In the Line of Fire The Rewatchables
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In the Line of Fire

Apex Mountain

Bonaventure hotel; early 1990s adult thrillers

In the discussion (10)
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  • Eastwood is rejected as an Apex choice.
  • Malkovich’s competing peaks are discussed; Being John Malkovich is preferred, with Rounders’s later growth and this film’s constant cable presence contributing context.
  • Russo is rejected here in favor of Tin Cup, while Two for the Money is recalled as a weaker role.
  • Tobin Bell is rejected as an Apex choice.
  • The rooftop chase is strongly praised, but a definitive Apex is left open to audience alternatives including Bourne, Skyfall and The Matrix.
  • Assassination movies are rejected here in favor of JFK.
  • Petersen’s peak is placed at Das Boot rather than this film.
  • The Bonaventure hotel is an unequivocal Apex choice.
  • The early 1990s adult-thriller era is affirmed as a peak, especially 1992–1994.
  • Washington as a movie location is rejected here in favor of All the President’s Men and the 1970s paranoid-thriller period.