The Hidden is a rather obscure 1980's sci-fi/action film, starring Michael Nouri and Kyle MacLachlan, of "Twin Peaks" and "Showgirls" fame. Here he plays Lloyd Gallagher, an FBI agent who arrives in the city and is immediately paired up with Tom Beck (Michael Nouri) to tackle a bizarre event ... Read review
It's Only Human On The Outside... A series of bizarre inexplicable robberies and murders ... more
have L.A. police detective Tom Beck (Nouri) totally baffled. And it doesn't help when mysterious FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher (MacLachlan) tells him that a demoni...
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In Sparta southern Greece a close-knit group search for the buried traces of a ... more
formidable ancient power. A latecomer Ben Mercer finds himself drawn to their brilliance and charisma: to the double-edged friendship of his countryman Jason the unsettling beauty of the women Natsuko and Eleschen and the menace of Max and Eberhard who idealise the extremes of the ancient Spartans. Thrilled by the possibility of acceptance and excited by the dangerous games they play Ben gradually wins his way into the circle. But there is more to the group than he understands and Ben finds out too late that some things should remain hidden. He must decide where his loyalties lie - before the decision is taken for him. Written with astonishing grace and power "The Hidden" is a novel about the secrets we keep the ties that bind us and the true cost of fulfilling our desires.
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It's 1948. The war is over but there is still tension in Germany. The allied forces have ... more
been divided by politics and economics. Now there is a new enemy is lurking on the horizon...Charlie thought he'd done his part for the war effort and could enjoy peacetime with a bit of grace. Having a job with a commercial airline means he can do what he does best but without getting shot at. Or so he thinks. When the situation in Berlin between the allies and the Russian forces begins to escalate - every company with aircraft and able pilots is pulled back to the action. Plane after plane is flown into Germany making essential drops of food and medicine to help the starving populace survive. Charlie has a girl in each airport and a scheme in every country. But when the people he loves are threatened by the effects of the blockade he must take a desperate chance to smuggle them out of the country.
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Egypt 2153 BC eighty priests set out under cover of darkness into the western desert ... more
taking with them a mysterious object swathed in cloth. Four weeks later having reached their destination they calmly slit each other's throats...Albania 1986 A plane takes off from a remote airfield bound for the Sudan. On board a cargo that will forever change the Middle East. Somewhere over the Sahara the plane disappears...The western desert the present day. A group of Bedouin discover a mummified corpse half-buried in the dunes. With it are a roll of camera film and a miniature clay obelisk inscribed with a curious hieroglyphic sign...Three unconnected events. Or so it seems until Freya Hannen arrives in Egypt for the funeral of her sister a desert explorer who has inexplicably taken her own life...For Freya it is the start of a terrifying life-or-death adventure - one that will lead her and Egyptologist Flin Brodie deep into the forbidding wastes of the Sahara. Their goal: one of archaeology's greatest mysteries and the astonishing secret at its heart.
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Yoji Yamada, director of the award winning Twilight Samuraj returns to the short stories ... more
of Shuhei Fujisawa for his second period piece, The Hidden Blade.Munezo Katagiri is a samurai in 19th century feudal Japan who finds himself torn between loyalty to a dying tradition and his love for a lowly farm girl. The film begins with Munezo bidding farewell to Yaichiro, his friend and fellow samurai as he takes up a new post. Munezo is in love with his family's maid but knows that he cannot marry someone of her inferior social standing, because it would violate his clan's creed.In a changing society that is seeing the replacement of the sword with the gun, Munezo's ambivalence about his way of life comes to a head when he is ordered to kill a traitor: his old friend Yaichiro.
Advantages: Good chase scenes Disadvantages: Lackluster ending
The Hidden is a rather obscure 1980's sci-fi/action film, starring Michael Nouri and Kyle MacLachlan, of "Twin Peaks" and "Showgirls" fame. Here he plays Lloyd Gallagher, an FBI agent who arrives in the city and is immediately paired up with Tom Beck (Michael Nouri) to tackle a bizarre event that seems to be happening. Normal, everyday people who no connection have all seemingly turned into psychopathic monsters, killing anyone ... ...Gallagher be able to stop the alien before yet more lives are lost?
I bought this because of a recommendation on a forum I visit. I don't think I'd heard of it before, but I'm willing to give anything a try. After watching "The Hidden", I thought it was Ok, but not as good as other films that have been recommended to me.
I thought it was rather slow in places, with too much focus on the two cops not really ... more
The Hidden is a rather obscure 1980's sci-fi/action film, starring Michael Nouri and Kyle MacLachlan, of "Twin Peaks" and "Showgirls" fame. Here he plays Lloyd Gallagher, an FBI agent who arrives in the city and is immediately paired up with Tom Beck (Michael Nouri) to tackle a bizarre event that seems to be happening. Normal, everyday people who no connection have all seemingly turned into psychopathic monsters, killing anyone who gets in their way.
It turns out they do have a connection, in that they all become inhabited by an alien with a penchant for violence and Ferraris. Will Beck and Gallagher be able to stop the alien before yet more lives are lost?
I bought this because of a recommendation on a forum I visit. I don't think I'd heard of it before, but I'm willing to give anything a try. After watching "The Hidden", I thought it was Ok, but not as good as other films that have been recommended to me.
I thought it was rather slow in places, with too much focus on the two cops not really doing anything. The music was a little off as well, e.g. they were using very tense music where nothing exciting was really happening. Maybe the scene they were using it in was supposed to be high on tension, but I just didn't feel it.
The ending I wasn't keen on either, it felt like a bit of a cop out. There were good moments though, the chase scenes with various sports cars were exciting, and Nouri and MacLachlan seemed to have a good chemistry together, I just felt it was lacking something. I realize I'm in the minority here, as a lot of people loved it, but I just couldn't get into it that much. I still think it's an above average film, still worth 3 1/2 stars and would recommend it for any sci-fi action fan, or indeed anyone who likes chase scenes with sports cars like Ferrari's and Porsche's.
Advantages: Fantastic film for all the family Disadvantages: Subtitles, but are easy to keep up with
Ang lee's finest piece of cinema is now avalable on DVD. This was the winner of numerous academy awards and Oscars for best forgien film. In it's first week of release it grossed millions of dollars across the world. The plot of the film is very well structured with a very easy to follow and pick up half way through story. The charaters are very beleivable in the time that the film is set. The graphics, action sequences are excellent with a good lot of sword play all the way through the film. Martial arts fans will be loving it from start to finish, that's not to say it will only interest them. This is throughly enjoyable film for all the family, althought some of the younger viewers may find it hard to keep reading the subtitles and watching the film. All in all an excellent film and a worthwhile purchased to watched again and again. ...
Advantages: Believable romance, Good action sequences, Breathtaking backdrops Disadvantages: Some won't like the 'flying'
DIRECTED BY: Ang Lee
CAST
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Chow Yun-Fat .Master Li Mu Bai
Michelle Yeoh .Yu Shu Lien
Ziyi Zhang .... Jen Yu
Chen Chang .... Lo ('Dark Cloud')
Sihung Lung .... Sir Te
Pei-pei Cheng Jade Fox
Fa Zeng Li .... Gov. Yu
Xian Gao .... Bo
Yan Hai .... Madame Yu
De Ming Wang? Police Inspector Tsai
Slightly tentatively although with good reason, I decided to buy the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon DVD on the back of several excellent reviews, various Oscars and an excellent offer in the local video shop. With my only previous knowledge being an absurdly drunken affair culminating in the video of ?Crouching Tiger, Hidden Penis? I was right to be somewhat apprehensive this time round. However I?m glad to say now with abject derision that Ang Lee?s masterpiece is clearly nothing to do with crouching nakedness ...
Advantages: It's a vaguely interesting experiment in naturalism Disadvantages: Excruciatingly boring
hard to care about the character. It is so brittle and highly-strung that you'll want to slap her as she works herself into frenzied hysteria. The performance is neatly summed up by her chic wardrobe, liquid eyes and permanently clenched jaw. She may look polished on the outside but the inner turmoil is clear. Perhaps her turn in the early stages of the movie is too subtle, as her freefall into breakdown feels too abrupt.
"Hidden" was an immensely disappointing viewing experience for me. I was expecting a taut thriller and what I got was a slice of unappetising art house Euro-cheese. Less stereotypical chin-stroking and more suspense would have helped to at least give the film a solid genre to diverge from. There are only so many pregnant pauses I can take in a film and this exhausts them in the first five minutes. The direction is ...
afy9mab 13.10.2006
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As law-abiding citizens mysteriously go on looting and killing sprees, an LA Cop learns from an alien masquerading as an F.B.I. agent that unfriendly aliens are inhabiting these innocent Earthlings' bodies. A surpisingly inventive and witty film.
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