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This action flick, about a rogues' gallery of prisoners who hijack a jet, is deemed summer-blockbuster overkill: too many ridiculous plot twists, too many explosions, too much ripping off of its predecessors.
Pundit-turned-presidential-spinner Sidney Blumenthal, who testified before Kenneth Starr's grand jury, is Issue 1. Calling the Blumenthal subpoena prosecutorial overkill, the commentariat diagnoses Starr as having a chronic case of political "tin ear," and gives the week to President Clinton.
Overkill on Brill
Critics complain that Los Angeles architect Barton Myers' postmodern building, consisting of concert halls and theaters, looks like a "cineplex" (Mark Swed, the Los Angeles Times ), with interiors that verge on kitsch (examples of overkill: steel rods poking out of ceilings; floors inlaid with colored stones).
If you’re looking for a bit of tourism overkill, this is where you’ll find it: bars a block long, discos built like airport terminals, restaurants offering menus in eight languages from Finnish to French, waterslides, go-karts — you name it, Magalluf has it.
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