3 John Wayne Classics - Vol. 2 - Paradise Canyon / The Dawn Rider / The Desert Trail DVD

Advantages: Owen Wilson.
Disadvantages: Lucy Liu's just not right here.

...Aah, another Owen Wilson movie for me to review! --- Cast. --- Chon Wang - Jackie Chan. (Rush Hour 1, 2 & 3, The Tuxedo.) Roy O'Bannon - Owen Wilson. (Zoolander, Behind Enemy Lines, The Haunting.) Princess Pei Pei - Lucy Liu. (Charlies Angels, Ally McBeal, Kill Bill: Vol. 1) Falling Leaves - Brandon Merrill. (A model for Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren.) Lo Fong - Roger Yuan. (Bulletproof Monk.) Nathan Van Cleef - Xander Berkeley. (24, Candyman, Storytelling.) --- Plot. --- 1881. When Princess Pei Pei (Lucy Liu) is kidnapped from Forbidden City, China, Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) is sent to America with 3 other guards to give the ransom money to her kidnapper Lo Fong, and retrieve the Princess. When Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson) and his gang of incompetent outlaws rob the train the Chinese guards are riding and kill Chon's uncle, he goes... Read review

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Advantages: the usual
Disadvantages: one less episodes *cries*

...In this volume the archangel has already made it to earth, but have landed in new human terrotory, in the desert, during there visit they meet up with a large group of human freedom fighters lead by Kira's sister who was seperated at birth which the two do not know of. here they fight one of the new humans fame generals and leading commanders, who pilot a special mobile suit designed for the desert which improves its mobility. dvd features are 2 MPEG-2 discs with 5 episodes with approximate dvd length of 150mins, along with the character info of kira's sister. with the usual 5.1 dolby digital surround sound, and the 2 normal language audios of english and japanese, and with the usual options of english and european langauge subtitles.... Read review

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Advantages: great acting from David Carradine
Disadvantages: being linked with the first

...short it is a good fight scene featuring “Bill”. Worth watching. And last of all, The Making of Kill Bill Vol. 2. This I actually enjoyed watching more than the first volume. Just shows really what I thought of the first film. The film is done in a different style to the first volume. The first being a mixture of 70’s style films with colour, kung-fu movies and manga, not giving a solid base to the film. This is done in the style of spaghetti westerns with the desert and the music in the background. A better styling from Quentin with good usage of camera angles and black and white working well within the film. The style reminds me a lot of From Dusk til Dawn, a film I enjoyed greatly. While the first story is basically a revenge story, this volume gives you the background to the first. How The Bride was connected... Read review

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