7 titles in this catalog with a median Balasaur Score of 65. The 2000s rate best: median 66 across 4 titles.
Biography
Rod Lurie is an Israeli-American director, screenwriter and former film critic. Lurie's first foray into filmmaking, as writer and director, was the low-budget political thriller Deterrence (1999), with Kevin Pollak as the first Jewish President of the United States. The characters (in his films) of President Jackson Evans (The Contender), prison inmate Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin (The Last Castle), FBI agent Paige Van Doren (Line of Fire), and vice presidential nominee Gen. (ret.) Warren Keaton (Commander in Chief) are all fictional graduates of the "Long Gray Line".
Acting 6
Directing 15
Lucky Strike
2026
The Senior
2025
The Outpost
2020
Killing Reagan
2016
American Odyssey
2015
Hell on Wheels
2011
Straw Dogs
2011
Line of Fire
2003
The Last Castle
2001
The Contender
2000
Deterrence
2000
