

It lacks the polish and precision of Monster Hunter, the series from which it openly borrows its basic gameplay loop of hunting monsters and turning them into gear to hunt other monsters. Wild Hearts, developed by Koei Tecmo and published by EA, is not always this graceful. The Kingtusk reels, and, after a moment, our dance resumes. I hit the ground, and my steel cable does the rest of the work, cutting through root-bone and barkskin, severing the spirit’s tail. I pull the cable taught again, and hurtle earthward.

Then, I hurl myself back into the air, and hang there in the space above its tail. I travel the full length of its body like this. My body turns with the momentum until, whirling and fire kissed, my knife meets the Kingtusk’s side. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.I pull the cable taught, and fling myself past the weaving trunks and vines beneath me. The movie may be sappy-no surprise with that title-but Anwar provides bright star wattage and a plucky role model. What makes the movie memorable is the performance of the lovely Gabrielle Anwar, the doe-eyed actress who later danced the tango so memorably with Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman. Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken has the usual love interest, a brush with tragedy, and some worldly wisdom (the latter doled out by old pro Cliff Robertson, in a nice role as a crusty barnstormer). After she joins a traveling show in the 1930s, spunky teen Sonora Webster (Gabrielle Anwar) learns the ropes and eventually lands a plum role in the program: riding a horse off a 40-foot-high diving board into a tank of water. It's a variation on the old boy-runs-away-to-join-the-circus story, except this time the boy is a girl. This charming Disney live-action picture is a genuine sleeper.
