In the Line of Fire (1993)
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Writer: Jeff Maguire
Stars: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole, Fred Thompson
Once again, Clint Eastwood is the central figure in an action movie.
However, this time he plays a man with flaws and vulnerabilities.
He is Frank Harrigan, a Secret Service agent who is still tormented by his failure to protect John Kennedy on that tragic day in Dealey Plaza.
Fate hands him an opportunity for redemption when a psychotic assassination buff (John Malkovich) targets the President.
He is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse with the killer, who is fascinated by Harrigan's role in history as the only active agent to have ever lost a president.
Harrigan struggles with self-doubt and age as he attempts to prevent history from repeating itself.
An excellent film.
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