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Silence of the lambs

Advantages: great story, good acting
Disadvantages: bit gorey, emtional issues

...because it is exciting and silence of the lambs is always exciting. I really enjoyed watching this way back when because it has an original storyline and excellent character portrayal from Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. The silence of the lambs focuses on Jodie Foster's character inteviewing Dr Hannibal Lector about Buffalo Bill, a man that is kidnapping and skinning women to make a skin suit for himself. He is clearly very deranged and odd and ...
...to people. It is not like the others which focus on Hannibal and his feasting on other people but the plot and story is still very disturbing and sickening yet I think that is what makes it so good because it disturbs us and keeps us watching. The director has thrown in many hooks to keep us so engrossed after all that is why we enjoy horror films. For me this is one of the most disturbing films, especially in the Hannibal Lector series because it ...

lilynettle 24.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Silence Of The Lambs (DVD)

power corrupts

Advantages: strong tense storyline,good cast
Disadvantages: second half falls away badly,ending weak

Clint Eastwood returns as an actor and director on another thriller regarding shady going ons in the whitehouse.He plays retired jewel thief luther Whitney who plans one last heist at the home of a weathly businessman.Unknown to him the wife of the businessman also uses the home as a place to carry on a affair with the President himself played with steely resolve by Gene hackman.On a planned Luther is interupted by the unexpected arrival of the president ...
...then watches in horror as the president accidentally kills his mistress.The secret service rush onto the scene and then a big cover up begins to protect the president.On departing they realise someone else has observed what has happened by which time luther has already planned his exit.Thus begins a game of cat and mouse as the president plans to kill luther to protect his secret. Eastwood has brought togther a very strong cast of excellent actors.Gene ...

harj123 17.08.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Absolute Power (DVD)

Silent But Deadly

Advantages: Exciting, Thought Provoking, Tense
Disadvantages: None

...Most people will associate the character of Jack Ryan with Harrison Ford, as he has played him in two highly successful films. However, the first outing in a movie for Jack Ryan was played by the excellent Alec Baldwin. Jack Ryan is an American intelligence agent. He lives in London with his wife and child. He is given cause for concern when a Russian nuclear submarine goes missing without warning and decided to travel back to America where he is ...
...concludes from a picture of the sub that it has a new silent propulsion device that makes it undetectable, and potentially a lethal weapon. The Captain of the sub is a soviet veteran commander with the name Marko Ramius, played with great gusto by Sean Connery (with a fine hair piece). Along with other senior members of his crew he defies his orders and sets sail for America, telling the crew that they are to attack. What are his true motives however? ...

sandyback75 30.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The Hunt For Red October (Special Edition) (DVD)

Why it was good

Advantages: Gave the audience a good douse of fear
Disadvantages: Left a few questions unanswered (why there were sequels)

Silence of the Lambs (Ultimate Edition) is an update of the 1991 original murder thriller, in which you are brought into the life of a detective who has to question a convicted and imprisoned canibal, named Hanibal Lector. He is a intellectual genius, he uses his questions to get information about her through her actions and reactions, he keeps the audience on the edge of their seat. Anothony Hopkins was the best possible person to play lector, nobody ...
...did. This movie was followed by sequels and then a pequel, but none of them brought back the terror the audience felt after leaving the theater, it is most recongnized by the public from its line "Hello Clarice" which to many cause the hair on the back of their necks to rise. I personally thought that the movie was good, the ever so probing questions that Hanibal gave sometimes had me wondering what the root of it was for. I was amazed with his ...

nikecat 19.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Silence Of The Lambs (Ultimate Edition) (DVD)

A comedy of errors

Advantages: A cast of fine actors
Disadvantages: Too much going on

...illegally are being tracked by the police. They manage to escape and set up shop elsewhere, but manage to attract the attention of Iggy, one of the police officers on their case. When he hears that his brother has committed suicide because of debts owed to the bookies, Iggy decides to seek revenge on his brother's behalf. The story is further complicated by Leon, a simple, but kindly, man, who is friends with the bookies - wanting to help a neighbour ...
...to accidentally kill one of the bookies' victims. Will the bookies manage to escape from Iggy's clutches? Will Leon manage to rescue his neighbour from death by domestic violence? And in all the madness, will Iggy's wife have their child without any complications? I was attracted to this DVD (which is known as Lesser Prophets in the US), although I had never heard of it before, simply by the impressive cast list, including actors like John Turturro, ...

sunmeilan 26.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Last Bet (DVD)