As a legendary Hollywood superstar,Clint Eastwoodhas adapted to changes in the film industry for decades.
It was also a production of Castle Rock instead of Eastwoods home studio at Warner Bros. Eastwood and Reynolds battling gangsters in the 1930s!
What could possibly go wrong?!
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Both films have the villains taunting Eastwood over the phone and resorting to extreme measures to make their point.
Yet, Eastwood leans on the characters age issue compellingly.
Horrigan has shades of not only Eastwoods .44 Magnum-toting inspector but also his alcoholic loser cop from 1977sThe Gauntlet.
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Coming offUnforgivenand its anti-violence rhetoric,the actor displays a rare willingness to show vulnerability in an action picture.
It makes the character constantly second guess himself, which was a trait Eastwoods fans would likely not expect.
In the Line of Firewas the perfect vehicle for Eastwoods heroic persona.
Even in his golden years, he showed more performance strength and humility than most stars half his age.
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