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The Bourne Begins

Advantages: Good action sequences
Disadvantages: Can get dull in parts

The Bourne Identity of the first in what has become known as 'The Bourne Trilogy' and was released in 2002. Jason Bourne, we learn, is a trained assassin who is suffering from amnesia after failing to assassinate a target. As the film begins he has no idea who he is or what his occupation is and the majority of the film sees him either trying to track down information that will help him discover his identity or avoiding capture or death at the hands ...
...new found friend Marie. The film has some excellent action scenes and Matt Damon plays Jason Bourne pretty convincingly. You can really imagine him as a trained killer. Previous to this film, I'd only ever really liked Matt Damon as a comedy actor (Dogma, The Ocean's series) but this film really put him in a different light. I dare say he is now a fully fledged action star. ...

dandadda 20.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Bourne Identity (DVD)

The Bear

Advantages: Amazing scenery
Disadvantages: Week story and can easily get bored watching

The Bear is one of my husbands favourite films and he has been trying to get it on DVD for a very long time so I decided I would treat him for when he returned home from Afghan. The only trouble with getting it for him is that he wanted me to watch it with him! THE FILM The film is set in the mountains of British Columbia in 1885. The film is based on a bear cub who looses his mother when a big rock falls on her. He is left all alone struggling ...
...the bear wants nothing to do with the cub as the male bears do not rear the cubs. The male bear gets shot by hunters who are out in the forest looking for a kill. The wounded bear goes off and tries to heal his wound. The brave bear cub goes over to him and helps him by licking his wound. The male bear befriends the cub and decides that he will watch out and protect him from the hunters. The hunters are angry that the bear was not killed when they ...

sewbizzie 25.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Bear (DVD)

One of the best action films of the 80s

Advantages: Excellent plot, Clever moves
Disadvantages: None

Die Hard is one of the best action films and definitely one of the top 80s movie. It made Bruce Willis' career and the Die Hard series spawned 4 more movies - culminating to Die Hard 4 release in 2007. --- the BASICS --- Die Hard is an action thriller film released in 1988. It starred Bruce Willis as John McClane - an eventual household fictional name. The film is directed by John McTiernan. The plot is actually based on the novel "Nothing Lasts ...
...THOUGHT --- (!!SPOILERS!!) The Die Hard series and many other action movies suffer from one thing - the main character is invincible. McClane took millions of bullets but is never killed - just mildly wounded (see Last Action Hero - an excellent spoof). Other than this Die Hard is anything but just another action movie. Its excellent plot, edge-of-the-seat action and clever moves leave its viewers guessing what will happen next. You always know McClane ...

ecolier 16.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Die Hard (DVD)

Die Hard - I should not have left it so long!

Advantages: Gripping and clever story
Disadvantages: Can't think of any really

...only just watched the first Die Hard, but I really did not think it was my type of film....oh how wrong I was. Thbe complexity behind the story in this film is fantastic. Bruce Willis plays John McClane, an exceedingly credible cocky cop! He goes to meet his estranged wife at her office party and their is a hold up, he manages to hide and avoid being taken to the main area where everyone is being held. The criminal in charge is played by Alan Rickman, ...
...best actors for this era. He is smooth, slimy and his words purr in a way that makes your hair stand up on end! From McCane's freedom on the many many floors he has at his disposal he manages to contact the police, who send a single polliceman to survey the scene. Via radios the policeman and McClane make friends or at least begin to trust one another and when the police finally descend upon them they have a mutual dislike of the way they are handling ...

Icklerae 24.07.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Die Hard (Special Edition) (DVD)

Rambo is back to his killing best!

Advantages: Great atmosphere, camera work and Rambo the character
Disadvantages: Some characterisation left behind

...this is a review of Rambo 4, not Rambo 3. I have attempted unsuccessfully to remove this and rewrite it under the correct product. Please ignore until this can be resolved. Thanks. Sylvester Stallone has given new life to two of his most famous characters: Rocky and Rambo. While the new Rocky film, entitled Rocky Balboa, is a little tame and disappointing in comparison to his previous boxing installments, the same is not true of Rambo. Stallone ...
...demons from his past, John Rambo now lives as a peaceful boatsman on the river, when his tracking services are enlisted by the group. Washing his hands of them and not wishing to get himself into trouble, Rambo returns to his peaceful life, only to find that two of the group have been captured and will almost certainly lose their lives following brutal torture beforehand. A mercenary squad is sent to rescue them, and Rambo buckles up and joins them ...

pmcds 17.06.2008 · Read full review
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