Review – The Park Is Mine

Remember the days when deranged Vietnam veterans were the flavor of the week? If not, this’ll likely jog your memory (or bring you up to speed, if you were too young to catch this wave the first time it crested). Tommy Lee Jones plays a disgruntled ‘Nam vet who decides to take over New York’s Central Park in an attempt to call attention the plight of his fellow vets and other folks who’ve gotten a bum deal from society. The drama that ensues between the well-intentioned psycho and the Big Apple’s Finest is fairly amusing in a survivalist sort of way (though it does get a bit silly toward the end when the cops bring in mercenaries to try and kill the protagonist). Unfortunately, there’s also a lot of filler material stuffed in here as well, including a subplot involving a telejournalist who sneaks into the park to get an exclusive and ends up Stockholming with her subject. Overall, the concept was a bit more amusing than the execution. See if desperate