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More like Cycle of The Rings, it feels as long!

Advantages: Yet more great special effects
Disadvantages: far too long & dull

To describe the plot in a nutshell this is the movie that separates the original group who started out with the ring, the meeting of The Ents (the last of a species of intelligent trees), defending Rohan and moving Frodo and the ring further towards Morder. We meet Elves, more bad things and nasty wizards as well as learning more about Gollum and a giant spider. The 1st 20 minutes of this film is huge tracts of flashbacks to the first movie in order ...
...I'm honest. Generally again, the pacing in this film is too much. It just lasts far too long. It's a bit annoying that Frodo & Sam go to a place in this film where they don't actually go in the book. If the director thought it was a good idea to adapt a book then why not stick to the story of the book? They stick to book one and they stick to book three but they start inventing things for book two? Who died and made him Tolkien? Of the 3 films this ...

atytyut2434 09.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers (DVD)

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Not quite 'Heat', but not entirely cold!

Advantages: slick action film, clever in parts
Disadvantages: not so clever in the other parts

Swordfish is a hard action / thriller starring John Travolta as Gabriel Shear and Hugh Jackman as Stanley Jobson. The film depicts the story of Stanley, a top computer hacker who is soon brought under the wing of Gabriel, a violent and ruthless crime lord and not before long he is sucked into a world where he can no longer control the events that are unfolding around him. This film features a strong supporting cast including Don Cheadle as an FBI ...
...plays a simple brained hard man for a change and Sam Shepherd as a US Senator. I really liked this film a few years ago when it came out (2001) but it didn't do too well at cinema, partially because it was one of the terrorist based films that were pulled from screens after 9/11. However, I watched it again the other day and despite it still being pretty entertaining, I found it pretty laughable in some sections. Gabriel played by John Travolta plays ...

jamiebecks 16.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Swordfish (DVD)

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XXX2

Advantages: Great action some good music in it
Disadvantages: none really

...I do like the second xxx 2 the next level better that the first. I hope they bring a thrid out, the way the second is left leaves it open for a follow up. Vin is a really good actor but he is hardly in the second of any of his films and this is no exception. The second one is more upbeat and positive. The idea of the film is to recruit seceret agents that have been "Bad" a little like assasin if you have ever seen that. The agents then go undercover, ...

Tim.Bates 24.07.2007 · Read full review
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Review of XXX - Extreme Edition/XXX 2: The Next Level (DVD)

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XXX:EXTREME ACTION

Advantages: GREAT ACTION,AMAZING LOCATIONS,GREAT SCREENPLAY
Disadvantages: WEAK STORY PLOT

what can i say!if you are looking for performance in a action movie well then better don't watch it.BUT just the action sequences are awesome.no other word for it.guys who like fast cars,stylish clothes and VIN DIESEL i have only one thing to say .guys this one takes the cake.i loved the female,yelena(ASIA ARGENTO).she's hot. NOW,the details :story sucks,action rules,soundtrack is just fine for this genre and i loved the DVD as for action movies ...
...i can always catch up when i am free. One thing to be kept in mind before selecting any movie is the DIRECTOR.ROB COHEN directed "fast and the furious","daylight"and "dragon:Bruce lee story".all of them were great action movies so i can trust him. so,people just go through some price comparisons and just buy it.this one truly deserves to be in your action series collection. ...

mihir517 01.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of XXX (DVD)

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lord of the rings the first movie of a great book of adventure

Advantages: good storyline for a trilogy
Disadvantages: you can get lost with whats happening when there are fightscenes

the parts i enjoyed most about this film is the great storyline of how the ring passed from person to person and this just goes to represent of how people get greedy. the main character is frodo baggins who ends up having to travel with the ring so they can go to the place to destroy it but they have a lot of opposition. if you enjoy a good fantasy or adventure genre than the film is for you because those are the main themes in the story but it does ...

umar_fazal 18.09.2009 · Read full review
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