Matt Dillon plays the role of Sam Lombardo, a high school guidance counselor who is accused of forcing his attentions on two of his students. That would certainly be a story but that is barely the start. If I tell you much about it, I may ruin it for you. The situation is complicated. One of the girls involved is wealthy. Her mother ( Theresa Russel as Sandra Van Ryan) and the defendant have a history. A dangerous, crooked cop, played by Kevin Bacon, intends to fulfill his own agenda by hook or crook. He wants Sam in jail, or does he?
This story has more twists than a piggie's tail, believe me. I loved the performance by all of the characters, which means good directing, and whoever wrote it is a genius. Denise Richards plays one of the accusers, Kelly Van Ryan. She and Suzie have an odd relationship and a hidden agenda. Bill Murray plays Sam's slightly(?) crooked lawyer. The show is loaded with stars. Robert Ryan is in it as well. Is your thing courtroom drama? You have it here. How about a murder mystery down in the Florida swamps ? It has that covered. Daughter against mother? Rogue cop? Oh yeah. Lust, betrayal? Sure. Dead bodies galore. Dental manipulation? Ha, ha ha.
I hate trying to tell a story without telling a story, if you know what I mean. But if you can stand some adult themes and adult language, nudity, violence, and suspense, try this one. I rate it as 4.5 stars out of 5. When you make a movie, you can opt for a big star, a great story or eye-popping beautiful women as the hook. This movie has all that and more. It is a keeper.
But hey, this was not my whole day. It was a rainy evening at home and I took a chance on being eaten by a mountain lion by sleeping with the window open. It was sort of pleasant, holding my wife while she slept, listening to the rain drip from the forest outside. I arose in the middle of the night and played a game called Rainbow Six on my Padster. This game is on sale for 99 cents, a definite bargain. You are a Seal Team Commander. Your team is tasked with missions ranging from killing terrorists to rescuing hostages. It is mega-cool and you don't get irrevocably stuck in it like some of the shooter games. You can make progress and have some success. Don't you feel like that is important in most of life's endeavors? That's like music. I think it's important to be able to play a song quickly when you are learning an instrument. Otherwise, where's the reward, the inspiration, the satisfaction? Sorry, I am rambling a bit tonight.
We were in Books-a-Million yesterday and Carley bought a tiny jig-saw puzzle. It is so small that they give you a pair of tweezers in the box. The picture above has a penny in it but it is not a U.S. penny. I believe it is Canadian and it is larger than a U.S. cent piece. I put it there to show you how small this thing is. She has done a puzzle,(years ago) that covers most of a wall. It is one of those Ravensberger puzzles. It took her and a comrade about a year to do it. Anyway, she was quiet as a mouse while working on this tiny puzzle. Meanwhile I was playing Rainbow Six. My boss in the game told me specifically not to use a grenade when I went on this oil platform after some guys. Did I listen? Nooooooo! I blew the whole place up. That's the way I spent my day, here at the author's green retreat.
I'm CE Wills.
P.S. My latest entry in the western series is on Amazon and Smashwords. Notch 5 is the name, and action is the game. The cover picture is one that I own. It is over a hundred years old and is on a piece of cardboard about a fourth of an inch thick. If you look at the guys in the photo you'll see bulges at their sides. At the time of the photo, in the west where this was taken, it was cool to wear guns but you wore them under your coat. One of the guys is related to me, by the way. Adios!
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