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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Jordan Prosser

No Way Out: the 1987 thriller that prophesied a deeply corrupt US government

Sean Young and Kevin Costner, wearing a naval uniform, at a cocktail party in No Way Out
Doomed affair … Sean Young and Kevin Costner in No Way Out. Photograph: Cinetext/Columbia/Allstar

In 1987, right before he became the biggest movie star in the world with a five-year hot streak that included Field of Dreams, Dances with Wolves and The Bodyguard, Kevin Costner headlined two films that offered very different visions of America. The Untouchables assembles a group of plucky misfits to dole out frontier justice against those who would seek to extort the American dream – it’s brash, gung ho and morally transparent. A guaranteed classic.

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