Absolute Power

So the president of the United States may not be the nicest guy in the world. Well, we've known that can be the case since 1789. So the idea of our presidents engaging in sexual shenanigans may be as uncomfortable... Full review

Here is a well-paced Clint film that is fit for a heart-attack! The cast that accompanies Eastwood is flawless. As 'Luther' the old 'cat' who has made a fine career out of stealing, is at a major moral crossroad...from what... Full review

Some actors, upon reaching their sixties or seventies, retire. Some enter into a sort of semi-retirement whereby they continue to accept cameo parts but not leading roles. Some, however, try and revisit the triumphs of their youth by making the... Full review

The Narrative.A consistent plot involving many different types of characters in the form of organised professional robber Whitney (Marvellously portrayed by Eastwood) who is involved in a huge conspiracy involving the very uncomfortable president Hackman.Perhaps the story gets too involved... Full review

What starts out with immense potential gradually evaporates into preposterousness in ABSOLUTE POWER. That doesn't make it an entirely bad picture, but it certainly puts a damper on what could have been. Clint Eastwood is an aging thief (he's been... Full review

Harris is on target here. He is the best actor here and that comes after Gene. It is this movie, that, Harris in control. His presence is clear that he wanted the role he got. A great supporting cast, that incliudes... Full review

Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman team up again for this powerful movie about politics, crime and cover up. Hackman is the President of the United States, who is trying to cover up a murder of his mistress. Eastwood is a professional... Full review

HIGHS--A very fun plot. Gene Hackman could vilify Ghandi given the right lines. Clint Eastwood as a high-stakes jewel thief?? I'm in heaven. Soft, subtle score; typical of modern Eastwood films. Intense finale that has you rooting for the bad... Full review

Absolute Power featured an exceptional cast. Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, E. g. Marshall - few movies boast better talent.Absolute Power also involved a compelling scenario - Eastwood, a master thief, has staked out Marshall's... Full review

This is a okay but boring movie. I feel that the story could of really been alot of more suspenseful and exciting. However it did not go down that path and therefore made it more of a boring movie you wished... Full review

Absolute Power" would have been more genuinely disturbing.... ... Full Review

The film isn't bad, but it's contrived and dawdling, and the slow patches give you plenty of time to reflect on the many implausible moments. But a lot of critics seem to want to believe that "Absolute Power," Eastwood's new movie as director/star, is better than it is. ... Full Review

The premise of the Clint Eastwood picture ``Absolute Power,'' now out on video, probably would have been enough to make a decent movie. Absolute Power'' is 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. ... Full Review

They should consider doing a good movie together sometime. It's a lengthy, meticulous and risky sequence, meant to set the tone for a thoughtful thriller. ... Full Review

Yes, this film's plot doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but there is so much pleasure involved in seeing how beautifully old-fashioned movie machinery can be made to work that it seems churlish to object. In fact, "Absolute Power," written by veteran William Goldman (from a novel by David Baldacci) and having each of its eight key roles knowingly cast, is a tribute to that increasingly rare commodity, Hollywood professionalism. ... Full Review

WHEN Barack Obama won the US presidential election, Entertainment Weekly speculated that popular culture might undergo a shift from movies about paranoid government conspiracies to something more hopeful. ... Full Article

The Outlaw Josey Wales therefore represents an interesting point in Eastwood's career, with just enough DVD extras to show his progression without going overboard. For instance, this is the film where his character found a name, a heart, and a ... Full Article

Clints screen presence is undiminished.But if Absolute Power has a problem, its that even the worlds most famously steely stare isnt quite enough to convince you that this man can go on playing the indestructible action hero forever. ... Full Article

To this list of things that get respectable with age we can now add Clint Eastwood. And in his latest picture, "Absolute Power," he's a bit of all three, using his steely persona to sell a crackpot right-wing fantasy, and... ... Full Article

The easy gait, the steely gaze, the confident manner.A loner against overwhelming odds.He's no more just a jewel thief than Steven Seagal was just a cook in "Under Siege." ... Full Article

SYNOPSIS: Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) is a veteran thief, ready to retire.His wife is dead.His daughter Kate (Laura Linney) is estranged. One last heist, at the seriously rich Walter Sullivan (E.G. Marshall) mansion, deserted while the household holidays... ... Full Article