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VIEW POINTS, Page 69CINEMAIntruder in the Hoops
Hard concrete courts, baking under the heat of the L.A. sun,
and young men from the ghetto shaking out their frustrations by
playing a kind of attack basketball -- all high-bouncing dazzle,
nasty elbows and insults that come at you in rap rhythm. Billy
Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) intrudes into this essentially black
world with intent to hustle (gambling on these pickup games is
heavy). Maybe WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP, but in all other respects
he's a fully qualified player -- except possibly in the brains
department. But smart Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes) has enough
wit for both men, and after initial edginess they form a winning
(and profitable) two-on-two team in a movie that is not as
winning as it should be. Writer-director Ron Shelton covers the
action excitingly, but his plot is strictly a two-handed set
shot. He did much better with Bull Durham, his leisurely,
literate movie about minor-league baseball. It makes you think
he's probably a nice white guy who just can't jump to an
inner-city beat.
By Ricard Schickel.