Overview
Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.
I can’t remember the last time that a single movie got so many stellar and terrible reviews. In a sense I get it – while this movie was probably flawed in several ways (and much of it didn’t age well because the technology changed so fast) there are a few things to really like about it. I’ll be honest – I thought that I had the movie figured out. And for much of it I did…. just not all of it. I was really mad at myself later on, and I loved that feeling of being punched in the face by a movie. I did see a quote about this movie that is probably true (and I am paraphrasing here): it is better than it has to be but probably not as good as it ought to be. After the movie ended I realized that I had enjoyed it but thought that it could have been a classic. Some of the stuff in the latter third of the movie (before the final scene) was just plain goofy.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews No Way Out
Movie title: No Way Out
Movie description: Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.
Date published: 2023-02-18
Director(s): Roger Donaldson
Actor(s): Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Howard Duff, George Dzundza, Jason Bernard, Iman, Fred Dalton Thompson, Leon Russom, Dennis Burkley, Marshall Bell, Chris D., Michael Shillo, Nicholas Worth, Leo Geter, Matthew Barry, John D'Aquino, Peter Bell, Gregory Avellone, David Paymer, Charles Walker, June Chandler, David Armstrong, Brad Pitt
Genre: Thriller
My Review
I can’t remember the last time that a single movie got so many stellar and terrible reviews. In a sense I get it – while this movie was probably flawed in several ways (and much of it didn’t age well because the technology changed so fast) there are a few things to really like about it. I’ll be honest – I thought that I had the movie figured out. And for much of it I did…. just not all of it. I was really mad at myself later on, and I loved that feeling of being punched in the face by a movie. I did see a quote about this movie that is probably true (and I am paraphrasing here): it is better than it has to be but probably not as good as it ought to be. After the movie ended I realized that I had enjoyed it but thought that it could have been a classic. Some of the stuff in the latter third of the movie (before the final scene) was just plain goofy.
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My Review - 7/10
7/10