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WHITE SANDS With the benefit of the acting talents of Willem Dafoe, Mickey Rourke, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, NZ director Roger Donaldson had the potential for a great thriller. Yetthisfilmneverrisesabovegood. Dafoeisthe small town deputy who gets involved (and out of his depth) in a case involving a dead man carring a bag with half a million in cash. Soon the baddies, the FBI, and the FBI baddies are on his tail, with Rourke as the mysterious (and a touch psychotic) kingpin. Into the mix comes Mastrantonio, a wealthy fundraiser for various causes including Central American freedom fighters. This film attempts to explain why the profit motive will always prevent world peace from.occurring — a point underscored by recent calls for the West to arm the Muslims in Bosnia.
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Rip It Up, Issue 191, 1 June 1993, Page 35
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128VIDEOPHILE Rip It Up, Issue 191, 1 June 1993, Page 35
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