OTHER TRILLER SUSPENSE
BY STEPHEN HOLMES
(source Rotten Tomatoes)
THE THIRD MAN
IN THIS COLD WAR SPY CLASSIC, HOLLY MARTINS (JOSEPH COTTEN), A
THIRD-RATE AMERICAN PULP NOVELIST, ARRIVES IN POSTWAR VIENNA,
WHERE HE HAS BEEN PROMISED A JOB BY HIS OLD FRIEND HARRY LIME
(ORSON WELLES). UPON HIS ARRIVAL, MARTINS DISCOVERS THAT LIME
HAS BEEN KILLED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, AND THAT HIS FUNERAL IS
TAKING PLACE IMMEDIATELY. AT THE GRAVESIDE, MARTINS MEETS
OUTWARDLY AFFABLE MAJOR CALLOWAY (TREVOR HOWARD) AND
ACTRESS ANNA SCHMIDT (ALIDA VALLI), WHO IS WEEPING COPIOUSLY.
WHEN CALLOWAY TELLS MARTINS THAT THE LATE HARRY LIME WAS A
THIEF AND MURDERER, THE LOYAL MARTINS IS AT FIRST OUTRAGED.
DIRTY HARRY
"YOU'VE GOT TO ASK YOURSELF A QUESTION: 'DO I FEEL LUCKY?' WELL,
DO YA, PUNK?" DIRTY HARRY PROVOKED A CRITICAL UPROAR IN 1971
FOR ITS "FASCIST" MESSAGE ABOUT THE POWER OF ONE, AS IT ALSO
ELEVATED CLINT EASTWOOD TO SUPERSTAR STATUS THROUGH HIS
MOST ENDURING SCREEN PERSONA. HARRY CALLAHAN (EASTWOOD, IN
A ROLE MEANT FOR FRANK SINATRA) IS A SARDONIC, HARD-WORKING
SAN FRANCISCO COP WHO CAN'T FINISH HIS LUNCH WITHOUT HAVING
TO FOIL A BANK ROBBERY WITH HIS 44 MAGNUM, "THE MOST
POWERFUL HANDGUN IN THE WORLD."
SOURCE CODE
WHEN DECORATED SOLDIER CAPTAIN COLTER STEVENS (JAKE
GYLLENHAAL) WAKES UP IN THE BODY OF AN UNKNOWN MAN, HE
DISCOVERS HE'S PART OF A MISSION TO FIND THE BOMBER OF A
CHICAGO COMMUTER TRAIN. IN AN ASSIGNMENT UNLIKE ANY HE'S
EVER KNOWN, HE LEARNS HE'S PART OF A GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENT
CALLED THE SOURCE CODE, A PROGRAM THAT ENABLES HIM TO CROSS
OVER INTO ANOTHER MAN'S IDENTITY IN THE LAST 8 MINUTES OF HIS
LIFE. WITH A SECOND, MUCH LARGER TARGET THREATENING TO KILL
MILLIONS IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO, COLTER RE-LIVES THE INCIDENT
OVER AND OVER AGAIN, GATHERING CLUES EACH TIME, UNTIL HE CAN
SOLVE THE MYSTERY
IN THE LINE OF
FIRE
CLINT EASTWOOD DELIVERS ONE OF HIS FINEST PERFORMANCES, AS A
SECRET SERVICE AGENT HAUNTED BY HIS PAST IN WOLFGANG
PETERSEN'S TAUT THRILLER IN THE LINE OF FIRE. EASTWOOD PLAYS
FRANK HORRIGAN, A SECRET SERVICE AGENT WHO KEEPS THINKING
BACK TO NOVEMBER 22, 1963, WHEN, AS AN AGENT HAND-PICKED BY
PRESIDENT KENNEDY, HE BECAME ONE OF THE FEW AGENTS TO HAVE
LOST A PRESIDENT TO AN ASSASSIN. DECADES LATER, PSYCHOTIC
MITCH LEARY (JOHN MALKOVICH) IS STALKING ANOTHER PRESIDENT
(JIM CURLEY) RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION. HE HAS SPENT LONG HOURS
STUDYING THE PSYCHE OF FRANK HORRIGAN, AND HE TAUNTS
HORRIGAN

Other triller suspense

  • 1.
    OTHER TRILLER SUSPENSE BYSTEPHEN HOLMES (source Rotten Tomatoes)
  • 2.
    THE THIRD MAN INTHIS COLD WAR SPY CLASSIC, HOLLY MARTINS (JOSEPH COTTEN), A THIRD-RATE AMERICAN PULP NOVELIST, ARRIVES IN POSTWAR VIENNA, WHERE HE HAS BEEN PROMISED A JOB BY HIS OLD FRIEND HARRY LIME (ORSON WELLES). UPON HIS ARRIVAL, MARTINS DISCOVERS THAT LIME HAS BEEN KILLED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, AND THAT HIS FUNERAL IS TAKING PLACE IMMEDIATELY. AT THE GRAVESIDE, MARTINS MEETS OUTWARDLY AFFABLE MAJOR CALLOWAY (TREVOR HOWARD) AND ACTRESS ANNA SCHMIDT (ALIDA VALLI), WHO IS WEEPING COPIOUSLY. WHEN CALLOWAY TELLS MARTINS THAT THE LATE HARRY LIME WAS A THIEF AND MURDERER, THE LOYAL MARTINS IS AT FIRST OUTRAGED.
  • 3.
    DIRTY HARRY "YOU'VE GOTTO ASK YOURSELF A QUESTION: 'DO I FEEL LUCKY?' WELL, DO YA, PUNK?" DIRTY HARRY PROVOKED A CRITICAL UPROAR IN 1971 FOR ITS "FASCIST" MESSAGE ABOUT THE POWER OF ONE, AS IT ALSO ELEVATED CLINT EASTWOOD TO SUPERSTAR STATUS THROUGH HIS MOST ENDURING SCREEN PERSONA. HARRY CALLAHAN (EASTWOOD, IN A ROLE MEANT FOR FRANK SINATRA) IS A SARDONIC, HARD-WORKING SAN FRANCISCO COP WHO CAN'T FINISH HIS LUNCH WITHOUT HAVING TO FOIL A BANK ROBBERY WITH HIS 44 MAGNUM, "THE MOST POWERFUL HANDGUN IN THE WORLD."
  • 4.
    SOURCE CODE WHEN DECORATEDSOLDIER CAPTAIN COLTER STEVENS (JAKE GYLLENHAAL) WAKES UP IN THE BODY OF AN UNKNOWN MAN, HE DISCOVERS HE'S PART OF A MISSION TO FIND THE BOMBER OF A CHICAGO COMMUTER TRAIN. IN AN ASSIGNMENT UNLIKE ANY HE'S EVER KNOWN, HE LEARNS HE'S PART OF A GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENT CALLED THE SOURCE CODE, A PROGRAM THAT ENABLES HIM TO CROSS OVER INTO ANOTHER MAN'S IDENTITY IN THE LAST 8 MINUTES OF HIS LIFE. WITH A SECOND, MUCH LARGER TARGET THREATENING TO KILL MILLIONS IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO, COLTER RE-LIVES THE INCIDENT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, GATHERING CLUES EACH TIME, UNTIL HE CAN SOLVE THE MYSTERY
  • 5.
    IN THE LINEOF FIRE CLINT EASTWOOD DELIVERS ONE OF HIS FINEST PERFORMANCES, AS A SECRET SERVICE AGENT HAUNTED BY HIS PAST IN WOLFGANG PETERSEN'S TAUT THRILLER IN THE LINE OF FIRE. EASTWOOD PLAYS FRANK HORRIGAN, A SECRET SERVICE AGENT WHO KEEPS THINKING BACK TO NOVEMBER 22, 1963, WHEN, AS AN AGENT HAND-PICKED BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY, HE BECAME ONE OF THE FEW AGENTS TO HAVE LOST A PRESIDENT TO AN ASSASSIN. DECADES LATER, PSYCHOTIC MITCH LEARY (JOHN MALKOVICH) IS STALKING ANOTHER PRESIDENT (JIM CURLEY) RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION. HE HAS SPENT LONG HOURS STUDYING THE PSYCHE OF FRANK HORRIGAN, AND HE TAUNTS HORRIGAN