No Way Out
1987
****
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Kevin Costner, Sean Young, Gene Hackman, Will Patton, Howard Duff, George Dzundza, Jason Bernard, Iman, Fred Dalton Thompson
When Secretary of Defense accidentally kills his mistress, there is a cover-up to pin the blame on an illusive KGB sleeper agent. The investigation is led by Navy officer Tom Farrell, who knows that all the evidence will falsely point to him because he dated the same woman. This entertaining Cold War thriller offers sustained suspense and terrific twists, although it could have perhaps left out the one in the final five minutes. Robert Garland's screenplay is based on Kenneth Fearing's 1946 novel The Big Clock, which was previously filmed in 1948 and 1976. Maurice Jarre's soundtrack is wonderfully weird.
