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Johnny Mnemonic
circuits with poor actin
Keanu Reeves spends his time
running from bad guys as Johnny
Mnemonic.
By Libe Goad
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Johnny Mnemonic
Starring Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Ice-T
and Dina Meyer
Directed by Robert Longo
Rated R
Playing at Hollywood 16
★ 1/2 (out of five)
If violence and bad acting determined a film’s
quality, Johnny Mnemonic would get a five-star
rating.
Visual artist and director Robert Longo tried to
bring author William Gibson’s futuristic short sto
ry to the screen, but he merely brought video-game
violence, complete with decapitated heads and peo
ple diced like carrots.
Perhaps the violence was meant to compensate
for the bad acting.
Keanu Reeves lends a pitiful performance as
Johnny, a circuit-headed courier in an advanced,
information society.
Pharmaceutical bad guys download a massive
amount of information into Johnny’s silicone-im
planted brain, and he wants to get it out.
Of course, the information locked in his head
can save the world from the “black shakes,” a dis
ease caused from information overload.
Johnny says little in the film, which is fortunate
for Reeves, who seems unable to shake his surfer-
boy voice from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.
He mostly runs away from bad guys who want
to decapitate him and moans in pain from his over
loaded circuit. This marks Reeves’ worst feature
performance yet.
Karate master and action film star Dolph Lund
gren delivers a testosterone-laden performance as
Street Preacher, an information junkie who lives
Reeves has information stored in his headte
the world as the title character in JohnnyMne
on implants and carries an eerie fetish for:
Bible verses before killing his victims.
Ice-T gives a decent performance asJf
outspoken “low-tech” that fights corporate:
and aims to overcome the technological sot:
“Heaven,” an underground informationcer. ;
But it is Dina Meyer, who also played
the two-timing professor from “BeverlyHilJ
who breaks through the weak acting Irene
good performance as the mysterious “Jan.;
acting skills don’t shine through the poor;
play, but she carries a few spotlight mome:
her witty comments.
Henry Rollins’ performance as a sarcas
tech doctor named Spider and the virtual-
segments keep the movie from slippingof:
end of the ratings chart.
Longo attempts to use violence to con:
for weak performances, and the filmult:
fails to bring Gibson’s dark, futuristicv: :
the summer screen.
Gibson and Braveheart get it
By Wes Swift
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Starring: Mel Gibson, Patrick McGoohan
Directed by Mel Gibson
Rated R
Playing at Schulman 6
★ ★★★ (out of five)
Mel Gibson’s previous attempts at more serious films, like Ham
let or The Man Without a Face have meet dismal fates, having been
either slashed by critics or ignored by audiences. But his newest
film, Braveheart, could break his losing streak with moviegoers and
reviewers alike.
Gibson stars as William Wallace, a villager in English-ruled 13th
century Scotland, who becomes the spirited leader of the Scottish re
bellion after English soldiers murder his wife.
He leads his rag tag clansmen against the almost invulnerable
English army, winning a couple impressive victories and raising the
ire of King Edward I of England (played by Patrick McG
Wallace’s story and the story of Scotland’s independer.
ven together with numerous subplots concerning quarrel'
English royal family, the greed and squabbling of the Sco:
hies and Wallace’s own life. These disputes often maketh
seem like a three-hour soap opera.
Braveheart, although a powerful film, does have a fewc
its cinematic armor. The filmmakers attempt to cram too:
the film’s first hour, often sacrificing plot and characterdf
ment in a series of touch-and-go, rapid-fire scenes. Also.tk
plots often lead to tangents that do not help the plot whate
But Braveheart’s strong suit is its stunning battle see:
filmmakers recreate 13th century battles, portraying th:: 1
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ten litters similar films. Special praise goes to the film’s',
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battle’s gore.
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faced incredible odds in their fight for freedom.
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