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No Way Out [1987]
from MGM Entertainment
starring Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Howard Duff
directed by Roger Donaldson

Features:

• Anamorphic
• Dubbed
• Full Screen
• PAL

Editorial Review:

This implausible, but effective 1987 film stars Kevin Costner (Bull Durham, Wyatt Earp) as 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 faithful to the loyalties they hold. Costner begins a torrid love affair with the mistress (Sean Young) of the Secretary of Defense, but when she turns up dead, Costner is implicated in a web of intrigue that threatens national security and exposes personal secrets at the highest levels. The Secretary and his men try to cover up the affair while simultaneously searching for a Soviet mole in their ranks. Featuring an exciting chase sequence through the Washington, D.C., subways, No Way Out is a standard issue thriller that nonetheless keeps the action coming. --Robert Lane

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Framed with a twist
  This film is a good mystery of an accidental death involving the Secretary of Defense that is swept under the rug and has a fine pairing of Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman. Sean Young, whose Susan Atwell is the mistress of jealous and controlling David Brice, finds herself falling for Costner's Lt. Commander Farrell and hopes for a way out of her affair with Brice but doesn't quite summon the resolve to break it off with him until he violently confronts her about spending a weekend with another man and... more info

• Not all remakes are a bad idea
  No Way Out is an excellent reworking of The Big Clock, moved from a 1940s publishing building to the Pentagon of the 1980s, with Kevin Costner charged with finding the killer of his girlfriend, who also happens to be the Defense Secretary's mistress, with all the clues leading to a fall guy who'll never live long enough to be charged: himself. Despite a few very Eighties moments (seduction in the back of a Limo to the accompaniment of a forgettable power ballad the most laughable), it's still a well crafted... more info

• A great surprise!
  One of my managers recommended this DVD (cheers Jamie!) and I watched it knowing this was one of his favourite films.
  I was initially tempted to get the ZX Spectrum down from the loft after the cheesy eighties fontage and music that kicks off with the start of the film.
  Kevin Costner's character starts a passionate relationship with a woman who happens to end up to be his new politically high ranking commander - it's here that you start to think that this is going to be a predticable 'triangle of... more info

• "You have no idea what men of power can do"
  Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Sean Young, Iman, Gene Hackman. Costner plays a Naval Officer (Farrell) working a tour in Intelligence at the Pentagon. He's having an affair with the mistress of the Secretary of State for Defence. Then she turns up dead, and Farrell finds himself in charge of the investigation to find her killer - only he's the one in the frame. Very competent, understated thriller: a welcome break from the hysterical spy films of today. Gene Hackman (as the SecState) and Will Patton (his... more info

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