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Features Friday, September 11, 1987 THE GAMECOCK 5 S M r|. 'VI J"/if // -- f : - : Wg -Easy' offers sleazy, sexy fun in New Orleam By PATRICK JKAN ways than one. She has a few Vktaff u/rilAr '*"?" -': - * luiiuiiiuu encounters wiin him Hoo, boy! despite his crookedness, but he's That's what might be said later arrested in a bribe scheme, about The Bin Easy, a steamy She attemnK m nmwvn??? i.;.,. policc thriller set in New Orleans. but a fellow officer sets up an acAlthough the film is not quite as cidcnt that destroys a key piece of sexy as it promotes itself to be and evidence. the Cajun accents arc poured on Meanwhile, back to the too thick, the smarmy pcrfor- violence: after McSwain is lei off manccs of Dennis Quaid and the hook, the murders continue. Ellen Barkin make this seductive He and Osborne both discover charmer work. evidence that suggests crooked Quaid plays Rcmy McSwain, cops within McSwain's own the youngest lieutenant in the New precinct arc performing these Orleans Policc Department. He's murders to throw the trail of baffled by a scries of murders that suspicion off their own crime suggest a war for power between ring. The two must put aside their the city's crime lords, and he's anger and attraction toward each stunned by the beauty of attorney other and work together to unAnne Osborne. cover the crooks before the crooks But Barkin's Osborne isn't in- kill them. tercstcd in a personal or professional relationship with him. The Bin T.usy's plot has holes. trie's investigating policc corrup- but scriptwriter Daniel Petric .Jr. tion in New Orleans, and she's not has the perfect recipe to overcome afraid of putting McSwain on trial that: throw in a lot of comedy; ? despite the fact that she's in- add violence; combine with sexual stantly attracted to him. tension; toss in surprising twists; She doesn't have to wait long to and shake vigorously. It made his realize McSwain isn't the clean- script for Beverly Hills Cop succut cop he appears to be. On a cccd, and it works again here, dinner date, she discovers that he The film is also helped by doesn't pay the bill; in return for a Quaid's and Harkin's likable perfree meal, a health inspector will formanccs. They arc having fun go easy on the place. with their roles, and it shows. "It's the way things arc done Ouaid has the most devilish grin down here," he explains; cops this side of Jack Nicholson, and protect local establishments in Harkin nuts in a smart. n?-r return for money. So they're cor- formancc. Ned Heatty also gives a rupt, but only a little bit. wonderful supporting perforBut Osborne fights corruption, mance as McSwain's mentor, who ^ so she goes after McSwain in more is not as sweet as he seems. of <Sout(i C you to fiaiticific p in tfiE (zLitoric el ai s~r\ S7 n y,ohn IHc (JLiiii tL 1ISC cH Ot?E ^Zfoday, c^Ssfitstn (j?1 1 SntEi <zA/ldt\L?$Lc(z end oj 7 1 :30 c/fcM - 3: O 0 1/\ofiEzly uaL (.dated ^LicSd I **U?C faculty, ?taff and afifiiofiziatzdLf uatidatzd ' ' 4^ may fating tfzeLi ?fn I 8 .., ^SSLiaWMNi*^ V-? *? The six shooters are University Police Officers Tom Hearn, Konny Roberts W T uses pistol team t at conference for th By TOKOD NEPTUNE with one another. Crime reporter During the thrcc-da USC's policc department pistol team recently pctcd in a police ol> took first place in the state at the 1987 South weight lifting, golf, tc Carolina Law Enforcement Officer's Association officers also attendee conference. domestic violence and This year's win marks the third consecutive year The members of U that the team has placed first. selected from a com| "I'm proud of the individuals," said Jerry campus policc depar Luthren, assistant vice president of law enforce- James Hall, Ronnie R< mem ana saiety at UJiC. Hcarn and Rodney M The conference, held this past August in Roberts, a univcrsit Charleston, featured 30 to 40 different state, city was excited about the and county law enforcement teams in competing the third year that oui ~^j DRE ^aiofina inuits? ^jiMr j<fifeai^^^^^g?^^f^rogmfe^|^Snyra j\> v- in^Bffffi^^^^nMglmflfflliir^ OH.Ei.flOE ? ^PJ/l sc jJ[isquLiEcl jj 1? you * ro enro 1 1 cxl i n auHociate or baccalau you could be earninq i ycarfi ol coliecjo for . 0 18 but not more than tl> - ' ?tud?nt? With aeo if you qualify fo, CAM,: 1-BOO-922-2135 7Q\ / Monday - Friday, 7:30 ' tCI ^ Or see your Navy )ai?i, IN; LEAD y 7 S19mJWmI?!"* ^ **- v. Photo Courtesy of USC Poin t' , Jerry huthren, Jeff ilinson, Jim Hull and Rodney Mills. akes first place title lird consecutive year tion in a row is something that I'm very proud of," y conference, officials com- lir mpics with such events as The team received a four-foot trophy. Beginning nnis and power lifting. The this year, the team that wins for three consecutive I sessions in areas such as years will keep the trophy. investigative techniques. Some USC students said they were proud of the SC's pistol team, who were pistol team's accomplishments. "1 think it's great, petition match held by the It shows that we have qualilty people securing us, tment, are team captain and it's something to really be proud of," said aberts, Jeff Hinson, Thomas political science freshman LaTonya Leverettc. ills. Accounting sophomore Yolanda Hickson said y patrol commander, said he she also thinks the pistol team has something to be award. "The fact that this is pro'.id of. " They represent the university well," she r team has won the competi- said. SS FOR SUCCESS. ^aRy MiW^H i^MBBTMMfl d^^b^Wl' jjtlWWMBHMMfM^MBnTnnB^iif 'iTyuTlMllEB[i^WinB ^^ ^MMMiMi^i?Mrea??i )PHOMORES the aecond year of a collcxjo program loading to <iri reate ck-?qrc?e from an accreditod col lcxje/uni vorjji ty, more than $1/(XX) a month durirxj your junior and senior J total of $24/000 by graduation. You must bo at least. 9*; * - r*-'"1-" "hi, lx? a u:> umizeri arxJ h<we a 3.0 ('.PA. To tr the llaccalaureate Deqree Commiuuioninq Prtxjr.un (BDCP) ir> South Caroliiia or l-fiOO-B4S-f>(ylO in Goorqia, am - S pin representative at the USC Career f air on Sept. 15. fiVY ? OFFICER. THE ADVENTURE.