Cinema: Feb. 24, 1986

RUSHES F/X NEAT IDEA: HIRE A MOVIE SPECIAL-EFFECTS MAN TO FAKE A MAFIA HIT. THEN WHEN EVERYONE THINKS THE DON IS DEAD, YOU CAN TAKE A LITTLE TRIP WITH HIM TO HIS SWISS BANK VAULT AND SHARE THE ILL-GOT GAINS HE HAS SEQUESTERED THERE. THE SWINDLERS MASTERMINDING THIS GAME ARE A PAIR OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS WORKING ON THE WITNESS SECURITY PROGRAM. THE MAGICMAKER THEY DUPE INTO HELPING THEM IS WELL PLAYED BY BRYAN BROWN, WHO HAS BEEN HANDSOMELY SUPPLIED WITH

ENTERTAININGLY VENGEFUL "GAGS" TO PLAY ON THEM WHEN HE DISCOVERS how he has been used. But the riotous imaginations of...

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