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Advantages: Tim Burton, Michael Keaton
Disadvantages: Batman and Robin, George Clooney, Nipples on the suit!

...set contains the first 4 Batman films, and the great thing about this box set is that it is cheaper than buying the films individually, and it chronicles the change in the Batman genre, from dark and moody (Burton), to more slapstick and comic-book like (Schumacher). And so we begin with Batman (1989). This is not an origin story, like Batman Begins, instead, the film picks up with Batman already well established as a masked vigilante, putting the ...
...a bell tower showdown. Batman is a very dark affair, but watching it, even now, it's not difficult to see why this film became (at the time) one of the top 10 highest grossing films ever. Burton paints a dark, decrepit, devastating Gotham City, whilst Michael Keaton was born to play the dark knight. Jack Nicholson, as usual, steals the film with one of the great super-villain displays, as the demented Joker. Next to Batman Returns, which sees the ... Read review

Advantages: Smith and Lawrence, Special Effects, Comedy
Disadvantages: Nothing

...of comedy... Film Descriptions Bad Boys: When $100 million of seized heroin is stolen from the Miami Police lockup, Police detectives Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence), are called upon to solve the case. Julie (Tea Leoni) is their only witness, but will only speak to Mike... This creates some great comedy as when Mike's not around Marcus has to save the day with his great impersonation.They must do everything they ...
...and concentrate on catching the bad guys... Special Features There are some great special features in both DVD's, especially Bad Boys II with its interesting 'Stunts' and 'Visual Effects' featurettes. Bad Boys: * Interactive Menus * Scene Selections * Behind the scenes featurette * 2 music videos: "Shy Guy" - Diana King, "So Many Ways" - Warren G * Filmographies * Theatrical trailer * DVD trailer Bad Boys II: # Deleted scenes # ... Read review

Advantages: Reasonable acting from respected cast
Disadvantages: Predictable. It's been done before

Reading elsewhere about this movie, The Assassin, you’ll see that there’s a raft of opinion that it was “a film too far”, having already been made by Luc Besson under the title “Nikita”. Having not seen Nikita, here’s my view. I just bought this movie on DVD, (having seen it somewhere that excapes me in the recent past), luckily for only £7.99 (good old www.play247.com!). And, yes, there it is in the opening ...
...version, subtitled The Point of No Return, and stars Bridget Fonda in the title role, her mentor at the “mysterious undercover agency” is Gabriel Byrne (Defence Of The Realm, Usual Suspects), Anne Bancroft is her personal etiquette trainer, and Harvey Keitel plays a particularly nasty piece of work of a “cleaner”, i.e. someone who tidies-up the aftermath of an assassination. The basic plot, and I promise not to enlarge this ... Read review

Advantages: Great Movie, Loadsa Features, Great Value.
Disadvantages: None

Bad Boys, one on my favourite movies of all time. The Characters: The film revolves around Miami Detectives Mike Lowrey ( Will Smith - I am Legend, Hitch) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence - Black Knight, Blue Streak). Lowrey is a single, smooth talking, stylish and cocky but charming guy: He's rich and works as a cop as he enjoys the job. Burnett on the other hand is a down to earth guy married with wife and kids. He doesn't so much care about ...
...DVD Special Features: Bad Boys Documentary SFX Featurette Theatrical Trailer Gallery Isolated Score 3 Music Videos; Diana King, the 69 Boys and Warren G Feature length commentary from Michael Bay Filmographies Overall, a great movie and a fantastic amount of features make this DVD and absolute must. It can be picked up at a very low cost from numerous online websites. Hope you like the review. ... Read review

Advantages: Performances, storyline and effects
Disadvantages: Nothing, it's honestly perfect

Looking at Bad Boys there is no way I would imagine this was released when I was just 6 years old back in 1995, as it's a film that can stand tall even to this day. I'm not sure how groundbreaking it was back in the day but to me it seems like it must have been a film ahead of its time, because surely films haven't evolved for over 10 years? This morning I rewatched Bad Boys, and what follows is my verdict. Martin Lawrence is the star of the film ...
...are partners in crime - Bad Boys. Previous to this Lawrence's biggest appearance was in Big Momma's House, and unlike Smith I haven't really seen Lawrence in any films that have grabbed me, he's currently in pre-production for a 2008 released called The Better Man. Unlike Smith who always seems to be involved in something, whether it be a music career or more big releases like 'iRobot' and 'Pursuit of Happyness'. Opening scenes are always crucial ... Read review