Clint EastwoodandKevin Costner, two undeniable American icons, were born to team up.
On paper,A Perfect Worldreads like your basiccat-and-mouse thriller.
Even Butch and Red think the narrative stakes of the film are rudimentary.
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Red first thinks this is a cut-and-dry manhunt.
Justice is not blind in Eastwood’s alleged final film.
However,A Perfect Worldstill contained a missing piece, at least in Costner’s mind.
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“Kevinreallywanted Clint to be in the movie with him,“producerMark Johnsontold theLA Times.
Without Clint Eastwood’s stirring on-screen gravitas,A Perfect Worldwould have felt hollow.
The judge followed through, and Butch rotted in jail before finally escaping.
A Perfect Worldis available to rent on Prime Video in the U.S.
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor, an escaped convict on the run from the law, while the search for him continues.
