Daily News from New York, New York • 115

Friday, November 8, 1985. 20 J3AILY NEWS I Ov yls flit 1 feW WW WW -irnnVir Tnrr-ryi-f-iVr- jeTsl -t- HDfo) fl 11 Vrrr Gene Hackman Matt Dillon I I Jl Lil l3UUUO are right on 'Targef By KATHLEEN CARROLL DhV Nawa Mowta Cm TAIOCT. Om Hackman. Matt rxikxt. Otractad bv Arthur Pann.

At ttwatar. Rumtiia tlmai I hour, II mlnutas. Rated R. iHRIS LLOYD, A college drop-out and self- described who a trying to make it as a racing driver, considers his old with a believably human situation. Then comes the kicker.

Word comes from Paris that Mrs. Lloyd (Gayle Hunnicutt in a throwaway part) has disappeared. Lloyd and son fly to her rescue. But what's this? Lloyd, the most modest of Texans, is greeted at the airport by a sinister-looking fellow in a trench coat Seconds later, the man who jammed a gun into Lloyd's ribs is taking a spin on the baggage carousel. Lloyd continues to attract unusual types.

A dapper-looking old crony (Josef Sommer) from the American embassy asks what name he's using at his hotel. Another vicious-looking chap fires a shot at Lloyd, who's saved only by his son's quick action. The French, as we all know, are notoriously rude to Americans. But why is Lloyd being subjected to such a welcome? "A long time ago." he finally explains to his son, "I worked for the CIA." Chris is. to say the least, stunned by this bit of news: "You, a spy? I don't believe it" He's even more shocked to find his isolationist father speaks fluent French and can perform such death-defying feats as leaping on top of a Hamburg excursion boat without so much as straining a muscle.

"Target" is, thus, abruptly transformed into a murky, but amusingly hokey Cold War spy thriller as Chris gets a crash course in international espionage. He also learns a good spy must never trust a beautiful woman especially if she has a German accent Hackman and Dillon convey the growing mutual admiration of this extremely likable father-and-son duo but they're up against an increasingly silly script Still, it's worth hanging in there just to see Herbert Berghof in action. Just like another famous New York acting teacher William Hickey in "Prizzi's Honor" Berghof steals the show as an embittered old East German spy whose voice is more chilling than the sight of the Berlin Wall. man a bit of a drag. His pop, the owner of a Dallas lumberyard, is such a square he cringes when Chris zooms past on a motorcycle.

But, with his wife away on a European tour, Walter Lloyd is trying to bridge this generation gap. Gene Hackman, as the seemingly staid Lloyd, and Matt Dillon, as Lloyd's appealingly candid son. are so endearingly straightforward in the opening of Arthur Penn's "Target" one is fully primed to see one of those rare movies dealing 'Subway' isn't worth 900 Whenever, this film is dismal SUBWAY. Chrittopnar Lambart, Isabella Adlanl. tMracted by Luc Basson.

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Showalaca and S4th St. SixptaK. Runpina Mmai I Hour, as minutes. Rated R. MAY BE the unofficial pres e1 ident of Hollywood's so-called Brat Pack, but Emilio Estevez Mm I.

THE TUXEDO-CLAD hero of "Subway" makes an unusual entrance into the Paris metro. Pursued by four swarthy-looking men in black tie, this bon vivant drives his expensive set of wheels down the stairs and through the plate glass doors without flattening his Mohawk hairdo. The well-dressed Fred, played with a self-satisfied smirk by Christopher Lambert, proceeds to hang out in the spotless metro with an unusual group of subway squatters who are, in turn, being shadowed by klutzy, Keystone-like transit cops. Among these less than engaging social drop-outs is the Roller-Skater who uses his wheels to make fast getaways after snatching the purses of poor, unsuspecting passengers. Fred is also being hotly pursued by the restless gun-toting wife of a wealthy businessman.

Played with haughty, movie-star airs by Isabelle Adjani, she roams the secret tunnels of the metro In drop-dead designer suits. has apparently found other things to do with his time besides hanging out with his movie-star chums. If nothing else, the 23-year-old actor deserves an A for all the effort he obviously put into "That Was Then This Is Now," an earnest but dismal teen movie which is pretty much his baby. Estevez not only optioned the original S.E. Hinton novel (three other gritty novels by Ms.

Hinton, "Tex," "The Outsiders." and "Rumble Fish," have already made their way to the big screen), he also whipped off the screenplay which, to put it kindly, needs worki Estevez plays a typical Hinton outcast teen in the movie. He lives on the wrong side of Minneapolis with his best friend (played appealingly by Craig Sheffer), whose cheerful mother treats him like her own son. Mark's idea of a great time is to take a high-speed ride in a hot car. Bryon, his. best has fallen so LEADER OF PACK: Emilio Estevez In "That Was Then This Is Now" hard for the well-behaved Cathy '(Kim Delaney) that he now thinks such diversions are "boring." Mark, out of pure spite, continues to flaunt his earring and his sullen personality.

He also gives some pills to (Frank Howard), Cathy's wistful kid brother whose disappearance seems to prompt very little action. The movie features something for1 everyone a one-minute break dance, five-minute "American Graffiti" Saturday night joy ride, and a midnight shoot-out Estevez, to his credit, doesnt try to soften his character. Mark is such a posturing bore and it's hard to resist cheering when he's finally packed off to reform school. Carroll, UNDERGROUND: Christopher Lambert stars in "Subway" "Subway," an anti-bourgeois, pro-punk, hopelessly self-indulgent New Wave fantasy movie, has made director Luc Besson the talk of trendy Paris. Whether or not New Yorkers will be intrigued by this underground tour of an enviably clean subway system remains to be seen.

For my token, Besson should go back to directing hosiery commercials. Kathleen Carroll.