circumstances, it could even be a good date movie.