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Show The Salt Lake Tribune CALENDAR Friday, July 25, 1997 Kenan Thompson, left, and Kel Mitchell in “Good Burger.” ‘Good Burger’ Is Fast Food That Doesn’t Digest Well we Good Burger ger — even wearinghis polyester Good Burger uniform in the A lame comedyfromthe crew of Nickelodeon’s popular BY SEAN P. MEANS Hijacking mastermind Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman,left) confronts President James Marshall(Harrison Ford) in “Air Force One.” If Not for Ford, ‘Air Force One’ Wouldn’t Fly ‘Thepresidentis packing heatin this tense, if improbable,thriller. BY SEAN P. MEANS ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE If only we could cast our presi- dents ratherthan elect them. The chief executive we get in “Air Force One” is tough-minded, a devoted family man, war hero, and football fan — and hehas the low-key humor andgracefully aging good looks of Harrison Ford. Even his name sounds presiden- tial — so what'snotto like? In fact, Ford’s stalwart image — a mix of John Wayne’s toughness, Gary Cooper’s stern determination and Jimmy Stewart's common-man touch — is what keeps “Air Force One” flying throughonenail-biting, if implau- sible, scenario after another. Ford's President James Marshall is heading home from tri- umphant tour of Moscow after celebrating the capture of an ultranational general and announcing a get-tough anti-terrorist policy. Well, he gets to test that policy in a hurry — whenthegeneral's zealots, led by Ivan Korshunoy (Gary Oldman), smuggle weapons on board Air Force One. Theyhi- 20 9:30 BLACK (6-43) 12:15 230 445 7:00 9:15 ae420 $90 820 730 80 jack the plane, kill most of the Seeret Service agents and take the president’s wife (Wendy Crew- tello of preteen TV. They’re Kenan & Kel, and if you've never heard of them,their first movie, son), daughter (Liesel Matthews) and top aides hostage. The Prez, never mind how, manages to escape detection and soon is hiding in Air Force One’s cargo bays. He manages to wreak surreptitious havoc on Ivan’s men (ala Bruce Willis in “Die Hard”). Meanwhile, Vice President Kath- tyn Bennett (Glenn Close) tries to work the diplomatic and military angles while the secretary of defense (Dean Stockwell) parrots Alexander Haig’s “I’m in charge here” mantra. Air Force major — andthe visual effects. The film’s best effects and the effects, however,thereis sian accent are as obviously fake as they come. 876 E. 900 SOUTH/297-4040 visual effect and Oldman’s Rus- on its own leapsof illogic. 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Whatfollowsis a motley collec- skinny one (and the obnoxious Nickelodeon's movie unit, is an look nearly real, from a tanker plane catching fire to a daring plane-to-plane rescue of the president’s family. In both the casting and needs a summer job to pay the damages. So, after an aborted stint at the rival megachain restaurant Mondo Burger, Dexter lands at Good Burger — where he finds the person responsible for Kenan’s the fat one, Kel’s the one). liam H. Macy(“Fargo”) as a brave (played by the comedian Sinbad) tion of sight gags and pratfalls, including the appetite-suppressing image of Kel stuffing grapes up by physical traits — crudely put, Close as the steely VP, and Wil- ear of his '70s-garbed teacher dy teams, the two are identifiable Live” on the Nickelodeon cable channel. Like most classic come- sen casts an unbilled Jurgen Prochnow, the captain of “Das Boot,” as the captured general.) Petersen’s sharpest tools are his cast — particularly Ford, onebig exception: the movie’s last ing White House atmosphere of That,” a kiddie “Saturday Night nice bit of self-reference, Peter- The contrived script of new- “Das Boot” with authentic-look- Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell are co-stars on “All Lineof Fire,” to pound the action into the audience's temples. (In a which even includes, heaven help us, a throwback to “Airport "75" — mayhave felled a lesser director, but Wolfgang Petersen managesto rise above it. He combines the nervousclaustrophobia of his comer Andrew W. Marlowe — introduced. his Secret Servicethriller, “In the Kenan’s character, Dexter, is a reluctant Good Burger employee. He crashed his mom’s carinto the LAKE TRIBUNE Call them the Abbott and Cos- “Good Burger,” is no way to be tort, Air Force One shower. Cae NTL eyeat MeTeENTee)f Will Smith turns in a smashing performance. 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