ABSOLUTE POWER (1997) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris,
Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Scott Glenn,
E.G. Marshall, Dennis Haysbert, Richard Jenkins
Clint plays a jewel thief who witnesses a murder that directly involves the president of the United States. William Goldman wrote the screenplay from David Baldacci's novel, and you could pick it apart in all kinds of ways, if that's what you want to do. Or you could suspend a massive amount of disbelief and just appreciate the old-fashioned skill with which a satisfying piece of pulp can be delivered. Jack N. Green (cinematography), Lennie Niehous (music), Henry Bumstead (production design) and Buddy Van Horn (stunts) are longtime Eastwood collaborators, and the supporting cast is probably the best Clint's ever worked with. (Judy Davis reaches a dizzying level of neurotic zeal as the president's cutthroat chief of staff.) A guilty pleasure.
