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My lore like, ‘Maybe i hild’s life and ther people’s,’ ” I 1, of Newtown, irer. participants will! ; years, ire analyzing ns for using tamo being developed, a Mercury Rising Starring Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin Directed by Harold Becker Playing at Hollywood 16 Rated R Critique: B ig thed an go to the 270 r he study to findt ixifen or the placel n tamoxifen, hull ng to ask my phys use I really bel ales, told thelriqui ■ Travis Irby staff writer 7| /Wercury lVrJt g zles, deliver ing swift sus pense backed up with solid acting. The movie begins with a bank robbery gone bad and undercover FBI agent Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis) trying to end the situation peacefully. Unfortunately, it ends with two dead teenagers and Jeffries pulling a gun on his boss. Jeffries ends up stuck with surveillance duty for the rest of his career. Meanwhile, a supposedly un breakable government super code, code-natned Mercury, is broken by someone in Chicago. The someone happens to be a nine-year-old autistic boy named Simon (Miko Hughes). Lt. Nicholas Kudrow (Alec Bald win), the man in charge of Mercury, decides the best way to deal with the situation is to kill Simon and his family, rather than fix the code. It is government at its finest, folks. The hit goes bad as Simon es capes the hired guns and ends up in the care of Jeffries. Jeffries take it upon himself to save the boy and Mercury Rising heats up. The film is a little different tlian one might expect form the typical Bruce Willis film. There are shoot ’em up scenes, but the movie is re markably restrained, choosing to focus on the chase and challenge of Jeffries trying to understand the autistic Simon. The fast pacing of the film makes it seem shorter than it really is, which is usually a good sign. While the plot involving evil government types has been done more times than the president’s face has been pictured in newspa pers, the strong acting keeps Mer cury Rising interesting. Bruce Willis does his best work when playing the emotionally haggard Everyman. His Jeffries is a burnout just trying to do the right thing. Hughes does an excellent job as the mentally handicapped Simon. Please see Mercury on Page 4. FBI Agent Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis) protects Simon (Miko Hughes), a nine-year-old autistic savant who inadvertently deciphers a top-secret government code. James Francis aggielife editor N ostalgia reigns supreme in this year’s film version of the old television series “Lost in Space.’’ Although the film starts out looking like a “Babylon 5” adver tisement, that aspect only last about 30 seconds. After that, Lost in Space takes audiences on a wild ride of inter-galactic travel, discovery and the triumph of fami ly over human deception. The film depicts the ill-fated journey of the Robinson family as they attempt to launch the Jupiter 2 (their spaceship) into hyperdrive. The plan is to send the family into the far reaches of space where they can discover resources for Earth, which, by the way, is slowly running out of suit able living conditions for humans. Another snag in the plan occurs in the time span it will take the family to return to Earth — 10 years. So, while the govern ment and citizens of Earth are striving to complete a landmark space station, face rebel fighters and survive on fading re sources, the Robinson family will be charting the stars. This would have been the ideal plan had the evil Dr. Smith (Gary Oldman) not interfered by sabotaging the spaceship’s robot to destroy the ship and the family. Lost in Space Starring Gary Oldman, William Hi Heather Graham and Matt LeBlane Directed by Stephen Hopkins Playing at Hollywood 16 Rated PG-13 Critique: A Thus the journey begins, and although it is a long and arduous one, it is well worth the time spent in movie theater seats to watch. William Hurt (of Kiss of the Spider Woman fame) plays John Robinson, fa ther ofWill, Penny and Judy (Heather Graham), and married to Maureen. As “the man with a dream” to help save Earth’s resources, Hurt puts on a stoic performance, except for when his family is in danger. When that happens, he takes no time in making snap decisions to do whatever he can to protect them. Matt LeBlane (one of six “Friends”) makes his mark as Major Don West, the pi lot assigned to navigate the family on their journey. LeBlane, still recovering from his starring role in Ed, shows both seriousness and funny-face fancy in his devotion to the family (mostly Judy played by Graham) and in the trial to find a way home. And Oldman, what can be said of his performance? As usual, it is another great portrayal. Oldman mirrors the wacky mannerisms of the original Dr. Smith with a heightened devilish nature all his own. Moreover, there is a future representation of Dr. Smith in the film that takes the curds and whey (you have to see the film). Lost in Space delivers fast action, a good rehash of the original plot (with some of the old cast members) and a sto ry all ages can enjoy. The only thing that matters is that Lost in Space beat Titanic this weekend. Whoop! Need a Job For The 1998 Fall Semester? m |Are you a fun person? •Do you enjoy working with kids? • Looking for valuable work experience? •[Are you available Mon.-Fri., 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.? •Ilf you answered yes to any of these questions, ■we may have a job for you. 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