Cosner's best movie
I agree with the comments that this movie is way underrated. In fact, I think it's Cosner's best, perhaps tied with JKF. No other REALLY good movies by him.
shareSelf catch: It's Costner. I'm typing challenged.
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I completely agree. This and JFK were his best.
shareIt's really a shame that this movie was out so early in Costner's career. Had it come out after his larger success of Field of Dreams, Robin Hood or Dances with Wolves, I believe it would have reached a much larger audience. This is a remake of a lesser known movie as well, which also didn't help. It really is a fine flick and would have benefitted from more publicity.
sharewhat is the lesser known film you speak of?
"how about... a royal flush!" *loren avedon kicks a cauldron of boiling water into the bad guys*
No Way Out is a re-telling of a movie from the '40's called The Big Clock. There no shame in it if you never heard of it before. Both are very good in different ways.
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wow, I have yet to see No Way Out, but 2 things, how in gods name could you put The Bodyguard in your top 4 and leave out Dances With Wolves? If you look at the acting, story, and score from Dances with wolves it, in my opinion, is in the top 10 greatest films ever made. My top 4 from what Ive seen so far would be 1. Dances with Wolves 2. JFK 3. The Untouchables 4. Wyatt Earp
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Agree with you completely. Now, do you know the name of the hotel in Washington where the banquet was supposedly held and where he got into the limousine with Sean Young when they were all dressed up?
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Cosner has also done a bunch of crappy movies but I absolutely agree that "No Way Out" is without a doubt his best film out of all.
shareI think Costner's best performance was in "A Perfect World," but the movie was very uneven. "No Way Out" would make the top 6 for me along with "Field of Dreams," "Dances with Wolves," "Open Range," "The Untouchables," and "Bull Durham." His worst, by far, was "Robin Hood," and I blame that movie for the image some people have of him as a wooden actor. I think he's actually quite good in most things, but he stunk in that.
shareI agree 100%. I am not a Costner fan but he is good in this - but in fact everyone in this film is superb.
This is one of my favorite films. In addition to extememly good acting performances by all there was a well conceived & written plot and top notch direction, production and editing. Even the dialog that concerned computer programming was accurate. The real star of the movie, however, is Will Patton who plays Scott Pritchard, the Gene Hackman character's assistant. The plot really revolves around him and he is masterful in a very complex character assignment.
The only other films Costner has been in that I liked were Dances With Wolves and JFK and not because of Costner, but because they were good films.
Untouchables is definately his best (the greatest movie ever) but this is way, way up there. and open range rocked too- he was great in that
shareI agree with you. This film is pretty much the main reason I like Kevin Costner as an actor.
The Untouchables was fun, but a bit too over-the-top for my tastes; that's definitely more on De Palma then on Costner though.
As a scuba diver, I appreciate Waterworld because of how difficult it was to make and how interesting the world it presents is. But I still wouldn't single out any of the acting performances as first-rate the way so many were in No Way Out.
Come to think of it, I liked The Guardian a lot more than I thought I would, considering it's an Ashton Kutcher vehicle. So maybe I do like more of Kevin's stuff than I thought.
But I'll never forget the first time I saw No Way Out in the theater. I couldn't wait to find out how Tom would get out of the jam he was in, and then that surprise ending floored me, but I loved it.
I also like the whole moral ambiguity about having his buddy enter a gift registry record in the State Department database, even though the data in the record was essentially truthful. Too bad Sam thought that was too much to ask.
There is no Cosner. Put the t in people. IT'S COSTNER. Thank you.
shareJFK was horrible, sad that the movie was ever made it's so inaccurate. 'Dance's with Wolves' is considered his best, this ('No Way Out') was a good movie.
shareno other REALLY good films by him??? are you mad..? .. Dances With Wolves?!..Wyatt Earp?!...Excellent!
..aaand, thank you, joonas157..(cant remember name spec.) but how could i forget? The Untouchables..The Bodyguard?!..Fantastic!
he is an altogether good actor :)
DWW was his best work(What a masterpiece)
shareOh! And how could i forget... Thirteen Days.... INTENSE!
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