36 - Wednesday, March 27, 1991 - North Shore News

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Formulaic “Hard Way” disappoints

The Hard Way ** (Universal) Rated Mature (at the Park & Tilford.
Granville, Oakridge, Coquitlam, Scott and Station Square Cinemas)

WO MEN haunt John Moss (James Woods).

The “Party Crasher’ (Steven
Lang) is a trigger-happy wacko
who delights in toying with the
police before one of his very
public hits. When Moss just about
nails him, Hollywood action hero
Nick Lang (Michael J. Fox) butts in.
Literally. {t's an enormous prop
cigarette for a Nick Lang billboard
that knocks the cop down at a
critical moment.

And now that the star of
mindless cartoon action films
wants to be a serious actor, Nick
picks the ‘‘Yoda of Cops” as his
role model. He wants to live with
Moss for two weeks to get this cop
thing down tor his next project.

For the next few days, this en-
thusiastic cream puff from La-La-
Land pesters and bumbles his way
through ghetios, gang wars and
psycho killers.

And, to top it off, both of these
nuisances interrupted what was to
be a monumental achievement for
Moss — a third date with the same
woman (Annabelle Sciorra).

That's about it for an hour and a
half. Lots of noisy chases, a little
humor and fess originality. It’s the
typical odd cop formula. Stick two
wildly contrasting male stars
together, give them a common
enemy, maybe a girlfriend fora
tug-o-war or object of distress, and
badabing, badaboom — instant

it.

Tim Bell

FILM REVIEW

Not that it’s awful. Fox has a lot
of fun at his own expense. While
nursing his cellular phone, the
pampered star orders his fiunkies
to send an arrangement to
Spielberg with a note saying
“something personal.”’ A parody
preview of Nick’s indiana Jones-
styled Smoking Gunn Ilis also
quite funny.

While it’s rumored that James
Woods spoofs his usual intense,
bug-eyed roles, the difference be-
tween this performance and the
one in The Boost or Cop might be
charitably described as subtle.
After all, it’s hard to puta spin on
a throbbing neck vein.

The Hard Way definitely takes
the easy way oul.

The Last Buffalo/The Great
Barrier Reef ** Rated G (at the
imax Theatre}

The Last Butfalo is a little dit-
ferent irom the usual offerings at
the Imax. Not only is the picture

Couple stars in Presentation play

ACTORS LOIS Anderson and
Roland Brand are in a unique
position. They’re getting a first-
hand taste of marriage without the
obligations.

By Evelyn Jacob
News Reporter

The Vancouver couple, UBC
BFA grads, are testing out the
sometimes turbulent waters of
matrimony in Dutch playwright
Jan De Hartog’s The Fourposter.

Directed by Kathleen Stringer
(Wally's Cafe), the play opens
tomorrow night at Presentation
House Theatre.

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