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Photo by Yahool Movies
'Dragonfly' dive-bombs into boredom
If you were to look in the many many vol-
umes that hold the names of Kevin Costner fans
you would find my name probably in the back
but not dead last. I have been a Kevin Costner
fan since I first saw him in the film JFK. Since
that time I have relished what he has brought to
the screen he's a good actor... most of the time.
Kevin's latest disaster is not worth mentioning
but since I saw and chose to review it I will do
what my job calls me to do.
Joe Darrow (Kevin Costner) is a medical doc-
tor who's in charge of emergency
room operations at the upscale
Chicago Memorial Hospital. When
his wife and fellow doctor Emily
(Susanna Thompson) is accidental-
ly killed while doing dangerous
volunteer work for the Red Cross
in Venezuela Joe tries to quell the
pain by throwing himself into his
work. The hospital administrator
Hugh Campbell (Joe Morton)
doesn't think that's a good idea a
thought also shared by Joe's
lawyer neighbor Miriam Belmont
(Kathy Bates) who knows what
it's like to lose a loved one.
Nevertheless Joe puts in the overtime during
one of which he has a strange encounter with an
unconscious boy who he swears was calling out
his name while being wheeled into the ER.
Despite having been declared dead Jeffrey (the
child) later recounts seeing Joe in the room with
him as well as that of Emily who apparently had
a message for Joe. Jeffrey can't recall what it is
but the odd symbols he keeps drawing - some-
Suspense Thriller
Starring
Kevin Costner
Kathy Bates
Rated PG-13
thing of a squiggly cross - seem to have some
connection to all of that. As Joe tries to ponder
the mess before him and figure out what that
means he begins experiencing supernatural
events in his home while another child patient
has also drawn those same symbols and swears to
have seen Emily who instructed him to tell Joe to
meet her at the "rainbow." If the suspense hasn't
killed you please keep reading.
With everyone believing Joe to be simply
experiencing denial delusions or perhaps going
insane he can't shake the feeling
that Emily is trying to contact him
from "the other side" a point reaf-
firmed by Sister Madeline a radi-
cal nun who previously investigat-
ed near death experiences. From
that point on and as the supernatu-
ral events keep occurring Joe tries
to convince himself that he's not
going crazy he's just mad and rav-
ing because this movie is such a
waste of time and money.
There you have it a basic sum-
mary of this bloated boring mess
that Kevin Costner somehow got
suckered into making. As I sat through this film
I couldn't help but notice that it seemed like
Costner was half asleep in every scene maybe
someone forgot to wake him up before they start-
ed filming. Whatever the case may be this movie
was a horrible waste of time and money on my
part and I hope I'm doing you the saving grace to
warn you not to see this. Instead spend your
money on the great tapes and DVD's at your local
video store. ANDY ROSBURY
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