Renegade (aka Blueberry)

Starring:Dominique Bettenfeld, Ernest Borgnine, Vincent Cassel, Vahina Giocante, Nichole Hiltz, Djimon Hounsou, Eddie Izzard, TchÃ©ky Karyo, Kestenbetsa, FranÃ§ois Levantal, Geoffrey Lewis, Juliette Lewis, William Lightning, Michael Madsen, Colm Meaney, Antonio Monroy, Temuera Morrison, Hugh O'Conor, Kateri Walker
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

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Curious kids open a barrel of green gas linked to a mysterious military experiment, and soon a tenebrous green cloud of fog is making its way through the creepy town cemetery. Knowing exactly where this is headed is, of course, part of the fun in this tongue-in-cheek zombie sequel. Maybe it's not as fresh as its successful predecessor, but all of the key zombie ingredients are still well preserved in this second installment: ravenous "undead" in search of human brains, severed limbs with a life of their own, and lots and lots of shrieking! Taking a hackneyed premise that is a close retelling of part I, director Ken Wiederhorn (Freddy's Nightmares, Shock Waves) rejuvenates the genre with sporadic genuine scares, lots of plain old silliness, and some literally eye-popping special effects. Followed up a few years later with the equally enjoyable Return of the Living Dead Part III, this is a fun franchise that reminds you of what '80s horror was all about: bad synth music, and perms. --Matt Wold

Description

Inquisitive kids release deadly gas from a misplaced military canister, causing corpses from a nearby cemetary to rise and wreak havoc.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Commentary by Director Ken Wiederhorn and co-star Thor Van Lingen
Theatrical Trailer

Customer Reviews:

A great, silly zombie journey..........2007-05-25

I actually like "Return of the Living Dead: Part II" better than the first. Though that could be considered blasphemous, this movie appealed more to me in my youth over the first, which I have finally come to accept as an outstanding zombie movie...

This edition features two of the same actors from the first in very similar buddy roles. The cast is pretty good, and the young boy lead is a strong performer for his age.

The movie is filled with zombie style laughs, including a cemetary rising scene that is super cool, but filled with cheesy laughs...

A must see in my opinion...

Kick & Awesome.......2007-05-12

The dvd came quickly...and came in better condition than i thought it would...would definitly do business again!!

Dissapointing.......2007-01-19

I'm a big fan of zombie movies, and the first return of the living dead was a very good zombie movie. This one, however, fails to scare nor hold your attention, and tries harder in my opinion to be funny instead of scary. The black humor is pathetic, espechialy compared to the first one. Had its interesting moments, but the movie as a whole was definitly below average.

I Want Your Brain!.......2006-10-13

This is not a George A. Romero project.
Directed and written by Ken Wiederman. Film contains profane language, gross bloody effects.
Thom Matthews returns as a different character, "Joey", James Karen returns as a different character, "Ed", Jonathan Terry returns as "Glover", Allan Trautman returns as "Tarman". Brian Peck returns as 5 different zombies, "Pussface", "Thriller", "Jaw", "Eye-Pop" and the zombie on the car roof.
A truck that is traveling across a bridge is carrying pressurized cases that contain cadavers. One case falls off the truck and ends up in the water. A group of kids find the case and triggers the gas inside that spreads across the cemetary. The living dead return.
Also in the cast: Thor van Lingen, Dana Ashbrook, Mitch Pileggi.
DVD only contains audio commentary and theatrical trailer.

A good follow follow-up to the original ROTLD, but doesn't bring anything new.......2006-08-16

1988 saw the release of Return of the Living Dead Part II. This film is a sort of sequel/reboot of the first film in that the story and even some of the characters bare too much of a similarity to the original film. Ken Weiderhorn both writes and directs this "sequel" and it shows. The film reuses alot of what made the first film a cult-classic amongst horror fans. Weiderhorn seems to be of the philosophy that if something ain't broke them don't fix it. What this does is make the film feel like a deja vu, and maybe that was his intent since two of the main characters in the film say pretty much the same thing. Despite all this the film itself is pretty good and stays true to the original, albeit with abit more humor and better effects work.

Reprising similar roles they had in the first film are James Karen as Ed and Thom Mathews as Joey. Both work as in the post-burial industry and moonlight stealing valuables from the privates crypts and mausoleum in the cemetary they're working in. Their characters act and almost have similar lines from Karen and Mathews' characters of Frank and Freddy in the first film. Karen as Ed goes over-the-top once the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas is let loose and the dead bodies in the cemetary begin to come back to life seeking live brains. It's these two characters who really keep the film from spiralling down to awful status. Even though their characters are similar to the original film, Karen and Mathews still bring a dose of great comedic timing and horror to the situation.

This time around the town has been safely evacuated by the military except for a few people who lived on the newly-built suburban housing area in the outskirts. It's these survivors who must try and find a way to defeat the zombies and at the same time convince the military blockading the town that they're not infected. There's more action and comedy in this sequel. I think the comedy part of the film got way too much attention, but as I said earlier, Weiderhorn seems to think that if it worked in the original then it should work with more in this film. The effects work looks abit better and probably due to an increase in the budget.

In the end, Return of the Living Dead Part II never bring anything new to the original its following-up and pretty much reuses the same characters and situations. Weiderhorn does this to good effect and the finished product is an entertaining enough horror-comedy. Who knows how this sequel would've turned out if Russo had written it and O'Bannon back directing.

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WOW DANG ONE OF THE BEST MOVE FOR SHORE
BEST EDITION
van damme and lundgren make this worthwhile
If you like this movie, you'll love the Special Edition DVD!
Universal Soldier

Universal Soldier (Special Edition)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme , Dolph Lundgren , Ally Walker , Ed O'Ross , and Jerry Orbach
Director: Roland Emmerich
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Customer Reviews:

WOW DANG ONE OF THE BEST MOVE FOR SHORE.......2007-05-08

NOW I COULD EASYLY SAY THIS WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE GRATEST MOVE EVER MADE IN THE WORLD THAT IS SO FOR SHORE & THAT IS PUTTING IT LIGHTLY

BEST EDITION.......2007-01-09

This edition is really perfect. It is anamorphic widescreen. You can see the movie as you were in the theater. Veryyyyyyyyyyy Gooooooooooooood. Excellllllllllllent!!!!!!!!

van damme and lundgren make this worthwhile.......2006-09-03

Universal Soldier is a pretty cool idea that is executed well, by taking dead soldiers of the military and bringing them back to life, specifically, the very muscular guys. This is where Van Damme and Lundgren fill in, and we even get to see the massive Ralph Moeller several times (also played the villain Brakus in Best of the Best 2 and a fighter in Gladiator). For the reborn soldiers, old Vietnam War memories resurface from the beginning of the film, and once again the Van Damme character becomes the good guy and the Lundgren character becomes the villain.

There isn't a huge amount of action in the film, but in between scenes we get to see a lot of Lundgren's bad guy one-liners and attitude. Van Damme doesn't have many fights either until the end, when he goes up against the Lundgren character. The 6 minute fight between the 2 is easily the best part of the movie. They both get to kick some serious you know what on each other. Its a great fight scene.

Universal Soldier's plot and acting may not be great, but its the concept and supersized muscles that make the movie pretty sweet. If you are a fan of Van Damme or Lundgren, this is definetly a must see.

If you like this movie, you'll love the Special Edition DVD!.......2006-02-10

Well, most people who are going to buy the DVD are probably familiar with the movie anyway, so I won't repeat the plot. Watching it again after several years, I really have to say it's one of the better movies of the action genre, especially when you consider that you have people doing the stunts instead of lots of CGI like in today's movies.

As for the entire Special Edition DVD itself -- it has some great extras! Much better than some of the offerings I've seen on other DVDs of movies that were released in the era of VHS and you just didn't get extras, period. A "making of" featurette, interviews with Lundgren & Van Damme, and an alternate ending to the movie -- all fairly substantial material, too --not just tacked on afterthoughts. I was surprised to get so much on this DVD for such a great price!

Universal Soldier.......2006-02-01

My kind of movie, mindless violence. Lots of explosions and action scenes. It seemed a little dated, special effects have come a long way since 1992. Van Damme plays his usual role (macho man), so you know what to expect. Not a great movie, but if you just want to escape for an hour and a half, it will do the job.

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Keep the season's coming!
Terrific
Good God, man
Best show ever
Seasons 2 and 3

Renegade - Season One
Starring: Lorenzo Lamas , and Kathleen Kinmont
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
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ASIN: B0006GAORW
Release Date: 2005-01-25

Description

He was a cop, and a good one. But he committed the ultimate sin and testified against other cops gone bad. Cops that tried to kill him but got the woman he loved instead. Framed for murder, now he prowls the badlands. An outlaw hunting outlaws... a bounty hunter... a RENEGADE.

Lorenzo Lamas stars as detective-turned-fugitive Reno Raines in this first season collection co-starring Branscombe Richmond as Bobby Sixkiller, Kathleen Kinmont as Cheyenne Phillips and creator Stephen J. Cannell as Lt. Donald 'Dutch' Dixon. RENEGADE- SEASON ONE includes all 22 action packed episodes - featuring such guest stars as James Darren, Tracy Scoggins, Jesse Ventura, Nancy Everhard, Martin Kove, and Mitchell Ryan - plus revealing new interviews and more!

Customer Reviews:

Keep the season's coming!.......2007-04-19

When is season 4 releasing to buy? This was one of my favorite shows when I was younger! I want the entire collection.

Terrific.......2007-04-11

I think Renegade Season one is terrific. I love all of the episodes. Reno and Bobby are fantastic together. Wish it were still on tv

Good God, man.......2006-12-06

What an embarassment. I knew D. Victor when he was a bad writer. But this shows that there is no bottom for a true hack. Pass on this one.

Best show ever.......2006-09-07

For all of you who like long hair, babes, motorcyles, and hummers then this is the show for you. It has something for everyone. I can't wait for Season 4 and 5 to come out, has anyone heard when Best Buy is going to come out with it. I have been on their website but I don't see anything yet but maybe next March or April. I can't understand why Spike or another televison staion has not picked up this show, if anything they can play it late at night like USA did. I really believe if they put it back on television, it would increase the DVD sales. It would be introduced to a new generation. There isn't too many shows that are popular now with martial arts.

Seasons 2 and 3.......2006-04-15

For those who are looking to purchase seasons 2 and 3 you won't be able to find it on Amazon. Best Buy has an exclusive contract at this point and is the only retailer offering seasons 2 and 3.

In Search of History - Hell's Angels (History Channel)

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So-So documentary
Hell's Angels History
Why so homogenous?

In Search of History - Hell's Angels (History Channel)
Starring: In Search of History
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
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ASIN: B000AABL4O
Release Date: 2005-09-27

Description

Are they romantic figures of rebellion, or traveling, rowdy misfits? Jump on you "hog" and ride along as we reveal the history of this motorcycle club with a punch! From inception by a former pilot from the "Hell's Angels" squadron, to the true incident on which "The Wild One" is based, to today, it's a ride you won't want to miss.

Customer Reviews:

So-So documentary.......2007-03-19

Informative, But overpriced and not in- depth and complete according to other accounts. If you want to know about the HA, I would suggest reading Sonny Barger's book "Hells Angels".

Hell's Angels History.......2007-01-18

Great DVD, factual but would need to be updated a bit.
They really did do a good job in capturing the true American Hell's Angels story.

Why so homogenous?.......2006-12-27

This work was informative. I learned when and how the motorcycle group formed. I learned that their symbol has a patent. The cable channel that produced this work is notorious for cheesy reenactments of historical events. They don't use those here because there is plenty of footage of actual bikers. I sympathize with their leader's, Sonny Barger's, struggle with throat cancer. Still, I think his difficulty speaking may help current smokers consider quitting before it's too late.

The documentary does say the group never lives up to others' expectations, be it hippies, federal prosecutors, or others. Still, I am disappointed how the documentary doesn't explain why the group seems to be composed entirely of white males. They show women as the bikers' girlfriends, but not as members. Why is there no Hell's Angelettes or does the documentary just ignore them? The group started in California, one of the country's most diverse states, yet no member seemed to be Black, Latino, Native, or Asian. When I saw that the group had a Johannesburg chapter, I was especially concerned, because that chapter may have been apartheid era footage. The film "Biker Boyz" is almost all Black. Are bikers segregated by race and do the Hell's Angels promote that division? The work never says. It renders whiteness and maleness as universal in very problematic ways.

The work does say Hollywood is fascinated by the group. However, it doesn't mention that John Goodman played a biker on "The Simpsons" and that some Hell's Angels were in the Eurythmics' video "Thorn in My Side."

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GREAT DOUBLE FEATURE!
Renegade seansons 2 and 3
Renegade yr 2 and 3
GREAT T.V. SHOW - HOPE SEASON'S 4 & 5 AREN'T TO FAR BEHIND:0) - ????
One of my favorite shows, I hope season 4 & 5 will follow soon

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ASIN: B000FS2WFI
Release Date: 2006-08-22

Description

Two Complete Seasons Featuring 44 Episodes In One Explosive Collection! Lorenzo Lamas returns as Reno Raines, a good cop framed for murder by the corrupt cops he'd testified against. In these two top-rated seasons, hit the highway with the Harley-riding vigilante for some of the most popular episodes in the history of the series, including the three-part story of Reno's arrest, trial and prison escape. There's danger, romance and full- throttle action as you prowl the badlands with an outlaw hunting outlaws…a bounty hunter… a RENEGADE. Branscombe Richmond, Kathleen Kinmont and series creator Stephen J. Cannell co-star in these 44 complete episodes that feature such guest stars as Wayne Newton, Leah Remini, Kelly Hu, Jan- Michael Vincent, Emma Caulfield, Mitchell Ryan, Fred Williamson, Richard Roundtree, Michael Clarke Duncan and more!

Customer Reviews:

GREAT DOUBLE FEATURE!.......2007-06-08

This was a good idea to put season 2 and 3 in one box set! I am waiting for the next season.

Renegade seansons 2 and 3 .......2007-01-16

Execlent DVDs my wife and I both are really enjoying watching them , we are both 55 years old , if you like action packed shows with a good story not just a shootem up . you will love this ..
Steve and Janice

Renegade yr 2 and 3.......2007-01-11

I have enhjoyed all of the "Renegade" DVD's. My only regret is that it really had no ending or justice for the main character! Are there more of this series?
allengp

GREAT T.V. SHOW - HOPE SEASON'S 4 & 5 AREN'T TO FAR BEHIND:0) - ????.......2006-09-27

My husband and I basically grew up on this show; along with several other 80's T.V. series and some of them have yet to be released and doubt they will be? Lorenzo Lamas was extremely hot in this series and still is somewhat to this day, however, we are anxiously waiting for the last two seasons to come out & where wondering if anyone out there have heard of any possible release date(s)? We would HIGHLY RECOMMEND this series to everyone, it is a well action packed show that will keep you watching for years to come (hopefully the last two seasons will not take that long to be released)...For anyone who has never watched this before, do not start with these seasons until to watch the first one completely or you will be lost and wondering why certain things happen in a certain. We hope you will enjoy this series, as we have and still do to date:0)

One of my favorite shows, I hope season 4 & 5 will follow soon.......2006-06-20

The show first telecasted on 9/17/1992 until its last telecast on 4/4/1997 for a total of 5 seasons and 110 episodes.

The cast for this show are:
* Reno Raines/Vince Black ..... Lorenzo Lamas
* Bobby Sixkiller ..... Branscombe Richmond
* Cheyenne Phillips (1992-1996) ..... Kathleen Kinmont
* Lt./Marshal Donald"Dutch"Dixon ..... Stephen J. Cannell
* Sgt.Frank"Woody"Bickford ..... Ron Johnson (Occasional)
* Hound Adams(1993-1996) ..... Geoffrey Blake (Occasional)
* Sandy Caruthers(1996-1997) ..... Sandra Ferguson

In the fall of 1994 (Season 3), Dutch Dixon caught up with Reno, who then went on trail for the murder Dixon had originally pinned on him at the start of the series (Dutch Dixon is the corrupt cop hunting Reno down. It was he who had murdered the cop Reno had been framed for killing, and he had also been responsible for the fatal shooting of Reno's fiancee.)
Sleazy Hound Adams was set to testify with evidence that would have exonerated Reno and pinned the crime on Dixon, but Adams doubled-crossed our hero and Reno was convicted of murder with special circumstances. While being transferred from one prison to another Reno escaped and resumed bounty hunting for Bobby and his search for Adams or other evidence to prove his innocence.

The episode list for the 2nd and 3rd season are as follows:

The 2nd season (22 episodes):
23 The Hound 9/18/1993
24 The Champ 9/20/1993
25 White Picket Fences 9/27/1993
26 Dead End and Easy Money 10/4/1993
27 No Good Deed... 10/11/1993
28 The Rabbit and the Fox 10/23/1993
29 Endless Summer 10/25/1993
30 Bonnie & Claire 11/6/1993
31 Wheel Man 11/8/1993
32 Windy City Blues 11/15/1993
33 Honor Bound 11/22/1993
34 Hard Rider 1/8/1994
35 Charlie 1/10/1994
36 South of '98 1/17/1994
37 Hostage 1/24/1994
38 Rabbit Redux 1/31/1994
39 The Posse 2/7/1994
40 Once Burned, Twice Chey 2/14/1994
41 Sheriff Reno 2/21/1994
42 Murderer's Row (1) 4/25/1994
43 Murderer's Row (2) 5/2/1994
44 Carrick O'Quinn 5/9/1994

The 3rd season (22 episodes):
45 Dutch On the Run (part 1 of 3) 9/12/1994
46 The Trial of Reno Raines (part 2 of 3) 9/19/1994
47 Escape (part 3 of 3) 9/26/1994
48 The King and I 10/3/1994
49 Black Wind 10/10/1994
50 Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 10/17/1994
51 Rustlers' Rodeo 10/24/1994
52 Muscle Beach 10/31/1994
53 The Late Shift 11/7/1994
54 Thrill Kill 11/14/1994
55 Teen Angel 11/21/1994
56 Den of Thieves 1/2/1995
57 Rancho Escondido 1/9/1995
58 Cop for a Day 1/16/1995
59 Stalker's Moon 1/23/1995
60 Repo Raines 1/30/1995
61 Ace in the Hole 2/6/1995
62 Living Legend 2/13/1995
63 Family Ties 2/20/1995
64 Broken On the Wheel of Love 4/24/1995
65 Split Decision 5/1/1995
66 Hitman 5/8/1995

I hope season 4 & 5 (44 episodes)will follow shortly after and that we would not have to wait along time as we did with the first season.

Thank you for reading my review and have a nice day :)

Highlander 2 - Renegade Version (The Director's Cut)

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Highlander - the flop
COULD ANYONE IMAGINE A WORSE MESS?
A large scale, futuristic action movie with a charismatic star.
No Planet Zeist? GOOD, Added Rude Scenes - BAD!
Finally we have what can now be called a worthy sequal

Highlander 2 - Renegade Version (The Director's Cut)
Starring: Jeff Altman , Pete Antico , Max Berliner , Phil Brock , and Peter Bromilow
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Theatrically released in 1991 as Highlander II: The Quickening, this sequel was later reedited and gained a small but loyal following (prompting a spinoff TV series), but at the time of its release critic Roger Ebert called it "the most hilariously incomprehensible movie ... almost awesome in its badness." In other words, you might find some guilty pleasure in this chaotic sequel to 1986's Highlander, in which Christopher Lambert reprises his role as Connor MacLeod, a member of the alien race known as "Immortals," banished to Earth from his home planet Zeist some 500 years ago. In the year 1999, Lambert owns a corporation that has created a shield to protect the Earth following the depletion of the ozone layer. But the shield is seized by an evil cartel, and Virginia Madsen plays a scientist who assists MacLeod in his mission to destroy the cartel. Sean Connery also reprises his role from Highlander as the Scottish Immortal named Ramirez (?!), but by the time he starts engaging in dashing swordplay you may wonder if he's wandered in from another movie altogether. Highlander fans welcomed the laserdisc and DVD release of this "renegade" director's cut, which attempts to clarify the original version's confusing plot. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Highlander - the flop.......2007-07-01

Not a favorite 'Highlander' of mine. It lacked credibility. The fantasy of immortality was lost. Why? I'm thankful for "Highlander" and "Highlander - End Game".

COULD ANYONE IMAGINE A WORSE MESS?.......2007-05-25

At least H2 was consistent: The worst scripting, worst directing, worst acting, worst casting, worst editing and worst everything else I've ever seen in a movie. It's the George Bush of movies.

What's worse is that they took one of the best premises around, the HIGHLANDER concept, and so messed and muddled it. In my book this mucked-up monster has replaced BATTLEFIELD EARTH as the most incomprehensible waste of money in cinematic history. (Whew. I feel better. Not much though; but the bad mental taste is somewhat exorcised.)

A large scale, futuristic action movie with a charismatic star........2007-05-02

Four stars for this great looking futuristic environmentally theme action movie. And an extra star for the producers and director for having the tenacity to get the movie back to it's original intent. Of course, along the way they fixed up some of their own errors in judgement, too. Now the movie plays as well with the original.

When Loyds of London, who insured this movie, took over, they assembled the story in chronological order. This was not the intent of the director, who had planned the flash back style used in the first film. This type of story depends on the flashback style.

Some reviewers suggest that the additional 16 minutes are not so important. But I say, that's one sixth of an entire movie. Movies, such as "High Noon" have been made or broken on a mere 10 minutes of screen time.

The movie is filmed in 2:35 aspect ratio by the cameraman that went on to do "GoldenEye", and looks beautiful. The dramatic stylized lighting makes Lambert more intense and strikingly handsome than in the original.

He's an old man for the first 30 minutes of this movie, giving the story a real feeling of mortality vs. immortality. After killing his first attackers he is re-energized and youthened. Now he is able to find out the truth about the ozone protective shield he helped build. He'll try to get control away from the corrupt businessmen that now exploits the shield and the population of the planet. Very timely.

Lambert does all his own stunts in this movie, including the hover board flying and the ride down the top of an outside elevator. No blue screens or effects in both cases. It's great to see a large scale beautiful looking movie without the sometimes unrealistic looking CGI effects that are used today.

Sean Connery and Lambert are no longer teacher and student. Now they are equals. Culp and Cosby of the future. There's lots of humor to enjoy here, especially on Connery's part. To answer the question about how Connery came back from the dead, "Hey.......It's a kind of magic."

All the supporting actors are recognizable faces, with Michael Ironside using twisted humor as he stomps around the world creating havoc. Like taking a subway train on a high speed joy ride, crashing it, killing the passengers, and then announcing to the dead with glee, "Last stop." It's just the kind of thing a psychopath immortal would do.

As far as one reviewer complaining about Lambert "walking up to some strange woman and has sex with her up against a stone wall." She's the leading lady, they already established contact, went for a ride, and she watched him survive the first battle, and become young, handsome and frisky, and she needed his help to find the truth about the ozone shield. And besides, what two consenting (obviously consenting) adult mortal and immortals do, in the privacy of their own back alley in the future is their business. Plus, they got that over with quick and then could continue with the important talks of immortality, haunting memories of lost loves, and how to save the earth.

I bought all four Highlander features just now and watched them in two days, home alone, as morality tales about immortality should be watched. And for me, "There can be only two." The original and Highlander 2 "The Renegade version". I watched #2 twice, just to be sure, and enjoyed it twice.

Soon those who remember the original cut of this film will have their say, new viewers will watch it with unpolluted minds and enjoy this film on it's own merits. A large scale, quickly paced, fun and funny action tale of the future, with a theme that needs to be heeded more than ever.

No Planet Zeist? GOOD, Added Rude Scenes - BAD!.......2007-04-05

I was all set to enjoy a different version of Highlander 2 when, in the first scene, the main character walks up to some strange woman and has sex with her up against a stone wall. Since when was our main character so rude and crude? Not my cup of tea. I watched this when I purchased it a few years ago so can't remember much else to comment on. Just a bad movie any way it is cut or added to.

Finally we have what can now be called a worthy sequal.......2006-12-27

Highlander 2: The Quikening, has now been officially renamed
to simply: Highlander 2. The edition I am reviewing, is stating, it's "The Renegade Edition". However it was released only last year (2005 at the time of writing) and seems to fit with what folks are saying for this edition. I also own the original theatrical version and it's nice that the shield is now blue as opposed to the original red, which was possibly the silliest move in the movies creation ever. Good ridance to that.

I did like the fact that Highlander became a Sci-Fi as I'm a big fan of the genre. This is why many folks did not like this sequal. Not necessarily because the film is bad(I for one, disagree with this), simply because it took there beloved fantasy and turned it into something which was explainable within a Sci-Fi context. To this day, it's still the wish of the majority of Highlander fans that this film simply be dropped from the Highlander canon.

For those fans, please do take a look at this edition. The added material is fantastic and a god send for this sequal. Now the movie has a story which follows on from the original while still keeping the planet Zeist and the explanation of where the immortals come from intact. It also has a much better beginning and keeps McCloud more authentic.

The scene were the hole in the shield is investigated is superb and the working of the Sci-Fi concepts into the story finally makes sense. Admittedly it's not perfect sense with the feel that there should be a little more on the war on Zeist and tie-ins when McCloud is remembering that peice the build up to the creation of the shield with the events in the first movie. However as a big fan of the movie "Cashern", one thing I do like in movie is when not everything is explained in detail and things just happen. Life is like that. Things are not always explained in painful detail and most of the time, events occur around us in ways that we are not expecting.

Overall I would actually rate this movie 3.5, however the rating system only allows full stars. What it could still do with is more fillers(if only there was more footage). For example, the only scene that gets on my nerves now is where all our heroes are stuck in a detention cell in a maximum security centre and a spinning blade that covers the entire ceiling is spinning down to chop them into little peices. I liked how Sean Connerys character comes to the rescue with his style and flare, however it would have been better if they could have shown him transporting back to Zeist and a brief session with the council.

The over the top ending where guards are being fired at all over the place etc, has gone and we are presented with a straight show down and the destruction of the now defunct shield generator.

Besides the miraculous rescue scene where Connery disappears and the lack of build up in the relationship between McCloud and his new girlfriend(they begin kissing passionately after they have only just met, but I said to myself, it's because he's a recharged immortal and like Bond, has this way with women. What else could it be?)

The deleted scenes were nice and there were some really great scenes in there. I was totally horrified however at an alternate ending scene were McCloud and his newly aquainted girlfriend turn into spirits and twirl off into the stars. Apparently that's what happens in America when the theatrical is broadcast on national television.(Fellow fans you need to see this version).

Thankfully that ending is not in either of the versions I saw and I never want to see it again.

Overall for those of you who liked the idea of the sequal despite it's terrible editing originally, you will adore this. For those of you who didn't like the change from fantasy to Sci-Fi, you may find some good in this but are highly advised to stick to the original only.

Sean.

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AMAZING
A great movie, and like many, its easy to miss the point
If you enjoyed the premise behind Astro Boy, you'll enjoy this.
Darn fine film, slightly odd packaging...
METROPOLIS --- the BEST!!!!

Metropolis
Starring: Yuka Imoto , Kei Kobayashi , Kouki Okada , Jamieson Price , and Gô Nagai
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Release Date: 2002-04-23

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Adapted from Osamu Tezuka's 1949 manga, Metropolis (in Japanese with English subtitles) is an opulently beautiful film that fails to present a coherent story worthy of its extraordinary visuals. Evil Duke Red (voice by Taro Ishida) plans to rule the world from Ziggurat, his newly completed art deco tower. A new robot is being developed by his henchman Dr. Laughton (Junpei Takeguchi) to control all the machines in the world from Ziggurat. Japanese detective Shunsaku Ban (Kousei Tomita) and his nephew Kenichi (Kei Kobayashi) arrive in Metropolis in pursuit of Laughton and are plunged into Red's plot. When the duke's maniacal adopted son Rock (Kohki Okada) attacks Laughton's hidden lab, Kenichi and the waiflike android Tima (Yuka Imoto) flee into the city's subterranean slums and fall in love. Despite a protracted series of chases and violent shootouts, there's little excitement and less character development. Director Rintaro (Hayashi Shigeyuki) borrows heavily from Fritz Lang's 1926 Metropolis, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, and Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira, but his staging makes much of the action hard to follow. The film takes an unintentionally hilarious turn when Ziggurat crumbles to Ray Charles's "I Can't Stop Loving You." The computer-generated skyscrapers, machines, and airships offer dazzling vistas of an overscaled and sinister deco-dystopia. But Tezuka's flat little characters, with their big eyes, round noses, and bubble-shaped feet, don't fit into that realistic three-dimensional environment. MPAA rating: PG. Contains considerable violence and grotesque imagery. --Charles Solomon

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AMAZING.......2007-06-25

THE MOST MOVING ANIMATED MOVIE I HAVE SEEN IN MY 30 YEARS.

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

A great movie, and like many, its easy to miss the point.......2007-06-16

The first thing I'd like to do is just clear up a few things that negative reviews have been hooked on and maybe shed a bit of clarity on what is being shown in the movie.

-Origins : It comes from a manga written by Osamu Tezuka, the founder of anime, and is loosely based on that. It borrows themes from the black and white movie "Metropolis" as well but when you watch it, its best just to let the movie unfold itself instead of you forcing it to fit any particular mold.
-The animation : There are a lot of different animation choices moving around here. you have the deco-style buildings which jut across the skyline of metropolis, the astro-boy style human beings with large eyes and exagerated features (eyes, arms, noses), and then the cyberpunk innards of the city, as well as the much more "real" and dirty areas beneath the city. the humans are MEANT to stand out against the deco, everything isn't supposed to fit neatly together in a single style. in the movie this is shown in the plot; the elite humans (duke red, the president, etc), common people, the robots, and the city all are at odds with each other. Its not supposed to be hyper-realistic, the styles chosen are deliberate and invoke specific contrasts.
-Plot : At times things trip and fall, but I think part of the incongruity is on purpose. The chaos and sort of non-sequiter plot lines are actually just intended to encase the story of 1)humanity's fear of the 'other' 2)Tima and Kenichi. Except for Tima, the other characters just kind of putter out (aside from Luke, or Rock in the U.S. version) but her story was fantastically strong when placed within the struggle of humanity (with its own inner turmoil) and the servants they created.

In conclusion, this movie is just saturated in AMAZING visuals and great jazzy music (I couldn't think of a more appropriate use of "I cant stop loving you" by Ray Charles at the end), and it contains a story of a search for a 'self' within the fantastical world of Metropolis. Characters broaden and shrink the scope of where they place themselves here, yet everyone lands in own unique niche. But for the staleness of character development/bogged plot I drop half a star.

4.5/5 - A must see, for movie fans with open eyes.

If you enjoyed the premise behind Astro Boy, you'll enjoy this........2007-06-08

I was first attracted to buying this DVD while watching the "Previews" section added onto the last disk of the 2004 Astro Boy anime DVD series I bought from Amazon this year. When I saw the animation quality of Metropolis, I wanted to see more.

In a nutshell, here's how this film plays out, in parallel to Astro Boy, under Osamu Tezuka's direction:

The Duke loses his daughter, just like Dr. Tenma loses his son Tobio. Both men have robots built to replace their lost children, except in Metropolis, Duke's adopted son, Rock, detains the Duke and his robot daughter from meeting each other; whereas Astro meets his father from the moment he's born. Rock does this simply because Tinma, the Duke's robot daughter, is to rule on the throne of the earth as a robot, over humans and robots. Sounds allot like Astro Boy to me. Rock feels only a human should sit on that throne; with that human being his adopted father, who Rock loves dearly we learn.

Rock first kills the doctor creating Tinma, as well as tries to kill Tinma before she awakens, via his attack on the robot factory, but Tinma survives and is aided by a boy who is working alongside a character that looks just like Daddy Mustache in the Astro Boy series. This Daddy Mustache "look alike" is a detective sent from Tokyo to investigate the whole affair.

In the end, Osamua introduces a different twist from the Astro Boy premise. Where with Astro Boy, he shows the king of robots bridging the gap between humans and robots, in this film he shows what happens when that does not happen, with Tinma assuming the throne and the desire to destroy all humans. Rock, who you might think is bad in the beginning, is really one of the good guys and gives his life to save all of humanity. Lots of pathos in the end and a certain level of violence in this film in terms of some characters being killed along the way.

The story is very good and more or less asks the question; "what if robots or IA did take control of the world and tried to destroy mankind. How would mankind survive." We've seen this plot played out in films like Robo cop, The Terminator and as recent as I-Robot; so the idea isn't new in filmaking. Well, mankind does survive, but I won't tell you how or I'll spoil the explosive ending for you if you purchase this film and watch it.

The animation alone is well worth the price of admission and it still has a good story plot, through not new. It does come with a small DVD disk with lots of feature behind the scene stuff, but its all in Japanese with no english translation. This was a let down, which is why I gave this four stars. The packaging is great. No problems with the disks. Delivery was timely. No complaints.

Darn fine film, slightly odd packaging..........2007-05-02

Just a quick note, before I get to the review: The packaging is a fold-out style case with a regular DVD (left; main features) and a mini-DVD (right; special features). I'm not sure why the studio opted for the mini-DVD for special features, rather than a standard DVD... I was a bit surprised. I'm hoping it won't cause issues, as I've never used a mini-DVD before in any of my players (including the DVD-changer). But generally all the packaging and discs are attractive and functional.

I'll include a review of the content (audio/video/features) once I get around to watching it in the next day or two. But I've heard very good things, so I'll give it a 5-star rating.

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Addendum (5-6-07):
Okay, finished watching it. The visuals were interesting, video quality and audio quality were good. The ending was typical of an anime, not entirely satisfying. I don't know if that's good/bad/other. Generally, if you like anime, and good visuals you'll like this movie. Granted, the plot was perhaps a bit slow in places, and not entirely satisfying (ending). But still, it's a decent flick. HAven't watched the special features yet, but I assume tehy'll be decent and on par with other movie/anime special features. So, overall, I'd say it's worth purchasing.

METROPOLIS --- the BEST!!!!.......2007-04-17

(Gives away a few parts - 2)
This movie was more than just a movie. When I first saw it, I was like, "oh my god, this is incredible" I watched it over 6 times, once in Japanese, and I didn't even have to know what they were saying to truely take it in. Metropolis seems so real, and the fact that this probably won't happen, and that it's just a movie-I can't except that. It's too realistic and nonrealistic at the same time for it not really to exist. It brought tears to my eyes, and not just little tears on my eyelashes. I mean, my face would be soaked because of all of the emotion. I understand that most kids my age (11,12) would say thatt this movie was just stupid, and if someone said it to my face, i would hit them so hard! Who I really love most in the movie is Kenichi. It's unbelievable and so sad that he risks his life to save Tima when there's nothing good left in her. When he finds out that she's a robot, i feel so hurt inside to know that the person that he loves isn't human. This anime is more than a movie. The characters are more than cartoons. I think about this movie all the time, and ALWAYS try to improve on drawing at least Kenichi (i gotta admit, he IS really cute!!) It's so hard to see a kid go through this kind of thing. I've had a VERY early experience with death, (kindergarten - bff) and i think i really understand how Kenichi feels. having someone "taken away" from you that you fall in love with is horrible.

The movie is just so deep and has so much more to it, that you CAN'T see it only once. I really give my respect to Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi, and the rest of the cast/crew that i can't get the names of right now. You guys may speak Japanese, but i understand EVERYTHING that you're saying, and I don't even speak the language.

- Valerie, age 11

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A favorite TV memory!
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Finally!
I've been waiting for this movie to be released on DVD
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Frankenstein - The True Story
Starring: James Mason , Leonard Whiting , David McCallum , Jane Seymour , and Nicola Pagett
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Release Date: 2006-09-26

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Hints of sublime horror lurk in a big pile of camp lunacy in Frankenstein: The True Story. While a subtitle like The True Story might make you think this 1970s TV production hews close to Mary Shelley's classic novel, it's safe to say that Shelley's opus did not include crawling disembodied arms, sinister Chinese coolies, solar power, or the flabbergasting paisley dressing gown that Dr. Frankenstein wears for one brief but startling scene. In fact, The True Story deviates from Shelley's story in almost every detail. In this version, the young and handsome Dr. Frankenstein (Leonard Whiting, star of Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet) is lured into reviving the dead by the obsessive Dr. Clerval (David McCallum, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), who gruffly tosses off lines like "Fail? That is a word I shall teach you to forget!" and "This was specially prepared with chemicals--I'll explain what they are later." Clerval's untimely death doesn't stop Frankenstein from bringing his Creature to life in the form of the jaw-droppingly handsome Michael Sarrazin (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?). Alas, tissue degeneration soon sets in--but the oily, sinister Dr. Polidori (James Mason, Lolita) arrives to make things even worse with his plan for a female Creature in the form of the even more jaw-droppingly dewy and luscious Jane Seymour (later to becomeDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman). Most of Frankenstein: The True Story rattles along as enjoyable badness, but every so often an image flares up that's genuinely creepy--when Frankenstein's fiancee Elizabeth is menaced by an undead butterfly, the scene is laughable and eerie at the same time--and though Whiting is stiff, Mason and a parade of cameo stars (including John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Agnes Moorehead) inject the movie with the sort of sinister relish that animated the classic horror of the black and white era. --Bret Fetzer

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A favorite TV memory!.......2007-06-01

"More than anything, I found this to be the most tragic and heart-breaking version of the myth I have ever seen put to film. I highly recommend it. --Mykal Banta"
I had to quote another reviewer since this evoked the memories I have of being at my best friend's house and catching Part 1 of this mini-series when we were 10 years old. We were transfixed by the image of handsome Michael Sarrazin and were swept away by the story itself. We waited breathlessly until the next night to see Part 2 and never forgot its poignant ending. This isn't really a horror film or we wouldn't have been allowed to watch it...but Thank God we were! Great film.

Enjoy it for what it is.......2007-04-12

I remember watching this version of the Frankenstein Story and being blown away by it .It seemed more personal ,the charachters richer and very enjoyable.Though not a "true story" ,it has all the elements of the original story . Some Critics complain about the qualitity of the transfer but that should not take away from the story itself .Just because it is on DVD doesn't mean it's a flawless transfer .The acting is top notch and should just be enjoyed .

Finally!.......2007-01-11

Finally, the ultimate screen version of the Mary Shelly classic is available on DVD! This British production boasts an impressive cast (John Gielgud, Ralph Richarson, James Mason, Agnes Moorehead), superior production values, and a beautifully realized script by the great playwright Christopher Isherwood ("Berlin Stories"). I saw this when it originally aired on television in the 1970's, and it made an indelible impression on me. I've been waiting for years to see it again, and this release has not disappointed. If you're looking for a DVD of outstanding quality, rife with extras, this is not the DVD of choice. If, however, you are looking for the definitive version of Shelly's tale of hubris gone awry, beautifully filmed with outstanding performances, you likely won't do any better than the mesmerizing "Frankenstein: The True Story".

I've been waiting for this movie to be released on DVD.......2007-01-11

For those of you who have actually read Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein" and have seen most of the silly movie renditions, you will not be surprised that this movie also does not follow the book very closely. The book is actually rather dry and, as typical of the time period in which it was written, involves a great deal of intellectual dialog which provokes thoughts on "playing God", and immortality. Difficult to put into a screenplay as many people go to see films that thrill them without too much thinking involved.
This is by far the best Frankenstein movie ever made. The cast is fabulous (you either love or hate various characters), the costumes beautiful, the storyline is fascinating (albeit some of the special effects are typical of the 1970's). I bought copies for both of my sisters and now need to get one for myself.
This movie rocks the house! If you like older "horror" movies, you'll love this one

Priceless.......2007-01-03

At last the full 3 hour Frankenstein, The True Story is available. With a photographic memory, I was appalled the first time I watched my VHS version and realized there was more surgery on the movie than there was on the creature. I was particularly floored by the omission of a significant Agnes Moorehead scene, as I adore this talented woman. (Was this her last role?) I agree with others that the Amazon review cannot be further from the mark. This film could not be LESS "camp". Although it is not entirely the "True" story, it is such a classy telling of the tale, that it has inspired me to buy and finally read the book. My only complaint is that the color of the DVD is fair at best. Even with constant fiddling with my TV's settings, the best I could come up with was a rusty brown tint to the majority of the film...Also, if you have never seen the film or lack my kind of memory from seeing it in 1973, skip the James Mason intro--it let's too much out! Special mention to David McCallum--he is impeccable as Clerval, and his acting certainly deserved an Emmy. Leanord Whiting's Victor Frankenstein is perfect. Watch it on a rainy night!

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Slam (1998)
An Undeniably Important Movie for the Age
Powerful Poems and a Marion Barry Cameo... What's Not to Like?

Slam
Starring: Saul Williams , Sonja Sohn , Bonz Malone , Lawrence Wilson , and Beau Sia
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ASIN: B00000I1LN
Release Date: 1999-03-09

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A darling of the 1998 festival circuit, Marc Levin's Slam won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance as well as the Camera d'Or (best first film) at Cannes. Despite its shortcomings, the film merits these awards--Slam offers a strong cast and compelling subject matter, a perfect setting with a killer soundtrack, and over-the-top rap poetry.

The film opens with an exterior shot of the protagonist, Raymond Joshua (played by real-life poet Saul Williams), walking away from the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The image of a young black man turning his back on this symbol of government scant minutes before he's popped on a chump-change drug charge is poignant and disturbing--not easily forgotten by anyone aware of the immense contradictions inherent in the demographics of the nation's capital.

Slam depicts Raymond's fall from relative innocence, and his apparent redemption. As a small-time dope dealer and street poet, his arrest thrusts him into an unfamiliar world--the violence of life in the slammer is palpable and altogether frightening. Incarceration, however, awakens the slumbering power of Raymond's poetry; eventually, its strength keeps him alive. In a prison yard scene when he's about to get whomped, Raymond gives free rein to his words, choosing poetry in motion over violence. Hearing Raymond's impassioned words, the hardened cons let him walk. One of them even covers his bail, and Raymond hits the streets, eager to check out Lauren (Sonja Sohn), the creative-writing teacher he met behind bars.

Although the third act dilutes the credibility established by Levin's in-your-face vérité style, Slam is relentlessly passionate, unswerving in its conviction that there's an alternative to the violence that decimates North America's inner cities. Indeed, for all the film's preachiness, we cheer Raymond on, fueling his poetry, hoping, somehow, that it can transform those around him. Peace is the word. --Stephan Magcosta

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Sham.......2007-06-03

Poetry is the apotheosis of all literary forms; clarity and emotional honesty chiseled into words with incredible discipline, worked and reworked tirelessly until they communicate with elegance and precision. The relentless clanging of A/B rhyme portrayed in Slam bears as much resemblance to poetry as female mud wrestling in Berlin nightclubs bears to ballet.

But that's part of this film's larger tragedy. Raymond Joshua, Saul Williams, seems like the highly intelligent, sensitive kid who, in a better world, could really go places. But in his milieu rap is de rigueur, so his talents are wasted there, stifled by the astonishing limitations of the idiom. (How many rhymes for MF are there?) This said, Ray seems stunningly naive for a kid who grew up in the projects, his "dream" argument with Lauren, Sonja Sohn, late in the film, reflects worldly innocence a 12-year old might envy. This "man-child" theme, worked overly hard, is in jarring juxtaposition to the gritty realism of the film's first half, a stark look inside prison life.

No one in the film technically qualifies as an actor, and it shows. (Marion Barry's legendary impersonation of a Mayor comes closest.) This glaring deficiency is most evident when a prison guard delivers the movie's only memorable moment. He is clearly untrained, but manages to summon what no one else can, conviction, authenticity, and passion. In clearly defined terms, using a mathematical formula, he explains to Ray why he's so angry. It's all about the number of young black men in his prison, and how disproportionate that number is when compared to Washington's overall demographic. He breaks it down, and then expresses his pain felt witnessing the self-destructive cycle of drugs and street crime. It is a sharp moment that neatly punctuates all the gassy, preachy speeches characterizing most of this film.

What little chance the movie had of succeeding is lost completely in the third act, a bizarre blend of goopy love story and poetry slam funfest. The poetry slam is especially poor, the poetry itself is shabby and the crowd seems to have been bussed in from another movie set. Williams and Sohn are likeable, and do well considering their obvious lack of experience. The fault here lies with the script and the director. If Levin had played his cards right, he could have made one coherent, well structured lousy movie. Instead, what he managed to do was chop together unrelated sections of three lousy movies. The subject matter is serious and certainly deserved better than this.

Watch this movie.......2007-03-23

Great story line makes me fall in love with Saul Williams all over again.

Slam (1998).......2006-09-07

Great movie and extremely powerful and motivational. I am a 42 year old African American male military war veteran (single parent)with a BA in Social Science and a ThM in Theology. I have coached, taught and ministered to my people; African Americans. Only to become discouraged in the fight and caught in the same traps; sex, drugs, anger, remorse, unforgiveness, hate, regret, shame, mental pain etc. I fought so hard for others of my race not to placate to; even to the point of using drugs. But GLORY has come! This movie has given me new strenght to continue to advocate, fight and defend (help) my enslaved (physical or mental)people. I am also ordering extra copies for all individuals I am lead to help by the anointing, gifts and Spirit in me. Thank you God for this anointed message and gift; SLAM (1998). "What an encouragement."

An Undeniably Important Movie for the Age.......2006-06-01

With the great resurgence of poetry jams and slams in our cities and schools, it's no wonder this riveting, romantic movie has develped such a huge following.

Saul Williams is something of a phenomenon here, with a Shakespearean voice and an uncanny knack for freestyle. Because of a drug deal gone bad, Ray Joshua (Williams) is thrown into the criminal justice system for possession of 1/4 ounce of marijuana. He resists his plea bargain and rejects the judicial logic of trials. He is a fundamentally good person who cares for his neighbors and resists being another slave of the system.

Sonja Sohn, his female lead, plays a former prostitute turned prison poetry workshop leader, and she is convincing indeed. She has a fabulous screen presence and her chaaracter has an iron will that seems enmeshed with Ray's.

While their eventual romance is predictable, it is also satisfying. The film's premise, simply that words have the power to redeem lives and heal deeply set wounds, has universal appeal. Those who have participated in jams and slams know this is true.

Director, Mark Levin employs ace cinematography, a drop-dead hip-hop score and steady pacing to produce a film that honors the human race. I have no idea why it sells for so little. I can only assume that the mass market has become so bovine in its tastes that many are unwilling to confront life on the other side of the fence, convinced that it simply does not exist.

A superb, multiple-award-winner, beautifully photographed, scripted and edited. Those pour souls sensitive to so-called "explicit" language, need not view. You will be offended for all the wrong reasons.

Powerful Poems and a Marion Barry Cameo... What's Not to Like?.......2006-05-02

It's a sign of SLAM's verisimilitude that I thought it might be a documentary for its first five minutes or so. (Not surprising, since director Marc Levin is known for his documentary work.) With only a couple of exceptions, the actors in it are amateurs, which actually works to the film's advantage.

Anyway, SLAM is a simple, sometimes dopey, sometimes thrilling story of a guy who winds up in jail, gets out, and might be heading right back in again. But both Saul Williams, the principal actor, and his love interest, Sonja Sohn (of THE WIRE) are real live poets, and man, does it show when they do their poetry readings... or "slams" as they are known.

And I'll tell you what: SLAM has some scenes that will knock your socks off.

There's one in particular where our protagonist avoids a fatal shanking in the prison yard by giving a dramatic reading of his poetry. One of his fellow felons says of the performance, "I still don't know what that nigga did, but it was fascinatin'." That was pretty much my reaction, too.

SIDENOTE: Yeah, that's crack smoker, prostitute patron, and former mayor of Washington, D.C. Marion Barry playing the judge. That was a cameo that blew my mind.

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surprised me.
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Great Suspense Thriller!
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Based on an incredible true story, this intense high-tech crime thriller features Skeet Ulrich (SCREAM), Donal Logue (TV's GROUNDED FOR LIFE), and Russell Wong (TWISTED) in an amazing all-star cast! For years Kevin Mitnick (Ulrich) -- the most notorious computer hacker in the nation -- had eluded Federal agents while using the latest electronic gadgetry to break into countless computers and gain access to sensitive and valuable information. But when he breaches the system of leading computer crimes expert Tsutomu Shimomura (Wong), it sets off an epic chase through cyberspace between a pair of hard-driven geniuses operating on different sides of the law! Also starring Tom Berenger (TV's PEACEMAKER), Christopher McDonald (SPY KIDS 2), Master P (HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE) and Amanda Peet (THE WHOLE TEN YARDS) in this electrifying modern adventure!

Customer Reviews:

Entertaining but not accurate........2007-05-09

Its a very entertaining movie but the character and the facts and events were not what happened in reality. Look it up on wikipedia if your interrested in the truth, or watch "Freedom Downtime" from the "2600" group.

To the person below who said "Movies are never accurate dont expect it out of this one...." Ok lets make a movie about Osama flying some planes into a building, but before he hits them he lands and hands out ice-cream... because thats what really happened isnt it? or was it? If your going to tell a story tell it right in my opinion, why do you think Students are taught HISTORY in school and not issued TABLOIDS!

surprised me........2007-03-28

this movie surprised me, i enjoyed it a lot more than i thought, and was actually on the edge of my seat. especially cause it's based on a true story and is quite accurate.

i watched it again a couple of weeks later and still enjoyed it and then i read "the fugitive game" (available at Amazon.com!!!) i got that book instead of the one the movie was based on, because of the comments of users and it was written by a third party so i felt it would be less biased.

ANYWAY, if you have any interest in computers and find "the art" of hacking to be interesting......check it out!
ah... the movie that is, not the "art of hacking", just something to live vicariously thru the movies!

A nice movie.......2006-11-16

If you like, this "histories" about hacking, here you got some of what MAYBE happen with the capture of kevin mitnick...

I recomend it for perople who really like the type... go for it...

Great Suspense Thriller!.......2006-08-21

A really great hacker film that becomes a cat-and-mouse edge-of-your-seat thriller. In the spirit of War Games and Sneakers, this film is exciting, thrilling, and fast-paced.
I don't care how accurate it is, THIS is a great movie!

8-17-06.
Walt D in LV

not bad--did the 2600 protests help it in rewrite?.......2005-11-08

I saw this after watching "Freedom Downtime," and I have to say that if they'd seen the final script they needn't have bothered to protest. The film is quite sympathetic to Kevin Mitnick--he comes out as more of a sympathetic character than Tsutomu Shimomura does (and "wins" in the end despite jail). There's no trial scene, there's no garbage can lid scene (contrary to one of the reviewers, who seems to be reviewing the initial script rather than the final product)--Mitnick is not portrayed as violent in this film. Sure, they took some liberties with the facts to try to make it more entertaining, but that was probably necessary.

Watch for the real Tsutomu Shimomura in the scene where the actor portraying him is speaking at a conference--he's sitting next to Donal Logue (the Lewis DePayne, er, Alex Lowe character), who is giving Shimomura a hard time (as the real Shimomura laughs).

It is amusing that one of the best scenes in the movie (in the strip club where Lowe and Mitnick are meeting with an "Agent Steal"-like character named Icebreaker) comes out of Jonathan Littman's _The Fugitive Game_ rather than the Shimomura and Markoff book. Littman filed a copyright infringement suit over it, according to Kevin Poulsen's review of the DVD on The Register (Feb. 13, 2001).

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