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Red Heat fizzles

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‘Red: Heat * “* é Tri-Star) ‘Restricted (at ‘the Downtown, Park “Royal, Gulidford, Denman | Place, Eagle Ridge™ and Willowbrook 6 Theatres)

_THE HEA‘ ri is ‘off.

7 ht starts right’ at the beginning.

_ with the credits. Consonants, like “R?", are reversed in a sort of." pig-Russian, a brief amusement; “that quickly dies from overkill.’

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Belushi, who isn’t the best choice. in a'situation: calling for diplomacy, Soon, however, ‘they

-have something i in common a

dead partner. -Loudmouth Jim seems more.

_ upset over being partnered with-a

humorless Paul Bunyan than he is

“over his partner's death, but let's». - peut to the chase.’And; for the next :

“ax 9 minutes, that’ s exactly what wes

then cranks up and pushes ts two*

leads through familiar ‘paces. :

Soviet cop Arnold Schwar zenegger pends a lot of energy for...

nothing. He bashes a couple: ‘of

bruisers around for information,

chases a vicious Russian drug:

* dealer’and still winds ‘up in the

with a dead partner: Worse, he:

> foses the killer who hotfoots

the sleazy. side of Cieago-

/ Eterman,’ ‘who has a music therapy’ , diploma: from Capilano College, a’

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Time and. again; the greasy s : dealer slips through their fingers;

: which i is just as well or else the The equally done-to-de:th p' ot. on __minutes. Logic isn't the prime -~ concern here, gratifying short ate _

movie. would be over in about 10.

tention spans is. ° >The chemistry of the dynamic’

duo barely raises Red Heat to" . room temperature. Atnie's ramrod “ stoicism offers Belushi plenty of

verbal ammunition, but the plot

has been lifted from other, better:

films, ‘notably 48 Hours. This is no’ surprise a3 both films were directed nd co-written by Walter, Hille

: Beetlejuice * ony (Warner f Bros.) _ -Rated Mature (at the Capltol 6)

Michael Keaton,:as the ghost”:

“with the mast, livens_up this loud

supernatural comedy. Geena Davis

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social. skills

encounter the demonic © Retelzeuse (Micha Keaton) in the comdy ‘Beetlejuice.

“and Alec Baldwin are. a recently-

deceased couple who want nothing - ‘more than peace everafter i in their.

quaint, home. : :

An obnoxious j pais ‘(Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Joi ) buy the house and proceed to'turn itinto.a nightmare of modern design, much to the specires’ distress... #3"; ¢.. To exorcise the living; a crude poltergeist named Betelgeusc 7 (Beetlejuice) i is enlisted, but he seems more interested in claiming * the mortals* morb id daughter for “his bride:

‘°Q’Hara are geared about 90 ° = decibels higher, which results in a

' House ‘of Games ** (Orion Home’ * Video) Rated Meture « i

a truly unique and dazzling wey afterlife, filled with bureaucracy and civil servants. Davis and Baldwin are nice to the point of. . blandness, while Keaton and: A

wearying clash of styles: Still, there are some very funny moments and

it will probably. be the only time . you'll see Dick Cavett dance a, . calypso, with, Robert Goulet .

Lindsay C ‘ouse plays a driven

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psychiatrist who’ fi nds her work . hollow. A new thrill enters her. life’

., when she decides to research the:

con game. Her mentor, Mike (Joe ~ Mantegna), has more on his mind

“than playing teacher, however, and “their relationship deepens into a : deadly whirlpool of greed.

“ Director/writer David Mamet has stylized the look of the film’

~© but several scenes come. off asi. “merely awkward and, unconvinc- - ing. Also, Crouse's wooden per.

formance make us lose interest,

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