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title: No Way Out
type: Movie
date: 2023-11-09
rating: 9
year: 1987
director: Roger Donaldson
actors:
  - Kevin Costner
  - Gene Hackman
  - Sean Young
  - Will Patton
  - Howard Duff
status: Finished
image: no-way-out.jpeg
tags:
  - movie
colorSortKey: [1, -113, 1]
---
 Terrific thriller in the vein of [[The Conversation]] and [[klute]] (albeit with a more political bent.) What elevated this from good to great for me was the excellent bit-role performances: the loyal-to-a-fault aide and the dead whore can be boring, flat parts but the actors did _excellent_ work. (And of course noteworthy: this is probably the first thing I've seen Kevin Costner in that I liked, and the twist ending is unnecessary but delightful.)