oa La i ss Tha People Under the Stairs”
wie Bos, Be - Btatring Evereti McGill; Wendy Robie, Brandon. .
ae othe Taking of Beverly’ Hills, - "Adams: '‘Produced'by Marianne Maddalena; Start
“Starring Ken Wahl, Harley Jane Kozak, Matt ”M. -Besser, ‘Directed by Wes Craven. Rating! R.
Frauen ofa by: tng Henderson, Directed. ‘Running time: 102 minutes. - eh
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by Sydney oJ mee - Rating: Run ne Himes 90 . - Thirteen-year-old Fool (Adams) is deaperati, His
ia ; ~ mother i is seriously ill, the family doesn’t have é any
ae Football hero Boomer Hayes (Wahi) has finally “money, and they are about to be tasséd out of their
| | met.the girl of his dreams, Laura (Kozak) : seems, to. _tenament building. There is ‘4 rumour that the
_| be just about everything he's: looking for. But..." owners of the building, a spooky. couple (McGill and
| | disaster strikes just when ‘he. and ‘Laura are eoting Robie) that no one seéms'to know mach about,.
*] to-know one another. “2! ° ~ have | a stash of gold coins hidden. away. inside their
‘|. Bat-Masterson,.a deranged billionaire with home. So Fool hatches a plot witha couple of .
| | grand schemes of glory, has hatched a diabolical neighbourhood thugs to.break in and steal the gold.
plan to take‘ over Hollywood, America’s wealthiest He soon finds himself trapped inside the owners

| the city evacuated. There are billions of riches for”. outside world, and the house’s homicidal owners:.

| for quite some time. |’; “Fool. ”
|: With the real ‘cops under lock and key, it’s left up’ “Then there are the people under the atairs.:. ‘and.
-}-to Boomer and renegade ( cop Ed Kelvin (Frewer) to in the walls, to deal, with, Which is ‘something: Fool
. stop ; Masterson. Which proves to be no easy task,’ “would much rather not do. What he’d really like i is:
| since ‘Mastérson’s ‘troops. have: employed’ everything to just. go home and. forget the whole thing. But:
+] from ‘machine | guns, to tanks, and have orders to... . there are secrets to be. Jearned and. treasures be.
“| shoot to kill, -  digcovered, com
i |). This-is an action: éilm with, a bit of fun thrown i in - , This 4 is a silly but Humorous sof
\ for good measure! fae Bee wath ae SES

| city, He stages.a bogus toxic spill that not only gets: fortified house with:a nasty dog who has a very ‘badd
{the c cops locked up and out of the way, but leaves. attitude; ‘a mysterious girl who-has never. seen the Pes

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| the taking, including Laura, whom he has admired. -Things-are definitely not Jooking: too bright for" ia 1 ete

Ce “Reviews: by:
“ Hartlett Fjaagesund

Terrace Review — May 1, 1992