Overview
A haunted agent faces the ultimate test of loyalty and courage as he protects the President from a vengeful assassin.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- suspenseful
- brooding
- action movie night
- political thriller marathon
Movie Details
- Director
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Release Date
- 1993-07-08
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (1884)
Cast
- Clint Eastwood
- John Malkovich
- Rene Russo
- Dylan McDermott
- Gary Cole
- Fred Thompson
- John Mahoney
- Gregory Alan Williams
- Jim Curley
- Sally Hughes
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- YouTube TV, MGM Plus
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is In the Line of Fire about?
- A haunted Secret Service veteran faces a calculating former CIA assassin determined to turn a presidential campaign into a deadly reckoning.
- What is In the Line of Fire like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of In the Line of Fire as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is In the Line of Fire violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in In the Line of Fire as moderate.
- What did critics think of In the Line of Fire?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a taut, highly entertaining political thriller elevated by Wolfgang Petersen's direction and the charismatic opposition between Clint Eastwood and John Malkovich.
- Which films are like In the Line of Fire?
- Films with a similar feel include The Sentinel, Air Force One, and The Parallax View.
- How long is In the Line of Fire?
- In the Line of Fire runs 128 minutes.
- Where can I watch In the Line of Fire?
- In United States, In the Line of Fire streams on YouTube TV, MGM Plus.
