The Rat Patrol - Series 1 - Complete DVD

Advantages: Its a true story of courage and friendship
Disadvantages: It is harrowing in places and emotive

...I am writing this review on the 'complete series commemorative gift set'.. This is housed in a tin with a card coverlet. My dad bought this for me for Christmas along with a few other DVDs (I think he got a special deal at the DVD shop!!). This is a 6 disc set - a lot of running time, but if you have the time well worth sitting down to watch. Basic Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Region - 2 Audio - 5.1 Dolby Digital Aspect Ratio - 1.78:1 Widescreen/Colour Run Time - 782 minutes Languages - English/French Hearing Impaired - English Subtitles - English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Croatian, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Turkish, Dutch, Bulgarian, Romanian, Arabic Rating - 15 RRP - £59.99 (shop around - prices on the net range from £29.99 right up to the RRP) On opening the tin you see the contents... Read review

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Advantages: You cant wait for the next episode
Disadvantages: the dvd has to end sometime :(

...incarcerated, and the race against time is on. Now, he'll need all of the cunning, daring, and luck he can muster…along with the assistance of some of the prison's most vile and dangerous felons. The dvd features you will find are.... Audio commentaries on selected episodes. 2 alternate scenes on the episode "Cute Poison" "If These Walls Could Speak": Profile of the Joliet Correctional Center. "Beyond the Ink: Tattoo Featurette There are 6 discs with this Dvd, each disc consists of the following episodes..... Disk 1: Pilot Allen Cell Test Cute Poison Disk 2: English, Fitz or Percy Riots, Drills and the Devil (Part 1) Riots, Drills and the Devil (Part 2) The Old Head Disk 3: Tweener Sleight of Hand And Then There Were Seven Odd Man Out Disk 4: End of the Tunnel The Rat By The Skin & The Teeth Brother's Keeper Disk 5: J-Cat Bluff The Key... Read review

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Advantages: Great scripts, superb acting, hilarious!!
Disadvantages: Are there any?

.... However, this time it seems that a bit more emphasis is placed on the supporting characters, such as the Major, rather than just solely focusing on Basil, as seemed to happen more in the previous series. I think this works well overall, as all of the cast seem well able to make us laugh, and most of the characters play their roles to perfection. The six episodes on this DVD from the second series are: Communication Problems - Basil's sanity appears to be under threat as a deaf lady stays at the hotel. The Psychiatrist - Basil's obsession with a young couple leads to a visiting psychiatrist believing the hotelier is rather odd. Waldorf Salad - A demanding American guest is not impressed by Basil's make-shift cooking. The Kipper And The Corpse - Basil panics when a guest dies at the hotel, seemingly moments after eating an out... Read review

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