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Heroine In A Padded Bra!

Advantages: Entertaining
Disadvantages: Weak storyline

Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) is a rich, English archaeologist with combat skills to rival the best, despite her wealth she is all about helping other people and has always longed for a Father figure in her life because her Father, Lord Richard Croft (Jon Voight) was killed when she was young, since then she has had to grow up on her own and now lives in the family mansion with her butler and technical expert Bryce (Noah Taylor) who often sets Lara ...
...a special day for Lara and numerous other archaeologists, it’s the first day of a planetary alignment which results in an eclipse on the Earth. This event only happens every 5000 years so Lara is keen to get in on the action. After a dream about her Father in which he informs her of a key regarding the planetary alignment, Lara figures out that a secret key has been hidden somewhere. This key must be put in place by the final stage of the alignment ...

Great_reviewer07 07.09.2009 · Read full review
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Con Air Extended

Advantages: great cast
Disadvantages: a little far fetched

Overview ----------- Con Air is an action movie involving a serial killer hijacking a prison transport plane and the mayhem that ensues. It has an A-list cast and $50 million worth of explosions. Storyline and Characters ------------------------------- Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer of "Crimson Tide"and "The Rock", Con Air stars Nicolas Cage as Cameron Poe, an ex-Army Ranger hero who is being paroled eight years after killing a man in a fight ...
...out locked in cages and handcuffed, include psycho killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (John Malkovich), psycho killer "Diamond Dog" (Ving Rhames), psycho killer Garland Greene (Steve Buscemi), psycho killer "Swamp Thing" (M.C. Gainey), serial rapist Johnny 23 (Danny Trejo) and half a dozen others. There are some great characters in this film with Garland Green being my favourite. With the aid of hidden lock-picks and guns stashed on board the prisoners ...

johanna18 07.03.2009 · Read full review
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~ Put the bunny back in the box! ~

Advantages: Excellent Cast. Great comedy, Good action scenes
Disadvantages: None

...on DVD. This film is Con Air. This has been one of my favourites since it was released and I did have the film on VHS but lost it. So whilst out browsing I found it on DVD. The first time I had watched the film I remember the brilliant cast and fast action. As I have properly mentioned before in another review, I am a huge fan of Nicholas Cage so this helped me want to see the film several years ago. I also liked the fact that it included some other ...
...my decision on the film. Con Air is a fine action film with plenty to keep you interested and many comical parts to keep you laughing. INFO Director- Simon West I didn't recognise this director's name so didn't really know much about other films he had done. When I researched him it shows that he has mainly worked in television but has done a few known films. Some of these include- ‘The General’s Daughter’ 1999 and ‘Tomb Raider’ 2001. This shows ...

blackmagicstar4 12.08.2009 · Read full review
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12 Rounds Of Torture

Advantages: Relentless action holds your attention
Disadvantages: Copycat storyline

...going to be subjected to 12 rounds; if Danny is still standing after the 12 round he’ll get his girlfriend back, but if he’s not then Molly is for it. Will Danny make it through the 12 rounds? John Cena is the latest in a long line of WWE Wrestlers to try his hand at acting, some have been moderately successful (The Rock), some not so (Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin). Therefore it must be difficult for wrestlers to dodge that critism that every ...
...With the premise of the 12 rounds that Danny must get through this gives the film ample opportunity for numerous set pieces where we witness Danny running from place to place using his physicality to his advantage. Cena is given a partner in the form of Detective Hank Carver played by Brian J. White. Carver has elements of Samuel L Jackson in him with his quick witted persona however this partnership is strikingly similar to that of Jack Traven and ...

Great_reviewer07 29.11.2009 · Read full review
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G.I. Joe - The Rise Of Cobra

Advantages: Some Good CGI, Good Story
Disadvantages: Lacks Humour, Eccleston's Scottish Accent

I went to the cinema to see this quite soon after it was released, but totally forgot about putting anything about it one here. After reading a review on the film it reminded me to write my own review, so here it is. The story follows two members of the army Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripchord (Marlon Wayans), who join the "Joes's" after they encounter some problems. They first have to prove themselves worthy of a place on the team, before they set ...
...nano-technology to destroy whatever he wishes. My first impressions of the movie were good. You don't have to wait long before bullets start flying and things start blowing up. The first example of this has some impressive explosives and you also get a glimpse of the special effects, which were going to be on show throughout the movie. Once the movie started getting going, I became very interested in the main story. It moves at quite a fast pace, ...

Wils0408n 28.11.2009 · Read full review
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