Clint Eastwood (“Dirty Harry”, “A Fistful Of Dollars”) directs and stars in “Absolute Power”, an intriguing thriller that has some problems but packs enough good stuff to make it worth the watch.

In “Absolute Power” while on a job a career thief named Luther Whitney (Eastwood) witnesses a murder where President Allen Richmond (Gene Hackman “The French Connection”, “Superman: The Movie”). Who will believe a thief over the absolute power that is the ruler of the country? There are police, contract killers and secret service after Whitney so with danger at every turn he’s going to have to use his brain to defeat this formidable opponent.

Clint Eastwood doesn’t perform particularly well as an actor in this film. His role isn’t very complex and it isn’t one where he can spout out quotable lines. Gene Hackman on the other hand is superb as the President; I only wish you got a few more scenes with him. There isn’t really any meeting between the two but I understand that given the basis of the plot. Ed Harris (“The Abyss”, “The Rock”) stars as the police officer Seth Frank, he’s quite entertaining. There are a few other faces you may recognise (probably not my name though).

“Absolute Power” isn’t a fast-paced action film and it isn’t goofy in any shape or form so if you like your thrillers to just be plain thrillers then you’ll probably enjoy this picture. It has some implausible moments at times but it has enough moments that real do entertain you, an example is the murder scene (and the build-up to it) because it is just fantastic as it isn’t as simple as you’d first think. “Absolute Power” features a few good performances, some clever twists and some interesting moments thus I feel it is probably worth a look at.