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Pahrump Valley Gazette, Thursday, July 17, 1997 AA1
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'Metro,' Murphy Narcissism
by Barney Basin
Gazette Reviewer
There is good news and bad news on the video front.
The good news is that Mrs. Foley's little boy, Axel, ha
finally grown up. The bad news is that he has grown into a two-
dimensional character and has surrounded himself with one-
dimensional performers to make the depth of his dimension,
deceitfully, deeper.
Hence lies the biggest fault of"Metro." There are some great
characters and a not-bad storyline in this flick, but nobody is
developed as strong as Murphy's character.
Carmen Ejogo played the love interest. She is an attractive
black girl with an Australian accent who works as a reporter in
San Francisco That is all that the audience is allowed to know
about her. This is a character you want to see more of and know
more about, but instead she is allowed to be nothing more than
whipped cream on the Murphy Sundae.
Michael Wincott, plays the cold, no-conscience, killer. This
is the type of character that James Wood does so well. But if he
had been used, the performance would have overshadowed
Murphy and that would have been a no-no.
Then there is Murphy's character, Scott Roper, a hostage
negotiator, who uses donuts instead ofbuUets, who is so good he
hasn't had to fire a shot in three years. This is great stuff for the
celluloid mills, but it is never fully developed, leaving Murphy's
character only just a little better than the rest of the cast.
There is plenty of action, with ingenue placed in peril,
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bullets banging and, of course, the inevitable car chase through
the hilly streets of San Francisco, giving rise to the new pop
song, "I left my transmission in San Francisco."
The car chase created enough carnage to keep "Metro"
towing busy for days. Now that, might have made an interesting
movie.
However, if you're a Murphy fan you'll want to rent "Metro."
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