Action & Adventure

Doo You See A Zulu?

Advantages: Captivating, one of the best films ever made.
Disadvantages: None whatsoever.

Zulu has to be one of my favourite films of all time. It was released in 1964 through Paramount Pictures by Diamond Films - a company set up by the well established actor Stanley Baker, who was looking to move more into the directing field. The film was directed by Cy Endfield, and co-produced by both Baker and Endfield, each with strong links to the story-line. Endfield was born in South Africa, where the events covered by the film took place, ...
...Zulu's is played by the Zulu Chief himself, Chief Buthelezi, and obviously the collaberation brings a real touch of authenticity to the Zulu's in this film and ensures that it is a real depiction of how the Zulu fighting strategies were carried out. Otto Witt - Jack Hawkins. He plays a cameo performance as the Swedish missionary but I found his role a little annoying and lack lustre up until his departure from the mission. Steaming drunk, he shounts ...

Gary25 12.11.2008 · Read Full Review
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Review of Zulu (DVD)

Cypher so good

Advantages: Intelligent, surprising and unsual
Disadvantages: May lack lasting appeal

After seeing this film I've recommended it to several friends (off-line in the real world) as being an intelligent cross between James Bond and the Matrix. The movie starts with the unremarkable Morgan Sullivan (Jeremy Northam) being signed up as an industrial spy and assigned his undercover identity as Jack Thursby. His surprisingly easy job is to attend and record (by use of a transmitter pen) a series of extremely tedious business lectures across ...
...new alter ego away from his boring married life and even develops a taste for scotch and smoking. At this point you think it may just be a movie about a normal guy going through a mid-life crisis and living vicariously as Jack Thursby but the rabbit hole goes much deeper than this. Enter the mysterious and exciting Rita Foster (Lucy Liu) who piece by piece starts to uncover what's really going on behind the scenes and the reason for the onset of ...

richb90 24.04.2007 · Read Full Review
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Review of Cypher (DVD)

do you think this is the best by the same charactor??

Advantages: clear
Disadvantages: ordinary

this is a movie about steeling cars , it seems very good , and my friendd said it is a good movie ,so i bought a dvd ,the dvd is good , very clear ,very goood ,but the film just dont buy me so much ,i kind od enjoyed ,but i dont have much feeling s about it it is just a movie ,after i watched it , it is done , it is over ,i feel empty , no more ,no deep thinking ..... many movie from this actor i watched , i like the actor ,so bought the dvd ,however ...

leiyu19870323 03.07.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Gone In 60 Seconds (DVD)

The OC with super-powers

Advantages: feel-good show, family values etc
Disadvantages: predictable, simple stories and wooden acting

Smallville started in 2001 and follows the story of a young Clark Kent (Tom Welling), his progression through and problems he encounters along the way. The pilot episode starts off by showing the meteor storm in which Clark arrived and the destruction caused by this, of which Clark later feels guilty about. The meteors not only cause devastation but they also spray kryptonite all over Smallville, making people acquire special powers in Smallville ...
...we discover a resident of smallville has been infected by meteor rock (kryptonite) enabling them to have special powers. They usually are in dire need for help and / or are using this power selfishly and for no good. It is up to Clark and his trusting friends (who are unaware of his powers) to help and stop the 'meteor freaks'. The overarching storyline usually consists of Clark's growth and realisation of his powers, starting in the pilot episode ...

jamiebecks 17.06.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Smallville - Series 1 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)

Spider, The Trilogy... Light-hearted fun

Advantages: Kid friendly, easy top watch, likable hero
Disadvantages: 20 minutes of the third film are BAD. Not very scary.

This series is less dark than many of the other comic book movies. The sort of thing you don't even hesitate to let your kids watch. My 8 year old sister loves these movies. The first film shows the making of spiderman, with the Green Goblin as his main enemy. It follows the comic books pretty closely and Kirsten Dunst is a lovely MJ. Maguire is good as spiderman because he's not got the cool factor, which suits the character. The biggest difference ...
...second film has Dr Octopus as the villain, leading to a lot of nice stunts using those mechanical arms to climb buildings and so forth. The third film has a 20 minute period in the middle with 'evil spider man' that is just wrong, appalling and should be deleted. You need to be cool to pull that off, cool butch and manly, Maguire bless him, isn't. Good otherwise though. I like the villain the most out of the three and the method for killing him was ...

surveysista1988 10.06.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Spider-Man Trilogy (Blu-ray) (Box Set)