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Who Shot Nice Guy Eddie

Advantages: Quentin at his best
Disadvantages: Tim Roth is a dick....

...movies just breathe class and Reservoir Dogs has it all. The cast ******* Harvey Keitel ... Mr. White/Larry Dimmick Tim Roth ... Mr. Orange/Freddy Newandyke Michael Madsen ... Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega Chris Penn ... Nice Guy Eddie Cabot Steve Buscemi ... Mr. Pink Lawrence Tierney ... Joe Cabot Randy Brooks ... Holdaway Kirk Baltz ... Marvin Nash Edward Bunker ... Mr. Blue (as Eddie Bunker) Quentin Tarantino ... Mr. Brown Steven Wright ... K-Billy DJ (voice) ...
...Tim Roth dying in a reservoir of claret, the others at each others throat to find out the rat and who is still breathing, all this with a kidnapped cop in the trunk of the getaway car, about to suffer horrific torture at the sharp end of Mr. Whites razor. When the bosses son in ‘Nice guy Eddie’ (the now deceased Chris Penn) arrive its inevitable someone’s going to get whacked for the current situation. “Are you going to bark all day doggy, or are ...

thedevilinme 20.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Reservoir Dogs (DVD)

Loyalty Is Bought, Betrayal Is A Way Of Life...

Advantages: Great acting, direction and story
Disadvantages: None

...really enjoying. That movie was Ronin and since that fateful night watching the movie channels it has become one of my favourite films. It does seem to be a film people discovered more by accident than anything else but I've always thought it was a great film. When a freelancing former US government agent (De Niro) is hired to take part in a job to track down and take a mysterious package it all seems quite easy. The package is wanted by both the ...
...Irish hire a team of Ronin to try and steal the package. The Ronin is a term used for ancient Japanese Samurai Warriors without masters and the group the Irish hire are quite similar to these ancient Warriors. Of course things are never straight forward in this tale of treachery, betrayal and deceit. This is a very fast paced action movie and one of the few I really feel is crying out for a sequel, but will probably never get one. The story keeps ...

Andy.mack 18.11.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Ronin (DVD)

Rocky Yes

Advantages: The Whole Film
Disadvantages: -

...said in my review of Rocky Six (Rocky Balboa) there is nothing better than Rocky on Blu-Ray. Having the first Rocky on Blu-Ray really works. Right the run down. The World Heavyweight Championship Apollo Creed comes up with the idea of fighting a local Philadelphia underdog, Rocky. Creed does not initially take the fight seriously, but Rocky unexpectedly knocks him down in the first round and the match turns intense. And when I say intense I mean ...
...all of us, but without Rocky starting it. Do you think it would have court on? The training in this one I have to say is the best out of them all purely for its 'wow' factor, and it was the first time we heard the song which would be burned into our minds forever. Also because the film is so popular, Philadelphia Museum of Art has become a cultural icon amongst fans of the films. The soundtrack, I cant find a fault in it. All the songs were put into ...

t0mm 11.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Rocky Balboa (Blu-Ray)

Classics of '80s cinema

Advantages: classics
Disadvantages: acting

...in this 1970s classic as Rocky Balboa, a down and out low level boxer who gets a shot at the world championship as part of a PR exercise from the champ Appollo Creed. To Creed, it's just a bit of fun, but Rocky's got other ideas. In the film that started a series spanning twenty years, Stallone writes, directs and stars in this heart-warming action drama. IS IT ANY GOOD: I am somewhat ashamed to say that I only saw the Rocky films a few years back. ...
...is hard to rival, as Rocky does things we can really get behind, making his mark for the common man. The fight scenes are really well choreographed (as good as any in modern cinema) and add an authenticity to the movie that is lacking from Stallone's almost disabled performance. All in all, a feel good film, with basic acting and a basic storyline, but one that couldn't be less presumptuous, and therefore wins the hearts of all who see it. Quite ...

bruffyboy 15.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Rocky (Definitive Edition) (DVD)

Ronin DVD Review

Advantages: Robert De Niro, Paris!
Disadvantages: It's not exactly 'deep' in terms of plot.

Ronin possesses four things that I truly love in life: Robert De Niro's acting ability, beautiful French scenery, spectacular action, and my Yorkshire heritage (represented by the consistently-good Sean Bean). So, naturally I'm going to love it, right? Right. Frankenheimer, a former amateur racing driver, is responsible for directing this action-thriller that boasts all of the above, and some of the greatest car chases to ever grace a cinema audience. ...
...Most of the scenes in Ronin are made up of violent rivalies and a high-speed car chases. Pure entertainment, with the odd line of wisdom thrown in every now and then from the great De Niro. Ronin is neither over-the-top or completely dumb. The car chases all seem pretty realistic, even if they are an excuse to give the film some action; the stunt work is fantastic, and Frankenheimer's experience as an amateur racing driver definitely appears valuable ...

andycarrington 31.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ronin (Definitive Edition) (DVD)