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At the best of times he winces, in repose appearing ulcerous; in the throes of a panic attack, he might be struggling with an Alien -like parasite about to burst through his chest.
Conversion narratives--tales of evil, reactionary, or addicted people who reform--share one complicating trait: Their protagonists tend to be more compelling in the throes of their particular depravity than after they "come to their senses."
In the opening, black-and-white sequence, his Derek Vinyard gets interrupted in the throes of animalistic sex with his girlfriend Stacey (Fairuza Balk) by his younger brother Danny (Edward Furlong), who tells him that two black men are stealing the family's van.
Among modern attractions, the flashiest is Oriental Studio 2000, Guangzhou’s answer to Hollywood’s Universal City, where daily shows are staged on two movie sets, one evoking notorious Shanghai in the 1930s, the other a traditional courtyard in the throes of a kungfu battle.
Witness the death throes of the once-great Harrison Ford's career.