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Which brings us back to a final comparison with In the Line of Fire. Both these movies are tightly wound duels between vividly contrasting characters who match up only in the quality of their intelligence. Both more than satisfy the most primitive demand of the action genre, which is, of course, for plenty of action. But unlike most films of their kind these days, they do not feel machine-made. They take the time (and it doesn't require much) for the digressions that enlist real concern -- not just in what's going to happen next, but in the fates of their characters as well.