N = No Way Out:
No Way Out is a suspenseful thriller staring Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Will Patton, Howard Duff, and Sean Young. The movie was directed by Roger Donaldson, and many believe it's the movie that pushed Costner into the limelight and stardom. It's two stories in one. A murder mystery, and a spy story. Two stories that may or may not be connected.
U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Farrell (Costner) is interrogated by two men about how he first met Secretary of Defense David Brice (Hackman). Farrell describes being invited to an inaugural ball by his college buddy Scott Pritchard (Patton), who intends to introduce him to Brice. Pritchard hopes that Brice will transfer Farrell to the Pentagon. On meeting Farrell, Brice is unimpressed and virtually ignores him. Moments later, Farrell begins flirting with another guest, Susan Atwell (Young). The two have sex in her limousine and at the apartment of Nina Beka, a friend of Susan's, even though she has admitted to Farrell that she is also involved with a married man. The next day, Farrell bids her good-bye at the airport, on his way back to active duty; but their one-night encounter has clearly had a profound romantic effect on both of them.
Farrell returns to sea and single-handedly rescues a crewman from being washed overboard during a storm. Brice reads a newspaper story about the rescue and orders Farrell transferred to his intelligence staff. Brice and Pritchard, Brice's second-in-command, orient him to his new assignment which clearly involves surreptitiously getting secret information from other government agencies, such as the CIA, and passing it on to Brice. Farrell also finds that he may be at times working with Sam Hesselman, an old friend now working in the Pentagon's new computer center as its chief programmer-analyst. But before this, Farrell has already gone to Susan's apartment, where their fledgling romance is re-ignited in earnest. The only hitch comes when she tells Farrell that her married "consort" is his superior, David Brice.
Some time later, after Susan and Farrell return from a romantic weekend in the country, Brice visits her unexpectedly. After urging a hurt and jealous Farrell to leave through the back door, Susan assures him that she loves him and will leave Brice. Brice sees a man leaving Susan's house but cannot see that it was Farrell. After Susan lets him in, the suspicious Brice demands to know the name of her other lover, but Susan refuses and orders him to leave.
This is where the real story begins. There's a murder, a spy named Yuri, along with an over-exposed photograph, possibly of the murderer, or the spy, or both. I'll leave it at that, rather than give the entire plot away.
No Way Out is a suspenseful thriller staring Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Will Patton, Howard Duff, and Sean Young. The movie was directed by Roger Donaldson, and many believe it's the movie that pushed Costner into the limelight and stardom. It's two stories in one. A murder mystery, and a spy story. Two stories that may or may not be connected.
U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Farrell (Costner) is interrogated by two men about how he first met Secretary of Defense David Brice (Hackman). Farrell describes being invited to an inaugural ball by his college buddy Scott Pritchard (Patton), who intends to introduce him to Brice. Pritchard hopes that Brice will transfer Farrell to the Pentagon. On meeting Farrell, Brice is unimpressed and virtually ignores him. Moments later, Farrell begins flirting with another guest, Susan Atwell (Young). The two have sex in her limousine and at the apartment of Nina Beka, a friend of Susan's, even though she has admitted to Farrell that she is also involved with a married man. The next day, Farrell bids her good-bye at the airport, on his way back to active duty; but their one-night encounter has clearly had a profound romantic effect on both of them.
Farrell returns to sea and single-handedly rescues a crewman from being washed overboard during a storm. Brice reads a newspaper story about the rescue and orders Farrell transferred to his intelligence staff. Brice and Pritchard, Brice's second-in-command, orient him to his new assignment which clearly involves surreptitiously getting secret information from other government agencies, such as the CIA, and passing it on to Brice. Farrell also finds that he may be at times working with Sam Hesselman, an old friend now working in the Pentagon's new computer center as its chief programmer-analyst. But before this, Farrell has already gone to Susan's apartment, where their fledgling romance is re-ignited in earnest. The only hitch comes when she tells Farrell that her married "consort" is his superior, David Brice.
Some time later, after Susan and Farrell return from a romantic weekend in the country, Brice visits her unexpectedly. After urging a hurt and jealous Farrell to leave through the back door, Susan assures him that she loves him and will leave Brice. Brice sees a man leaving Susan's house but cannot see that it was Farrell. After Susan lets him in, the suspicious Brice demands to know the name of her other lover, but Susan refuses and orders him to leave.
This is where the real story begins. There's a murder, a spy named Yuri, along with an over-exposed photograph, possibly of the murderer, or the spy, or both. I'll leave it at that, rather than give the entire plot away.
