Seven Seconds (DVD)

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: It exists

Anyone who has seen US Marshalls, Murder at 1600 or Passenger 57 will be aware that Wesley Snipes is an oddity in the Hollywood world of action stars. Not only can he walk and talk at the same time, which seems to fox Schwarznegger and Van Damme, but he can actually act. So, it is not surprising that when a new film starring Snipes is released, I like to watch it. Well, sorry Wesley, no more. Not after this load of tripe. But, I'm getting ahead ...
...PLOT Jack Tolliver (Snipes) and crew, pull off a daring robbery of an armed-car depot, and manage to steal 20million dollars and an extremely valuable Van Gogh painting. As they make their getaway, they get hijacked by the local Russian gangster mob, and most of them end up dead. Tolliver's girlfriend, who was in on the robbery, gets kidnapped by the mob and taken to their hideout. Tolliver, narrowly avoiding death in the hijack, manages to escape ... Read review

Advantages: Great laughs, series hasn't lost anything with age
Disadvantages: None

.... However Margot is a snob and is horrified at the new set up next door. The sit com is then a series of various events and their consequences to all parties. So the second DVD in the set has the seven episodes of Series Two which were originally broadcast in 1976. Just my Bill In this episode Tom sets out to sell his surplus in order to pay the bills that need actual cash as opposed to bartering - in this case the Rates Bill. Sadly it isn't as easy as he thought that it would be. The Guru of Surbiton Two young people are fascinated by Tom and Barbara's lifestyle and try to emanate Tom in particular. Their interest develops into hero worship much to Barbara's amusement! A plot has to be hatched to get them to leave the Good's alone. Mr. Fix It The press takes an interest in Tom and Barbara and Margot is driven to... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Intelligent writing, excellent acting and still relevant
Disadvantages: None.

...This is the second of three series of Yes Minister. The DVD contains all seven episodes of the series, originally broadcast in early 1981. In their weekends, Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn used to drive down to London with a case of something in the boot, and talk to Government ministers. These ministers, who stayed secret until recently, were able to tell Jay and Lynn what politics is really like on the inside. They told stories which were at the time still classified, most of which worked their way into the story lines of Yes Minister. To someone who has never seen Yes Minister, the idea of a programme containing three middle-aged men in suits talking about politics would probably suggest boredom in the extreme. Ask someone who has, and the reply would be very different. Jim Hacker (Eddington) is a new and eager minister... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: The same old Frank Spencer
Disadvantages: Not as many episodes

...of the family. However, the main disadvantage of this DVD is the number of episodes on the disk. Although the episodes are slightly longer than ones on other disks there are only three episodes - the three specials. Personally, the cost of this disk is too much compared with the cost of the other disks. I paid £7.97 for this disk off amazon.co.uk, and paid the same amount for the Complete First, Second and Third series where there were six or seven episodes per disk. So really with this DVD the buyer is paying almost twice as much per episode and really in my opinion it isnt worth it. Sure, the episodes are good, much better than the normal episodes - but I just dont think its worth buying the disk at that price.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful