The Park Is Mine

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The Park Is Mine

I kept thinking throughout this movie 'get a life.' The script is so dumb, it's laughable. Die hard Tommy fans will like this. He does a good job, and is convincing. Nb// Tommy says the F word alot. I enjoy all of Tommy's performances, but did he read the script of this one? On the bright side, it's not as bad as the script of "Eyes of laura mars.'

Great moovie too bad it wasnt shot in nyc why do a nyc movie and film it in canada..very weird...and yes there is a movie about the austin shooting its called the deadly tower it stars kurt russel as whitman...

My husband and I happened upon this film last night. We were exhausted and would settle for "anything colour that moved." We had no idea what it was until we IMDb'd it. We are generally favourably disposed to Tommy Lee Jones so we gave it a go. I am the Queen of Suspension of Disbelief but even in my tired state I just couldn't buy into this film. The actors looked like they were... um, acting. I could almost make out the director and his megaphone just off camera. The best scene is where the two journalists arrive at Central Park and Valery is about to hop the wall and go in. She asks her colleague to help her over - but the wall is only about three feet high! My six-year-old son wouldn't need help getting over. We were surprised not to find the following in the Memorable Quotes collection: "You get the commissioner on the line and I'll try to raise Dix."

this movie is one of the best i'V ever seen and to be honest i'V been trying to get it on DVD for years now its one of those movies that keeps you riveted to the screen as not to miss a second of the action, as this is my all time favorite movie,tommy lee Jones hits the mark in this one,as we all know he is a phenomenal actor but in my opinion this one puts him over the mark,are they ever going to release it on DVD?i'V seen a lot of movies since its release but not many come close to the excitement this one still creates in me props go out to the cast and staff on that work on and with this one. hats off to you folks thanks for a great flick, now please get it out on DVD

Like many of the Reagan era action movies, it is rampantly xenophobic, incrediably incoherent, and in no way grounded in reality. Tommy Lee (not the hair band drummer)plays a Vet who takes over central park to generate sympathy for the forgotten soldiers of that war. A noble sentiment, but a man would have to be completely out of his gourd to attempt that...its not like the park has a series of fortified bunkers and a moat around it!!! The most insane plot twist (no one is in suspense about this piece anyway) is that the "authorities" hire two Asian assasins to take out the hero. What the $%^#$^! is that all about? It is just one of the many warped plot contrivances that earn this work a lofty six on the Tango and Cash scale of implausability. Forgive the spelling.

Tommy Lee Jones, in an updated version of Taxi Driver, plays a disillusioned, disenchanted Vietnam Vet who only truly feels at home while on patrol. He takes over Central Park in downtown New York City in a believable scenario; seeking control, and seeking recognition, he dominates the city by shutting down the Park. Jones becomes the indigenous guerrilla, the one who controls the fight by setting the scene and drawing the inept Police into his traps. An excellent movie, ahead of its time, imagine a very human Rambo in downtown New York. The movie does not have a neat ending, like Taxi Driver or even Dog Day afternoon. Instead, it ends as you might like it too.

Tommy Lee Jones does his part to hold this movie together, and that's about the only thing going for it. The plot about one man taking over Central Park (!) is highly improbable, but makes for a good Saturday afternoon action flick. Don't put a lot of thought into this movie, just enjoy it for what it is!

I saw this on HBO in the mid '80s and I loved it. Tommy Lee Jones was so cool and I had no problem buying the premise. It was kind of like Assault on Precinct 13 or The Warriors in its cartoonish depiction of violence. I remember especially the part where he's in full military garb and grease paint on his face with an arsenal of weapons around his body and he tells a woman to leave the park because its filled with "thugs and perverts and weirdos." Check it out if you can, it won't change your life, but it's good.