Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 28, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba saturday free june 1997 b7 a gun crazy tale of switched identities fireworks shatter Cage a reckless sense that he could do Hong Kong action fireworks usually fizzle when they get to but the Sparks really Fly in this hyper gun crazy tale of switched and stars John Travolta and Nic Cage both shoot for Over the top performances like their feet Are on director John woos operatic approach to Ultra violence in can tones language flicks like a better the killer and hard boiled gave him a Gigantic audience in Asia and some adoring cult fans in North but he made his stateside debut with the preposterous hard target and followed up with the tepid broken woo finally gets a Chance to bust out in and he runs with staging a couple of shooter ups with the choreographed Grace of Peckin fooling around with some futuristic James Bond and playing some hilariously lurid min games with notions of Good and Sean Archer played by at least at the beginning is a serious minded Fri agent obsessed with catching Castor Troy played by at least at the a terrorist who killed archers after some plot tangles that Are unabashedly off the probability movies Alison Gillmor starring John Travolta and Nicholas Cage Portage Kildonan place restricted out of five Archer undergoes Radical surgery to take on troys the inconveniently and gruesomely skinless Troy ends up taking on now Travolta is playing Troy playing Archer he takes Over the Fri Antiterrorist taskforce with Nasty criminal intent and bedazzled archers wife the spectacular Joan Allen with Nasty sexual but finds himself strangely won Over by Law and order and the sleepy is playing Archer playing Troy Hes thrown into a sur real prison and starts to really get in touch with his Darker got All that because there will be a whom do i gouge with a serrated knife and shoot with a Harpoon gun test on this in the final proving that being evil is More fun than being Travolta is solid and stolid As Archer and gleefully Mani acal when Hes Cage is absolutely out there either As a theatrically psychopathic bad Guy or As a Good Guy half crazed with con fusion and Cage goes beyond even his of Centre action men in the Rock and con air to give a certifiably gothic theres a reckless sense that he could do any thing at anytime that transcends Hollywood formula and Calls up some kind of weird Neo expressionist performance but even with woos stylish and fast cutting the flick loses momentum its about 20 minutes too and clearly All this switch ing and the double digit body count Battles that have Noth ing to do with anything As pedestrian As if the Ray gun plastic surgery Doest tip you the prison where the inmates Are controlled by blinking magnetic shoes ought to do but with this bloody and funny look at woo manages to Combine some mainstream Holly Wood Appeal with a Hong Kong Rock Star Seger faces impaired driving charge Canadian press ont Rock Star Bob Seger has been charged with impaired driving after a car Accident in North Ern Seger want injured when his 1997 Bow drove off the Tran Canada Highway on wednesday the 52year old musician also faces a charge of failing to provide a breath Sample but Ontario provincial police say he was cooperative on the night of the Seger was released on bail and is scheduled to return to court july multiple sclerosis society of Cornado 18002687582 wow 2 dinners for filet Teriyaki Chicken breast includes soup salad valid with expires july 189carlton nor i Man szb7400 red River flood of the Century limited edition prints by Len Fairchuk White Buffalo As featured in june 14 free press is Sonoro proceeds to red Cross flood Relief available at the Forks in front of Bagel restaurant to june 28 to july 1 Emerson duty free july 4 or at 1470 Erin 7756263 get Over stage Bravo Schuj nothing connects you like what you need now costs a whole lot less she hit the double that brought Home the run that won the game that grandpa would have Given the world to with its that Sharet demoment feeling is just a phone Call and now you have until july to get to your its mobility dealer and take advantage of this very affordable Price on your Choice of five popular cellular there Are no upfront activation charges when you sign up for a 36 month As a Bonus offer on every get a free 30 minute its mobility prepaid cellular Long distance theres still time to get in on the action and save a bundle in the Call one of the More than 100 its mobility dealers 9876666 or 1 800 3623347 outside Winnipeg Nokia Ajao Rox Ericsson mobility what you based on 36 month activation of any rate plan and excluding Liber Tim All in with onetime activation charge waived and annual Syi Tein Access fee waived for the first new customers must activate on the its network at Lime of Purchase Choice of phones includes Motorola dpc650 hip Nokia Audi Vox Mitsubishi 129 and Ericsson ah620 ;