No Way Out

Name: No Way Out
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Romance
Released: August 14, 1987
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Gene Hackman, Kevin Costner

1987

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No Way Out

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Orion Pictures | Release Date: August 14, 1987

Starring: Gene Hackman, Kevin Costner

Summary: A coverup and witchhunt ensue after a politician (Gene Hackman) accidentally puts his mistress (Sean Young) in jeopardy.

Director: Roger Donaldson

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 114 min

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Empire - William Thomas

Good performances from a strong cast and paranoid plotting enough to keep even the staunchest of remake nay-sayers quiet. Hitchockian production with a modern twist. Read full review

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Orlando Sentinel - Jay Boyar

A thriller that grabs you even before the ironies of its plot kick in is a thriller you don't want to miss. No Way Out is that sort of movie, a thriller that's thrilling throughout. Read full review

Washington Post - Hal Hinson

In thriller terms it's close to irresistible and enormously entertaining. And the movie's lack of weight is part of what makes it work, part of its gripping purity. What this movie, which as a political thriller has more in common with "Three Days of the Condor" or "Seven Days in May" than "All the President's Men," has going for it is a great premise: the mainspring of this big clock is built to run. Read full review

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - Jay Scott

Timeliness aside, it's an electrifying and erotic film-noir thriller in the Hitchcock tradition - James Stewart could have been cast as Tom Farrell - right up to the final five minutes, which feature a surprise ending that is a shock primarily because it makes little logical sense; surprise endings should click satisfyingly into place once the shock has worn off, but this one stirs up questions that refuse to settle. [14 Aug 1987]

TV Guide Magazine

A worthy remake of the film noir classic THE BIG CLOCK, NO WAY OUT adds, among other things, a delightfully subversive twist ending. Good performances from a strong cast. Read full review

Christian Science Monitor - David Sterritt

The action is tight and suspenseful, and the plot culminates in the most astounding last-minute switch of the decade. Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman shine as the main characters, and Will Patton leads a solid supporting cast. Read full review

The New Yorker - Pauline Kael

This is a film noir without malevolence or mystery. It's a Yuppie thriller: it has no psychological layers.

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bdjude

Dec 16, 2017

It is getting good, better and better by the time and when it's over you ought to say: Brilliant Noir. The cast makes it spicy, especially Kevin is the live-wire.

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