{"id":17317,"date":"2015-11-16T19:25:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T01:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=17317"},"modified":"2015-11-01T19:27:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T01:27:37","slug":"the-park-is-mine-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=17317","title":{"rendered":"The Park Is Mine (1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Think of Rambo, but more tone down in the violence and having a political angle focusing on how certain situations \/ individuals are undeservedly swept under the rug. &#8216;The Park is Mine&#8217; is a passable, up-tempo little made-for-TV feature. Even with it&#8217;s firework shows, expensive set-up and unique setting with , it&#8217;s still merely low scale where at the heart it&#8217;s all about the one man standing up for the underprivileged. At times it can manipulate, but manages to be respectable and hardly overwrought. It can be a fascinating tussle between Tommy Lee Jones&#8217; character and political big-heads, as what eventuates is a circus-show for the crowds and media. Some actions are a bit unbelievable; however you seem to take it with a grain of slat.<\/p>\n<p>A Vietnam veteran takes over the plans of his now deceased war-time buddy (who committed suicide) who had thought-up an idea to take over Central Park for 72 hours, before Veterans Day. He eventually goes ahead and sets the plan in motion, where he doesn&#8217;t intend to hurt anyone, but to only grab everyone&#8217;s attention. However some powerful figures don&#8217;t like this and try to change the situation (by any dirty means) in their favour, so society don&#8217;t side with the vet and paint them in the wrong. Also a media reporter also finds herself caught up in it all when she tries to get closer to the action.<\/p>\n<p>His definitely gotta plan. Packed with ammo, a lot of ammo. The material is formulaic, but tactically trimmed to suit Steven Hilliard Stern&#8217;s tidy direction and sustained tension. I found it to get better the further along it goes, as the tricks and themes turn to the real thing. &#8216;The Tangerine Dream&#8217; contributes a bellowing score that overwhelms the joint, but I don&#8217;t believe to be as bad as a lot seem to make sound. Performances shape up pretty well. Tommy Lee Jones superbly instills a hard, tough shell to his character, but one we can feel and root for too. He&#8217;s no troublesome, or unstable person, but someone that just wants to make a difference. A wonderfully affable Helen Shaver adds plenty of kick to her role and Yaphet Kotto provides some serious class. Lawrence Dane is picture-perfect as the scummy Commissioner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think of Rambo, but more tone down in the violence and having a political angle focusing on how certain situations \/ individuals are undeservedly swept under the rug. &#8216;The Park is Mine&#8217; is a passable, up-tempo little made-for-TV feature. Even with it&#8217;s firework shows, expensive set-up and unique setting with , it&#8217;s still merely low&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","mf2_syndication":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-b-movie-news","wpcat-1-id"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2im9hTl0BZWF8G5uUeE2B0C9MO6.jpg",1875,2859,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2im9hTl0BZWF8G5uUeE2B0C9MO6-145x145.jpg",145,145,true],"medium":["http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2im9hTl0BZWF8G5uUeE2B0C9MO6-197x300.jpg",197,300,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2im9hTl0BZWF8G5uUeE2B0C9MO6.jpg",768,1171,false],"large":["http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2im9hTl0BZWF8G5uUeE2B0C9MO6-672x1024.jpg",672,1024,true],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2im9hTl0BZWF8G5uUeE2B0C9MO6.jpg",1007,1536,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2im9hTl0BZWF8G5uUeE2B0C9MO6.jpg",1343,2048,false],"gridflex-1422w-autoh-image":["http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2im9hTl0BZWF8G5uUeE2B0C9MO6.jpg",1422,2168,false],"gridflex-1074w-autoh-image":["http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2im9hTl0BZWF8G5uUeE2B0C9MO6.jpg",1074,1638,false],"gridflex-360w-300h-image":["http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2im9hTl0BZWF8G5uUeE2B0C9MO6.jpg",197,300,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin1","author_link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?author=1"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Think of Rambo, but more tone down in the violence and having a political angle focusing on how certain situations \/ individuals are undeservedly swept under the rug. &#8216;The Park is Mine&#8217; is a passable, up-tempo little made-for-TV feature. 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