European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse This week s films a tether Tweti Eert to if Richard Dreyfus and Emilio Nevet Star Seattle police detective who along Ith Rosie of Donnell must pose As in upscale family ii locate a key Itris in mob trial. It the rail of Imie r. Tailing place in 1865. Surf Ami Start As to Monagnan. Theirs life fron tier Nman who in order to make her Way done through the old West dresses up to Man. The Beverly Man Meritee o. Birtt Gamey Heads cast that Alto includes Lily Tomlin and Forit Leach Man in this occasionally hilarious Clunky dumb movie Iza Tjon of the Helov edly insane to series. Eerie Filee t of. Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin re prise their St tort of night live role. Deve to i j. Kevin Kline plays a look alike for the president to step in when the real one is stricken. Is Toumey Weaver Frank Langella Charles Rodin Vin rhames and Kevin Dunn. A deme Fitler my r. Cap Sylvester Stallone and villain Wesley Snipes Are Frozen for their respective crimes. Years later the two clash again when Snipes is set free and Stallone is the Only cop oho can Stop him. Denim the ice teen of Walter Matt nut and Christopher Lloyd. Omen i the inset Lee fiery pg-1x introducing Jason Scott Lee no relation. A Fher meet fail a lovable Crank of a dad Patrick Swayze Springs his kids from an abusive child care institution. Tim com r. A Young lawyer get caught Between his firm and the Fri Tom cruise. Free Why to. A Hov Jason Iames Richter with troubled past bands with Kilter whale. The of have Po-1 j. A Crisp and jolting Melo drama that screws the tension tight. Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. Nee Ramaj tila to i. A fantasy comedy about four departed souk who get one last Chance to relive their Eirthly lives Robert Downey 1. Ind chalet Grodin. Meets out to belie Midler Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najima Vamp it up As 17th-Century witches returned to haunt modern times. . Your favorite hockey marked maniac Jason. Only for incorrigible. Lett aet Leit Mere pm i j Austin o Brien play Young movie fan who joins is favorite movie hero Arnold Schwarin Nigger on in. A the last of the me Teene r. In the 1750s, an Milian a incl frontiersman Daniel Day Lewis it caught up in the Moody mayhem of the French and Indian wars when he Falls for the Beautiful daughter Madeleine Stoe of a it Irish colonel. In the line of fire r. This thriller pits Maverick secret service agent Frank Iworrigan Clint Eastwood against an Assassin John Malkovich who Hai sworn to kill the president. A St w metre to America Po-11. Whoops Goldberg and Ted Jnson Star in sitcom style comedy about woman who finds her father through Sperry Bank. Veltae r. Alec Baldwin Bill Pullman and Nicole Kidman Star in this so so thriller that seems mostly rehashed from earlier thriller. A the men wet heart fee Po-13. Story about Friendship that develops Between fatherless 12 year old Nick Stahl a wonderful actor and disfigured Recluse Mel Gibson we Menetee ii Neelety r menace plunges i into the harsh and deadly world of the inner City. Larynx tale and Jad Pinkett. The Melee men to. Robert Townsend wrote directed and starred in this inner City fantasy about a schoolteacher who i hit by a meteor and acquires superpowers. Or. Wendale Rutm put. Romantic comedy starring Matt Dillon and Annabella Sciorra. Own meet Trail Thunee r. Stephen King s Best seller about a demonic gift shop owner who plays on greed to reduce Castle Rock Maine to bloody chaos. Mai von Synow and Leland gaunt. A tie to Mckee pm the writer director John sin Gleton followed up his impressive debut Boyton it Hood with this new drama tuning Janet Jackson. Neelin Hawaii men in tic jute pm i. Mel Brooks foray into Sherwood Forest a Meekle it the year to fantasy about 12 year old Thomas Ian Nicholas who pitches for the Chi Cago cubs. Tey Po-1. Robin Williams Star As whimsical toy maker who must save hit father s toy factory from � demented Uncle Michael Gambon who Anil to convert the bushmen to firearms elem a sett be to Tom Hanks Stan a widower in Seattle whose Bright Young ton Rota Malinger get to great lengths to find if perfect woman Meg Rya for hit dad. A new whee a the seven Beerfe 19j7 m imaged Clastic. A must so Worth your Tim to passable coming Foon to near you end you can wih it s fitting that Frank Miller the main architect of the screenplay for this sequel made his name As a writer of comic books because this lame flick is nothing if not a cartoon. Director Paul Verhoeven s original Procop May have been shot through with sadistic violence but beneath the carnage there was a discernible theme of the socioeconomic disaffection of Ordinary citizens at the hands of greedy corporate weasels. Simply put Verhoeven had some thing to say. If he drove Home his Point with too much brutal Zeal it still mad for a terrific movie. But Verhoeven s vision has Given Way to the banal efforts of Miller and director Fred Dekker. The setting is once again a hellish future version of Detroit. The crime rate has dropped significantly through the efforts of the police Force s secret weapon officer Alex Murphy who has become the cyborg called Robo cop Robert John Burke replacing Peter welter who obviously can recognize a dog when he sees one. The City still has nagging problems such As the anarchistic gangs of splat Ter punks that infest its seedier quarters. But Omni consumer products the corporation that has been give carte Blanche to run Detroit and its police has pacified the City to the extent that the next phase of rebuilding can begin. That plan Calls for erecting a gleam ing High tech Metropolis called Delta City atop the rubble of an old neigh boyhood called Cadillac Heights a col Lection of modest Blue Collar House Sand shops. But oct and its chief executive rip torn overacting even by his considerable standards have a prob Lem construction must begin quickly or the corporation will have to default on hefty Loans it has secured to finance the project. Unfortunately for oct the Scruff Cadillac Heights residents led by Ber tha sch Pou Derzack Stanley an Derson and pint sized computer Whiz Nikko Remy Ryan won t leave quietly. So the corporation brings in an army of Urban rehabilitation police Spe Cial stormtroopers led by the evil me Daggett John Castleton forcibly re move the residents or gun them Down if they resist. Since oct owns the cops and Rob Ocop they Are forced to help. Dekker and Miller make modest at tempts to offer new angles. For exam ple Rob Ocop has a detachable weapons Arm a combination Flamethrower grenade launcher an machine gun that s pretty nifty and he gets a flight pack that enables him to go airborne. There s also a ninja robot named Otomo Bruce Locke who is sent to eliminate Rob Ocop by oct s japanese Parent company. Butty and Large the effects Are downright cheesy particularly the laughably Low rent flying scenes. It s useless to discuss the acting be cause there is none. As Rob Ocop Burke simply has to be a mechanical Lunk which seems to come easily for him. Dekker and Miller Are too bus having people run around pointlessly shooting guns to bother developing an of the other individual characters. This film follows the de evolutionary pattern that plagues almost All movie series think of the subsequent install ments to such originals As Rocky night Mare on Elm Street lethal weapon and halloween to name a few. By the third go round any creative juice a concept May once have had has Long since been squeezed out. You relent with an empty Shell cobbled together by Hacks who Are looking for Only one thing to rely on name Brand recognition to divest you of your movie dollars while providing As Little in re turn As possible. Rob Ocop 3, devoid of any semblance of the original s darkly satirical wit epitomizes that sorry process. It get Sone Star mostly for nostalgia s Sake. Ii Page m november 14, 1993
