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Run! It's the Vikings!

Advantages: A swashbuckling charge down memory lane!
Disadvantages: It isn't very PC and nor does it have great depth.

...a 1hr 51min movie from the 50s starring Kirk Douglas, available at a very low price on DVD. Looking back in his autobiography, 'Climbing the mountain', Kirk Douglas had a lot to say about 'Spartacus'. I can see why because it was a huge movie with lots of gladiators forming an army to challenge even the mighty Romans. However, a film of his from the 50s that I loved dearly but which he hardly mentions, was 'The Vikings''. I like it more than 'Spartacus'. ...
...back in 1958. It did the rounds of cinemas quite regularly in Birmingham in the following years which is how it was that when I was eight I found myself, wide-eyed and in awe of this movie. Why? Because the world it depicted was colourful, exciting and filled with larger than life characters. It was a world filled with raucous humour, laughing machismo, hails of arrows and battering rams. That was enough for me back then and, sitting with a bottle ...

FlameDruid 10.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Vikings (DVD)

An Abosolute Classic

Advantages: Great story
Disadvantages: There are none

...a leader of the infamous Fight Club and edward norton as the "unamed" main charecter also acts his part perfectly. This film is a simple story of an average man who has little to live for, changes his life drasticly by giving it all up and starting fight club but does he know what he is doing and is it under his control well maybe it is you will have to see for youself Cast: The cast in Fight Club are some of the greatest actors of all time like ...
...unique and original ideas but also some very violent one many critics thought this woudl incite copycat behaviour and people would try some of the things in the film. Fight Club was considered one of the most controversial and talked-about films of the 1990s, It is a must see ...

joecan 12.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Fight Club (DVD)

Stick with me,,,, I die,, You die.

Advantages: Sturdy Tin, Free Stuff, what more could you want?
Disadvantages:

...REVIEW SHOULD BE CALLED BATTLE ROYALE 2 - REVENGE (SPECIAL EDITION) (TIN BOX SET) (THREE DISCS) - It only comes in the tin with three discs.*** Looking back, compared to this, the original idea they had for Battle Royale I was pretty straight forward compared to this bloodfest of a game. 42 High school children are forced to battle it out *again* on an island *again*. This time howeVer, they dont have to kill eachother off.. oh no,, that would ...
...movie. ---- Battle Royale 2 - Requiem 3 disc special collectors edition. There are a whole bunch of special features crammed into this little tin: * Deluxe steel tin with embossed 'BR' logo design * Poster art collector's card * Uniquely numbered film cell * Information booklet * Disc 1: * Original presentation of the film * Trailer * Disc 2: * A new cut of the film delivering over 20 minutes more action! * Scene selection * Disc 3: ...

jonnyholden 02.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Battle Royale 2 - Revenge (Special Edition) (Tin Box Set) (DVD)

No Challenge for Sharpe

Advantages: Superbly shot, great casting
Disadvantages: none really!

I have to admit, i was absolutely gutted when this came out. I'd just spent a small fortune on the boxset. On the other hand, I was chuffed to bits, sharpe was back! It'd been a long time since Sean Bean had donned that uniform, and it shows - though it fits in perfectly with the storyline. The storyline is loosely based on the book "Sharpes Fortress" - the last of the Sharpe in India series. In Challenge, Sharpe returns to India as a retired ...
...gets himself involved with the Incompetent Simmerson (the most hated of sharpes enemies!) and ends up posing as a redcoat deserter, to rescue the ailing generals daughter and save the day - though things go terribly wrong when a captured sargeant gives Sharpe and Harper away - and as always with Sharpe, death, mass explosions and screaming charges ensue! Despite the fact that over a decade had passed between waterloo and challenge, Sean Bean and ...

demonbarak 20.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Sharpe's Challenge (DVD)

Its a dirty job but someones got to do it

Advantages: tense,exciting well acted cop thriller
Disadvantages: might be too violent for some viewers

Dirty harry[1971] is one of most successful cop films ever and also highly controvesial.When it was released it drew criticism for its violence.Directed briskly by Don siegel and set in San francisco,its a tense thriller which pitches cop "Dirty " Harry callahan against killer "Scorpio".Harry is called "Dirty" because he takes on the tough cases that all other cops stay clear of.He is a widower,has few real friends and works best alone.He is dedicated ...
...direction.The style was maintained for dirty harry but with a rougher harder edge.The film has a cat and mouse chase feel with harry racing against time to capture scorpio.Eastwood shows the edge and relentless pace that harry works at really well.The one liners that eastwood delivers have become part of movie legend.The "do you feel lucky well do ya punk" is a classic.He also shows harry more vulnerabe side how he does what he does to escape the ...

harj123 03.09.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Dirty Harry Collection (Box Set) (DVD)