Eastwood labors in a role that calls for someone far less forceful, while Hackman is positively embarassing. These were the same guys who made Unforgiven?
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02/06/03
Absolute Power (1997)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:18
Rotten:21
Average Rating:5.6/10
Synopsis: In this slick political thriller, an emotionally disconnected, aesthetically refined master thief is out for one final score before retiring to his treasure-lined hideaway. But during a robbery at... [More]
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn
Director: Clint Eastwood
Reviews for Absolute Power
Can't believe William Goldman wrote this crap, or that Eastwood, Hackman, Harris, and Davis bothered to get involved with it either.
06/18/02
A first-rate thriller about arrogance at the top, a showdown between two kinds of Americans: the evil, omnipotent bureaucrat and the enterprising, mind-his- own-business loner.
06/18/02
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06/05/02
Um filme inconstante que alterna bons momentos com outros muito fracos.
05/31/02
Ultimately, this is a thriller in vain search of credible thrills.
04/12/02
Almost a drawing room thriller, unhurried and genteel but enlivened with suspense and surprising bursts of sly, even biting, humor.
02/14/01
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01/01/00
Eastwood is perfect as the bad guy you root for because he isn't nearly as bad as the other bad guys.
01/01/00
The picture might have gotten by if Eastwood had given it some impudent wit. But he directs to the rhythm of his facial muscles.
01/01/00
Sadly, any lofty artistic aspirations are quickly undone by the sheer ill-advised audacity of the story.
01/01/00
Clint Eastwood...produced, directed and stars in this generally lunatic, occasionally pathetic and more often comically inept endeavor.
01/01/00
The script calls for no bold statements about the politics of the White House, which makes the film rather weak in purpose.
01/01/00
Lacks the consistency, depth and suspense that would put it in a league with Eastwood's best work.
01/01/00
A fairly routine thriller that gets high marks as a result of tight pacing and top-notch acting.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
It's refreshing to think that good movies can still be made with only actors, a tight script, and some nice locations.
01/01/00
This is just a better makeup job on the same misogynist theme: live woman = nothing; dead woman = power.
01/01/00
Not many thrillers slow down to notice relationships, but this one does.
01/01/00
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