Review – In the Line of Fire

We’ve got something we call the “Malkovich role,” which is the part an actor plays when he or she seems particularly well suited to that particular role and particularly poorly suited to any other type of role. The term came into being as a result of this film, where John Malkovich plays a psycho who’s trying to assassinate the President. He’s up against Clint Eastwood as a crusty Secret Service agent and Rene Russo as the Secret Service love interest. Most of this is the usual, run-of-the-mill Eastwood action flick, but every once in awhile it has a glimmer of humor or other endearing trait. Worth seeing