... If any of these things had been different prior to watching, I may have been disappointed with Metro like a majority of the other film critics. My third, and perhaps most surprising, confession, however, is that I actually enjoyed this film.
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Metro is the fast-paced, hard-hitting and often hilarious action thriller that delivers ... more
explosive entertainment from start to finish! Film favourite Eddie Murphy (Beverly Hills Cop, The Nutty Professor) stars as wisecracking hostage negotiator Scott Ro...
Film favourite Eddie Murphy stars as wisecracking hostage negotiator Scott Roper whose ... more
unorthodox but winning ways make him a formidable force in San Francisco's police department. Along with his Harvard graduate rookie partner (Michael Rapaport) th...
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The world is becoming smaller. Cell phones have cut down distances. Low cost airlines have ... more
made cities closer. There's less time for breakfast. Even lesser time for dinner. And no time for lunch. The sen-sex is rising. Malls in every corner. Multiplexes the only way to watch movies. The seven-year itch has come down to 7 months. Or lesser. Depending on how ambitious one is. We are getting bored too soon. Too many choices. Too many dreams. Not enough sleep. Rahul is one such young man with dreams. Working as a call centre executive in a BPO in Mumbai. He silently loves his boss Neha. A smart young woman who has made it up the ranks in a very short time. And hard work is not her only secret. Because her boss Ranjeet loves her and is willing to shower her with gifts and opportunities... only if she is willing. In his 30s Ranjeet is married to Shikha with a 6-year-old son. Shikha is very well educated and was a better student that Ranjeet. But they decided that she should stay back at home and take care of the house and the kid. So Ranjeet ventured out on his quest for money and success... and forgot his family somewhere on the way. Bitterness and boredom crept into their relationship. Soon he found solace and a fresh lease of life in Neha. An exciting non-committal relationship based on sex. Neglected by an indifferent husband and bogged down by family chores Shikha is soon attracted to a maverick in Akash. A loser and a rebel without a cause Akash is a struggling theatre artist whose wife divorces him... because she cannot stand his failures anymore. Akash and Shikha's love blossoms and she almost crosses her limits that she has so fervently guarded all these years. Amol is a 70-year-old man who's returned to India after 40 years. To spend last few years of his life with his first love Vaijanti. This lady lives in an old age home and is Shikha's aunty who gives moral strength to Shikha. Shikha's sister and Neha's roommate Shruti works in at Radio Mirchi. A producer. In her 30's and still a virgin she's desperate to get married. She is dreamy eyed about her RJ Wishy K. Her boss hooks her up with Wishy K. While she also meets Debu through a matrimonial site. Hates him. But Debu an ordinary man is ready to marry her. Her affair with Wishy K blossoms. Rahul is extremely ambitiously and discovers the easiest way to success. Rather the key to success. The key to his uncle's opulent apartment where he stays while his uncle is away. Most of the men in his office look for places to take their mistresses girlfriends or prostitutes. He provides the perfect place to release their libido. His apartment. The cost? A recommendation for his out of turn promotion. Even Ranjeet gets the key and takes Neha to the apartment.
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Truffaut's most highly acclaimed and popular films. Starring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu in magnetic performances the story is set in Paris 1942 during the Nazi occupation of France. When Lucas Steiner (Heinz Bennett) the Jewish owner of the Montparnasse Theatre is forced into hiding his wife and lead actress Marion (Deneuve) takes over. Desperate to keep both the troupe and Lucas alive she stages a new play which must be a success to continue. She hires the womanising actor Bernard Granger (Depardieu) for the lead in their next production. Just as the actors begin their rehearsals an anti-semitic journalist ensconces himself in the theatre creating an atmosphere of fear and insecurity. Will he discover Lucas' hideaway and the political affiliations of the group's lead actor? Truffaut delivers a captivating study of artists (the actors) struggling against the odds (the Nazis) and a compelling insight into the atmosphere of wartime Paris and the theatre set against a backdrop of exquisite period detail.
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Another Eddie Murphy action vehicle that pales in comparison to hits likeBeverly Hills ... more
Cop, this standard cop-movie fare still manages to be engaging on the strength of Murphy's ease in front of a camera. Murphy plays an unorthodox hostage negotiator for the San Francisco Police Department on the trail of the criminal who killed his partner. Paired up with a bright new trainee played by Michael Rapaport (Beautiful Girls,Mighty Aphrodite), Murphy uses both his skills and his anger to hunt down the killer. A competent action movie, there are some standout moments such as a car chase culminating in a cable car shoot-out on the streets of San Francisco, and Michael Wincott's (The Crow) frightening performance as the villain.Metrooffers up a standard action vehicle for Murphy to showcase his charm, as well as a moderate entertainment with some memorable moments.--Robert Lane
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...may have been disappointed with Metro like a majority of the other film critics. My third, and perhaps most surprising, confession, however, is that I actually enjoyed this film.
It's a formulaic, but effective, buddy-cop comedy-action film. The action set pieces are well done and the central actors appear very confident in their character roles; Murphy, in particular, appears completely at east in front of the camera and is a joy to ... ...dating a famous baseball star. Metro may primarily be an action film, but for the moments that it cuts from the shoot outs and car chases to develop this on/off relationship between the two characters it is still enjoyable to watch. Murphy and Ejogo have an obvious chemistry with one another whenever they appear onscreen together, which means that the story is driven not just by spectacular action but also by character.
I'll begin this film review by confessing two things: 1. I've never really been a fan of Eddie Murphy; and 2. At the time of writing this, I've never seen any of the Beverley Hills Cop films. If any of these things had been different prior to watching, I may have been disappointed with Metro like a majority of the other film critics. My third, and perhaps most surprising, confession, however, is that I actually enjoyed this film.
It's a formulaic, but effective, buddy-cop comedy-action film. The action set pieces are well done and the central actors appear very confident in their character roles; Murphy, in particular, appears completely at east in front of the camera and is a joy to watch.
Plot wise, Metro is hardly Shakespearian, but no one ever expects that from an action movie anyway. Murphy is Roper, a hostage negotiator for the San Francisco Police Department, who has the dirty task of talking down madmen at gunpoint. After an energetic opening sequence, we see his close-friend brutally murdered after routinely questioning homicidal diamond thief Korda (Michael Wincott) at his apartment. Understandably upset, Roper vows for revenge with the help of his new partner McCall (Michael Rapaport), a rookie SWAT team sharp-shooter.
This leads us to a fantastic chase scene in downtown San Francisco involving a runaway cable car (from which the film took its title from). As ridiculous as this scene is, director Carter manages to cook up a large amount of suspense to keep the audience on the edge of their seats for the duration of this. The final action scene, which takes place in an abandoned steel-work factory, is also very well staged and just as entertaining.
Somewhere in the middle of all this action, Roper is also trying to get back with his ex-girlfriend Ronnie (played by British actress Carmen Ejogo) who is currently dating a famous baseball star. Metro may primarily be an action film, but for the moments that it cuts from the shoot outs and car chases to develop this on/off relationship between the two characters it is still enjoyable to watch. Murphy and Ejogo have an obvious chemistry with one another whenever they appear onscreen together, which means that the story is driven not just by spectacular action but also by character.
It is particularly with that last factor considered why I enjoyed this film. Gun-play and explosions come as standard in action movies, but not all can boast that they have the personality of their characters to develop the suspense that little bit more. While Metro may not offer anything new in terms of plot, the ride is at least an entertaining one for the duration of its running time – which is just fine by me.
This is a vastly under rated action movie. Eddie Murphy is great as a hostage negotiator that gets dragged into finding a smart criminal that threatens to kill his girlfriend. The acting is great, the plot is great and the action is incredible. There is even comedy that gives the occasional laugh too. There are a lot of good things about this movie but the action is the best thing. At one point Eddie Murphy fights the bad guy on a San Francisco tram ...
elspeth334 10.01.2001
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Genre: Family
Classification: Universal
Video Category: US Television
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DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 18/09/2006
No of Discs: 6
Catalogue No: D 067004
Barcode: 7321900670043
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Main Language: English
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It has been made by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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An action thriller which centres around an unorthodox hostage negotiator who, along with his rookie partner, attempts to free his girlfriend held by a psychopath.
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DVD
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WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINM; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Release date
15/06/2006
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
BED 888231
Barcode
5017188882316
Featured
Art Evans, Donal Logue, Kim Miyori
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Main Language
English
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Special Features
Interactive Menus, Scene Access
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Wide Screen
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Dolby Digital 5.1
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Dolby Digital 5.1 English
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Hostage negotiator Scott Roper's wisecracking personality and devil-may-care manner might sometimes arouse the ire of his sergeant, but he's the only man for the job when a demented killer terrorizes the streets of San Francisco. A textbook role for Murphy, who also executive produces.
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