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Page 8IWestern Maryland College/November 12, 1987 _CraigCecil Somebody To Watch is not worth watching Columbia Picture's new in the jugular with a screwdriver) the only interesting aspect present the television re-run dumpster. thriller, Someone To Watch Over You: "That's new." is the triangular relationship The performances in these Me, is one of those movies where (Woman tries 10 scream, he formed between Mike, Ellie, and three main roles leave something you end up consistently leaning sees her, she sees him looking at Claire. to be desired. Berenger, of course, ,. over to your friend, predicting her; chase scene follows; she The married couple symbolize is dissappoinung after his exactly what will happen and barely gels away .. [Later] typical New Yorkers struggling Academy Award-nominated what characters will say prior to Policeman enlers crime scene, through the daily grind of life in performance in Platoon. Rogers the fact. After a few minutes into lakes a "longing" look al the the big city. Claire, on the other and Bcrenger just don't have that the film, it's likely you 'will find wuness) hand, rcpresents the struggle-less screen chemistry working between yourself in this conversation: You: "Hey, look. This cop lifestyle of the creme de la creme them here, as did Harrison Ford is gonna fall in love with the in her Manhattan penthouse. The and Kelly McGillis in Witness. (Dark, scarface Mafia-type witness and watch over her so she majority of the scenes revolve Lorraine Bracco, however, enters scene.) won't be killed." around his place or hers. Her deserves credit for her performance You: "This guy's gonna Friend: "Hey, no fair looking penthouse, which would do Robin which gives viewers a glimpse of shoot somebody. See, I think at the movie's title." Leach proud, directly contrasts what it must feel like to live in he's holding a gun in his You: "But in the end the cop with his cramped quarters in Queens, at night, as a woman. trenchcoat," will have a showdown with thc Queens. In fact, this film is more Finally, much is left (Mafia-type starts arguing killer as he tries to murder her." twist on an old. plot, helped by about what happens when unexplained in the film. Claire wilh a rich and, evidently, Friend: "You know, I think I two outstanding performances, contrasting lifestyles and only hints at the relationship she important man. Beautiful woman saw this on Miami Vice before." Someone contains nothing relationships crash into each other had with the victim. And why walks across balcony overlooking You: "Yeah, that's right. But innovative or exciting, and the than anything else. Ellie is plain, was the victim killed in the first the two men. ) it was Sonny Crockett, and there performances are blaise at best. Claire is sensuous. Mike is place? Extortion? You: "Look at this. was all this slow-motion stuff, Tom Berenger plays Mike married, while Claire can only Someone To Watch Over Me Trenchcoat's gonna kill this other and ... " Keegan, a typical New York cop, boast of a breakable bond to a and its highly predictable. guy, and the woman is gonna who lives in Queens with his . seemingly unimportant boyfriend. unimaginative storyline is reason witness it" From the above dialogue. it wife, Ellie (Lorraine Bracco), and When Mike is watching Claire in enough to leave this film Friend: "Yeah, yeah. And becomes evident that Someone To their young son. Mimi Rogers the penthouse, he. is forced to unwatched. If you have a craving then the killer is going to see her, Walch Over Me is based on one plays Claire Gregory, ·a rich leave his family unattended in a for this sort of material, then keep she's going to see him seeing her, of the most tired plots in sophisticate living in Manhattan much more volatile neighbor- your money. and instead tum on and he's going to make attempts Hollywood, where a cop falls for and the witness Mike Keegan falls hood. Their relationship. and the Miami Vice, or Crime Story, or in love with. -Because at killing her for the rest of the the woman he is assigned to structure the film's resulting ti-adeoffs and PrtvaieEye.sx .. movie." protect. This movie borrows downplays the thriller consequences produced. is the Yo.u: "Yeah, you're right." many ideas from· Witness. But aspect by only interspersing only thing saving this film from Rating out of 10: (Majia-tYjHf stabs other' man whereas that film was a-refreshing scenes of danger in thin amounts, quickly sinking to the bottom of *** CAPBOARD'S FEAST OF FUN. TONIGHT! Jon Liebing 9 c 11 pm in the Pub FREE! LIVE! ERIC CORNFELD CHARLES MOUNT COMEDY CABARET AUDAY, NOVEMBER 20 FRIDAY THE 13TH! 9 pm in the FORUM 9 & 11 pm - FORUM - ADMISSION $1 Admission - $2 GUARANTEED TO GIVE YOU A JOLT! . ", ,.-, .. ,.,.,,,,,,.