Absolute Power

Absolute Power (1997) is a crime thriller directed by Clint Eastwood that you can watch online on iFILM. A veteran jewel thief becomes the lone witness to a killing the President of the United States helped cause.

Luther Whitney (Eastwood) is a master burglar long retired from the game. He pulls one last solo job in the mansion of a billionaire philanthropist and is nearly clear with the loot. Then a couple steps into the bedroom: the owner's wife and President Richmond (Gene Hackman) himself. Flirtation turns violent, shots ring out, and Luther watches it all from behind a two-way mirror. Now he holds evidence that could topple the head of state, and men who leave no witnesses are coming for him.

Detective Seth Frank (Ed Harris) takes the case, while Luther's estranged daughter (Laura Linney) is suddenly pulled in. Eastwood built a tight grown-up thriller from David Baldacci's novel, running on tension and character rather than effects. Stream Absolute Power (1997) online on iFILM.