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8 The Rambler February 7, 2002
Entertainment
Collateral Damage revised for release
Jaclyn Gonzales
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
After many alterations to the
film, Collateral Damage will
open Friday, Feb. 8.
The film was originally set
to be released Oct. 5. However,
due to content and the likeness to
the events of September 11. the
film put off its release date.
Since Sept. 11, filmmakers
had been working to edit the con-
tent with considerations to a
grieving nation.
Are viewers ready for action
films that revolve around terror-
ism? Are veiwers looking for an
action hero against terrorism?
We will just have to wait for
the box office ratings to come in
to tell.
Currently there are mixed
reviews about this controversial
film.
If you like Arnold
Schwarzenegger and his standard
action flicks, then you will like
this film.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
plays Gordon Brewer, a family
man and Los Angeles firefighter.
Gordon Brewer lives the happy
life with a wife and son until his
world is turned upside down.
His life is destroyed as his
family is killed in a terrorist
bombing by Colombian guerillas.
The bombing is credited to
"The Wolf," played by Cliff
Curtis.
Brewer wants to bring his
family's murderer to justice, so
he decides to take matters into his
own hands.
He sneaks into the country to
find the hidden Columbian camp,
not knowing who is a friend and
who is an enemy.
The script does show two
sides of the enemy, offering a
human side to the main bad guy.
This film is mostly pre-
dictable with lew twists.
Arnold Schwarznegger and Francesea Neri face ter-
rorism in Collateral Damage.
John Leguizamo makes a cameo appearance as
Arnold Schwarzenegger looks on in Collateral
Damage.
In an interesting cameo, John
Leguizamo plays Felix Ramirez,
a drug lord with aspirations of
becoming a rapper.
Though his appearances are
short, the cameo adds comic
relief to the film.
The film has provoked harsh
comments from Colobmian
activists who say that the film is
discriminatory against
Colombians in reference to the
guerillas in Colombia's civil war.
Other criticisms are the
depictions of vengeful firefight-
ers, portraying real ones in false
light.
Collateral Damage might
need some damage control due to
a predictable plot and subject
matter.
Fox TV and Patriots win
huge numbers in Super Bowl
sVsV 2001 WORLD
-^r^CHAMPIONS
Jaclyn Gonzales
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
The New England Patriots
shocked viewers with their last-
second victory over the favored
St. Louis Rams. The winning
score was 20-17.
Fox television also pulled in
winning numbers with the airing
of the Super Bowl.
An average of 86.8 million
viewers watched from kickoff to
the game- winning field goal.
This number is up 2.6 mil-
lion from last year's Super Bowl
on CBS, when the Baltimore
Ravens victored over the New
York Giants 34-7.
Another 131.7 million peo-
ple caught some parts of the
game.
This year 38.3 million peo-
ple tuned into the U2- headlined
half-time show.
The audience grew during
the course of the game, peaking
as Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri
kicked the winning field goal.
The post game show
and special one-hour
"Malcom in the Middle"
brought in an average of
79 million viewers - the
biggest prime-time audi-
ence in Fox's 15- year his-
tory.
Advertising during
the Super Bowl went from
$1.5 to $2 million dollars
for a 30 second time slot.
Britney Spears and
Danny DeVito topped
celebrity appearances in
ads.
Britney is the queen
of the "Now and Then"
Pepsi spots.
She takes a trip down
Pepsi's memory lane
wearing attire fitting to
the decades.
Danny DeVito
appeared as a puppet even
shorter than his actual self
in the Lipton Brisk: iced
tea ad.
Another eye catching
ad was for the Cadillac
The Patriots are the champioins of the Super
Bowl which aired on Fox.
Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri cele-
brates after booting the winning Held
goal-
featuring a Led
Zeppelin song. The
song was "Rock and
Roll" off of the 1971
"Led Zeppelin IV."
This was the first
time Led Zeppelin sold
a song for commercial
use.
As for Anheuser-
Busch, the "Whassup"
guys have been retired.
At least one commercial
featured Cedric the Entertainer
and appearances of the
Clydesdales.
The White House Office of
Drug Control Policy spent about
$3 million to air two spots.
Disney aired a spot for Bad
Company starring Chris Rock
and Anthony Hopkins. Disney
also aired a spot for the new
thriller Signs starring Mel
Gibson.
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