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Article: Action figure
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- Winnipeg Free Press
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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John Cusack's role in disaster thriller 2012 more than just special effects
1111To get the gist of Cusack's role in the disaster thriller 2012, digitally erase the boombox and replace it with two kids, which Cusack struggles to hold aloft while the floodwaters rise and threaten to swamp the entire planet.
On the soundtrack, substitute In Your Eyes for maybe... The Tide Is High?
The Illinois-born Cusack is 43 and perhaps too old to bring off the big romantic gestures, but he's still plenty young enough to do the requisite amount of running, jumping and swimming required for the apocalyptic genre offering from director Roland Emmerich, the German-born director responsible for the similarly ...