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Ocean's 11 and 12

Advantages: Fabulous cast, funny, interesting plot
Disadvantages: Not really original and the sequel was a bit of a let down

...at one point!!! Ocean's eleven was a fantastic film containing every element a good film should. Eye candy for the ladies, eye candy for the gents, romance, comedy, quit wit, bad V good and a consistent plot. George Clooney plays bad boy Danny who plans to enter the world's most secure vault in order to steal millions from Casino owning Terry Bennedict who stole Danny's wife. He creates a gang including a retired thief, poker expert/card dealer, ...
...list goes on! I found ocean's twelve a bit of a disappointment after how fantastic ocean's eleven was. The same great cast but I felt it was a little more disjointed compared to the seamless writing of eleven. It also includes Catherine Zeta-Jones with a rather dodgy accent! Here, Ocean's original eleven have been tracked down by Furious Terry Benedict and are forced to flee America and carry out three heists across Europe to attempt to pay back ...

lois22 20.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Ocean's Eleven/Ocean's Twelve (DVD)

When is a Gangster Movie Not a Gangster Movie?

Advantages: Excellent acting in this atmospheric film
Disadvantages: The female lead needs voice coaching

^*^ INTRODUCTION ^*^ Gangster was released in April 2006 and stars Emraan Hashi as Akash, Kangna Ranaut as Simran and Shiney Ahuja as Daya. Supporting cast include Gulshan Grover as Khan and Vicky Ahuja as Usman. The screenplay for Gangster is by Anurag Basu who also directed the film. It was produced by Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt with the unusually dark cinematography by Bobby Singh. ^*^ ABOUT THE PLOT ^*^ The film opens with a shootout and we ...
...flashbacks that Daya, an underworld gangster in India, breaks into Simran's home whilst on the run from the police. She doesn't tell the police he's there when they come knocking at her door, no words are spoken between Simran and Daya at the first meeting but you see the first spark between their eyes. A month or so later Daya finds out Simran works in a bar as a dancer (read "stripper"). He then starts to come to the bar every night not saying ...

anonymili 25.07.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Gangster Story (DVD)

Revenge and the boss' daughter

Advantages: A great drama
Disadvantages: Some over-acting, a bit too long

...suffer. And as he is the private secretary of the man he holds most responsible, Vice President Iwabuchi, and has just married Iwabuchi's daughter, it would seem that he is not far off achieving his goals. Nishi manages to blackmail some of his colleagues into helping him and it seems that the big bosses are finally about to get their comeuppance, when there is a rather major fly in the ointment - Nishi realises that he has fallen in love with his ...
...any case, can he beat the corrupt Japanese elite that run the company he works for? The Bad Sleep Well is directed by Akira Kurosawa, also responsible for The Seven Samurai, who is a legendary Japanese director. He sadly died in 1998 at the age of 88, but his influence lives on. You may never have heard of him, but his films have influenced a number of well-known western films, such as A Fist Full of Dollars and The Magnificent Seven (an adaptation ...

sunmeilan 30.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Bad Sleep Well (Subtitled) (DVD)

THE SPY THAT TIME FORGOT

Advantages: Great stories
Disadvantages: Lack of bonus features on DVD

...1960 to 1966. Danger Man was truly groundbreaking it became the blueprint for many espionage thrillers to follow like 'The Avengers', 'Man In A Suitcase', 'The Man From UNCLE', more recently 'Danger Mouse' and predated the huge success of the James Bond franchise. The hero of the series our Danger Man was John Drake an Irish American (like McGoohan in real life) NATO spy working for the UN in New York. In later series in 1964 the character suddenly ...
...cool and a hint of danger and suppressed anger just below the suave charming persona. He was certainly a ladies man but the show always remained 'family friendly' so his liaisons were never consummated… on screen at least. Despite his charm Drake had no qualms about dishing out some rough treatment if the mission required it and each episode invariably featured an exciting fight scene where McGoohan's real life skills as a boxer in his youth were ...

Mauri 12.12.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Danger Man - The Complete Series 1 (DVD)

The Bigger the hit, the faster the rush, the Sweeter the revenge!

Advantages: Great action packed film, Great actors, Good storyline
Disadvantages: You may not be able to get into the story-line!

...WHSmith. ***CRANK 2*** Crank 2: High Voltage was released this year and contains Jason Statham again. Chelio’s tears through the town in search for the Chinese criminal who has possession of his heart. Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakham, and Efren Ramirez revisit their roles from the original film. ***OVERALL OPINION*** I think Jason Statham is a fantastic actor anyway and I have to say that I loved this film. It was full of action and also has some funny ...
...I wouldn’t hesitate to watch Crank 2. My dad did how-ever borrow the DVD and after 30mins he switched it off as he couldn’t quite get into the film. If you like Jason as an actor and if you like his other films I think you with thoroughly enjoy this film. I would recommend it to anyone who like’s action packed films. (review als on dooyoo) ...

kiss_me2070 27.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Crank (DVD)