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The two amigos

Advantages: great extras, great films
Disadvantages: none

...First up is El Mariachi. This was intended to be made for the spanish video market alone and Rodriguez bankrolled the $7000 production budget by submitting himself for medical tests. The story follows a Mariachi guitar player who arrives in a town looking for work. He finds himself having to trade his guitar for a gun as he becomes caught up in a case of mistaken indentity against a local crime lord. For the tiny budget we get stunts, gunfights, ...
...theatrical trailer. When El Mariachi got recognized in Hollywood, rodriguez was a hot talent and proceeded to sign a deal with Columbia pictures. His next project would be Desparado which essentially is El Mariachi but with a bigger budget. The plot of the movie follows the same kind of themes but this time the mariachi is back in the shape of Antonio Banderas. Also as a result of events in the first fim he is back for vengeance against the man who ...

utero 01.09.2001 · Read full review
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Review of El Mariachi / Desperado (DVD)

If you like Minority Report - this is for you!

Advantages: Good storyline
Disadvantages: Ending

BEWARE! The following review contains spoilers and plot! The film starts with Luke Gibson (played by Cuba Gooding Jnr) and his pregnant wife getting into their car. Moments later they are involved in a car crash. Luke has severe head trauma and his wife dies. He is taken to hospital but they find that he has no insurance to pay for treatment. He will die unless alternative treatment is found. This is where Hope Industries come in. They say they ...
...They place an implant in the back of his head. The results of this experiment are Amnesia for Luke and advertisements that appear right in front of Lukes eyes. Luke thinks he is going mad until one of the visions he has helps him to escape difficult situations. Luke is finally introduced to his rescuers, punk rockers Red and her brother Blue. They are helped by a young man called Keyboard and his father. They begin to try and get Luke to remember ...

rufusredcoat 07.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Hardwired (DVD)

Crank It Up

Advantages: Quality action scenes, Jason Statham THE MAN FOR THE PART!!
Disadvantages: If there is such a thing as too much action...

...movie than a blunt instrument, Crank is an explosion of sex, violence and drugs, which have their effects used in the short term, but showing in every scene becomes a tad tedious. From the look of it, first time directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor looked to make a compact film with a running time of 83 minutes. Although the size, the directors refused to leave out any graphic scene, which they had obviously been storing up for their cinematic ...
...hitman, Chev Chelios (One of the worst hitman names in cinematic history) who has been lethally injected with some sort of Chinese sh*t, which he realises when he finds a DVD on his of course, huge flat screen television. From the obscenity scrawled across his face you could tell that it was not there before he went to bed. The DVD is of a cringingly stereotypical Latino villain Verona (Jose Pablo Cantillo) gleefully gloating about injecting him ...

lukeblackburn 06.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Crank (DVD)

Wolverine's story

Advantages: Great special effects and story
Disadvantages: none

Fans of the X-Men series of films will love the 2009, Gavin Hood, prequel film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. X-Men Origins: Wolverine explores the origins of the X-Men characters, Logan/Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) from his younger days in the nineteenth century when he discovers his regeneration powers along with his brother and fellow mutant, Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber). Wolverine and his brother Victor spend years fighting in wars to satisfy their ...
...of Brian Cox from the X-Men 2 film. There is support from Dominic Monaghan and Ryan Reynolds who play mutants in Team X. The special effects are brilliant and there are some great action and fight scenes. There is a cameo at the end of the film which will delight most X-Men fans. This is one to watch. ...

mozzie76 06.11.2009 · Read full review
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What's in your Wardrobe..???

Advantages: All round family entertainment at its best with a fine story
Disadvantages: maybe a little long for some

...her friends from school over the half term holidays and whinged until we all sat and watched it. When I saw the title and read the ‘blurb’ I suddenly remembered that I had read something very similar, only it was entitled ’The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe’, the only mention of Narnia was in the movie itself and not the title, from what I could recollect. Anyway, I remembered that I found C.S. Lewis’s ‘Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe’ a very ...
...I happily sat down with the family and watched this posher titled movie, hoping that I, and especially the kids, would not be disappointed. Director: Andrew Adamson Producers: Mark Johnson, Perry Moore, Philip Steuer and Douglas Gresham Writers: C.S. Lewis, Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson, Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus Stars: George Henley, Skandar, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent. Running time ...

blissman70 05.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Chronicles Of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (DVD)