![]() ![]() Just when I'm ready to despair of a movie coming up with a fresh plot, a movie like "Crossroads" comes along to remind me that acting, writing and direction can redeem any plot and make any story new. The notion of the showdown with the devil may have been suggested by the country song "Devil Went Down to Georgia." And yet the remarkable thing is how fresh all this material seems, and how entertaining it is. It also borrows from the countless movies in which everything depends on who wins the big fight, match, game or duel in the last scene. It borrows, obviously, from Macchio's movie, "The Karate Kid" (1984), which also was the story of a young man's apprenticeship with an older master. This story is a combination of no less than two reliable genres. And at the end, it's up to the kid to pick up his guitar and outplay the devil's man, to save Seneca's soul. "Crossroads" is a cheerful cross between a slice of life and a supernatural fable. ![]()
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