{"id":418,"date":"2014-07-05T20:38:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T20:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=418"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:45:29","slug":"no-way-out-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=418","title":{"rendered":"No Way Out-1987"},"content":{"rendered":"

No Way Out-1987<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Roger Donaldson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Kevin Costner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #96<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed July 5, 2014<\/p>\n

Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n

No Way Out is a slick political thriller from 1987 starring Kevin Costner as a U.S. Naval Officer investigating a Washington D.C. murder.<\/p>\n

Gene Hackman and Sean Young are co-stars.<\/p>\n

Costner is at the top of his game in the film and is quite charismatic and charming.<\/p>\n

The plot has several twists and turns that keep the viewer guessing and engaged, making it a classic edge-of-your-seat thriller.<\/p>\n

The film is paced very well, gradually picking up steam with each plot turn until it builds to a frenetic finish. Specifically, the final forty-five minutes at the CIA are quite a cat-and-mouse game.<\/p>\n

It’s a film about sex, murder, love affairs, politics, and backstabbing.<\/p>\n

Hugely successful in the 1980s, and as much as I still enjoy it, the film unfortunately now appears quite dated as the soundtrack, hair, and clothes all scream late 1980’s, and that is not to its credit.<\/p>\n

It now seems all too similar, though a cut above, to other countless themed films of the same period. Truly great films are timeless.<\/p>\n

Kevin Costner was in his prime with No Way Out (1987), and Sean Young has a wonderful turn as the mysterious Susan Atwell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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