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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 13 Jun 1984, p. 19

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T'rashy Streets of Fire belongs in the gutter Coral Anthem Chronicle Special When You're A Jet, You're A Jet All The Way, From Your First Cigarette To Your Last Dying Day... - _ _ Sound familiar? it should. his the motto of the Jet's West Side Story streetgang. who wreaked havoc wher- ever they cruised. In the 50's it was the Jets. In the 80's, it's the Bombers. Streets Of Fire, now at Cineplex, is a real bomber, with wheels and movement the prime factors in this latest Walter Hill/Lawrence Gordon effort. . The cast is relatively young and y_nknotrn. _ Ws a film of the streets, an RKO rock and roll fable, set in an urban underworld. where chaos and fiery violence reign su- preme. Fire brims with smoke, neon, rain- splattered streets is mildly entertaining in certain leather clad pockets. Queen of the Hop, gets nabbed by Leader Of The Pack and Sol- dier Boy rescues her. - But the plot is pa- thetically simple. Ellen Aim and The Attackers are a rock band playing a Chiga- go-like haunt called the Richmond. Reva (The i, Maegglggs 'lit,"","," "at""- v_ - - ' terl 'ti gm tiiiii'ilh1'ii9st from a pm. - 1 am. Wear you: my stuffs, [wing your friends, bot be sun to bang youtselt TUB NIGHT: Every week features a special theme that'" qyench your thirst my your khaki or army “than Comm M King and W. Vlahvloo. Omuio For ".0".qu can 886-1 no (Children s and seniors menu avaitatphrl Every Thurs?!" night is “GETS DRAUGHTED" I for I THURS. JUNE 14th Old Englloh Parlour "mi Hour Diane Lane, Amy Madigan and Ton Cody make their getaway In Street. of Fire. Cttgxtetet. Setqeat Warriors' Deborah Van ing camouflaged fe- sight. Valenburgh in a small- male soldier named Tom Pare as Cody, role) summons her MCCOY. punching out a the last angry good brother, adventurer bartender, and the guy, who makes Clint Tom Cody,back tohelp three take the law into Eastwood's Dirty her out of a crisis. their own yes, as Harry look like Dirty Ellen Aim was Tom Cody's old love, a girl he couldn't get out of his blood. Now she's been kidnapped by the Raven (Willem Defoe) leader of the notorious Biker Rang, The B o m b e r s d T h e Bombers come from a city netherworld called The Battery. Cody hires himself out to Ellen's manager and current wimp boy- friend, Billy Fish (Rick Moranis). He also en- counters a cigar-smok- Movie Review ing camouflaged fe- male soldier named McCoy, punching out a bartender, and the three take the law into their own hands, as they go to the Battery to reclaim Ellen, set- ting streets ablaze and trashing everything in A suzlous (mam rm ran/um man; u tyr mam o/tgs m mm": muvmw n TuL we“ mu or IucuuWultpcty oume Manama uNNLKmTY pr Mum qhe httportance gfkint Lsrnest w'jtl'-'r-7i'z'-)Ti'iv'(ht' C7c'iff)f"(ie'i;'aeo 02 \VfTLRWKKs fiii,i2ii) ' AT TUL Pttwt, The Gilbert & Sullivan Society. Waterloo Regional Winch, m cooperation With the UW Arts Centre and CFCA FM, presents The subscribers cut off date for priority seating will be June 22nd DON'T MISS rm nu; WHEN/0216 mum: VWuVLY PKDLNTD IT? PRLMILQ£ WWIWN: Humaniliés Theatre, University of Waterloo sight. Tom Pare as Cody, the last angry good guy, who makes Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry look like Dirty Harold. This softie tough boy loves to take 20 thugs at once. And, of course he always Nod. Jun. " ps W.SO pm. TM. m_23 Weather Permitting Vlad. Jun. 20 Peqtri- " 7:30 pm. Thom. Jun. 21 Opening night! " W.Stt pm. Fri. Jun. " " 7:30 pm. Sat. Jun. " " 1:30 pm. $ttaet.attrtMsttrtee2tr.m.8t5 Ion.M2W2p.m.85 . C F CAFEMOS " 7:30 pm. wins. Pare (Under Cover, Eddie and the Cruisers) with his dis- criniinating looks seems unique film Inn- terinl. As Cody he pos- seses moral decisive- ness. but not enough Amy Madigan (The Day After) as sidekick McCoy, is another mat- ter. She adds any oomph that appears, and that's rarely. This role was originally cast for an overweight tough-as-nails mate, but Madigan beat him to the punch, so to speak. Streets Of Fire is a modern John Wayne western with all the good guys in beige and all the buddies in leather. 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