56 - In the Line of Fire - Fleeing John Malkovich

The Rabbit Fighters put their tinfoil hats on and travel to 1993, when phones had cords, assassins had newspaper clippings all over their walls, and Presidents were bland and actually interested in governing.

Enter Mitch Leary, played by America's Sweetheart, John Malkovich. Mitch was a government assassin until they turned on him, and now he wants to assassinate the head of our government, the extremely bland President Traveler or something.

BUT WAIT! Old-ass Clint Eastwood wants a word or 50,000 about this. He plays Frank Horrigan, the guy who was supposed to protect Kennedy but stood there while Kennedy's head exploded.

Frank wants a second chance to save a President, so he starts a series of lovely corded phone chats where he tries to get Mitch to tell him how and where Mitch will kill the President.

Frank also finds time to get to know his partner Al for a minute before getting Al killed, pissing off everyone in the entire Presidential staff, and wedging himself into the arms of Renee Russo's agent Lily Raines with a Hoodsie stick.

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[Published 6/24/2025]

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