Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris
Director Clint Eastwood's 1997 box-office hit stars himself as Luther Whitney, a highly skilled thief who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, witnessing the murder of a woman involved ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 8, 1997
Stats: 512 reviews
Flixster Reviews (512)
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November 22, 2009
the first 30 minutes were absolutely brilliant, but the rest of the film went down hill fairly quickly. there were huge holes in the film that were just too much to recover from, but the film was entertaining.
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May 15, 2008
A bit of a hit and miss type film. A pretty slow start, but the general story was fairly good, yet it all seemed a little dragged out.
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April 20, 2008
This is the kind of cast that makes you say "Son of a bitch, this is a great cast!". Clint Eastwood is excellent as a career criminal that sees a lady murdered by the Secret Service while messing around with the President. All involved put in top-notch performances with a very un...( read more)
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November 21, 2009
I really enjoyed the movie but it seemed more low key than it should have been. We were dealing with massively important people and a situation that is pretty huge but the movie goes the quiet route and the whole thing feels small. I liked all the people involved and they all d...( read more)
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November 16, 2009
Kind of a snore. OK vendeta flic but lacks a factor of separation form other Eastwood flics
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October 14, 2009
Competent, entertaining movie... I'm not sure if I quite bought the Ed Harris-Laura Linney romance though.
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