Best Defense

Starring:Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw, George Dzundza, Helen Shaver, Mark Arnott, Peter Michael Goetz, Tom Noonan, David Rasche, Paul Comi, Darryl Henriques, Joel Polis, John A. Zee, Matthew Laurance, Christopher Maher, Lorry Goldman, Charles David Richards, Tyler Tyhurst, Eduardo Ricard, William Marquez
Director: Willard Huyck
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

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Defense against unarmed attack

Krav Maga: The Best Defense
Starring: Krav Maga
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ASIN: B000246SXC
Release Date: 2004-04-15

Customer Reviews:

Defense against unarmed attack .......2004-09-24

This DVD presents several techniques for defending agains unarmed attack. The punch defences are covered in Basic combatives film, and in this film they present defences against several different chokes, headlocks and bearhugs. The DVD includes two bonus techniques that are not presented in the VHS version. The film opens with almost 15 minute long discussion about the basic principles of Krav maga system (system that relies on instinctive responses to an attack, the demand for realistic training and so on).

As with the previous film (basic combatives), the instruction is generally good. Each technique starts with a dramatized scene, then they show the technique at full speed, then at slow motion (again, they have not slowed the film down, rather the people instructing the techniques are moving slowly). After that, they break the technique down to learning stages to make it easier to learn the technique. When needed, the defender performs the technique as "shadow boxing", without the attacker (so that the attacker's body would not block the view).

In some of the techniques, they use counterattacks that were not instructed in the basic combatives tape (like palm strike). They don't discuss breaking the tunnel vision while using the techniques, and they don't mention other physical effects stress will have on a person while engaged in fight. I found that somewhat odd, as in my Krav maga school, they emphasize these aspects of real-life combat in training.

The production of the film is of the same standard as in the basic combatives film. Everything works quite nicely, but there is slight amateurish feel to the production.

There were some basic techniques I was missing. Naturally, they can't fit everything into one DVD, but if they had moved the basic principles to the introduction film, they could have fitted one or two more techniques to this film.

Run time: 1:18

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Um, people... it's DAVID RASCHE!
Best movie start ever -- worst rest of movie ever
Almost surreally godawful
another lame attempt to satirize defense industry
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Best Defense
Starring: Dudley Moore , Eddie Murphy , Kate Capshaw , George Dzundza , and Helen Shaver
Director: Willard Huyck
Manufacturer: Paramount
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ASIN: B0000UJLSW
Release Date: 2004-01-27

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Um, people... it's DAVID RASCHE!.......2004-12-01

Great comedy? Um, no. But some damn funny moments and a chance to hear David Rasche do an 'R' rated version of Sledge Hammer??? YEAH!!!

Regardless of what's been said, this film DOES have its moments and can be watched quite easily when you're just in a silly mood (have a few shots first - well maybe more than a few). If you can get into some of the stupid crap that Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd released, you can surely get into this. Hey... it has SLEDGE HAMMER! in it!!! Come on, PEOPLE!!!

Best movie start ever -- worst rest of movie ever.......2004-10-02

This opening scene is some of the best comedic writing ever -- but the rest of the movie is completely forgettable. So -- rent it, watch the first 5 minutes, then stop before you are irreparably damaged....

Almost surreally godawful.......2003-11-29

I saw this movie at a sneak preview a few months before it was released (though "dumped on the unsuspecting moviegoer" is sorta more like it) with a group of friends and we all agreed that it should be buried. Or perhaps every copy rounded up and launched into the sun.

Well, as you know, it was in theaters soon enough, getting both awful reviews by critics AND filmgoers. It also pretty much flopped as I recall.

The only watchable scenes at all were Eddie Murphy's which were filmed as an afterthought (and a totally seperate plot from the main one). The trailers and commercials wanted you to think that this was an Eddie Murphy film, when in fact, he has little more than an extended cameo (cut into the movie at the last minute so there would be SOME reason for people to want to see the wretched thing).

I can't even imagine how ghastly this movie would have been before they put in the Murphy stuff.

Sort of like the recent "View from the Top" which was promoted as a Mike Myers comedy, when it was actually neither.

The stink on this thing is solely the blame of talentless filmaking couple (and Lucas cronies) Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz whose other "masterpieces" include the equally wretched Howard the Duck, Radioland Murders, and screenplay for Indy 2.

Somebody, make them stop already!

another lame attempt to satirize defense industry.......2002-12-25

First the good news - this movie is actually two movies in one. Now the bad news - one of them isn't that good, and you barely get enough of the other to make it all worthwhile.

First, we meet Eddie Murphy as a US Army lieutenant sent to some middle eastern desert kingdom to help demonstrate and sell a new high-tech tank. This being a 1980's movie, it's no surprise that the tank doesn't work, and nearly everything seems to fall off or otherwise refuse to cooperate. (20 million moving parts, all built by the lowest bidder in Reagonomics-era dollars.) Trying to get the thing moving, Murphy's character turns a sheik's Mercedes into an oversized skateboard and, before he can get the tank to go where he wants it, finds he's stuck in a major desert war in which his tank is conspicuously the largest moving target ("I'm not in this war", he shouts vainly at jets making runs on his cranky-tank, "I'm from Cleveland!"). Remember when I said that this flick had two movies - the Murphy half is the better half.

We then cut a few years earlier to LA where Dudley Moore is one of the head engineers of a teetering defense contractor struggling to perfect the main gyroscope slated to go into Murphy's tank. Wiley's (Moore's character) fate is tied to gyro, but his life is already a mess - not even the toys he makes for his son works, and his frigid wife (Kate Capshaw, and yes, she does hum the "Raiders" theme in one scene that got more laughs than most of the movie) isn't about to stick with a man whose future is so cloudy. After a disastrous test which essentially dooms the project (and the company), Wiley runs into some guy at a bar who (in a twist that's a bit much even for a convoluted movie like this) is at work for another defense contractor on a competing version of the Dip-gyro. The guy seems bothered by something, and then he disappears...but not before he palms on Wiley a diskette containing the plans for his own company's version of the gyro, one apparently identical to Wiley'' with the exception that it appears to work. Dragooned at work into taking credit for his "improved" design, Wiley finds he's got more trouble than he bargained for - the new gyro and whoever seems to possess it are targets for a psychotic killer who freelances for the Russians (David Rasche of "Sledgehammer" fame); feds promise to protect Wiley as long as they can use him as bait for Rasche's character, and they know that the gyro isn't his; saving the company attracts the attentions of one of his company's execs (Helen Shaver) in a romance which can't last; and the new gyro only appears to be bug-free. As Moore's story progresses, we cut to Murphy's story, one in which he must suffer the consequences of being equipped with a tank built entirely of components as buggy as Wiley's gyro. Wiley in the meantime is heading to a point in which he must disclose the new gyro's flaws - which will also require that he honestly explain his own role in developing it (or lack thereof).

This was a disappointing film. It's not heavy handed like "Deal of the Century" (Another satire of defense contractors; Moore and Murphy are more spirited than Chevy Chase and Sigourney Weaver were in that movie). Moore is actually quite good, but the script seems resigned to fall on Murphy for the laughs. Unfortunately, there's barely enough Murphy in the movie (spots that ran for the movie focused only on his part of the story). In the end, this flick and "Deal" may just be proof that it's impossible to parody the military-industrial complex any better than defense contractors, congressmen and the military does in real life.

Do not miss.......2002-08-27

This is an incredibly funny movie with Murphy and Moore at their best. Can be watched many many times.

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Mail Call - The Best of Season 5

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Mail Call - The Best of Season 4
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Season Five episode guide: Episode #60: The War of 1812 episode
#62: XMB Rifle to the Small Diameter Bomb, #65: USO to Secret Military "Resorts"
#53: Krag-Jorgenson Rifle to the U-2 Spy Plane, #55: WC54 Ambulance to Desert Ducks
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ASIN: B000N0GFSS

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Whether you've never missed a minute of an episode or were AWOL for the whole season, the seven favorite episodes from the fifth season of MAIL CALL have something for every military nut, history buff and gear head. The Gunny is at his in-your-face best, calling out viewers, enlisting the help of top military experts, and heading to the firing range to demonstrate a vast arsenal of deadly hardware from the past and present. Mail Call: Season Five episode guide: * Episode #60: The War of 1812 episode * Episode #62: XMB Rifle to the Small Diameter Bomb * Episode #65: USO to Secret Military "Resorts" * Episode #53: Krag-Jorgenson Rifle to the U-2 Spy Plane * Episode #55: WC54 Ambulance to Desert Ducks * Episode #58: Flashbang Grenades to CH-54 Skycrane * Episode #61: Glock Handguns to Troop Convoy Protection

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Mail Call - The Best of Season 4

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Episode #40: Golden Knights to P-61 Black Widow
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Whether you've never missed a minute or were absent without leave, THE HISTORY CHANNEL® presents the seven best episodes of MAIL CALL's season four in one easy-access DVD collection. Enlisting a platoon of military experts, R. Lee (Apocolypse Now, Full Metal Jacket) explodes your non-com notions of military technology over the entire history of the armed forces. Mail Call: Best of Season Four episode guide: * Episode #40: Golden Knights to P-61 Black Widow * Episode #41: Blimps to the Navy Graveyard * Episode #43: Grease Guns to "Charlie" * Episode #47: The Real Uncle Sam to Dive Bombers * Episode #48: Kettering Bug to the A-10 Thunderbolt * Episode #50: The U.S.S. Salt Lake City * Episode #52: The Bren Gun to WWII's Weary Willy

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JOHNNIE COCHRAN: THE BEST DEFENSE

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To most, he'll always be "the guy who freed O.J." But attorney Johnnie Cochran's life is more than a story of high-profile clients and controversial cases. Inspired by civil rights leaders and troubled by the injustices he saw going on in the courtrooms, he became an advocate for those he saw as mistreated by the system. This look at Cochran's journey from humble beginnings to media darling includes interviews with F. Lee Bailey and Sean "Puffy" Combs.

Joe Lewis The Ten Best Self-Defense Techniques-D

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Joe Lewis The Ten Best Self-Defense Techniques-D
Starring: Joe Lewis
Director: Don Warrener
Manufacturer: Rising Sun Productions
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Release Date: 2005-02-19

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Real World Self-Defense If you could have one person teach you or your family the ten best self-defense moves known to man, who better than the greatest fighter of all time--Joe Lewis?

Lewis explodes the myths of martial arts and cuts away the fat to teach you how to defend yourself and protect your family.

You will learn:
The best hand strike
The best foot strike
The best takedown
The best chokehold
The best escape from a grab
The best first move
The best way to avoid a fight

Plus, plenty of brutally honest, Joe Lewis style breakdowns of what works and what doesn't work.

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Whether you've never missed a minute of an episode or were AWOL for the whole season, the seven favorite episodes from this year have something for every military nut, history buff and gear-head. The Gunny is at his in-your-face best, calling out viewers, enlisting the help of top military experts, and heading to the firing range to demonstrate a vast arsenal of deadly hardware from the past and present. Mail Call: Best of Season Seven episode guide: * Beach Masters to the Arisaka Rifle * German Renaissance to the Battle of Britain * DOD Firefighter to Little David * Improvised Explosive Devices to Rough Riders * Army's National Training Center * The AAV to Merrill's Marauders * Knob Creek Gun Range

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Um, people... it's DAVID RASCHE!
Best movie start ever -- worst rest of movie ever
Almost surreally godawful
another lame attempt to satirize defense industry
Do not miss

Best Defense [Region 2]
Starring: Dudley Moore , Eddie Murphy , Kate Capshaw , George Dzundza , and Helen Shaver
Director: Willard Huyck
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0001ZWN2C

Customer Reviews:

Um, people... it's DAVID RASCHE!.......2004-12-01

Best movie start ever -- worst rest of movie ever.......2004-10-02

Almost surreally godawful.......2003-11-29

Well, as you know, it was in theaters soon enough, getting both awful reviews by critics AND filmgoers. It also pretty much flopped as I recall.

I can't even imagine how ghastly this movie would have been before they put in the Murphy stuff.

Sort of like the recent "View from the Top" which was promoted as a Mike Myers comedy, when it was actually neither.

Somebody, make them stop already!

another lame attempt to satirize defense industry.......2002-12-25

First the good news - this movie is actually two movies in one. Now the bad news - one of them isn't that good, and you barely get enough of the other to make it all worthwhile.

Do not miss.......2002-08-27

This is an incredibly funny movie with Murphy and Moore at their best. Can be watched many many times.

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Ten Best Self Defense Techniques
Starring: John Graden , Jim Graden , and Joe Lewis
Manufacturer: SecondsOut
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ASIN: B0002HS5C6
Release Date: 2004-01-01

Description

Real World Self-Defense If you could have one person teach you or your family the ten best self-defense moves known to man, who better than the greatest fighter of all time--Joe Lewis? Lewis explodes the myths of martial arts and cuts away the fat to teach you how to defend yourself and protect your family.

You will learn:
The best hand strike
The best foot strike
The best takedown
The best chokehold
The best escape from a grab
The best first move
The best way to avoid a fight

Plus, plenty of brutally honest, Joe Lewis style breakdowns of what works and what doesn't work.

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Vale Tudo/ Focus/ Mitt Drill

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