European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Short i ak1s play enjoys the coeds while kid hits the College books in the hip hop comedy film House party 2. Chuck Vinch staff writer on m \ ii Shouse party rated r �~�~1/2 a must tee a Worth your time a passable entertainment a coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can Wail although there is a House party in the film a actually the Mother of All House parties As one character Bills it a the accent Here is on educational consciousness raising along with lessons in afro american history and feminism thrown in for Good measure. Occasionally the strident attempts to lecture the audience on various aspects of current political correctness bog things Down. But then directors George Jackson and Doug Mchenry taking Over from original directors Reginald and Warrington Hudlin will toss in something along the lines of a wide screen closeup freeze Frame of a coeds huge rear end and everything is Back on party track. The film brings Back real life rap stars kid Christopher Reid and play Christopher Martin. This time around kid is bound for College and his anxiety level is through the roof because pops the late Robin Harris who makes a posthumous appearance wanted so badly for kid to get an education. But at Harris a tribute to Robin it would seem University kid is a bit overwhelmed by the crush of work along with a few other subplots that come Courtesy of a misunderstanding with his Girlfriend Tisha Campbell that arises when he has to Deal with the fact that she really wants to study and a few run ins with a fire breathing afrocentric Radical feminist Queen Latifah. But the problems really Start when he realizes the tuition Check that his Church gave him is gone with the wind. Seems his buddy play Lent the Money to a bogus record producer Model Ima who has Long since split. Kid lakes a Job in the Campus Kitchen but is soon kicked out. Then comes play s ultimate solution a an illegal late night Bash in the faculty Hall a a a Panama Jammie Jam a with All proceeds going to kids scholarship fund. Some of the subplots make for stretches of unfunny celluloid but there arc quite a few Good moments some of them along the lines of sight gags such As when kid having taken a Job in the Campus Kitchen dons a sanitary Cap that barely covers the Peak of has foot High Hairdo. Kids Roommate Jamal Kam Ronis a White Guy who walks talks and acts Black much to kids annoyance. Also on hand Are the George Brothers a Paul Anthony Bow legged Lou and b. Fine also known As full Force a who return As the bumbling Campus Security guards and Martin Lawrence reprising his role As do Bilal. Lawrence who steals almost every scene he a in is one of the Best things about the movie and he gets some of the most uproarious lines. The Centrepiece is the Jam itself. When the music booms and the bodies gyrate the film really hits its stride. When the movie is funny its really funny. But Jackson and Mchenry working from a Story by Rusty Cundiff make a tactical mistake by mixing in so much message. House part 2 Sparks enough laughs to get 2vi stars a but with a few minor adjustments it could have been Worth More. Am Button k Kaleil r. In ill is psychological thriller a Young writer becomes obsessed with a convicted murderer his twisted fascination with the working of the mini s mind leads to further willing and tragedy in the family Laru Diamond Phillips clan by Brown. Not emf you rated r. A pathological liar is released from a mental Hospital into he eare of a con Man who is fulfilling a Community service sentence in this Madcap comedy line Wilder. Rich Ard Pryor. Pm and to do a bogus Jouney rated pm Bill and Ted Are killed by their evil twins i robot agents from the future. Meet the grim reaper and end up trawling through in Cuvin to find a great scientist to help them blow the twins to Smithereens. Stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter body parts rated r. First run. In an Experiment it researcher grafts limbs of a convicted murderer onto three different Accident victims not Only do the new body parts begin to influence their hosts hut the original owner is Loose and try ing to reassemble himself. Jeff Fahey Lindsay Duncan John Walsh. Kim Delaney outer rated in this comedy. I d o Neill Star of televisions married. With i Hyrvn is a Good hearted Blue Collar Guy who tries to win Over his Girlfriend s snobbish son. Lid o Neill than randalpx2t the Paaty Art of Tuelon rated pg-13. A sequel to the Lawn thriller actors Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy Are Hack As the special effects who and his detective pal. This Lime they re on a twisted Trail that includes corrupt police and some stolen priceless medallions. There s a wonderful sequence in which Brown plays Light und magic havoc in a Supernau Tecl films escaping the bad Guy Kwiw party 2 rated r. 1 his sequel follows the Madcap adventures of rap group kid n play As they Cross the threshold of adulthood. Play Hopes to Rind Fame in the music business while Kul is off to College on a scholarship. Kiri no play. Marlin Lawrence. Tim Jungle Book rated g. This was the last animated feature Wall Disney personally produced. Based on the Rudyard Kipling stones of a Young Hoy and his animal friends it features the. Classic songs the Bare Nee Sil ies Anil / he like ton. Mob Tomb rated h. A look at famous mobsters Lucky Luciano Meyer loin sky bugs Siegel Anil Frank costello on their Way to becoming legends during the period of iu17 through Lull. Christian Slater Patrick Dempsey. Pur Clial rated pm. Private detective Danny Glover is hired to find an Accident prone heiress who disappeared in Mexico. Glover believes with the help of Marlin Short an equally Klutzy person that they might be Able to figure out where she is provided that old cliche Quot it lakes one or know one Quot is True. A by cd a Marten rated r. A of Gold in Harlem has the bad Guys against the really had Guys in a mad scramble to gel the riches. Forest Whitaker Robin Givens Danny Glover Gregory Hines Zakes Moke. Wop cent rated r. A psychopathic escaped con Viet concocts an elaborate scheme to destroy the career character and family of the Man who imprisoned him. But the intended Vreim is not giving up without a fight. Denzel Washington John Lithgow Bonin mate a lilo of thu coca rated pg-13. The ageless legend of Robin Horn is Given a fresh treatment As the hero of Sherwood Forest and his merry men Battle the evil sheriff of Nottingham. Kevin Cost not Morgan Freeman Mary Eliza help Mastran Tomo Alan Hickman. He Bank aloof rated pc. A Young Pilot who finds a Tucket pack is suddenly pursued by the mob feds nazis and its rightful owner Howard Hughes. Bill Campbell asian Arkin. Lina thy Dailon. Soap loft rated pg-13. This Wacky comedy reveals All about the lives and Hrics of the actors and Crew of a fictional daytime soap Opoian. Sally Field Kevin Kline whoops Goldberg Robert Downey Cathy Moriarty. Atm Liff rated pm. Bob is so dependent on his psychiatrist that he follows the Man and his family on then vacation Richard Drey fuss. Ulu Murray. Aloo 01 in Aasu circuit Batso or the link Mermaid 101 dalmatians the rescuer Down under wild hearts can to be broken rated do delirious Duck taks the movie Hamlet Home alone shipwrecked. Rated Bo-19 dance with wolves Doc Holly Wood la. Story not without my daughter Only Prabhat child ii. City slickers dying Young Hudson the lonely Hawk marked Lor death out for Justice paint break the silence of the lambs the super switch Thelma a Louise . Warah Wiki. November 10 1991 sunday Page 19
