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Directed by Harold Becker
Playing at Hollywood 16
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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.
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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!
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