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In this taut remake of THE BIG CLOCK, Tom Farrell (Kevin Costner), a Naval intelligence officer, begins dating an alluring woman (Sean Young) who happens to be the girlfriend of... more
No Way Out [DVD] [1988]
This implausible, but effective 1987 film stars Kevin Costner (Bull Durham, Wyatt Earp) as ... more
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No Way Out [DVD] [1988]
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a naval officer and CIA agent who may not be what he seems. This sexy thriller is an espionage mystery and an enigmatic character study of two men trying to be f...
No Way Out DVD
Imagine being a hunter leading highly-trained bloodhounds in pursuit of a killer... and ... more
the trail leads directly to you! Starring Academy award winners Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman 'No Way Out' is a mesmerising look at Washington power. Capturing a ...
No Way Out
Stephanie Mortimer feels trapped. Her alcoholic mother and domineering father have never ... more
loved each other let alone their only child and her upbringing has been one of violence repression and neglect. In an attempt to escape Steph agrees to marry a man she doesnt even love but a tragic accident means their marriage never takes place. Then her father dies and the terms of his will reveal that he still has a hold on Steph even beyond the grave. Reeling from the news the last person Steph expects to meet is the man of her dreams. Jason Connor could change her life for ever but will their whirlwind romance be the answer to Stephs prayers or the beginning of a nightmare?
No Way Out
Imagine being a hunter leading highly-trained bloodhounds in pursuit of a killer... and ... more
the trail leads directly to you! Starring Academy award winners Kevin Costner and gene Hackman, No way Out is a mesmerising look at Washington power. Capturing a well deserved four stars from critic Roger Ebert, this taut and stylish thriller is fast-paced and powerful - a perfect nailbiter. In a fit of rage, Secretary of Defense David Brice (Hackman) murders his mistress. To keep a lid on the scandal, Brice's loyal aide (Will Patton), creates the perfect cover-up: he 'invents' a more enticing killer - a Russian spy - and then enlists naval commander Tom Farrell (Costner) to find him. But as a chilling twist of fate would have it, Farrell also has a strong connection to the victim... and now all the clues are leading straight to him! In a desperate race against time, Farrell's search to the killer is not only a matter of national security, but also a matter of saving his own hide.
No Way Out - Lynda Page
19/2/09 Stephanie Mortimer feels trapped. Her alcoholic mother and domineering father have ... more
never loved each other, let alone their only child, and her upbringing has been one of violence, repression and neglect. In an attempt to escape, Steph agrees to marry a man she doesnt even love but a tragic accident means their marriage never takes place.
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A review by sghawken on No Way Out (DVD) June 15th, 2007
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Liked it
Story
Good
Characters / Performances
Good
Special Effects
Good
How does it compare to similar films?
Good
Advantages:
Great remake of two classic movies
Disadvantages:
Sold poorly to the audience
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
On a night out Lt. Commander Tom Farrell (Kevin Costner) happens to catch the eye of Susan Atwell (Sean Young); its an instant attraction for both parties, and after a quick love making session in the back of a limo the two become occasional lovers, the reason its casual is because she already has a lover. With Tom overseas Susan realises how much she misses him, and plans to leave her other lover.
So when Tom returns and the couple decided that there relationship is “for keeps” Susan finally faces up to her lover. At around the same time Tom is awarded a medal for overseas heroics and promoted to work at the Pentagon, where his new boss becomes the enigmatic Defence Secretary David Bryce (Gene Hackman).
When Susan decides to leave her first lover an argument breaks out and in a freak accident she falls to her death. The killer is a man of great importance and tries to hide the fact that the affair ever took place. Knowing that things were known by some people about his and Susan’s relationship to protect himself he develops an elaborate story, in which the killer becomes “Yuri” a Russian spy and assassin. With this in the minds of every Pentagon employee, they start closing the net on the killer, which because of evidence left around Susan’s apartment; Tom knows that before long they will be coming for him. Tom has a choice find the truth, or if he fails spend the rest of his life in prison as a traitor to the country.
If you ask the biggest Kevin Costner critic, most of them will turn round and say that No Way Out was his best movie, I for one am in agreement. For once that slightly wooden slightly aloof stance he has about him (and that he delivers to every single movie he has ever been in; with the exception of Fandango), actually suits the character he plays here, also at the time the movie was made Costner was a rising star and had not got the idea that he could make movies as well as star in them.
The movie itself is a remake of The Big Clock a Ray Milland movie from the late 1940’s, last time though the movie received criticism that it was not quite the finished article with a few loose ends. Without understanding the criticism behind the story the French also remade the movie in 1976 calling it Police Python 357, and this was even more confusing with twice the amount of loose ends. Here the story ties up every loose end but one. So the big selling point for No Way Out is that on its second re-make it finally got things right. That being said my biggest issue with No Way Out was that due to what I believe to be bungled advertising at the time it was made blatently apparent whom the actual killer of Susan way, personally I believe that should this identity have remained secret that the film would have achieved a much wider success than it did. The plus side for you potential viewer is that now 20 years after its initial release you stand the opportunity to get deeper into the heart of the movie without knowing all the answers, that’s unless of course you watch the accompanying trailer that comes packaged on the DVD before you watch the film itself; so if on the off chance you do come by this DVD don’t watch the trailer, you have been warned.
Onto the plot itself, and what you have is an incredibly thought out and well engineered plot device; it continues to weave a very twisted path as it uncovers various stories and elements at a slow pace, while doing so the movie is a very faced paced one, its like going for a 100 minute run. There is no time with the exception I guess of the first 20 minutes, to run off and make yourself a cup of coffee, because if you do you’ll come back missing a great chunk of the story; and lets face it if the story your watching on DVD is good, we forget we have a pause button on our remote control; if its that good and we want to go to the toilet, we still cross our legs and wait for the end!
That’s the beauty of No Way Out it’s a very submersible film, you sink right into the plot, the characters, and the general ethos the story is conveying to you. Another rather nice element (if you can call it nice) are the array of kind and considerate individuals who we are introduced to along the way, each of which becomes drawn into this twisted plot of lies and quite literally executed for their involvement, involvement in a story that quite literally never actually occurred. And this is so realistic, because these issues occur in real life; while those with the power continue, the weaker pawns are sacrificed for “the greater good”, or in this case the bad.
Don’t be deceived into thinking that this is a one trick pony of a movie, its not just a taut thriller; No Way Out blends the right mix of thriller, action and romance to make it appeal to a broader spectrum. And this was another issue on which the movie was ruined on release, because some of the original trailers quite simply made this look like a romantic tale with a loose thriller as a back burning story. And that’s quite sad because even now I’ll point the movie out to people and they will say “I don’t like romantic films”. There is a quite epic action scene towards the middle of the movie, which moves the story up several paces as Tom runs to avoid detection, in doing so unfortunately making someone a casualty. But this scene takes in a variety of sights of Washington, that the normal Washington resident might see, but those alien to Washington who only ever see it on the screen don’t normally see. If you have ever seen Ronin, or To Live And Die In LA and remember the breathtaking car chases that helped to make the movies what they were, No Way Out delivers the same sort of action but on foot.
Sean Young delivers a pre-hellraising performance as the sometimes plain, sometimes beautiful victim. And the thing that appealed to me about Young as an actress was that she was an achievable target for me; so often you get a leading lady who is so unbelievable good looking that those less happy with there looks cant relate to; with Young I think most men can see themselves dating this fairly standard looking actress. Her performance is great, and she really plays on the points that I have just raised, while still managing to remain a sexy and sultry individual. Interestingly despite being the third billed cast member and the essence of her being all over the movie, Young is actually on screen for less than five minutes, but because they spread her five minutes across the first half of the movie you think she is there more often than she was. Interestingly enough its just after No Way Out that she became known as a Hellraiser so perhaps she had actually started being a pain, and her role was reduced so that she could not effect other elements of the plot; whatever the case its something that you really don’t notice on a first viewing.
While Gene Hackman plays the same character you usually see in these thriller style movies he so often associates himself with (well until more recently) other actors get chance to shine; most noticeably George Dzundza who is always the first person I think of when I bring the movie up. Mrs. David Bowie Iman turns up to add a quirky name to the cast schedule and in fairness for the little time she is on screen you wont be criticising her acting ability. Finally worth a mention is Will Patton who at the time was little known, his hair flicked performance as David Bryce’s sidekick Scott Pritchard varies from the sinister to the hysterical, its a good performance but the character itself is deeply flawed.
No Way Out will thrill, titillate, amuse and at times allow you to romanticise; what should not be allowed to happen is that for whatever reason you miss this movie. If you have any leanings at all towards support for Costner then this will be the movie that you’ll love him for. If you hate Costner then this will be the movie that the hatred turns to something less powerful; but on another side its a movie that’s stronger than its cast, and it could still be a great movie even with a cast of characters that you truly hate.
As mentioned earlier the DVD comes with a trailer (if you purchase the original release) if you purchase the 2007 release which looks exactly the same then the trailer is missing. There is no way to identify the two apart as the original and the new release have exactly the same covers, the difference being that the original release five years ago is a full priced title (though probably not now) and the re-release is meant for the budget buyer. The RRP for No Way Out is £5.99.
Advantages: A good premise Disadvantages: The rest is terrible!
...fantastic or dire and unfortunately No Way Out fits into the latter category, in this case nothing seems to go right in the films format. It’s 114 minutes long and unfortunately 60 odd minutes of this is engorged with the affair, some might argue that it’s setting the scene and yes I agree it was necessary to witness the affair in order to know what’s going on however it could have been done in half the time. The plot is extremely slow and contrived, ... ...the plot because he’s got no reason to play the bad guy, rumours of homosexuality are hinted at throughout the film however these never come to any conclusion so it’s left to the audience’s imagination as to why Scott Pritchard (Will Paton) becomes the unwanted villain. Having said that, he does play the role of the antihero well, giving him a sinister edge which leads you to think that nobody’s safe. Kevin Costner was the best part in the film, ...
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Advantages: intense suspense, Costner looks great, smooth and slick, Pritchard the sinister aide! Disadvantages: superfluous ending twist, subsequent viewings not as good as first, lack of extras on DVD
No Way Out is quite simply one of the best films ever made in my opinion! It relies very much on the fast pace and the element of surprise - there are many twists and turns. So if you haven't already seen it I urge you with all my heart and film-loving soul not to read the following paragraphs of plot detail until you have. It truly will spoil the film - it would have for me anyway. The first viewing is amazing but subsequent viewings cannot match ... ...romantic and sexy, you have no idea what a tense and fast ride you are going to end up getting with this film! The suspense gets so high I was punching my duvet on the bed shouting 'no way! no way!' Slightly embarassing to admit but true nonetheless. And yes Kevin Costner does look amazingly fit in his slim fitting white navy uniform. This is when he is in his early thirties. The sex scene in the back of the limo is very erotic and sensual. The plot ...
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Advantages: Matches and the superstars Disadvantages: Could it be the last we see of Ric Flair?
...Introduction : It's here. NoWayOut is here. This amazing DVD package shows us exactly why wrestling is renowned for it's complete style and it's large fan base. NoWayOut , one of the several annual events from the great wwe comes to us on DVD.
This talent packed PPV let's us relive this historic event with many of your favourites of all time including The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels. This fan filled pay per veiw arrives on DVD for you to watch any time you wish. This year some of us lucky people got to see matches such as Chavo Guerrero JR defends his Prized ECW Championship against the straightedge CM Punk , will Punk be lucky and win the gold , or will Chavo retain? Randy Orton defends his WWE Championship gold against John Cena who decides to use his well deserved Rumble award at NoWayOut instead of the grand daddy...
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Advantages: Some Good Matches Disadvantages: Diva Contest Time Waster as Usual
...Paul London never won. Match 4 was boring with Taker and Luther Reigns. But Match 5 and Match 6 made up the show, as these were ones that would see who would be going to Wrestlemania, and I think that's all people wanted to know! Was gutted about JBL retaining his title, but now he's lost it so HA!
The extras are ok, although I think they could be better. They should do a full interview with all the superstars, and maybe an afterward interview about the wrestlers' opinion of the overall show. They are okay though, but as I said, they could be improved.
●COVER●
The cover of the NoWayOutDVD. There are 2 covers, which are both very good. The first cover is of JBL on top of the Barbed Wire Steel Cage. NOWAYOUT is written at the top in white, with red barbed wire around it. The background is black. Sounds...
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Advantages: The final stop before WrestleMania Disadvantages: Doesn't give much hope for WM
...No. Way. Out. Scary stuff, huh? Well not really because those words don't really mean much anymore, with this WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) Pay-Per-View having a 7-year history, and all the characters involved always seem to find a way 'out'. Although in the past this PPV has featured matches such as 'Hell in a Cell' and the 'Barbed Wire Cage', 2006 was a year that didn't see any gimmick matches.
As the first SmackDown! brand PPV of the year no one really expects much, with all the major characters being on WWE's RAW brand. This event is the last big chance the writers (yes, sorry to burst the bubble, but wrestling is fake) to set things up for the biggest event of the year, WrestleMania. So lets the scene in what SmackDown! has already done to build towards this big moment, and for that we shall comment on the Royal Rumble. In...
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Plot: Spine-tingling tale of a naval officer attached to the Department Of Defence at the Pentagon. When his boss's mistress is murdered he is given the job of tracking down the murderer, said to be a Soviet agent seen lurking near her house. But something is very wrong... he was that shadowy figure...
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): MGM ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 08/01/2001
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: 20223 DVD
Barcode: 5050070003642
Screenwriter: Robert Garland
DVD Description
In this taut remake of THE BIG CLOCK, Tom Farrell (Kevin Costner), a Naval intelligence officer, begins dating an alluring woman (Sean Young) who happens to be the girlfriend of his boss--the Secretary of Defense (Gene Hackman). When the woman is murdered, the Secretary assigns the task of tracking down the killer to Farrell--who promptly becomes the main suspect.
Special Features: Collectable Booklet Containing Fascinating Facts Behind The Film, Original Theatrical Trailer, Interactive Menu Screens And Chapter Selection
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Full Frame, 1.85 Wide Screen
Sound: Stereo, Dolby Surround, Mono
Dubbing Sound: Stereo English Mono French German Dolby Surround Spanish Italian
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