Roam DVD

Advantages: Bill Murray's performance
Disadvantages: Casting Peter Boyle

...Hunter S. Thompson was one of the great Amerian writers of the 20th Century. As a journalist he created the whole new style of Gonzo journalism; a method whereby the journalist incorporates fiction with non-fiction and includes themselves in the story they cover and as a writer he was an other of the great American writers who searched for the American Dream and found little. A great commentator of his generation. Where the Buffalo Roam is based on alot of different parts of Thompson's work there are elements of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" in there as well as more obviously "The Campaign Trail '72" The film starts and Thompson (Bill Murray) is in a log cabin trying to finish a story on his attorney the infamous Dr.Gonzo before a deadline that he overcomes by shooting at his fax machine. The film then moves on to his... Read review

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Advantages: Both great films that do relate to each other
Disadvantages: Some might not like the comparison of Depp and Murray

...I bought this the other week to go with the rest of my Fear and Loathing Merchandise and to be honest both films are as good as each other. Its without a doubt one of Bill Murray's best performances in Where the Buffalo Roam, telling the story of Hunter S Thompson incorporating some great Thompson moments however it is at a disadvantage of having the comparison alongside it with Johnny Depp in Fear and Loathing as Raoul Duke/Thompson. I mean Johnny Depp really does play the part extremely well but you've got to remember that Where the Buffalo Roam was released 18 years earlier and so Bill Murray plays Thompson well before the Depp days of Terry Gilliam directed Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. To be honest its one of the best mixed box sets I've ever bought and I admittedly enjoyed both films as much as each other, Peter Boyle... Read review

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Advantages: Murphy, sometimes amusing
Disadvantages: cropped picture, no extras

...Holy Man was without doubt a box office flop considering the prescence of Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum. People expecting a flat out comedy will be sorely disappointed but this is a film that isn't as bad as you'd think. Murphy plays G, a man who is on a search for spiritual enlightenment. He is a free roaming spirit of the earth. Meanwhile Ricky Hayman (Goldblum) is the right hand man on a shopping channel TV network and had been responsible for two years of bad sales figures. One day Hayman and his female assistant Kate Newell (Kelly Preston) almost run over G with their car. Continuing his search G endevours to help Ricky save his job but only gets him trouble until sales figures start to rise. Soon G is in demand with the public and becomes something of a celebrity but is he being exploited ? There are some good laughs... Read review

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