No Way Out
Dir: Roger Donaldson
1987
****
No Way Out has become a bit of classic thriller. It's dated even for 1987 as I'm sure the Pentagon's technology was a little bit better than that shown. I'm not even going to go into the clothes, fashion, attitude and language, it was the 80's. The story however is still clever. The build up of tension and suspense is still thrilling all these years later and the twist, no matter if you love or hate it, is still something pretty special. It didn't need to happen but somehow I'm really glad they did. It's quite a statement on retrospect. Not only has Roger Donaldson fooled his audience, he's also made a statement about the state of politics and that of trust. There are no good guys! It's rough around the edges and cheesy as hell but you've got to love it. The script is good and the performances, particularly the maddening Will Patton are great.