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Summary: One of Clint Eastwood's best films ever
Review: I really liked this film. Clint Eastwood is not only a good director but also a good actor. Gene Hackman was also good in this film as the President. It was also suspenseful and intriguing. This one of Eastwood's best roles since his performance in the film In the Line of Fire.
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Summary: Evil presidential sex scandal/homicide
Review: Accomplished burglar Clint Eastwood, hiding behind a two way mirror, sees the president of the U.S. Gene Hackman smacking a girl around. Unlike Bill Clinton, President Hackman likes his adulterous sex to be rough. The woman defends herself and gets shot dead by Secret Service. The dead woman is the wife of a major political supporter of the president. Will the wronged husband ever find out how his wife died? Will President Hackman get what's coming to him? Will the Secret Service catch witness Eastwood and kill him? This is a dramatic movie, and Eastwood is a good actor.
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Summary: Does absolute power corrupt absolutely ?
Review: Thriller, with some good moments,about an ageing,charming and wealthy burglar(Clint Eastwood)who is about to pull off a major heist when he witnesses a murder involving none other than the U.S. President himself,played by an over the top and at times grossly annoying Gene Hackman. Eastwood gets involved in a cat and mouse game with "all" the authorities,good and bad,as they zone in on him and he attempts to prove his innocence. Scott Glen lends tremendous credence to his role as a secret service man with a conscience,although Eastwood's character leads them a merry ,exiting,and amusing chase at times. Clint Eastwood also directed, and all in all an entertaining,fairly satisfying,reasonably good thriller.
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Summary: Does absolute power corrupt absolutely???
Review: Thriller,with some good moments,about an ageing,charming and wealthy burglar{Clint Eastwood}who is about to pull off a major heist when he witnesses a murder involving none other than the U.S. President himself,played by an over the top and at times annoying Gene Hackman. Eastwood gets involved in a cat and mouse game with the various authorities,circumstances being further complicated by the involvement of his bitter lawyer daughter,as they zone in on him and he attempts to prove his innocence. Best of the supporting actors has to be Scott Glen who lends credence to his roll as a secret service agent with a concience,although Eastwoods character leads them all a merry dance. Clint Eastwood also directed and all in all provides reasonably good entertainment.
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Summary: Great Film!
Review: I had to write this review seeing that it only got 3 stars . This was a good picture good direction and a hell of a plot. PICK IT UP
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Summary: Entertaining, but not spectacular
Review: Absolute Power is an entertaining movie that may lack some finesse, but nonetheless keeps ones attention. Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman do a great job as usual. I'm perplexed, however, by the reviewer who thinks there is a racist undertone. I would really appreciate some explanation of this theory. How can you possibly see racism in a movie that has absolutely nothing to do with racism? Throwing out this kind of unexplained sentence at the end of your review is ludicrous. Anyway, overall, this is a good movie worth watching.
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Summary: Clint gives a suberb performance as a ageing cop
Review: Clint gives one of his greatest performances as cooler king Virgil Hilts. Hilts is an American spy pretending to be a pilot in Vietnam. Watch out for the great chase scene at the end whe Hilts try's to jump the barb wire on a motor bike. Al Pacino is great as the Polish fireman as is Marlon Brando as the Scottish priest.
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Summary: Overdone and overrated.
Review: This film tried too hard to be suspenseful. The book was great but the movie was too slow and tedious. Hackman as a menacing predator didn't work for me. Eastwood was typical Eastwood. Quiet and strong. Never budging. The plot was good but the film failed to meet the quality of the book. I found the film ludricous and boring. Just another president with all the power movie. Boring. Get a new idea or follow the book more closely next time.
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Summary: THE MAN BEHIND THE MIRROR
Review: The most important scene of ABSOLUTE POWER takes place in the middle of the movie when Luther's daughter is visiting her father's house. There, she realizes that Luther has always been at her side during her career, taking secretly pictures of her. In fact, Luther is never where you expect him to be. He is the witness of a crime but stays invisible behind a mirror, he is a burglar at night and a painter during the day. He likes to disguise and disappear but is never more than a block away from his daughter. He is definitely not the type of character Clint used to play. One could say that Clint Eastwood, the director, wanted Luther to be the most anonymous thief in the world. Luther is always present and absent in the same time, Luther doesn't exist. Once Clint Eastwood, the actor, has disappeared, what's left ? - A man behind the mirror, behind the camera, a man who is one of the best american movie directors of the last 25 years. Clint Eastwood. The director. A DVD for him.
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Summary: Absolute Power-Absolutely a waste of time
Review: A movie whose premise is intriguing, however it soon falls apart with the loose ends starting really early on in the film. Eastwood's direction is abominable; scenes drag on for no purpose. This movie seems like it was written in one evening, with not much thought going into the plot. The film takes a lot of stupid twists for no apparent reason. The dance scene with Gene Hackman and Judy Davis is really rediculous. The resolution to this film is even more unbelievable than the rest of the movie. Davis, Harris, Linney, Glenn, Marshall, and Hackman are all horribly wasted. This movie also seems to carry a racist undertone to it.
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