The ruler of Central Park

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Movie
German title The ruler of Central Park
Original title The park is mine
Country of production Canada
original language English
Publishing year 1986
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Steven Hilliard star
script Lyle Gorch
Stephen Peters
production Denis Héroux
John Kemeny
music Tangerine Dream
camera Laszlo George
cut Ronald Sanders
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The Park Is Mine ( The Park is Mine ) is a produced for television Canadian action - thriller from director Steven Hilliard Stern, with Tommy Lee Jones in the lead role . The script is based on the novel The Park is Mine by author Stephen Peters.

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Mitch (Tommy Lee Jones) is one of the veterans of the Vietnam War who is simply not allowed to gain a foothold in society when they return home. One of his comrades from the Vietnam era is even less able to cope with it, and Mitch watches as his buddy falls from the roof of a house in desperation. When he receives a suicide note from the deceased, in which he writes of his plan to startle this hated society with a sensational coup, the occupation of Central Park in New York City , Mitch decides to complete his comrade's already well-developed plan. It goes very quickly, because the preparations for it have already been completed: the park has been explored, a larger underground storage facility has been built in the middle, cables (to a myriad of explosives) have been laid. After Mitch has checked all the information and inspected the preparations, it can start right away, so to speak.

With mostly pyrotechnic effort (since Mitch doesn't want to injure or even kill anyone), he quickly succeeds in driving everyone out of the park and preventing the police from entering it. Any attempt to enter "his" Central Park is thwarted by him, hurrying from one booby trap to the next on an off-road motorcycle.

The campaigning mayor cannot crack down on what he'd like, and Mitch manages to raise the public's awareness of his concern. The reporter Valery ( Helen Shaver ) helps him with her contacts, who soon becomes aware of him, can get through to him in the park and becomes his companion there.

What looks like a game for adults up to then becomes dead serious when the publicity addicted and lying mayor, fearing for his election campaign, finally wants to get rid of the annoying problem and two hired mercenaries, a Dutchman and an Asian, with little war experience, tackle Mitch . Now Mitch has to use all his Vietnamese experience, especially in the fight against the Asian professional soldier, the jungle war with all its dangers comes back to life. Now he is the hunted and has to watch out for Valery, whom he can stop just a few centimeters from a deadly mine trap.

The whole thing turns out to be a hell of a trip to survive and almost ends in a catastrophe, because Mitch has to face the killers in order not to be killed himself. He forces a police helicopter, which is being shot at, to land by shooting at the tail rotor. Immediately after the inmates were able to save themselves, it explodes.

Police officer Eubanks ( Yaphet Kotto ) is tasked with taking matters into his own hands and manages to convince Mitch to give up. Just before things escalate, Mitch thinks about it, comes out with his hands up and faces the police. He is celebrated as a hero by a large crowd.

Reviews

  • Cinema described the film as "morally acidic action without bite or joke" .
  • Jack Sommersby of eFilmCritic.com wrote that Tommy Lee Jones was being wasted on the amateurish and nonsensical material ( "Amateurish, nonsensical material wastes the always-welcome Tommy Lee Jones." )
  • The lexicon of international films says: "The intention to draw attention to the problems of the Vietnam veterans is undermined by numerous action scenes which, in an uncritical and superficial manner, demand applause for the fighting qualities of American soldiers."

Background info

  • The film was a co-production by International Cinema Corporation, Astral Film Enterprises, and Ramble Film Productions and distributed by Home Box Office (HBO) Television.
  • The music for the film was written by the very successful at that time in the US and known electronics - rock - group Tangerine Dream in the cast Froese / Franke / Schmoelling and was admitted after their Poland tour already 1984th Shortly after the score was completed (1985), Johannes Schmoelling left the band due to revisions and devoted himself to his solo career.
  • For a television film, The Ruler of Central Park had the rather high budget of around 4 million US dollars for the time .

Web links

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  1. ^ Cinema
  2. Jack Sommersby, www.rottentomatoes.com and eFilmCritic.com
  3. The ruler of Central Park. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used