The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Page THE HERALD Wednesday June 11 1989 a Renegades is loud violent and predictable FILMETER In Movie Theaters RENEGADES Surveys of Hoi lywood screenwriters have shown that the average movie writer today is a white male between the ages of and 35 Could this be why slam bang buddy comedies continue to flood out screens The latest such outing reunites two of the Young Guns stars Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips Just as the re teaming is geared to strike the same kind of box office gold that Guns did so every ele ment of this ion flick is calculated That ans car chases touls four le ter words and buddy banter Since it s essential that film bud dies come from different walks of life the better to fuel endless jokes about their differences Phillips is made a Indian who is searching for his peoples sacred lance For reasons that are never clear the lance has been plucked from its museum case by a group of armed robbers escaping a diamond heist Enter Sutherland as an undercover cop who seems to be part of the armedLrobbery though he s really shaking down a bad cop After Phillips medicine man father saves the wounded Sutherland life Phillips and Sutherland head out in pursuit of the robbers the lance and the corrupt policeman Aspects of this movie take one back to the old westerns where the Indian is in possession of mystical knowledge that no white man could ever possess Here Phillips is the repository of all sorts of wisdom When he and the trail of pony tailed BMW driving baddies hows that for yuppie consciousness for example Phillips instinctively knows which way the guys have gone Phillips plays his role with the same slightly stiff but winning ear nestness that he brought to La Bamba and Young Guns Suther land meanwhile relies upon his cocky charm and volatility while clutching his stomach a lot You know the wound Speaking of wounds quite a few characters get shot full of holes in this extremely loud and violent affair The film s only prominent charac played by Jami Gertz is no ex ception It s an example of the s inherent hypocrisy that after killing just about everyone in sight Sutherland and Phillips are presented as nice boys in time for the film s hap py ending GRADE New Home Video CRUSOE PG13 Virgin Vision This reworking of the Crusoe story got almost no attention during its brief theatrical release It a curious little film a screen poem in which most of the impact is visual Directed by the fine cinematographer Caleb Deschanel The Black Stallion the movie works its magic quietly and vejrballv stars as a slave trader who survives a shipwreck washing up on a seemingly deserted island There he learns to fend for himself while avoiding the cannibals who use the is land for burials and sacrifices This hTh V MILL ST GEORGETOWN ONTARIO a DIVISION OF HILLS 1ID AIRPORT SERVICE 877 PARCEL DELIVERY m OFF ANY PIZZA OVERS 1MGUUPH STREET Crusoe Friday is a black warrior slated for sacrifice a proud man whom Crusoe saves and who refuses to be treated like one of the trader s slaves Far more picturesque and at than dramatically force ful the movie is a good showcase for halting blue eyed Vi FAR NORTH Nelson This 1988 release is an example of even the most talented people can sometimes fail Written and directed by playwright Sam Shepard it a muted rural drama with a self conscious literary bent Jessica stars as a feisty wed and pregnant New Yorker who returns home to Minnesota after her father played by Charles is injured in a accident The movie shows her working up the cour age to shoot the horse that caused the accident and much is made of the IS HERE RIVIERA CENTRE Cuelph Street Box Norval LOP 0437 VIDEO PLUS 8774260 MACHINES VHS f MOVIES Bring A Star Home Tonight MORE HITS MORE COPIES FREE LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP 134 Guelph St Georgetown AFTER FIVE THMGST000 PLACES TO GO FOR YOUR LISTENING AND DANCING PLEASURE IN CELEBRATION OF OUR ANNIVERSARY INVITES EVERYONE TO AN OPEN HOUSE JUNE Country m SPECIAL APPEARANCE by C Oflfcfcr horses representing the fathers lost power and the daughters growing self Too much is made of this though Maybe Shepard should have turned over the directorial du ties to someone else despite some effective local color the movie lacks perspective Filni grading excellent good kk fair poor RECORDS TAPES SAVE SAVE SAVE Guelphv Plaza Guelph St Georgetown Ont 8731773 MACHINE RENTALS CAMCORDER- VCR NINTENDO VIDEO RANCH FATHERS DAY VIDEO CARD C your own kit tonal coniunvM Uplo10mTnutf Includ Tap RESTAURANT TAVERN I MOUNTAINVIEW SOUTH GEORGETOWN SPECIAL ALL DAY Father Day BUFFET Sunday June 18th Buffet Offers Salad Bit Soup Szechuan and Cantonese Dishes Served from 12 to 8 30 PM ADULTS Senior Citizens en I Children under each each TO BANQUETS AND PARTUS TakeOut Orders Delivery Service 8772227 PRIME RIB DINNER includes soup or salad I C coffee or tea I PRICE FOR KIDS UNDER 12 STEAK SHRIMP SPECIAL 995 FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE GEORGETOWN