Page 10 -The Behrend College Collegian Thursday, November 20, 1997
Film review: The Jackal not living up to expectations
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Where Performance Counts"
Percussionist combines humor
with Afro-Caribbean music in
Monday night show
by Tammy Freeman
staff writer
"I have never laughed and learned so
much all at the same time in my life" says
Erika Forde, 01 Liberal Arts, speaking on
Jorge Arce and Humano who performed
Monday night in the Reed Lecture Hall.
Jorge Arce was the 1992 recipient of the
Drylongso award for "consistent and
courageous contribution in the struggle
against racism". Arce has also made many
television appearances: he has guest starred
on "La Isla (The Island)" and "Sesame
Street."
Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Arce was
introduced to the savvy sounds of Afro-
Caribbean music at a early age. His early
appreciation and interest in Afro-Caribbean
music contributed to his creativity and
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Bruce Willis stars as a cold
blooded assassin and master of
disguise in this past week's release,
The Jackal. Bruce Willis is the
Jackal, who has been hired by
Russian mobsters to kill a high
ranking United States official for
$7O million dollars.
Vaguely aware of the Jackal's
mission is Deputy Director of the
FBI Carter Preston (Sidney Poitier)
and Major Valentina Koslova
(Diane Venora). Because the
Jackal's methods are so secretive,
and Preston and Koslova are so
desperate, they resort to Declan
Mulqueen (Richard Gere), an
imprisoned IRA assassin.
Mulqueen has a personal vendetta
against the Jackal, and agrees to
help. What seems a bit unbelievable
is that Mulqueen is just given a gun,
and set free to run around with his
new FBI friends.
Some viewers may take the side
of the bad guy in this film, simply
because the good guys are so stupid.
Faced with the threat of an
assassination of the Director of the
FBI, the US government allocates
only three people to stop the Jackal.
The FBI actually has knowledge of
where the Jackal will strike: a
speech at the grand opening of a
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center. However, there isn't even
any consideration to canceling this
event.
In contrast to Preston, Mulqueen,
and Koslova, the Jackal is a smooth
operating professional, who moves
from country to country undetected.
His methods of disguises and
allocating supplies and weapons are
probably the most entertaining parts
of the film.
Based on the screenplay of Fred
Zinnemann's 1973 film The Day of
the Jackal, The 1997 version of The
Jackal is directed and produced by
Michael Caton-Jones, who has
recently been praised for Rob Roy,
which led to an Oscar for actor Tim
Roth.
There is nothing witty about this
movie. There are no surprises, no
big plot twists, nothing out of the
realm of the boring. The only thing
that will keep the viewer somewhat
interested is the Jackal's cool
looking weaponry and toys.
It would be inaccurate to refer to
The Jackal as an action film,
because there is little action until the
climax of the movie. There is
absolutely no plot development
anywhere in the film. The audience
just waits for the FBI and the Jackal
to finally meet.
curiosity. Thus, Arce became an
accomplished actor, singer, dancer and
cultural historian. One of his most notable
accomplishments was the founding of
Humano in 1987.
Performing in many places from Boston
to France, Humano has delighted many.
Cheon Graham, 01 Psychology, stated that
Humano was "very informative and funny."
Arce explained that his music was a
combination of music from all around the
world, he traced R&B music back to early
Spanish songs. Arce involved the audience
by picking people out of the crowd to play
instruments typically used in Afro-
Caribbean music. Jorge Arce and Humano
provided a memorable performance; as
Tamika Coleman 01, Accounting
commented "Humano was a very different
experience for me, I learned a lot and I also
had a lot of fun."