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CINEMA Plot twists highlight of‘Just Cause’ DYLAN ALFORD f .s* it& y f To be honest Sean Connery ana i aurerce F>sh bume were the only reasons I eve' cons de?oo seemg the new movie Jus! Cause The two stars definitely made the movie. Out ?r ey wc'e drive' by an interesting plot and strong acting by co-stars B air Underwood and Ed Hams At first g!ance JustC.iuse 'oo*s ‘<e another movie about a wrongly accused man who s proved innocent, and justice <s served Blair Underwood p ays the wrongly ,k c ;sed man Bobby Ear*, and Sean Connery plays the attorney Paul Armstrong, who proves r m .nnocent Upon further inspection, however. Just Cause reveas a twisted under bey o» rever-ge r f deception I won't spo-t <t by giving away the twists, but I will say that everything yo,; th v is happening in the first hour Of the movie changes ■ an mstant and unexpected way The basic plot of the movie is that Bobby Ear! (Underwood) is wrongly accused of the b'utai mur der of an eleven year old girl m a smair F tonda town Tanny Brown (Fishbume) coer< es Bobby Earl mto a confession by shewing a pistol m his mouth and playing Russian roulette with turn Bobby Earl is sentenced to death After years on death row he sends his grandmother to enlist the aid ot Paul Armstrong (Connery), a pron ; Har vard law professor and vehement opponent of the death penalty Booby f art tet's Armsto' g " at another death row inmate >s the one who realty murdered the little girl m his home town That other inmate is Biair Sullivan, played by Ed Harris (The Abyss) Sullivan apparently went on a Mickey and Maiiory Knox-esque ntting spree across the South before getting caught in F londa Sullivan is the kind ot thoughtful psychopath who whiles away the hours in prison by writing litters to the famines ot his victims about what it was tike to kill their loved ones Harris plays trie part very we Sure. Blair Sullivan is no Hannibal Lector, but then r agasn. Ed Hams s no Anthony Hopfans The most impressive performance *n the him is Undo-wood s portray;*! ot Bobby Far! Certa ?'iy no on® eve? though! he couKt top h-s t'o'y dynamic rote on t A tan but he may have done just that with Bobby tan Although % ipenor writing may have helped (not mat me writers on l a law weren't absotute'y br -ant). Uni*-wood plays the Just Cause .Van Own, laurmt^ Fishbume Man Underwood, Ed Harm RmJ R {XV! very con vinciegfy '.V »} Urnkv wood's pedOf ■ most impres sive (Of rrvayb© moss improved is more apt), Fisobome defrv i>fS !N) Bast performance to ■ • ' ; "■ lti ' ’ burn© seems at one moment menacing and crooked. and at me ne*t moment he ,-s a hem com mg to save the day Although Sean Connery was very good m the load (ok- n« ,% almost upstaged by Fishburne'S supporting performance Connery doesn't play the usual suave, one step ihead-ol . In tact, he >$ more me reluctant hero m th»s case He gets duped by almost everyone n the Mm at one point Of another E ven h>s wife gets m on the act Oy not tel <>g mm w”y :,r.e wants '■ to ta*o BoOOy Eil! . A- •! VSi.n says that he’ll be glad to go back to me comfort of his Harvard ivory tower Not e*actly the Jan es Bond attitude we h( ow and tove : : the owe* hand it demonstrates Connery’s ability to. wek. act He proves mat he -s not iust playing t>irn-.e t <*• screen Despite the predictable ending (sod of disap pointing alter the intriguing plot !w the movie m still worth seemg Be A Winner With Flowers' 1 Wheel of Fortune 1 Prizes • Green Tag Specials ■ Pot of Gold Drawing ■ Refreshments Final Week Rose Special Eugene’s Flower Home THE UNIVERSITY FLORIST t'10 1 HUh .it Patterson • 1SS .ttiS.s Owners arc V <if () alumni MUSEUM Wj NATURAl HISTORY luSOI ISlh \u I’AJgr r>e (503) .Vkf-180*) ( )j»rl» 12 5 Wed Sun Mu,•cum Store _SALE _ Wednesday, March H through Sunday, March 12,1995 oil .ill Mi l mai\l y»li Mi nis • »h ai mas • i .iiitllt tioliln s • IlgUI i s • Ol II.1IIU IMs J0M» oil Mi nis in C liililt in s (. oi ni l • I tools S • 1'ilui .11 tonal liiis • yanns /*#. */#/• ft otn the Jlu‘cnni S/,*#v lunA exhibit,* tin Aj*t o./t tint ■ HOT. 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