Absolute Power

Comically inept secret service, a cartoon president, and some ridiculous moments, but Clint is awesome and keeps things together.

Entertaining but ultimately frivolous. It has one of those "sum-up-in-4-sentences-in-an-elevator-with-a-film-exec" plots, which I despise, and when the plot tries desperately to propel that water-cooler idea, it fails. So in that spirit, the plot summed up in the immortal words of Tech N9ne: "Power the evil way is power the people say / Rebel yellin' with felons and my pockets are swellin' / This beats from Berlin Germany throwin' up Mizzizzy / So ain't no other city concerning me"

A thriller so taut you could bounce dimes off it. I didn't know you could be deputized in as a Gynecologist but here we are. Welcome to Mooseport.

Very tame for a Clint Eastwood movie. But watchable once. "No Way Out" again with Gene Hackman was better

Viewed February 1, 2018.

Bad Eastwood movies are still typically elevated to at least "OK" status because I could watch him in just about anything and be entertained.

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.

The story describes a conflict that arises after Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood), a master jewel thief, witnesses Secret Service agents killing Christy (Melora Hardin), the beautiful young wife of elderly billionaire Walter Sullivan (E.G. Marshall), during her drunken rendezvous with Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman), the President of the United States. Sullivan is Richmond's friend and financial supporter, and Richmond is a known philanderer. Luther has a daughter, Kate (Laura Linney), who works as

A good yarn from a good book. The book & movie part company on some plot details - the movie has a happier ending.

A far-fetched thriller unredeemed by some good acting--and I'm not talking about Eastwood.

Eastwood doesn't quite fit the character he is playing here

B

Feels starkly amateurish and quietly absurd. Almost a case study for how extreme confidence can make every facet of a film awkward and questionable, from story beats to acting choices to staging to pacing. What a weirdly uninteresting affair.

The actors pulled this 'okay' thriller out of mediocrity and at least made it watchable. Predictable, and a 2-dimensional depiction of the president, but don't blame Hackman, blame the writer.

ok

This sucked remarkably hard. Poorly acted, poorly directed, and feels like low-budget made-for-TV throw-away film. Come on Clint, you can do better than this.

59.000

I do generally enjoy Eastwood's lean and efficient style behind the camera, but it gets a bit lost in this well-acted "thriller" that, after an attention-grabbing first act with a great hook to it, gets horribly lost in way too many characters and subplots. A thriller needs to drive forward in a way this film just don't.

Conspiracy thriller whose greatest moment is the voyeuristic opening with the burglar witnessing the POTUS involved in a hideous crime covered up by the Secret Service. Kind of a little comeback to his old actioners, but not with enough substance to go beyond the already lifeless material -- somehow elevated by Hackman. In a way, it's Eastwood somber chronicle about powerful men and the ugly deals they make -- Sullivan kills POTUS, but makes it look like a suicide and protects him.

Flawed and tacky in so many ways, but it always entertains me.

Great cast. I should give it another go.

By the numbers. Good acting, but the screenplay leaves a lot to desire. Final resolution is ridiculous to say the least.

"Frequently fun, but glossy tosh."

Yuck...

The President has murdered some girl. Are you a bad enough dude to incriminate the President?

Not bad.

59.000

Clint Eastwood=good watch

A good case of setting your sights a little too high. I mean, c'mon, the president? Maybe the writers should've cited someone a little lower in the political food chain: a senator, a congressman or a Walmart store manager. And maybe Clint's masterful disguises should've included something not resembling an old, skinny white guy. Seriously, buying a new belt does not constitute a disguise. Lots o' problems but still a mindless bit of fun.

solid Eastwood film

A snooze fest: it took 45 minutes for one event to take place