METRO
A film review by Paul Miller
Copyright 1997 Paul Miller
If you are anything like me, you have not read one good review for Eddie Murphy's new movie METRO. At least now this is no longer true.
Metro starts off in an interesting fashion. Roper (Murphy) is a hostage negotiator and has a case on his hands. He asks for a dozen donuts (I still don't know why) and proceeds to go to the crime scence.
The plot stops here. All I will say is that Roper has one heck of a case on his hands. He also must take on a new partner (the always great Michael Rappaport) and train him the right and the wrong ways to negotiate.
I can say, however, that this is an imaginative movie. It incoporated many different views into a whole, this movie. This movie was good because of the exact reason I did not like Murphy's BOOMERANG, that reason being that it didn't stress the comedy. In here it stressed supsence and action. The BEST thing about this movie is that it ALWAYS leaves you guessing. Do not think you know what will happen next, because you don't. Don't try either, you'll just end up being more confused than you already are.
If you are an Eddie Murphy fan (such as I am) this may not be the best movie for you to see. This isn't the usual Eddie role because the comedy isn't stressed. One thing I can say is that Eddie does a good job with the role. I think someone else possibly could have played both parts (Murphy's and Rappaport's) role slightly better, but I think that would be a very difficult thing to do.
If you want a suspence filled two hours, go see Metro. If you want classic Eddie Murphy, try renting the Distinquished Gentleman.
***1/2 (out of four)
**** - Superior in Every Way *** - Excellent, way above average ** - Average, Nothing Special * - Horrible
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