Extreme Challenge

Extreme Challenge


Starring:Scott Adkins (II), Nicola Berwick, Ken Chang (II), Johnnie Guy, Patricia Ja Lee, Reuben Langdon, Jacquline Li, Paul Rapovski, Somchai Siabkuntod, Jun Ngai Yeung
Studio: The Asylum
Product Type: DVD
MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge - Season 2
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • MXC Season 2 DVD
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  • The must see series of the year!
 MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge - Season 2
Starring: John Cervenka , Shingo Yanagisawa , Hayato Tani , Bradley Jay Lesley , and Takeshi Kitano
Manufacturer: Magnolia
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ASIN: B000N6UESE
Release Date: 2007-04-17

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars MXC Season 2 DVD.......2007-06-08

Great show! I couldn't stop watching these when they came to me, perfect for any MXC fan, or for those who just like a rather pointless and very humourous TV show.

5 out of 5 stars Review of MXC, Season 2.......2007-05-31

Easily as funny as season one, if not funnier. New games, new groups, and new laughs. The behind the scenes footage was very inciteful as well. Wouldn't have pictured the group of people putting this together as they are. Definitley a must buy.

4 out of 5 stars Season Two of MXC on DVD.......2007-05-08

Don't let the edited version of Episode 12 keep you from buying this set as the remaining 12 are here in their entirely. In terms of special features, it's a lot like Season One, there yet another episode of "Takeshi Castle". While they made impovements on "Kenny Blankenship's Top 25 Most Eliminations of the Season" over the season one set, the "Behind the Scenes of MXC leaves something to be desired as it doesn't really us how they put the show together (most of it is shows the voice actors in the recording room). Hopefully, we'll see more seasonal sets of MXC.

A note about the edited show: Episode 12: Real Monsters Vs. Commercial Mascots has been edited by 45%. unlike the other reviewers, I don't really like this show. Those giving these this set a low rating just because of that edited show should be pointing their fingers at the copyright holders of the monsters that's been cut out.

5 out of 5 stars BUY FROM AMAZON.......2007-05-08

Made the mistake and bought this from another place - never again. Bought this from Amazon and got the complete 2nd season (not a partial season my former online dvd source). Check here first - always!

5 out of 5 stars The must see series of the year!.......2007-05-07

If you ever seen this show it speaks for itsself. Having them all on one collection is terrific, and every bit as good as season 1.

This show is abslutely hilarious. If you haven't seen it you are truely missing out. Sometimes the commentary is a little lame but the action and extreme eliminations of the day more than make up for it. Add in a couple beers and a couple friends and max out the comedy of this one!
MXC - Most Extreme Elimination Challenge Season One
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • MXC Season 1 DVD
  • Funny Stuff
  • A must see!
  • very, very entertaining.
  • It's great fun for 14 year olds...
 MXC - Most Extreme Elimination Challenge Season One
Starring: John Cervenka , Shingo Yanagisawa , Hayato Tani , Bradley Jay Lesley , and Takeshi Kitano
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ASIN: B000HEWES0
Release Date: 2006-10-03

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars MXC Season 1 DVD.......2007-06-08

Can't get enough MXC, it's one of the best TV shows there is. Great buy for any fan of MXC, at a price that is well worth it!

5 out of 5 stars Funny Stuff.......2007-05-12

Most Extreme Elimination is brilliant writing disguised as slap-stick comedy...they get a group of people willing to risk making complete fools of themselves while the "masters of ceremony" make the funniest comments about their performance. I never miss MXC on television and enjoy watching this dvd each time I play it.

5 out of 5 stars A must see!.......2007-05-07

This show is abslutely hilarious. If you haven't seen it you are truely missing out. Sometimes the commentary is a little lame but the action and extreme eliminations of the day more than make up for it. Add in a couple beers and a couple friends and max out the comedy of this one!

5 out of 5 stars very, very entertaining........2007-04-24

I bought this set as a gift to someone who had NEVER even heard about 'MXC'. I knew he'd love it, so I bought the season... and I was right, he loved it. Imagine this-- a crazy-insane Japanese game show where contestants must accomplish ridiculous phyiscal tasks and challenges... Now, dub it over in English. Only! The things they say can't be what the people are *really* saying. For example-- before someone goes out to compete, he might throw his hands up into the air and say, "I LOVE ANAL!"... haha. It's very random and very silly. If you like that sort of non-sensical, slightly inappropriate humour, you'll love this show.

4 out of 5 stars It's great fun for 14 year olds..........2007-04-09

I love watching this with my son. He doesn't get most of the double meanings in the 'English' translations. This DVD also has the original Japanese Version with English sub titles. A whole new look at the show.

And no animals were hurt in the making of this series... Amazing...
Lords of Dogtown (Unrated Extended Cut)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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 Lords of Dogtown (Unrated Extended Cut)
Starring: John Robinson (IX) , Emile Hirsch , Rebecca De Mornay , William Mapother , and Julio Oscar Mechoso
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ASIN: B000ALM4AS
Release Date: 2005-09-27

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Lords of Dogtown captures the sheer kinetic joy of skateboarding like no other movie (except, perhaps, Dogtown and Z Boys, a documentary about the very skateboarders this movie depicts). Set in the mid-1970s in Venice, CA--a.k.a. Dogtown--the movie starts with three young aspiring surfers turned skateboarders: Stacy (John Robinson, Elephant), Jay (Emile Hirsch, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys), and Tony (Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas). When alpha-stoner Skip (Heath Ledger, A Knight's Tale) recognizes the potential of skateboarding as a new sport, his surf shop becomes the center of the boys' universe. They swiftly rise as skateboarding stars and find their brotherhood threatened by sex, money, fame, and ego--it's a common enough story, but director Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) has a gift for capturing the raw messiness of life. Lords of Dogtown seems to unfold haphazardly, yet every scene moves the increasingly dizzy rise (or fall) of each skater forward with headlong momentum. The excellent cast includes Rebecca De Mornay (Risky Business), Johnny Knoxville (Jackass: The Movie), and Nikki Reed (Thirteen). Lords of Dogtown, written by skater Stacy Peralta (and based on his own life), both celebrates the excitement of testosterone-fueled recklessness and quietly reflects on the cost of getting what you want. --Bret Fetzer

Description

LORDS OF DOGTOWN tells the radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta (John Robinson, Elephant), Tony Alva (Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas) and Jay Adams (Emile Hirsch, The Girl Next Door) are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke (thirteen) and written by Stacy Peralta, Lords of Dogtown is "...a dazzling daredevil ride." (Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE)

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Sidewalk Surfers Get A Walk in the Sun.......2007-06-05

Lords is a high energy film that drags the audience speeding along with it, tracing the early history of skateboarding in Venice, California.

We follow the fortunes of four roughly 15 to 17 year old boys and some of their girlfriends along with an alcoholic skateboard entrepreneur named Skip.

The Lords start their day by boarding off the roofs of the run-down rentals of their parents, in Venice. They hook a ride on a city transit bus until the driver spots them in the rear view and starts fish-tailing to shake them off.

Which turns out to be no problem. Our heroes drop off the bus jag, and segue into a line of stalled traffic, weaving in and out of the car line-up at high speed, by turns, dazzling and angering assorted drivers. Later, the most daring of the Four performs the crazy trick of boarding right thru a red light at a dangerous intersection without being hit.

Skip badgers and cajoles the kids constantly. He exploits them to promote the skateboards he is manufacturing at his Zephyr surfing gear and skateboard store. We are at the dawn of the Skateboard craze and Skip is bent on becoming a millionaire early. Only, he drinks quite a bit and shows signs of being a burnt-out 35 year old hippie.

That is the MO of one of the kid's Moms too, played by Rebecca De Mornay, who is so gone she uses expressions like "far out" and "man" and "can you dig it?" Even her kids treat her like a whacked out hippie. There is a heavy subtext of abused kids with parents who've failed to grow up.

At one point, De Mornay's current "old man" is moving out, and asks her reluctant son to help him, cautioning him to put a blanket over an enormous clear garbage bag of marijuana before carrying it to his car, and offering his surf board as a guilty pay-off for abandoning him, a scene both appalling and amusing to the audience.

Skip keeps running his hand-to-mouth manufacturing enterprise, employing other whacked hippies like himself, only working when they need enough jack to make a connection. Its hard to keep a production schedule when your 'groovy' friends refuse to show up for work. I've just realized, looking at the cast on IMDb, that the cool but whacked Skip is Australian Heartthrob Heath Ledger. This part is so good and Ledger so good in it, he deserves an Oscar. I didn't recognize him in his granny seventies blonde long hair. Its his best work on screen.

The Lords are perplexed and demoralized by the growing showbiz that is starting to overtake boarding. They gradually have given up on Skip, and begun to quarrel. But before falling completely apart, they define a new stunt that quickly makes them the crowned heads of sidewalk surfing.

Los Angeles Area pool-owners are ordered to drain their pools. The Lords decide to practice new stunts in empty pools, stealing into backyards the instant the owners go to work. The audience watches as the surfers perform outrageous tricks in the pools. An article appears in Skateboarding, another in People. Suddenly our boys are stars!

Only not all of them like it. An evil presence has intruded into their idyllic childhoods. One of the Lords steals a girl from a more waspish Lord, who looks like he is one of the Hansens singing group. There's a lot of long blond summer surfing hair on these guys. Only one of them has dark hair. One Lord refuses to accept any of the offers. He turns skinhead and starts hanging out with a gang. The Waspish one gets an endorsement deal and starts touring for a board company. Another of the Lords wants all the marbles, and signs with a Hollywood type who travels with an entourage of hangers-on and cheap bimbos in a longish limousine.

The hapless Skip has lost his guys and his business. We see him hand crafting a surfboard in the back of someone Else's surfing store. A clerk from the retail side comes in and asks if he'll have a customer's board ready by the next day. Skip says yeah, sure. When they leave, Skip relaxes, lights a cig, reaches for his hidden bottle, turns on the radio, acts out a lip-synched Maggie Mae that would put Rod Stewart out of business, then quietly returns to work. The whole 45 second turn is the best thing in the movie.

The wonderful ease of the Lords and the culture they created is spoiled by Success. The Lords stop seeing one another until the dark-haired kid develops a brain tumor and the others, finding success is not what its cracked up to be, gather at his father's dry pool for a rendezvous. An American Graffitti-style Epilogue tells us who the Lords become when they finally grow up.

When the lights go up I'm surprised to find two pairs of girls the only audience viewing the film with me. Voila!, why didn't I see it? This is a chick flick, even a skin movie for girls, since there is quite a bit of bared male surface in it. In the lobby, I notice two of the girls are dressed totally in black, wearing the wool knit hats cool black guys now affect year around, and sporting chains that run from the belt loops of black pants to enormous truckers wallets in their back pockets.

Lords reminds me a little of the stylish Fast and the Furious of a few years ago, but its ten times better. I'm still trying to figure out those two girls.

4 out of 5 stars Lords of Dogtown.......2007-06-02

I purchased this as a gift for my 15 year old son, who is an avid skateboarder. I found this PG-13 DVD only available at Amazon. There is an R rated version out however, I recommend the PG-13 for your teens.
I have not seen the movie myself.

4 out of 5 stars woodpushers go mainstream.......2007-01-25

This retrospective docu-drama ("inspired by a true story") was written by Stacy Peralta, one of the central characters in the film who also wrote the earlier genuine documentary called Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001). Set in Venice Beach in 1975, it follows the fortunes of three teenage surfers-turned-skateboarders who discovered the magic of attaching polyurethane wheels to the bottom of mini-surfboards: "They come from oil, and they grip. You can ride on walls." The film has very little plot or character development, a lot of drugs and alcohol, and the dialogue seldom moves beyond verbal towel-snapping, but there is enjoyable footage of these "wood-pushers" careening on car tops, weaving between traffic, carving empty swimming pools, hitching on the rear bumpers of buses, and competing in the first national skateboard competitions. This film hardly rises to the quality of what Riding Giants did for surfing, but it still provokes some interesting questions about how a small group of stoned beach bums who were greatly disenfranchised from mainstream society jump-started what is now a billion dollar industry complete with X-Games on ESPN.

4 out of 5 stars Great Movie...bad DVD.......2007-01-16

Love the movie...I had seen it before. The particular DVD I got from Amazon was damaged though and it won't play.

4 out of 5 stars "Sir, you're talking to a ditch digger!".......2007-01-14

When I was a teenager, I had a few friends who skate boarded. It looked fun, so I tried it. I went down a steep hill, hit a pebble, flew off the board and landed on my head. I spent the next three days in the hospital with a concussion. The only person who visited was my mother. I decided skating wasn't my thing.

I still liked my skater friends, though, and enjoyed their company, so I tried making skating videos. My first one was of an angry old man in a Cadillac running over a street full of skaters a la "Death Race 2000." My friends were annoyed, said it wasn't how these videos were supposed to be, and showed me what they wanted. I never could get it right, and they eventually quit returning my calls.

I still miss my friends, and when I want to see them again, I resort to watching their doubles in films like "Lords of Dogtown."

"Lords of Dogtown" is a good film -- hardly the "Endless Summer" of skateboarding films, but it's got good performances and some decent skating scenes. Be sure and get the Unrated Extended Cut, not only does it have extra footage, it features a few extra shorts and behind the scenes features. I'd say if you're really interested in the sport, watch the documentary "Dogtown and Z-Boys" first.

I suppose if I'd been a skateboarder, I'd probably appreciate "Lords of Dogtown" more; even though the film goes into detail about the skaters' personal history and relationships, the scene's insularity still feels preserved, which makes the film far less engaging, even cold. More objective filmmakers probably would've done a better job with the "you are there" illusion, as it stands everyone here looks like Josephine.
Lords of Dogtown
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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 Lords of Dogtown
Starring: John Robinson (IX) , Emile Hirsch , Rebecca De Mornay , William Mapother , and Julio Oscar Mechoso
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ASIN: B000ALM4AI
Release Date: 2005-09-27

Amazon.com

Lords of Dogtown captures the sheer kinetic joy of skateboarding like no other movie (except, perhaps, Dogtown and Z Boys, a documentary about the very skateboarders this movie depicts). Set in the mid-1970s in Venice, CA--a.k.a. Dogtown--the movie starts with three young aspiring surfers turned skateboarders: Stacy (John Robinson, Elephant), Jay (Emile Hirsch, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys), and Tony (Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas). When alpha-stoner Skip (Heath Ledger, A Knight's Tale) recognizes the potential of skateboarding as a new sport, his surf shop becomes the center of the boys' universe. They swiftly rise as skateboarding stars and find their brotherhood threatened by sex, money, fame, and ego--it's a common enough story, but director Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) has a gift for capturing the raw messiness of life. Lords of Dogtown seems to unfold haphazardly, yet every scene moves the increasingly dizzy rise (or fall) of each skater forward with headlong momentum. The excellent cast includes Rebecca De Mornay (Risky Business), Johnny Knoxville (Jackass: The Movie), and Nikki Reed (Thirteen). Lords of Dogtown, written by skater Stacy Peralta (and based on his own life), both celebrates the excitement of testosterone-fueled recklessness and quietly reflects on the cost of getting what you want. --Bret Fetzer

Description

LORDS OF DOGTOWN tells the radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta (John Robinson, Elephant), Tony Alva (Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas) and Jay Adams (Emile Hirsch, The Girl Next Door) are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke (thirteen) and written by Stacy Peralta, Lords of Dogtown is "...a dazzling daredevil ride." (Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE)

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Sidewalk Surfers Get A Walk in the Sun.......2007-06-05

Lords is a high energy film that drags the audience speeding along with it, tracing the early history of skateboarding in Venice, California.

We follow the fortunes of four roughly 15 to 17 year old boys and some of their girlfriends along with an alcoholic skateboard entrepreneur named Skip.

The Lords start their day by boarding off the roofs of the run-down rentals of their parents, in Venice. They hook a ride on a city transit bus until the driver spots them in the rear view and starts fish-tailing to shake them off.

Which turns out to be no problem. Our heroes drop off the bus jag, and segue into a line of stalled traffic, weaving in and out of the car line-up at high speed, by turns, dazzling and angering assorted drivers. Later, the most daring of the Four performs the crazy trick of boarding right thru a red light at a dangerous intersection without being hit.

Skip badgers and cajoles the kids constantly. He exploits them to promote the skateboards he is manufacturing at his Zephyr surfing gear and skateboard store. We are at the dawn of the Skateboard craze and Skip is bent on becoming a millionaire early. Only, he drinks quite a bit and shows signs of being a burnt-out 35 year old hippie.

That is the MO of one of the kid's Moms too, played by Rebecca De Mornay, who is so gone she uses expressions like "far out" and "man" and "can you dig it?" Even her kids treat her like a whacked out hippie. There is a heavy subtext of abused kids with parents who've failed to grow up.

At one point, De Mornay's current "old man" is moving out, and asks her reluctant son to help him, cautioning him to put a blanket over an enormous clear garbage bag of marijuana before carrying it to his car, and offering his surf board as a guilty pay-off for abandoning him, a scene both appalling and amusing to the audience.

Skip keeps running his hand-to-mouth manufacturing enterprise, employing other whacked hippies like himself, only working when they need enough jack to make a connection. Its hard to keep a production schedule when your 'groovy' friends refuse to show up for work. I've just realized, looking at the cast on IMDb, that the cool but whacked Skip is Australian Heartthrob Heath Ledger. This part is so good and Ledger so good in it, he deserves an Oscar. I didn't recognize him in his granny seventies blonde long hair. Its his best work on screen.

The Lords are perplexed and demoralized by the growing showbiz that is starting to overtake boarding. They gradually have given up on Skip, and begun to quarrel. But before falling completely apart, they define a new stunt that quickly makes them the crowned heads of sidewalk surfing.

Los Angeles Area pool-owners are ordered to drain their pools. The Lords decide to practice new stunts in empty pools, stealing into backyards the instant the owners go to work. The audience watches as the surfers perform outrageous tricks in the pools. An article appears in Skateboarding, another in People. Suddenly our boys are stars!

Only not all of them like it. An evil presence has intruded into their idyllic childhoods. One of the Lords steals a girl from a more waspish Lord, who looks like he is one of the Hansens singing group. There's a lot of long blond summer surfing hair on these guys. Only one of them has dark hair. One Lord refuses to accept any of the offers. He turns skinhead and starts hanging out with a gang. The Waspish one gets an endorsement deal and starts touring for a board company. Another of the Lords wants all the marbles, and signs with a Hollywood type who travels with an entourage of hangers-on and cheap bimbos in a longish limousine.

The hapless Skip has lost his guys and his business. We see him hand crafting a surfboard in the back of someone Else's surfing store. A clerk from the retail side comes in and asks if he'll have a customer's board ready by the next day. Skip says yeah, sure. When they leave, Skip relaxes, lights a cig, reaches for his hidden bottle, turns on the radio, acts out a lip-synched Maggie Mae that would put Rod Stewart out of business, then quietly returns to work. The whole 45 second turn is the best thing in the movie.

The wonderful ease of the Lords and the culture they created is spoiled by Success. The Lords stop seeing one another until the dark-haired kid develops a brain tumor and the others, finding success is not what its cracked up to be, gather at his father's dry pool for a rendezvous. An American Graffitti-style Epilogue tells us who the Lords become when they finally grow up.

When the lights go up I'm surprised to find two pairs of girls the only audience viewing the film with me. Voila!, why didn't I see it? This is a chick flick, even a skin movie for girls, since there is quite a bit of bared male surface in it. In the lobby, I notice two of the girls are dressed totally in black, wearing the wool knit hats cool black guys now affect year around, and sporting chains that run from the belt loops of black pants to enormous truckers wallets in their back pockets.

Lords reminds me a little of the stylish Fast and the Furious of a few years ago, but its ten times better. I'm still trying to figure out those two girls.

4 out of 5 stars Lords of Dogtown.......2007-06-02

I purchased this as a gift for my 15 year old son, who is an avid skateboarder. I found this PG-13 DVD only available at Amazon. There is an R rated version out however, I recommend the PG-13 for your teens.
I have not seen the movie myself.

4 out of 5 stars woodpushers go mainstream.......2007-01-25

This retrospective docu-drama ("inspired by a true story") was written by Stacy Peralta, one of the central characters in the film who also wrote the earlier genuine documentary called Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001). Set in Venice Beach in 1975, it follows the fortunes of three teenage surfers-turned-skateboarders who discovered the magic of attaching polyurethane wheels to the bottom of mini-surfboards: "They come from oil, and they grip. You can ride on walls." The film has very little plot or character development, a lot of drugs and alcohol, and the dialogue seldom moves beyond verbal towel-snapping, but there is enjoyable footage of these "wood-pushers" careening on car tops, weaving between traffic, carving empty swimming pools, hitching on the rear bumpers of buses, and competing in the first national skateboard competitions. This film hardly rises to the quality of what Riding Giants did for surfing, but it still provokes some interesting questions about how a small group of stoned beach bums who were greatly disenfranchised from mainstream society jump-started what is now a billion dollar industry complete with X-Games on ESPN.

4 out of 5 stars Great Movie...bad DVD.......2007-01-16

Love the movie...I had seen it before. The particular DVD I got from Amazon was damaged though and it won't play.

4 out of 5 stars "Sir, you're talking to a ditch digger!".......2007-01-14

When I was a teenager, I had a few friends who skate boarded. It looked fun, so I tried it. I went down a steep hill, hit a pebble, flew off the board and landed on my head. I spent the next three days in the hospital with a concussion. The only person who visited was my mother. I decided skating wasn't my thing.

I still liked my skater friends, though, and enjoyed their company, so I tried making skating videos. My first one was of an angry old man in a Cadillac running over a street full of skaters a la "Death Race 2000." My friends were annoyed, said it wasn't how these videos were supposed to be, and showed me what they wanted. I never could get it right, and they eventually quit returning my calls.

I still miss my friends, and when I want to see them again, I resort to watching their doubles in films like "Lords of Dogtown."

"Lords of Dogtown" is a good film -- hardly the "Endless Summer" of skateboarding films, but it's got good performances and some decent skating scenes. Be sure and get the Unrated Extended Cut, not only does it have extra footage, it features a few extra shorts and behind the scenes features. I'd say if you're really interested in the sport, watch the documentary "Dogtown and Z-Boys" first.

I suppose if I'd been a skateboarder, I'd probably appreciate "Lords of Dogtown" more; even though the film goes into detail about the skaters' personal history and relationships, the scene's insularity still feels preserved, which makes the film far less engaging, even cold. More objective filmmakers probably would've done a better job with the "you are there" illusion, as it stands everyone here looks like Josephine.
WWE - Armageddon 2006
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    		WWE - Armageddon 2006
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    Release Date: 2007-01-16

    Description

    For the stars of Smackdown, the end is just the beginning, as the brutality of Armageddon comes!
    Lords of Dogtown (UMD Mini For PSP)
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Lords of Dogtown (UMD Mini For PSP)
      Starring: Catherine Hardwicke , Heath Ledger , Emile Hirsch , and Rebecca De Mornay
      Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
      ProductGroup: DVD
      Binding: UMD for PSP

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      ASIN: B000ALM4BW
      Release Date: 2005-09-27

      Description

      LORDS OF DOGTOWN tells the radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta (John Robinson, Elephant), Tony Alva (Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas) and Jay Adams (Emile Hirsch, The Girl Next Door) are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke (thirteen) and written by Stacy Peralta, Lords of Dogtown is "...a dazzling daredevil ride." (Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE)
      The Outdoorsmen: Blood, Sweat and Beers
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Hilarious!
      • Hysterical drunk view
      • Comments to the "Anders" 1 Star Review
      • THIS IS A REGION 1 DVD
      • Freaking histerical
      		 The Outdoorsmen: Blood, Sweat and Beers
      Starring: Doug Maxfield (II) , Brad Bower , Joe Ollom , Thomas Waldal , and Kevin Brady
      Director: Scott Allen Perry
      Manufacturer: Mackinac Media
      ProductGroup: DVD
      Binding: DVD

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      ASIN: B000BHHVMM
      Release Date: 2006-05-02

      Description

      Each year, an elite group of men travel to a covert location somewhere in the wooded mountains of Washington State to compete in an all-day event they call The Outdoorsmen. They battle their way through a series of events that combine physical challenges with high-speed beer chugging. Attempting to conquer intense challenges such as Death Race 3000 or Blind Man's Beer, these rugged outdoorsmen must endure both the elements and intoxication. The Outdoorsmen: Blood, Sweat and Beers examine a new tradition in male bonding and extreme dedication to a competition with humorous results.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Hilarious!.......2006-09-07

      This movie is one of the funniest documentaries I've ever seen. I saw this at the Bside release in Austin and laughed from beginning to end. The SAP developed these pretty normal, yet hilarious characters and watched them go through the most grueling and comical of competitions. From drinking while running through a creek to carrying your partner on your back, the amount of alcohol consumed is absolutely stunning. The final event is, by far, the most impressive. I won't spoil it, but to watch these guys drink so much so quickly is an amazing feat that few could pull off, but everyone should try.

      Anyone who went through the typical college experience will absolutely love this film. It reminds us of all our youth and how we should grow up but never old. Great film! Highly recommended!

      4 out of 5 stars Hysterical drunk view.......2006-07-18

      This movie was hilarious. Only four stars 'cause I have yet to see it with sound! I took this with me to the bar and popped it in, hence no sound, the whole bar was in hysterics. It helped that libations were handy. I felt compelled to stay longer than anticipated so as not to dissapoint the bar patrons watching and in fits of laughter! Had a blast and alot of inquiries as to what it was we were watching. Great job, Scott!!! all the best, Marisol

      5 out of 5 stars Comments to the "Anders" 1 Star Review.......2006-05-30

      I am partial to this movie, as I am the wife of one of the guys in the film. I was sad to read "Anders" review of the film stating that it was bad because of the family aspect of the film, about death and family. These are real guys living real lives. It is a funny movie about drinking beer and hanging out with the guys, but it also shows that these guys are real and deal with the same stuff through out life that alot of guys deal with. I realize that not everyone will like the movie if you are not into drinking and having fun with your friends, but that is what this movie is really about. Guys and girls will love it and you will laugh really hard. Ignore the poor ratings of this movie, unless you are a boring person.

      5 out of 5 stars THIS IS A REGION 1 DVD.......2006-05-22

      I don't know why it says UNKNOWN in the description. It is DEFINITELY REGION 1 and will play in your DVD players in the USA and CANADA.

      Enjoy!

      5 out of 5 stars Freaking histerical.......2006-03-22

      Hilarious movie, get a bunch of people together to watch this one. It is one of those films with memorable scenes that will provide laughs forever. Blind's mans beer is enough to make your sides split.
      Extreme Chickfights: Raw & Uncut
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Extreme Chickfights: Raw & Uncut
        Starring: Extreme Chickfights
        Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
        ProductGroup: DVD
        Binding: DVD

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        ASIN: B000JJSKYA
        Release Date: 2007-01-16

        Description

        Get an inside look at all-girl fight clubs where women take it to the ring with raw, rugged, raunchy, fist-to-jaw action that takes you inside the world of an authentic fight club. Extreme Chick Fights is an "all you can watch" buffet of extreme punch-fests, featuring bare-knuckle brawls and beat downs where ladies go for the gold while tearing each other apart. Here is your private invitation to go underground and watch women of all kinds-- from housewives to school teachers-- throw it down in secret warehouse grudge matches. This is a bare-knuckle party where the rules are learned blow-by-blow. No crybabies allowed.
        Grappling Girls Volume #1 (Grapplers Quest)
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • First Ever Women's Grappling DVD
        		 Grappling Girls Volume #1 (Grapplers Quest)
        Starring: Grapplers Quest
        Manufacturer: Progressive Arts Media Distribution
        ProductGroup: DVD
        Binding: DVD

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        5. Grapplers Quest - 3rd West Coast Championships (Parman -vs- Montoya)

        ASIN: B000ERVFUI
        Release Date: 2006-04-25

        Description

        Grapplers Quest presents "Grappling Girls - Volume #1" featuring the World's Best Female Grapplers participating in 100% Real Submission Grappling Professional Tournaments.

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars First Ever Women's Grappling DVD.......2006-03-11

        I am proud to present the most sought after title in GRAPPLING history - the 1st ever WOMEN ONLY DVD. Enjoy this amazing title featuring the Best Ground fighting Women in the World!
        MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge Season 2 Disc 2
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge Season 2 Disc 2
          Starring: Mxc-Most Extreme Elimination Challenge
          Manufacturer: Magnolia Pictures
          ProductGroup: DVD
          Binding: DVD

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          ASIN: B000N6UESY
          Release Date: 2007-04-17

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