Cosner's best movie
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — No Way Out
mmw-2 — 20 years ago(September 05, 2005 09:25 PM)
I agree with the comments that this movie is way underrated. In fact, I think it's Cosner's best, perhaps tied with JKF. No other REALLY good movies by him.
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jayehawk — 20 years ago(October 29, 2005 01:47 PM)
It's really a shame that this movie was out so early in Costner's career. Had it come out after his larger success of Field of Dreams, Robin Hood or Dances with Wolves, I believe it would have reached a much larger audience. This is a remake of a lesser known movie as well, which also didn't help. It really is a fine flick and would have benefitted from more publicity.
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Gemps — 20 years ago(January 17, 2006 02:18 PM)
wow, I have yet to see No Way Out, but 2 things, how in gods name could you put The Bodyguard in your top 4 and leave out Dances With Wolves? If you look at the acting, story, and score from Dances with wolves it, in my opinion, is in the top 10 greatest films ever made. My top 4 from what Ive seen so far would be 1. Dances with Wolves 2. JFK 3. The Untouchables 4. Wyatt Earp
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paulaplantier — 20 years ago(February 27, 2006 08:53 PM)
Agree with you completely. Now, do you know the name of the hotel in Washington where the banquet was supposedly held and where he got into the limousine with Sean Young when they were all dressed up?
Can you please reply to paulaplantier@yahoo.com.
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Jeremy-124 — 19 years ago(December 06, 2006 07:42 PM)
I think Costner's best performance was in "A Perfect World," but the movie was very uneven. "No Way Out" would make the top 6 for me along with "Field of Dreams," "Dances with Wolves," "Open Range," "The Untouchables," and "Bull Durham." His worst, by far, was "Robin Hood," and I blame that movie for the image some people have of him as a wooden actor. I think he's actually quite good in most things, but he stunk in that.
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maverick-154 — 19 years ago(January 02, 2007 11:20 AM)
I agree 100%. I am not a Costner fan but he is good in this - but in fact everyone in this film is superb.
This is one of my favorite films. In addition to extememly good acting performances by all there was a well conceived & written plot and top notch direction, production and editing. Even the dialog that concerned computer programming was accurate. The real star of the movie, however, is Will Patton who plays Scott Pritchard, the Gene Hackman character's assistant. The plot really revolves around him and he is masterful in a very complex character assignment.
The only other films Costner has been in that I liked were Dances With Wolves and JFK and not because of Costner, but because they were good films. -
Critomaton — 9 years ago(May 16, 2016 08:26 PM)
I agree with you. This film is pretty much the main reason I like Kevin Costner as an actor.
The Untouchables
was fun, but a bit too over-the-top for my tastes; that's definitely more on De Palma then on Costner though.
As a scuba diver, I appreciate
Waterworld
because of how difficult it was to make and how interesting the world it presents is. But I still wouldn't single out any of the acting performances as first-rate the way so many were in
No Way Out
.
Come to think of it, I liked
The Guardian
a lot more than I thought I would, considering it's an Ashton Kutcher vehicle. So maybe I do like more of Kevin's stuff than I thought.
But I'll never forget the first time I saw
No Way Out
in the theater. I couldn't wait to find out how Tom would get out of the jam he was in, and then that surprise ending floored me, but I loved it.
I also like the whole moral ambiguity about having his buddy enter a gift registry record in the State Department database, even though the data in the record was essentially truthful. Too bad Sam thought that was too much to ask.