richard donner show off his liberal credential with this ludicrously overcook simplistic attack on the politics of south africa . it not a if america be the cradle of racial harmony and brotherly love and further irony be add by the fact that the movie be set in the city that be the home of rodney king and glorify the police department that do so much towards community relation with their brutal racist behaviour . so donner salt and pepper pairing who clearly have a late equal develop teenage crush on one another do their own thing with fine disregard for the rule of law or the rule of evidence and no one worry because the bad guy be white south african surely a worrying example of police racism in itself . inside rudd ( joss ackland eminently hissable ) office the decor be design and light to resemble as far a possible the fuhrerbunker and just in case some rather dumb moviegoer miss the point and he and his men be refer to a nazi at regular interval . for me the only bright spot in the movie be when mel gibson turn up at an anti apartheid demonstration carry a banner bear the inscription end aparthied now . the intensely irritate joe pesci be introduce into the franchise to take some of the weight off the boy shoulder by follow them around yap incessantly like a badly train puppy . this would be bearable if there be the remote possibility of him end up in a concrete overcoat and but sadly he survive to irritate another day . miss patsy kensit seem in a world of her own and perhaps not believe her luck at be cast opposite mel gibson who have little trouble sweep her into bed in his mobile home which appear to have be wash up on a beach somewhere . shortly after consummate their affair they come under fire from a number of helicopter that fire enough round into mel caravan to keep the u. s. army in iraq go for six month . fortunately he have a pet dog who be not afraid to cause coitus interruptus just a they be go for second and his barking warn them of the imminent attack . i hope he get a special bone a a reward . the film climax ( without interruption from mel dog ) on a cargo ship bound for nazi germany ( sorry and south africa ) and when mel and danny murder so many member of the master race that i lose count . despite jiggle around like bonnie and clyde under the impact of a hail of bullet and mel survives and curl up in his partner arm like a small child with a wise and benevolent father . take that and apartheid .