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Show OAFl6AiN pwice ALL SHOWS TSI rJ 309 E 1300 SOUTH-ORE- I J IN (PARENTHESIS) I J M . . 175 NO 2ND ' WfcST-PHW- J U "; B v SlEMMftlN I l MCKMORANB THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Aug. 24, 1990 Friday, EMI L 0 I ESTEVEZ SHEEN :': ' . UZJm Q : -- : D7 'Darkman' bests 'Batman' a and that her DARKMAN With Uttle fanfare none of the intrusive hype er will fill screens across the nation on Aug. 24, and if you're smart, you'll get in line right now. At a fraction of the budget, "Darkman" is what "Dick Tracy" could have been without turning over the movie to the of Madonna and ignoring plot and action, or what "Batman" should have been without all the pretense and Joker-maniIt's a simple story of good vs. evil, seen through the talented lens of Bill Pope, with sure-fir-e direction from Sam Raimi ("The Evil Dead") and the kind of special effects you only visualize in action comic books. Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Nee-sois on the brink of perfecting synthetic skin that can take on the features of any photograph fed into a computer. But when exposed to light, the skin disintegrates after 100 minutes. Meanwhile, his true love, Julia (Frances McDormand), non-talen- ts a. n) : lawyer, discovers a memo linking client to the mob. Westlake is visited by a brutal team of hitmen who seek the memo and silence. Led by the slimey and vicious Robert G. Durant (Larry' heralded "Batman" and "Dick Trak faiitasy-thrillcy," a tidy from Universal Pictures coimc-boo- CHARLIE Page Drake), who likes to snip off the fingers of his victims with his cigar slicer and add to his digit collection at home, the killers bash Westlake through several glass cabinets, beat him, shoot him, dunk his head in a vat of acid and leave him a mangled mess after turning up the gas and lighting a flame to destroy their handiwork. The explosion propels Westlake through the window of his lab like a firey torpedo. The effect is stunning. As far as the world is concerned, Westlake is dead. He emerges at the local hospital as a John Doe, so badly burned that the doctor clips a vital nerve to alleviate pain. Only problem, the procedure leaves Westlake with superhuman powers and a rage the size of Texas. He somehow manages to recreate his lab and make enough skin to get him through several revenge killings and then some. Westlake becomes Darkman, a g combo Phantom of the Hulk. With the chameleon charms of bis synthetic skin, he can look like anybody. ; The action is nonstop and in- -; spired. And for once, a screenplay with five names attached isn't an! abomination. It's plump with wit: and pathos, and has an eerie over7 ride. The story t is by Raimi, whose" claim to fame is "The Evil Dead," a Cannes Film Festival cult classic. However, Raimi shows enormous talent with his kinetic camera work and angled shots, and he has a skilled companion with Pope, who makes his feature film debut with . "Darkman." Neeson, who has given solid performances in "Suspect," "The Mission" and "The Good Mother,'? .od ffers a portrayal with Westlake. There is compassion,5en-sualit- ; intellect, horror. There are good support performances from Drake, who plays, the retarded Benny on TV's "UA. Law" and is the sadistic thug , in this movie, and McDormand,.; the abused sheriff's wife from "Missis-sipBurning." Her genuine goodness is never cloying. "Darkman" is a visionary epiphany of man's inhumanity to man, the perils of greed, the tests of love and loyality. It is a fantasy world of horror, creation and destruction. blast of a And it's a ride. Produced by Robert Tapert, it : is rated R for graphic violence. Dolores Barclay, AP Arts Opera-Amazin- DICK TRACY MOVIE MEMORBILIA ON SALE rfrnr 7 opptaus vm i:!iiu.n'iirn.iin.'.i.n:nmi TWO THUXJS BP FOR 'DICK TRACT.' stunt out 3 :i '.in SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION hMnUMMIIIWIHMlM "ROLLER COASTER RABefT" NIGHTLY AT 7:00 SAT. 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