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Advantages: : A fiting poignant conclusion to the series, Stallone and Young on top form.
Disadvantages: Some wooden acting, as cheesy as you would expect.

Rocky Balboa has been retired from Professional boxing for several years. Now running a restaurant named after his deceased wife, Rocky regales his customers with tales of his glory days when he stood "toe to toe" with the likes of Apollo Creed and Klubber Lang. Rocky is unexpectedly thrust back into the limelight when a Sports Channel creates a virtual fight between him, and current undefeated champion Mason Dixon. Does Rocky have what it takes ...
...role. Seventeen years since Rocky V, Rocky Balboa is not really a continuation but more of a homage to the entire series. In fact, it more closely resembles the first Rocky movie released way back in 1976 than any of the subsequent films. There is definitely a sense of intentional nostalgia throughout the film and as a fan I lapped it up. Stallone reprises the role of the naive yet passionate boxer with ease and although he is no De Niro, brings ... Read review

Advantages: Good story, good effects and lots of action
Disadvantages: Va Kilmer poorly cast

Fantastic film! The story is to an extent very original and highlights the ethical issues of time travel. The drama centres around an explosion, killing hundreds of people, and how the FBI has access to technology that offers the chance to see the past and find the person responsible. Denzel plays the cop with the experience of analysing crime scenes, and his quick analysis is needed as the technology only allows one look at the past so every fine ...
...closer and closer to the case he realises that he has the power to change what has happended. Denzel is his usual self (I find capable of playing only one character in all his films) and a slightly chunky Val Kilmer plays quite a boring agent and doesn't seem to have much to do in the film but take up space. The special effects are good, but not amazing. On a plus the film doesn't go into too much science (which I prefer) so we are left with some ... Read review

Advantages: Acting, Graphics
Disadvantages: Stroyline seems a bit cheesey

Before we talk about the film itself lets talk about blu-ray. Blu ray discs can hold up to around 50gb which is a huge improvement from the standard dvd which can hold around 5 at the max. Blu rays work by using an incredibly thin laser to read the disc therefore more information can be stored on the disc resulting in a much higher picture and sound quality. Blu ray dvds will only work on a blu-ray dvd player or PS3 which is connected up to a HDTV ...
...quality is great throughout the movie with no edgey parts. The actors are quite well-known and don't let the movie down. The special effects also do not do any harm to the movie being quite a new movie the CG in this film is incredibly good and helps maintain the reality of this movie. However although the acting and graphics are good the storyline is a bit scetchy. It takes almost half the movie for the action to begin which I believe would have ... Read review

Advantages: everything
Disadvantages: nothing

gone in 60 seconds is a remake of the1974 version. i think it has lived up to the first film (which was not completed). this is a great film, with what i would say makes a film great. it has fast cars, well known actors and a lot of crashes. the story begins with kip memphises brother stealing a porsche, he arrogantly starts a street race and is seen by a police officer on the side of the road making a unrelated arrest. the police officer finds ...
...of minutes the whole police force is trying to catch kips gang. kip and his gang make a exit and fortunately no one is arrested, however a not so pleased calitri (who is going to buy the stolen cars) threatens to kill kip. memphis finds out and goes to see calitri and gives him money to let kip off the hook, unfortunately for kip calitri is more worried about his image, then he is trying to make money. calitri asks memphis to steal 50 cars for him ... Read review

Advantages: Razorsharp dialogue and performances
Disadvantages: The DVD has no extras

...I have a feeling that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a film which I will be able to watch time and time again, and pick up more jokes and clues each time. This was not a major box office success, but I think that through word of mouth, this will become an all time classic. It has so many ingredients needed to make a good film, and is a success on all levels. Romance, murder mystery, black humour, old school film noir, mistaken identity, you name it, this ...
...based upon the novel, 'Bodies are where you find them', by Brett Halliday. Rated 15 (some nudity, filthy dialogue and violence) Running time 99 minutes Released 2005 DVD is currently available on Amazon at £2.98 Downside - there are no extras on this DVD release This review may also be posted on dooyoo ... Read review