The Park Is Mine

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delysid d freedom lover tommy lee takes over central park. what a dumb story. still tommy lee is great and it's a very rare film Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/06/22 Full Review Audience Member Pretty awesome little action movie about a Vietnam vet taking over Central park in a bid to force people to remember and respect veterans. It's pretty impressive all around considering its TV origins. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review ashley h The Park is Mine is a decent t.v. film. It is about a Vietnam vet who takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War. Tommy Lee Jones and Helen Shaver give good performances. The teleplay is a little slow in places. Steven Hillard Stern did an alright job directing this t.v. movie. I liked t.v. story because of the action. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Tommy Lee Jones stars as a dispossessed Vietnam vet who inherits his buddy's plot to take over Central Park after his fatally ill buddy kills himself. He goes through with the plan with the intention of drawing attention to the plight of veterans and the common man in general. Helen Shaver plays a reporter who sneaks into the park and joins Jones to cover the story. The presence of Peter Dvorsky ("Videodrome") as a scummy, Deputy Mayor who essentially is the villain of the piece gives away the Canadian origins of this film. (It was made for HBO, but financed with Canadian money and shot in both New York and Toronto). Yaphet Kotto also stars as a reluctantly sympathetic cop. A pretty lightweight film buoyed by some pretty good performances by a good cast. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Vietnam War veteran Mitch (Tommy Lee Jones) is aimlessly roaming around in New York. He can´t keep any simple job, his wife divorced him and he doesn't get the respect from anybody he think he deserves. When his terminally ill war buddy commits suicide, Mitch finds out he was planning an attention- grabbing initiative in Central Park. Mitch executes the plans and takes control of Central Park, in what some would call an act of domestic terrorism and what others might call anti-establishment, to honor those who died and served in the Vietnam War and draw attention to veterans' issues. His peaceful but nevertheless explosive attempt to make people more aware of his life as a vet receives a lot of interest from the media and support from the populace, but it's quite an embarrassment for the authorities - and particularly for the deputy mayor - so they try to eliminate Mitch in any possible way they can... "The Park Is Mine", is a made-for-TV movie and that shows both in production value, acting and the general vibe of the film. The plot is quite ridiculous as it would´ve been quite impossible to take control of Central Park with just one man, meaning the logic is already out the door when the plot line is revealed. The actions from the city and police department doesn´t either help to maintain some sort of realism in this film. The acting is truly wobbly, but Tommy Lee Jones and Yaphet Kotto tries to keep some sort of quality in their performances. Jones had already back then a charismatic and strong acting ability, even if this is hardly his finest hour. "The Park Is Mine" is a footnote and nothing to strive to see. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member One of my favorite flicks from back in my childhood days...Always fun to go back and revisit with this one and the memories. Surprised they have not tried to do a remake of this one yet. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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