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Russel shines in implausible Impulse FILMETER In Movlo Theaters IMPULSE This is the movie that former Clint Eastwood girlfriend and costar Sondra Locke was direct ing when Eastwood locked her out of their home Subsequently Locke has slapped Dirty Harry with a a part clicks for her as in Black Wid ow she can also be riveting If only the plot surrounding Russell were more plausible Instead this is another thriller in which a good person gets in over hisher Here the psychologically pentup Russell starts to take her too seriously Soon shes tricking even when she doesnt have to One night she Inadvertently witnesses a murder Meanwhile fellow cop Jeff is falling in love with her When characters in a movie behave stupidly simply to further the story line to get themselves In Jams the better to scare us intelligent viewers rebel Accordingly there were groans and titters coming from the audience during moments of this movie Still that one stays with Impulse even ty In advertising lurns oui to reaiiy sell Soon the asylum inmates have formed a truly flaky team of copywriters Since real corporations are men tioned in the movies fake ads its not surprising that some of them are less than pleased But ii anyone should be upset its the psychiatric community because this is one more movie that makes mental illness look cute Theres another problem too Hannah Her quality Is darting to wear awfully thin As a fear stricken patient who becomes a towering love object for Moore she lacks the freshness she had in Roxanne Is the movie funny Sometimes during the simulated commercials But it relies too much on easy gags eventually thats all it has going for it Unless that Is your idea of fun is to laugh at other peoples mental infir mities GRADE H New Home Video THE ABYSS PG CBSFox Better than Its reputation this lavish underwater thriller succumbs to an awful ending But along the way there are some sensational scary mo ments GRADE Film grading excellent good fair poor THE HERALD Wednesday April Page m GEORGETOWN CINEMAS 235 GUELPH STREET 8731999 LOTTIE MASON Theresa Russell Is an undercover cop whose life is compll cated when the becomes romantically Involved with District Attorney Stan Harris Jeff In the psychological thriller Impulse suit and the movie opened to lukewarm reviews This thriller starring Theresa Russell as an LA detective who works undercover as a prostitute may have a script but Locke gives It a pulse Just as did with Jamie Lee Curtis in Blue Steel Locke has gotten a ter rific flinty performance from Rus sell In fact if we have to have more buddy cop movies how about a fe male one starring Curtis and Russell Russells career is turning out to be an interesting one Director Nick favorite leading lady and off screen wife has an innate eroticism even In her bad roles and awkward performances But when something in while disbelieving a lot it is a credit to Russell and to director Locke GRADE CRAZY PEOPLE R This light comedy pivots on an advertising copywriter Dudley Moore who has a nervous breakdown partly because he can no longer abide the lies he must tell Sent to an asylum he de vises a new series of ads all based on the novel idea of telling people the truth Ads like Forget France The French are annoying Come to Greece Or this one for United Air Hoes Most of our passengers get there alive By mistake these ads get shipped off to the printers and presto Hones- VIDEO PLUS of Grstown BRING HOME A STAR THIS WEEK- lemania Not of Kin Sox Lies and Video Tapes Forced March 134GuripllSI Ontario BURGER KING STARTING APRIL STEAKHOUSE HAMBURGER TILOrHCDIIclKtllUKCOITOUIVli ISM THEYRE BACK TO HAUNT YOU This ThurjFri Sal at the Hotel home of Nick a world famous Chicken Wings a Fine Country Music MllnSL Georgetown 8773388