SummaryHe was where he shouldn't have been, saw what he shouldn't have seen. But who'll believe the word of a career thief and ex-con (Eastwood) when he says he saw a woman killed -- and that the man responsible is the President of the United States? (Warner Bros)
SummaryHe was where he shouldn't have been, saw what he shouldn't have seen. But who'll believe the word of a career thief and ex-con (Eastwood) when he says he saw a woman killed -- and that the man responsible is the President of the United States? (Warner Bros)
Sleek and satisfying....Almost a drawing room thriller, unhurried and genteel but enlivened with suspense and surprising bursts of sly, even biting, humor.
This is a relatively decent action crime film, centering on political corruption. Plot wise its a little predictable perhaps but not bad, being based on a book by David Baldacci. There's a decent cast, with Clint Eastwood playing the accidental witness to the key event, a burglar/thief named Luther Whitney, while Gene Hackman plays the current POTUS. This film was fairly interesting but nothing special - I don't think I can say much more than that really. Not bad, not great, its ok. I wouldn't expressly recommend it as such, no.
Absolute Power is a marginal film, but only sporadically good. Certain scenes are riveting, while others fall flat. Overall, the movie just hits the green.
The warming, nicely played relationship of the burglar and his lawyer daughter (Laura Linney) is the source of the film's absolute power. [24 Feb 1997, p. 67]
This 19th addition to the catalog of Clint-Eastwood-directed features starts out the gate with a wallop of an inciting incident, furthers itself with a nowhere-near-as-effective, yet still understandable first act turning point, plods along throughout its second act, and finally fizzles out during a woefully anti-climactic finish. Indeed, "Absolute Power" may boast the impressive likes of Eastwood in the director's chair and the eminently great William Goldman behind the typewriter, but what comes of all that is just a fairly pedestrian thriller with a couple cool moments to it.
A intervalles réguliers, Papy Clint nous sort des comédies bien ridicules, souvent involontaires comme Firefox par exemple... ou bien le Maître de Guerre : quoique à ces niveaux "très élevés", on peut se demander -tout de même- comment de telles satires pourraient être "involontaires" !
Bref, j'ai comme l'impression que Papy est un sacré pince-sans-rire du genre "j'ai fait un film trop con, je me bidonnais de rire à chaque scène mais sinon c'est très sérieux". Et "Les Pleins Pouvoirs" rentre dans cette catégorie à l'aise : le prince des voleurs (Clint Robin des Bois ou Clint Ali baba ?) bientôt à la retraite, va donner une fessée au Chef du Monde Libre, parce que même le Président américain, il a pas le droit d'être méchant, sinon il est puni par Tonton Clint lui-même !
On a donc compris, pas la peine de nous faire un dessin, c'est très con et très premier degré, tout comme ce bon vieux Clint peut l'être terriblement parfois : très con et très premier dégré. Dommage pour Gene Hackman toujours brillant, même dans des films pareils ! mais toute la distribution et tout le scénario guignolesque à souhait ne sont là que pour faire valoir notre grand et merveilleux Papy Clint, justicier... si on tient jusque là parce que putain il se fait ****.