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synopsis : the president of a company wants to test his self - appointed successor , who 's psychotic , and thinks it 's a great idea to spend a week with him and their wives in an isolated cabin a hundred miles from civilization with no dependable transportation or means of communication after a heavy snowfall .
comments : tracks of a killer had a couple of strikes against it before i even began watching it .
strike one was the fact that someone had scrawled the word garbage on the videotape 's sticker in black marker
( not typically a good sign when you rent a film ) .
strike two came while the previews played .
did you ever get a sinking premonition about a movie 's quality ( or lack thereof ) while watching the trailers that come before it ?
well , the cheesy films being advertised before tracks of a killer were films that no one has ever heard of starring people no one knows , and they all looked bad ( definately not a good sign ) .
tracks of a killer itself completed the strikeout .
about the only positive thing this film had going for it was the fact that it sports some nice scenery .
to be fair , the first half - hour or so promises at least a watchable thriller .
wolf larson , who bears more than a passing resemblance to hugh grant , adequately plays the underling obviously set up as the killer of the film 's title .
james brolin and kelly lebrock seem equally adequate as the loving couple larson will later threaten .
brolin 's character , for some inexplicable reason , thinks its a great idea to spend some time in a cabin , practically isolated , with lebrock and larson , whom he 's decided to test for the week before giving him full control of his company .
by the time the characters arrive at the cabin , this film begins to become tedious .
apparently , brolin 's successor 's test involves chopping wood for the fireplace and skiing , which do n't seem like attributes necessary to run a business in the city .
but , then again , what do i know about business ?
i do think , though , that they should have invested in some better furniture for the cabin ; its beds and closets have a habit of just breaking at the slightest touch .
larson 's character accidently kills his own wife rather than the couple he wants to kill .
this leaves the movie with an hour to go and only three characters , which really is n't enough to sustain it .
the film 's writer must have taken a cue from stephen king , as scenes from tracks of a killer seem lifted out of misery and gerald 's game .
larson and lebrock fight and torture each other ( the tables get turned a couple of times ) while brolin tramps around in the snow looking for help .
some old guy 's around too
, just so the killer can add to his body count without killing the couple , who everyone knows will be alive at the end of the film .
the old guy , however , miraculously survives his first death and appears later to be killed again by the killer in a scene
so ludicrous it 's worthy of a chuckle or two
.
outside of that chuckle , unfortunately , tracks of a killer will just bore you as the obvious plot is drawn out ad infinitum and the actors , for some reason , become increasing obnoxious . if you 're in a video store and thinking about renting this turkey , do n't . make tracks to a far superior suspense film , like misery .
N

plot : good ol' texan kid suddenly gets to play first - string quarterback on his high school team 's football team , in a town where football is considered religion .
the coach is just about the biggest a - hole you 'd ever want to meet , who will do practically anything to win .
the good ol' texan boy does not approve of said man 's methods .
critique :
a fun football movie .
this film was obviously geared towards the teen market , with mtv behind its production , a big tv star actor in the lead role , rockin ' hip music galore , and plenty of t&a .
having said that , i enjoyed the look and feel of the movie
, thought james van der beek gave a solid performance , loved the slick sounds , and yup , loved that t&a !
i actually thought this was a comedy going in , but overall , it plays more towards the dramatic , than a comedy .
i also enjoyed jon voight 's performance as the stubborn dick coach , as well as many of the other character players on the team .
this is not a classic film by any stretch of the imagination , but it might teach some kids the hard lessons behind the " fun " game of football , or just allow them to have a good time for about an hour and forty - five minutes in the movie theatre ( or in the comfort of their own home , depending on where you watch this stuff . )
all in all , i would definitely watch this movie if you like football , play football or want your kid to succeed in high school football .
you could also watch it if you like teen flicks with a lot of cute guys and girls running around doing their stuff .
and did i mention the t&a ? : ) little known facts about this film and its stars : james van der beek actually started acting after a concussion stopped him from playing football in real life .
he is the oldest of three children , and his father is a cellular phone salesman while his mom runs a gymnastics studio .
he 's born in connecticut and received $ 200 , 000 for his role in this film .
actor scott caan , who plays football player " tweeder " in this film , is the son of famed actor james caan in real life .
that 's right
, he 's sonny 's son !
actress amy smart , who plays van der beek 's girlfriend in this movie , also played the main star 's girl in the 1999 film outside providence ( 6 . 5/10 ) .
screenwriter w .
peter iliff also had a part in writing the screenplays for the 1992 harrison ford film , patriot games , and the keanu reeves surfing flick , point break .
director brian robbins might be best remembered as the " cool dude " from the tv series " head of the class " .
his name was eric mandrian and he generally wore a long , black trench coat on the show .
the book mox ( james van der beek ) is reading on the sidelines in this movie , hidden inside the team 's playbook , is " slaughterhouse - five " by kurt vonnegut , jr .
the high school fight song played at the pep rally is the texas a&m war hymn .
P

louie is a trumpeter swan with no voice .
in order to woo his lady love serina , louie makes friends with a young boy , sammy , who persuades teacher mrs .
hammerbottom ( carol burnett ) to allow louie to attend class .
louie learns to read and write and returns to his flock , but is laughed at once again when no other swans can understand his message of love for serina .
to make matters worse , louie 's father feels he 's lost his honor because of the trumpet he stole for his son in this animated version of e .
b .
white 's " trumpet of the swan .
" as jane austen and henry james have become popular sources for adult filmmakers over the past decade or so , e . b .
white is being returned to for children 's films .
the animated " charlotte 's web " has become a minor classic since its release in 1973 and 1999 brought us a live action version of " stuart little . "
" trumpet of the swan , " directed by richard rich ( 1999 's animated " the king and i , " the " swan princess " series ) , is unlikely to be remembered along with those two .
" trumpet of the swan " is receiving a regional theatrical release , but is sure to quickly appear on home video .
boston is one of the targetted cities because our hero louie becomes famous playing his trumpet in beantown .
he encounters a gypsy - like con man in the public gardens who pitches louie and his trumpet as an added attraction to boston 's swan boats .
louie stays at the ritz carlton before giving a concert at the hatch shell along the banks of the charles river .
at this point , louie 's earned enough money so that dad can pay for the trumpet and become musically capable enough to win over serina 's father .
" trumpet of the swan " features flat background art , some poor sound syncing and insipid , sugary songs .
this effort would be better suited to saturday morning television than the big screen , but may be ok for the real small set .

N