Excess Baggage (1997)
A movie review by Michael J. Legeros
Copyright 1997 by Michael J. Legeros
(Columbia)
Directed by Marco Barmbilla
Written by Max D. Adams, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais
Cast Alicia Silverstone, Benicio Del Toro, Christopher
Walken, Jack Thompson, Harry Connick Jr., Nicholas
Turturro, Michael Bowen
MPAA Rating "PG-13"
Running Time 98 minutes
Reviewed at The Carmike 7, Raleigh, NC (29AGU97)
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EXCESS BAGGAGE, about a spoiled rich kid (Alicia Silverstone) who fakes her own kidnapping and ends up in the hands (and later arms) of a quirky, hunky auto thief (Benicio Del Toro), is so uninteresting, so underwhelming, and so *utterly* uninvolving, that the question becomes not "do I walk out?" but "how quickly can I find the fire exit?" I lasted for about thirty minutes, at which point I became concerned about my personal safety. Noticing an unusual energy drain upon my person, I fastened a rope around my waist and proceeded to move forward to the front of the auditorium. Upon closer inspection, I discovered what I had suspected-- the filmmakers had, indeed, made into reality the central plot device of EVENT HORIZON. Right there in Raleigh, North Carolina, at the corner of Atlantic Springs and Spring Forest Road, a black hole had been opened within the confined space of a movie theater. I sure hope they learn to harness that power...
Grade: W/O
-- Mike Legeros - Movie Hell http://www.nonvirtual.com/hell/
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