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Roadhouse DVD

Advantages: Action Packed
Disadvantages: Not For Children

Roadhouse James Dalton, (played by Patrick Swayze) Brad Wesley, (played by Ben Gazzara) Elizabeth Clay, (played by Kelly Lynch) Wade Garrett, (played by Sam Elliot) It has been a long time since I have seen this film but remember it well. Patrick Swayze plays Dalton, and he runs a club. One night someone asks him if he is interested in working for him doing the same job that he is doing now but for a lot more money, Dalton thinks for a moment ...
...flight to his club called the "Double Duche" but he refuses to fly and drives there on his own. Having been a bouncer at other clubs he no's what he is letting himself in for and get prepared for the worsed by changing her car to a banger and get a supply of tyres, as he is about the sack some of the staff there. Before he does anything he props himself up at the end of the bar for a while and just watches and does nothing at all but watch. There ...

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Review of Road House (DVD)

Frequently imitated, never out-classed

Advantages: Fantastic lead performance from Gary Oldman, the ORIGINAL movie about football hooliganism.
Disadvantages: Single disk, fullscreen presentation, the Region 1 Alan Clarke boxset is a better buy for British Film enthusiasts, might make some uncomfortable viewing.

...his Frodo feet and caught The English Disease to a slick Kasabian soundtrack in GREEN STREET, Alan Clarke (the architect of SCUM, MADE IN BRITAIN and RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO) directed THE FIRM in 1988 for BBC television. The result is a film that's stripped down, no gloss, uncompromising and wears its made-for-TV-drama origins with pride. The story itself is simple enough, because it's been copied enough - two rival football firms (groups of hooligans ...
...in a mindless turf war. The 'prize' is the better firm gets exclusive, unchallenged 'rights' to initiate violence during the European Football Championship. What makes this film interesting is most movies portray violence as a means to an end - THE FIRM inverts this principle and introduces the concept of violence as a means to more violence. That violence is a drug and once you've taken one hit you need another and another and, like all addictions, ...

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Review of The Firm (DVD)

The beginning for Burton's Bat

Advantages: Great acting, great story, a dark and 'mood' film - a great adaptation
Disadvantages: None for me.

...and directed by Tim Burton, Batman is the first in a series of films about the comic book hero that was released back in August 1989. This is a review of the film only. ****Story line**** Gotham City is a dangerous and dark place to live that is becoming more and more fraught with criminals each day. The only protection Gotham’s residents have is the local police force, but most of these are corrupt and are only out to line their own pockets. There ...
...in it. The Joker and Batman have two separate and conflicting objectives and soon clash, and have epic scuffles, as each tries to achieve what they set out to do. It appears that Batman ahs not only captured the attention of the Joker, but also that of prize winning journalist Vicky Vale (Kim Basinger), who makes it her mission to uncover the true identity of the man behind the mask and the Bat suit. Will the Joker get his wicked way and take control ...

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Review of BATMAN (DVD)

Diplomatic Immunity!

Advantages: Great sequel
Disadvantages: Not as good as the first film

...foreign theme here, as the Lethal Weapon series takes its second film into a South African laden plot once again involving drugs. The franchise waited a mere two years before making the sequel to the immensely successful Lethal Weapon in 1987, and this 1989 film was also popular, and featured the introduction of a new character in the form of Leo Getz, played by Joe Pesci. The Plot Riggs and Murtaugh are chalk and cheese. The detective coupling ...
...come close to the original Lethal Weapon film in 1987. The Apartheid conflict is briefly touched on here, and there are some dodgy South African accents on show. The script was penned by the same man who wrote the original film, Shane Black, and originally it was more vicious, but it was decided this was too much. Pesci outperforms most of the time, but the stars of the show are once again Gibson and Glover, as you would expect. The volatile and ...

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Review of Lethal Weapon 2 (DVD)

This might disagree with some people

Advantages: Plenty of action
Disadvantages: Might be too much don't look scenes for some people

This is one of my favourite Bond films and was the first Bond film I ever bought! I think Timothy Dalton was great in it as the rogue agent, although its not everyone's favourite film becuase its more violent than any Bond film as its shows a head explode and man set on fire and also a man that get eaten by a shark. The poor thing about it is the lack of eye candy. The girls aren't exactly Bonds finest! Theres some good music to accomply this but ...
...include the pre title sequence where they chase after a drug barron on the morning of Felix Leiters wedding, under water scenes, casino scenes and the finale I think is great! With just lots of explosions and action. With this being an Ultimate edition it also has lots of bonus material A great action/Bond film! ...

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