No Way Out

Is it a crime of passion or an act of treason

NO WAY OUT (15)

D: Roger Donaldson

Orion/Neufeld (Laura Ziskin & Robert Garland)

US 1987

116 mins

Thriller

W: Robert Garland [based on the novel "The Big Clock" by Kenneth Fearing]

DP: John Alcott

Ed: Neil Travis

Mus: Maurice Jarre

Kevin Costner (Lt. Cmmdr. Tom Farrell), Gene Hackman (David Brice), Sean Young (Susan Atwell), Will Patton (Scott Pritchard), George Dzundza (Sam Hesselman)

*SPOILERS*

Fast-paced thriller and amongst Kevin Costner's finest performances as an officer for the US government who embarks on affair with his bosses mistress and becomes involved in a Cold War espionage plot following her murder.

Both Costner & Gene Hackman are excellent, the screenplay is taut and the build up of tension transcends the notion that the whole plot borders upon the ridiculous, complete with a twist which could either be described as a bolt from the blue, or absolute genius. I'm siding with the second option.

8/10

Sean Young & Kevin Costner in No Way Out