Double Impact

Seems to me like Jean-Claude Van Damme just can`t get enough of himself. After all, he stars as not one but two of the main characters in "Double Impact," his latest chop-socky flick; and (to borrow a friend's phrase) the result is "double the Van Dammage." The movie's plot is a slight variation on the standard "I must avenge my murdered (a) karate teacher, (b) family member or (c) Vietnam veteran buddy" theme. This time around, though, there are two heroes-Chad and Alex (both played by Van...

The Greater Chicago Food Depository broke ground Thursday on a new food bank that will double its capacity to feed the hungry by distributing 80 million pounds of food a year, up from 40 million pounds last year. Already, the depository--the only one in Cook County--feeds 309,000 people by supplying food to 600 food pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters. "A much larger state-of-the-art food bank will allow us to feed a lot more people much more efficiently," said Michael...

At a time when 3-D graphics and complicated hit combos rule, Street Fighter 3 Double Impact ($40, Dreamcast) continues the tradition of classic Street Fighter games that reward skill, not button-smashing. SF3 is two games rolled into one - Street Fighter 3: New Generation and Street Fighter 3: Second Impact. (But Second Impact is just an updated version of Street Fighter 3 with more characters and levels.) Gamers can choose from more than 14 characters, each with his or...

At a time when 3-D graphics and complicated hit combos rule, Street Fighter 3 Double Impact ($40, Dreamcast) continues the tradition of classic Street Fighter games that reward skill, not button-smashing. SF3 is two games rolled into one - Street Fighter 3: New Generation and Street Fighter 3: Second Impact. (But Second Impact is just an updated version of Street Fighter 3 with more characters and levels.) Gamers can choose from more than 14 characters, each with his or...

Jean-Claude Van Damme pictures follow an immutable formula: Within their first few minutes, someone close to his character is horribly, graphically killed, and Van Damme spends the rest of the movie avenging that death with his repertory of martial-arts skills. These are revenge dramas that both exploit and address the violence of American life by exacting eye-for-eye penalties on behalf of the helpless and the innocent. Last time around, in "Lionheart," Van Damme was a French...

The future of the Schaumburg Regional Airport appears as busy as its runway. More than $4 million is earmarked for projects that could double the airport's economic impact on the region by 2003, officials say. Constituents ranging from the village's Park District to local entrepreneurs stand to gain from the expansion. The losers, though, may be neighboring residents, who will hear more takeoffs and landings. Airport Administrator Mark Clements...

Carlos, a room service waiter in a ritzy Los Angeles hotel, has seen the rich and famous come and go, so he was acting a bit blase when he delivered the tray of tea and cakes to a suite. As he was walking out of the room, he glanced at a movie poster propped up on a dresser. He stopped, stared at the poster, looked over his shoulder at the gentleman in the custom-made suit who was sitting on a sofa, and began to smile. `I love your movies, and my wife loves your movies; she gets very excited," the...

Our Flick of the Week is "Pure Luck," a stunningly unfunny physical comedy featuring Danny Glover as a detective and Martin Short as an amateur sleuth tracking the missing daughter of an insurance tycoon. The special gimmick here is that the daughter is a major klutz, and using the theory that it takes one to find one, Short is employed to bumble his way into locating her in Mexico. Glover is simply along for the bumpy ride. The problem is that the physical jokes just...

Seems to me like Jean-Claude Van Damme just can`t get enough of himself. After all, he stars as not one but two of the main characters in "Double Impact," his latest chop-socky flick; and (to borrow a friend's phrase) the result is "double the Van Dammage." The movie's plot is a slight variation on the standard "I must avenge my murdered (a) karate teacher, (b) family member or (c) Vietnam veteran buddy" theme. This time around, though, there are two heroes-Chad and Alex (both played by Van...

Carlos, a room service waiter in a ritzy Los Angeles hotel, has seen the rich and famous come and go, so he was acting a bit blase when he delivered the tray of tea and cakes to a suite. As he was walking out of the room, he glanced at a movie poster propped up on a dresser. He stopped, stared at the poster, looked over his shoulder at the gentleman in the custom-made suit who was sitting on a sofa, and began to smile. `I love your movies, and my wife loves your movies; she gets very excited," the...

The Greater Chicago Food Depository broke ground Thursday on a new food bank that will double its capacity to feed the hungry by distributing 80 million pounds of food a year, up from 40 million pounds last year. Already, the depository--the only one in Cook County--feeds 309,000 people by supplying food to 600 food pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters. "A much larger state-of-the-art food bank will allow us to feed a lot more people much more efficiently," said Michael...

Jean-Claude Van Damme pictures follow an immutable formula: Within their first few minutes, someone close to his character is horribly, graphically killed, and Van Damme spends the rest of the movie avenging that death with his repertory of martial-arts skills. These are revenge dramas that both exploit and address the violence of American life by exacting eye-for-eye penalties on behalf of the helpless and the innocent. Last time around, in "Lionheart," Van Damme was a French...

The future of the Schaumburg Regional Airport appears as busy as its runway. More than $4 million is earmarked for projects that could double the airport's economic impact on the region by 2003, officials say. Constituents ranging from the village's Park District to local entrepreneurs stand to gain from the expansion. The losers, though, may be neighboring residents, who will hear more takeoffs and landings. Airport Administrator Mark Clements...

Our Flick of the Week is "Pure Luck," a stunningly unfunny physical comedy featuring Danny Glover as a detective and Martin Short as an amateur sleuth tracking the missing daughter of an insurance tycoon. The special gimmick here is that the daughter is a major klutz, and using the theory that it takes one to find one, Short is employed to bumble his way into locating her in Mexico. Glover is simply along for the bumpy ride. The problem is that the physical jokes just...

With consumers still delaying shopping or showing a lack of interest in replenishing their wardrobes, three Midwestern companies primarily involved with apparel and footwear Thursday reported declining profits or widening losses in the second quarter. Florsheim Shoe Co. said its fiscal second-quarter losses more than doubled, widening to $882,000 from $321,000 in the year-earlier period. Revenues for the quarter, ended July 1, fell to $68.9 million from $74.9 million a year earlier.

By Rich Rostron. and A digest of late news reports, compiled by Marla Donato | August 1, 1995

The local governing bodies that attended Monday night's Richmond Finance Committee meeting said the time may be right to double school impact fees. Representatives from the villages of Richmond and Spring Grove and School Districts 13 and 157 said they will go back to their respective boards for further direction before holding another joint meeting Aug. 29. Impact fees for a three-bedroom home currently are about $2,400.