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Action-packed thi By ANDY BECHTEL deed as he slips into Britain tc Assistant copy desk chief blc a nuclear devicc piccc b Simply put, The Fourth Protocol, The Soviet plan is to expl a spellbinding espionage thriller star- device near a United States a ring Michael Cainc, beats the living making the catastrophe look daylights out of the latest James result of American incompet Bond movies. Preston, demoted fdr be And although Caine might not good at his job, begins to unc have the bravado to be Bond, he docs plan. display the formidable acting skills Many espionage thrillc that earned him a much-dcservcd eluding most of the Bond filt Academy Award earlier this year for Sean Connery left the seri //,.??,.L I 1/? r.^4 .... - i lunnun unu ner JU(ers. tnCinSClVCS UOWH ill tOO ma Caine plays Dritish intelligence twists and extraneous charac man John Preston, who ocassionally times, The Fourth Protocol < adopts unorthodox ways to get his stuck in this mire. An entire s job done. But Preston is no lame- involving a Soviet military m; brained Kambo or trigger-happy Dir- Beatty) goes nowhere, and 1 ty Harry; he is a cunning agent who poor performance makes uses devious tactics with worse. justification. Still, John Mackenzie's Major Valcri Petrofsky (Pierce direction, combined with Fi Brosnan) serves as Preston's mirror Forsyth's intelligent scrint fi image ? a KGB agent who never novel, propels the narrative, hesitates in his diabolical goals. for a thriller that is truly cxc Petrofsky's plan is diabolical in- Forsyth's view of the insid< liflicrlcM - ' * \v^^?sBMMBMmmMLm I i - ? jjietiai Due to the tenaatlonal I popularity of thl? r.xtliflvr tlalr Performer * rermlng Sytem... We are now offering the r.xpre%t Conwlf Perm for only CA i JW Mill) OO ValMt| tint ludri kllMUl ? rrom September I thru Of to her J I. You tan rerelve thl* complete Acid Waving Sytem at thl? apeclal prlre flua You'll receive a PRIC.r. bolllr of "t.xprtw Youixflf Styling Spray. Com# In To f.nlrt Our *01 Ions I node! %rmrt h (antral Tndm^l M11V i fjMy -fr ffijjM ^BEH 2305 Devine Street 790-5941 | With l'?rliri|i?linK H*?t|jnrr? I Attontinn j / lUWI I l-l W I I Registered Student Organization Treasure And Presidents WUKIil I All Presidents and Treasure budget and renewal worksh and eligible for Student Act 1987-88 school year. Workshops will be held: Wed. Sept. 9 4:00-5:30 PV Thurs. Sent 10 4-00.^PIV/ C " ? V V +S V I f Mon. Sept. 14 4:00-5:30 PV Tues. Sept 15 4:00-5:30 PIV Tues. Sept. 15 7:00-8:30 PM iller is a hit I ~ > asscm- tions of intelligence services is > y piece. relentlessly cynical, but considering sbac ode the recent real-life events such as the spg lir base, Iran-Contra affair, the tone seems like the appropriate. Both the British and cnce. Soviet agencies are riddled with backing too stabbing sycophants who want over the nothing but power. Still, the cynicism docs get out of rs, in- control with its treatment of the ns since Americans who arc stationed in the es, bog U.K. They are portrayed as morons ny plot who do nothing but drink bad beer tcrs. At and go bowling. Although this smug Joes get commentary on American life is iub-plot amusing in a way, it is also repulsive an fNi?H in itt slMeniiinin/. ? * -.v. VV,7F..I6. Tlj .'..V. i tieatty's Ultimately, Caine's superb pcrformatters mance makes The Fourth Protocol a -. 'Vv f ' worthy suspense film. Caine is ^ skillful notorious for his erratic carccr ? he I cderick also appeared in the dreadful Jaws? . r rom his The Revenge earlier this year. His j - . making thoughtful portrayal of Preston in raiting. The Fourth Protocol redeems Caine; j?F ? : opera- he is truly a great actor. ALTERNATIVE 90.5 \jp^ Up^ and Away Benji Hicks, u Columbia area hi^h I In front of Russell House. j BflCK TO SCHOOL SPECIfi cno r%Ni v t inn vn/i If Vl| VfTb 1 + M. 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