Ricochet

Starring:Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, Lindsay Wagner, Mary Ellen Trainor, Josh Evans, Victoria Dillard, John Amos, John Cothran Jr., Linda Dona, Matt Landers, Lydell M. Cheshier, Starletta DuPois, Sherman Howard, Viveka Davis, Kimberly Natasha Ali, Aileaha Jones, Jesse Ventura, Rick Cramer
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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This sleeper star vehicle for Denzel Washington is a campy revenge thriller in the Brian De Palma style. Director Russell Mulcahy (The Shadow) makes the most of the opportunity to showcase two great actors in an exaggerated story of cops, robbers, and revenge. Denzel Washington (Glory, Crimson Tide) plays a cop who becomes a rising legal star as a result of arresting master criminal John Lithgow (The World According to Garp). Lithgow escapes prison, fakes his own death, and sets about framing lawyer Washington for various crimes and methodically destroys his life, until Washington enlists the help of childhood friend and drug dealer Ice-T (New Jack City) to turn the tables and put his tormentor out of business for good. Lurid and violent, the film is also happily over the top, making Ricochet a cheerfully decadent indulgence. --Robert Lane
Description
From the director of ' 'Highlander' ' comes an action-packed thriller. He's a cop accused of murder - and the only man who knows he's innocent, is the killer who framed him. Now the cop must unite with an old friend - and gangster - if he is to defeat the killer, save his reputation and maybe even his life.

DVD Features:
Biographies
Featurette
Filmographies
Interactive Menus
Production Notes
Scene Access
Theatrical Trailer

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SUPER HELPFUL!
Super Nanny
super nanny is great
Great Gift!!
A must See for new Parents

Supernanny - Season 1
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Release Date: 2006-05-16

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Jo Frost is Super Nanny, a British nanny with over 15 years of experience and specific techniques for dealing with virtually any situation. Super Nanny visits ten families in this first season, and each family visit begins with Super Nanny's observation of how family members interact followed by a discussion with the parents about problems observed. Then Super Nanny takes charge and provides parents with concrete tools and solutions to issues like tantrums, disrespect, sleep problems, and mealtime battles. Virtually every solution begins with establishing a detailed household routine and employing a consistent discipline technique within the home. While Super Nanny's techniques don't differ markedly from those found in most quality books on child rearing, seeing Super Nanny apply those techniques to real life situations is immensely effective. Concepts like the "naughty step" or "naughty room" (more commonly referred to as a "timeout") are illustrated very specifically; from the appropriate room, chair or mat to use for children of different ages to the optimum time of confinement and the parent's most effective use of body language and tone of voice. In dealing with sleep issues, knowing that the appropriate course of action for keeping a child in his own bed is to repeatedly return the child to bed until he falls asleep is fine in theory, but many exhausted parents find it impossible to stay the course when confronted by a hysterical child who gets out of bed 39 times in an evening. Super Nanny shows real parents exactly where to sit, where to look, and how to stay the course to get their child to sleep, even in the face of their own extreme frustration and emotional and physical exhaustion. Super Nanny also addresses parental issues like communication, inequitable division of child rearing responsibilities, and conflicting perspectives on appropriate child behavior and discipline, detailing specific strategies for improving communication and establishing a consistent, united approach to child rearing. Viewers can watch all ten Super Nanny episodes in their entirety, select specific segments of individual shows, or choose any one of Super Nanny's top ten techniques to address their own specific needs or preferences. --Tami Horiuchi

Description

No more worrying that you've missed invaluable lessons. Season 1 of SUPERNANNY is finally on DVD! SUPERNANNY, the hit ABC series, introduces top techniques and offer invaluable advice on successful parenting. A modern day Mary Poppins, SUPERNANNY Jo Frost has developed unique techniques hone over 16 years of nannying to help parents tame their troublesome kids. This is a must-have product for parents! Watch the entire first season, or choose from our specially selected scenes and Top Ten Techniques, highlighting problem behavior and how SUPERNANNY can help resolve it. No problem is too great for SUPERNANNY! Whether using the famous NAUGHTY STEP, or creating a THOUGHT BOX to encourage children to express their true feelings, SUPERNANNY can help you to transform your child's problem behavior. You can do it!

Customer Reviews:

SUPER HELPFUL!.......2007-05-15

This DVD is awesome to have because being a single mom (parent), it's hard to find a lot of free time to read up/catch up on the healthy, constructive ways of raising children. I gave it a 5 because it has awesome tips and they work. I would advise however, that many of the episodes are repetitive to some extent so don't expect to want to watch the whole series in one night.

Super Nanny.......2007-04-11

A good set of episodes, the Super Nanny's dry humor and glib handling of ill-behaved kids always makes us smile. And to see her bring out the goodness in the kids (and the common sense in the parents!) is always a heartwarmer.

super nanny is great.......2007-03-08

I find these videos very helpful for my parenting. I think they are a great value for the entire season. I hope they come out with the next season soon as Supernanny has tweaked her methods a little since this opening season and she's only gotten better at this job.

Great Gift!!.......2007-01-16

I bought this product for my mom for Christmas 2006. She has raised 5 children and is now enjoying grandchildren. She says that she enjoys watching Supernanny in her spare time and enjoys passing on the advice to all of us - her kiddos! :) It was the perfect gift and Mom is getting many hours of enjoyment by watching it!

A must See for new Parents.......2007-01-10

I bought the DVD as a gift because a friend of mine was having a hard time with her kids, they were running the house and didn`t respect her at all, and i thought maybe this could help her. A few days later i bumped in to her and she was very grateful, she said all the tips the supernanny gave were right on the money, the kids respected her a bit more, they were more obedient, and she was very pleased with the results, i thought, well maybe she`s just saying it, but no i saw the kids and they really did change theyre behavior.

I really really really recommend the Supernanny DVD, if you or some you know are new parents and seem to have a hard time educating the kids, this DVD is a must see.

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Standard, But Engrossing Washington Action Film
Zero Star
Worst DVD transfer ever
Surprisingly Entertaining
DON'T GET MAD..GET EVEN

Ricochet
Starring: Denzel Washington , John Lithgow , Ice-T , Kevin Pollak , and Lindsay Wagner
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
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This sleeper star vehicle for Denzel Washington is a campy revenge thriller in the Brian De Palma style. Director Russell Mulcahy (The Shadow) makes the most of the opportunity to showcase two great actors in an exaggerated story of cops, robbers, and revenge. Denzel Washington (Glory, Crimson Tide) plays a cop who becomes a rising legal star as a result of arresting master criminal John Lithgow (The World According to Garp). Lithgow escapes prison, fakes his own death, and sets about framing lawyer Washington for various crimes and methodically destroys his life, until Washington enlists the help of childhood friend and drug dealer Ice-T (New Jack City) to turn the tables and put his tormentor out of business for good. Lurid and violent, the film is also happily over the top, making Ricochet a cheerfully decadent indulgence. --Robert Lane

Description

From the director of ' 'Highlander' ' comes an action-packed thriller. He's a cop accused of murder - and the only man who knows he's innocent, is the killer who framed him. Now the cop must unite with an old friend - and gangster - if he is to defeat the killer, save his reputation and maybe even his life.

DVD Features:
Biographies
Featurette
Filmographies
Interactive Menus
Production Notes
Scene Access
Theatrical Trailer

Customer Reviews:

Standard, But Engrossing Washington Action Film.......2007-04-04

Ricochet is a pretty basic action, but it keeps you interested with great performances by Denzel Washington as the besieged hero and John Lithgow (completely over-the-top performance) as the despicable villain.

Washington starts off the movie as a beat cop who runs across criminal Lithgow and apprehends him. Next, we flash forward years later where Washington is the DA, having made his career off of the Lithgow bust. And Lithgow escapes from prison, and is ready for revenge...

Everyone performs well, even though you have to believe they realized how silly the movie is, but you are able to go with the flow and suspend disbelief enough to enjoy the proceedings. This is just a fun action flick. No need to make it any more than what it is.

Zero Star.......2006-12-22

First off, Denzel is the man. No debate there. But this film is flat out one of the worst movies I've seen. Macro Micro of SF pretty much nailed the review, no need to repeat the points. As if the film were not laughably bad enough, we're left with the prospect of the scary reviews on this page. I was hoping that those stars and raves were offered in sarcasm, but I'm not convinced we're that lucky, instead we are left with the solemn thought that these are likely the original and earnest thoughts of the authors. Someday these people might be serving on your jury.

Thought. Were these reviewers fibbing when they checked the "I am over the age of 13" box required by this website?

Denzel, your still the man. Word.

Worst DVD transfer ever.......2006-12-02

This is the worst DVD transfer I have ever seen. Quality is worse than VHS.

Surprisingly Entertaining.......2006-03-02

Couldn't believe that this was the same John Lithgow who starred in "Third Rock From the Sun", an hilarious comedy that ran for a few years on NBC. John plays the ultimate bad guy seeking twisted revenge for being stopped in his tracks by Denzel's character.

Wasn't expecting much, but this movie was surprisingly entertaining. Yes, it was a little violent, and some parts were a tad unbelievable, but overall, Denzel and John were worthy antagonists. Boy, Denzel sure was gorgeous!! Still is.

DON'T GET MAD..GET EVEN.......2005-07-18

RICOCHET is a tense and riveting tale of revenge, powered by the performances of Denzel Washington as an idealistic cop who finds his life dramatically altered after he arrests a psychotic criminal; and John Lithgow as that criminal whose plan for revenge goes beyond the norm. Escaping from prison, Lithgow plots a course of events that leads to the destruction of Washington's career and life. Culminating in an exciting climax at a construction site, RICOCHET overcomes its somewhat improbable plot with tense action sequences and an excellent cast.

The Denzel Washington Collection (Fallen / The Pelican Brief / Ricochet)

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The Denzel Washington Collection (Fallen / The Pelican Brief / Ricochet)
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Catch Denzel Washington in three films representative of his wide-ranging dramatic chops. Fallen; The Pelican Brief; Ricochet

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Denzel Washington Collection (Fallen/The Pelican Brief/Ricochet)

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Denzel Washington Collection (Fallen/The Pelican Brief/Ricochet)
Starring: Julia Roberts , Denzel Washington , Sam Shepard , John Heard , and Tony Goldwyn
Director: Alan J. Pakula , Gregory Hoblit , and Russell Mulcahy
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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Release Date: 2003-05-13

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CAVEAT EMPTOR
They have got to be kidding.
It is a bad deal.
Not terribly useful collection
Some Winners and Some Losers

Dozen DVD Deal - Action

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Customer Reviews:

CAVEAT EMPTOR.......2005-05-11

BUYER BEWARE! This looks like a lowball of a deal if you consider that most of the movies depicted are the worst Hollywood has ever produced and delivered. I would look at the reviews and perhaps rent each individual movie before you by them all together. Here's a view of some of them:

'The Big Red One': Without question one of the worst WWII/D-Day films ever produced in every respect (technically and historically.) The film stars Lee Marvin who's much too old to play a grunt on the beaches of Normandy. The film is riddled with cliches and bad scenes from beginning to end. It wasn't even filmed in Europe but Israel. Yes, the coasts and beaches in Israel look so much like Normandy it's striking! It's about as bad as setting Auschwitz in Death Valley for a Holocaust film.

'The Gauntlet': Dirty Harry-type Eastwood movie where he's got to protect a witness against corrupt cops. Not a bad movie but not his best either: far below his Dirty Harry films or his westerns.

'Point of No Return': American version of "La Femme Nikita" starring Bridget Fonda. O.K. but the French version was better and more realistic.

'The Sea Wolves': Humor-action WWII movie starring Roger Moore. This one is actually pretty good with a lot of action.

'Soldier': Probably the worst movie that Kurt Russel ever starred in where he has an even smaller script than Schwarzeneger in "Terminator." Pathetic: not even worth watching once.

'Tango and Cash': Comedy-action cop movie with Kurt Russel and Sylvester Stallone. O.K. but after a while you begin to wonder whether you're laughing at the film or the fact that this was even made into a movie.

'Victory': Good movie about a soccer team of prisoners in WWII starrring Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone. This film is probably the best one out of the entire selection.

'When Trumpets Fade': Another one of the absolutely worst war films ever produced regarding the obscure battle of Hurtigen Forest at the close of WWII in Europe. A pathetic film with a horrible screenplay and equally disgraceful acting: avoid like the plague! I got it for free as a bonus to buying 'Band of Brothers' and I threw it away after one viewing as I couldn't stop laughing as to how bad this movie was.

Save your money and buy the few good films in this packet separately. Most of the movies in this package are not worth buying trust me!

They have got to be kidding........2005-03-20

There are maybe two OK movies in this "Deal", the rest are junk. I do not want to own any of them personally. The best part is the deal itself. Every single one of these movies can be had for less than ten bucks. If they chopped the first number of the price, they might be able to call it a deal.

It is a bad deal........2004-11-18

With the market for the DVD's being so competetive you can buy these DVDs individually at a much cheaper price than as an action pack on amazon. Don't be fooled go else where. The movies are good so I'd get them just not all at once like this.

David

Not terribly useful collection.......2003-09-12

While the movies here in and of themselves are not 'bad' movies, unless you really want to buy them all you would probably be better off seeking the specific movies that you want rather than coughing up $115 for them here.

Some Winners and Some Losers.......2003-09-10

This is an interesting set of DVDs.

There are some good films here and some not so great.

"The Big Red One" is a much overlooked war film starring, believe it or not, Mark Hamill of "Star Wars" fame. The story is told very well.

"Fort Apache, The Bronx" stars Paul Newman and is really not so bad a cop film. If you like that genre, this is a good addition to your collection. Again, a well told story, if not a little dated.

"The Gauntlet" is a pretty good Clint Eastwood movie from 1977. Not one of his best, but not one of his worst either.

"Point of No Return" is the American version of "LaFemme Nikita" starring Bridget Fonda. The original is the better movie, but this one works. Its a fun watch.

"Ricochet" stars a pre-Oscar win Denzel Washington and a very over the top John Lithgow. It passes for entertainment, but barely. Lindsay Wagner shows up, if that helps.

"Soldier" is a Kurt Russel movie that he worked out for. Nice pecs, Kurt.

"Tango and Cash" is actually a pretty good film. Importantly, it does NOT take itself too seriously and it fun to watch. It stars Kurt Russel and Sylvester Stallone in their prime action-hero days.

"Victory" is a great film. The best featured here. It is placed in a concentration camp in WWII and its about soccer. You're intrigued, right? Its actually a very good movie, uplifting and well told. Again we have Sylvester Stallone and he's joined by Michael Caine and Pele (soccer superstar).

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Customer Reviews:

Standard, But Engrossing Washington Action Film.......2007-04-04

Zero Star.......2006-12-22

Worst DVD transfer ever.......2006-12-02

This is the worst DVD transfer I have ever seen. Quality is worse than VHS.

Surprisingly Entertaining.......2006-03-02

DON'T GET MAD..GET EVEN.......2005-07-18

Average customer rating:

Standard, But Engrossing Washington Action Film
Zero Star
Worst DVD transfer ever
Surprisingly Entertaining
DON'T GET MAD..GET EVEN

Ricochet [Region 2]
Starring: Denzel Washington , John Lithgow , Ice-T , Kevin Pollak , and Lindsay Wagner
Director: Russell Mulcahy
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Binding: DVD

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Customer Reviews:

Standard, But Engrossing Washington Action Film.......2007-04-04

Zero Star.......2006-12-22

Worst DVD transfer ever.......2006-12-02

This is the worst DVD transfer I have ever seen. Quality is worse than VHS.

Surprisingly Entertaining.......2006-03-02

DON'T GET MAD..GET EVEN.......2005-07-18

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Ricochet [Region 2]
Starring: Denzel Washington , John Lithgow , Ice-T , Kevin Pollak , and Lindsay Wagner
Director: Russell Mulcahy
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Thrillers | Mystery & Suspense | Genres | DVD | Video

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ASIN: B00005A4FF

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Ricochet/Surviving the Game
Starring: Denzel Washington , John Lithgow , Ice-T , Kevin Pollak , and Lindsay Wagner
Director: Russell Mulcahy , and Ernest R. Dickerson
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0000E6FPQ
Release Date: 2003-11-18

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