Review – Power

Ugh, Hollywood. How can you make a movie about politics, money and sex and have it turn out this dull? An immensely successful campaign strategist (Richard Gere) hops across the country dishing out cynical-yet-priceless advice to his various clients. Along the way he runs afoul of his old boss (Gene Hackman), his ex (Julie Christie) and a sinister government type (Denzel Washington), none of which makes the story any more interesting. If this movie had been made ten years earlier, it might have been an interesting reaction to Watergate. But by the mid 80s political corruption wasn’t exactly a fresh topic. Final crime: Gere’s manic fidget-drumming to “Sing, Sing, Sing” during downtime on long flights makes Benny Goodman’s classic more than a little annoying. See if desperate