Advanced Metal - Riffs, Arpeggios And Speed Run (DVD)

Advantages: Action packed bomb movie
Disadvantages: none really

...Director: Jan De Bont Producers: Mark Gordon and Ian Bryce Writers: Graham Yost Stars: Keanu Reaves, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels, Dennis Hopper and Joe Morton. Released in 1994 this movie used a Greyhound bus full of passengers to create a truly entertaining, if predictable, story **BRIEF PLOT** Jack Traven, (played by Keanu Reaves) and Harry Temple, (played by Jeff Daniels) are working as SWAT explosive expert for the Los Angeles police department. An old enemy, Howard Payne, (played by Dennis Hopper), whom the pair thought dead, re-emerges to take revenge on Jack for ruining one of his plans. Howard explosively gets Jack attention and then tells him about his new plan, involving a Greyhound bus, some innocent passengers and a bomb which will explode if the bus drops below a certain speed?.. Jack locates... Read review

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Advantages: Enjoyable action, decent violence, gore and Arnie one-liners.
Disadvantages: Missing the intelligence of the source novel making it fairly one-dimesional.

...THE RUNNING MAN Stephen King, you could presume, has a certain degree of foresight. Whilst not exactly identical to his novel The Running Man (written under his pseudonym Richard Bachman and published in 1982), the likes of Big Brother, Shipwrecked and any other hopeless reality television programme you care to mention certainly conforms to his future society where the masses lap up reality game shows. Yet the game shows in King's world are often deadly to the contestants despite the big money prizes on offer, making it all the more intriguing for the bloodthirsty audiences of the future to enjoy. Imagine being treated to the likes of watching some nobody looking for their 15 minutes of fame "Climbing for Dollars", before they slip and fall into a pit of wild dogs and are torn to shreds by Mutley and Co. for being an utterly miserable... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant action
Disadvantages: None

...unfortunate enough to be caught up in a terrorist situation. I love how it?s not obvious what?s going to happen, in most brainless action movies you know exactly what?s going to happen without even watching the film, Speed manages to break away from that negative stereotype and comes out shining brightly as an excellent, genre defining action movie that will remain a classic for years to come. If you haven?t already seen this film you simply must, you wont regret it. The DVD is available from play.com for £4.99 which is a real bargain. Given that this is quite an old film there aren?t any special features on the DVD however the sheer brilliance of the movie speaks for itself so the special features can without doubt be overlooked.... Read review

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