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All fired up for action are Martin Lawrence as Officer Marcus Burnett and Will Smith as
Officer Mike Lowrey in Columbia Pictures new release "Bad Boys."
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by Lori Anna Dyer
Entertainment Editor
Action, adventure, good
looking guys, a girl in distress,
and laughs? Well, yes, laughs.
That's what you get in the new
action-film from Columbia
Pictures' "Bad Boys" starring
Martin Lawrence and Will Smith.
Lawrence and Smith play two
Miami Police officers in the
narcotics division, who's biggest
bust of heroin gets stolen from
(where?) police headquarters.
The action starts when they
have to find the dope before the
Internal Affairs division, whose
captain (Marg Helgenberger) is
convinced it is an inside job,
shuts down the department.
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friend of Mike Lowrey's (Smith)
is gunned down. While she is
looking at the stolen dope, her
best friend, Julie, watches the
shooting. Julie (Tea Leone) gets
away by jumping into the pool.
The plot twist is that she will
only talk to Mike, but he is not
in when she calls. So the captain
(Joe Pantoliano) makes Marcus
Burnette (Lawrence) take the call
and pretend to be Mike.
Julie is finally convinced, but
Mike has no clue this has
happened. Mike is not very
happy with the entire situation
and Marcus makes matters worse
by lying to his wife about it.
The movie is a mixed breed.
On one hand it has the same
violent elements of "Die Hard,"
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"Passenger 57" and even
"Demolition Man."
On the other hand, Smith and
Lawrence are both light on their
feet with comic timing.
While the bullets were flying
left and right, I was laughing in
my seat.
Smith and Lawrence are
brilliant together as partners.
"Bad Boys" is a far cry from
NBC's "Fresh Prince" and Fox's
"Martin." These two have a
definite future in action films.
I would give this .film three
thumbs up, if I had them to give.
If you like action, with a twist of
comedy, then I suggest taking in
a cocktail named "Bad Boys."
"Bad Boys" is currently
showing at The Plaza Theaters on
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`lsaiah'
by Karen Steele
Collegian Staff
Based on the novel by Seth
Margolis, "Losing Isaiah" is a
tear-jerking film about radical
issues and adoption.
Jessica Lange stars as Margaret
Lewin, an inner-city social
worker with a great big heart.
Margaret and her husband (David
Strathairn), who are white, decide
to adopt Isaiah, an African-
American baby.
Isaiah is a "crack baby" who
spends days in the hospital
fighting for his life after being
left in a garbage pile by his
mother, Khaila (Halle Berry).
Margaret admires Isaiah's
determination to live.
Isaiah is then portrayed
throughout the movie as a three
or four-year-old little boy, played
by Marc John Jefferies. It is at
this extremely impressionable
age that Khaila starts to fight to
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have him back. She has g.
through rehabilitation progr •
is clean, and wants a chance to
Isaiah's mother.
The acting in this film is
extraordinary and really leads you
to feel for all those involved--the
adoptive parents, the biological
mother, and especially Isaiah.
the plot describes and unfortunate
and all-too-common situation
found in today's society. A child
is adopted, grows up with a
family that loves him, and then
is taken back to the biological
parents who are virtual strangers
to the child.
What complicates matters more
in "Losing Isaiah" is the issue of
Isaiah having been adopted by a
white family. The court needs to
decide what is better for Isaiah--
staying with the family he knows
or being given to his biological
mother so he won't be denied his
heritage. It's a tough decision,
and usually it's the child who
loses in the worst way.