Grave

Starring:Craig Sheffer
Studio: Lions Gate
Product Type: DVD

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It didnt suprise me
Classic Nastie!
NOT AS BAD AS WHAT EVERYONE SAYS !!!!!
Horrible
one of the best

I Spit On Your Grave (Millennium Edition)
Starring: Camille Keaton , Eron Tabor , Richard Pace , Anthony Nichols , and Gunter Kleemann
Director: Meir Zarchi
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ASIN: B0002CHIJW
Release Date: 2004-07-06

Customer Reviews:

It didnt suprise me.......2007-06-19

I was afraid to watch this one for a long time considering what i heard of it. The plot is simple, some writer lady goes to the country and ends up being raped and assaulted by 4 ignorant backwoods types then one when one of them dosent go through with the job of 'taking care of her' she comes back for revenge. It was sick, yes, It was you can say brutal in a way, but i can see something like this happening. I mean it didnt shock me considering ive actually met people like this that were maybe a couple inches away from doin something like that. Theres 2 types of people, normal good people and people that are a couple inches away from doing something sick like this. A bunch of guys gettin together, real ignorant types and then pullin something like this, yea, i can see it. The stupidity of one of them made me sick. He was like just doing whatever he was told. Then came 'the revenge'. Plain and simple, not much else. I cant say i could see someone really 'enjoying' watching this but i cant say it was so bad i wouldnt tell you not to see it. I dont think a normal person would have much interest in this one. People who love horror? maybe. Its a hit or miss.

Classic Nastie!.......2007-05-02

"Spit" is one of my all time favourite little "nasties".
It's sick alright and still very disturbing, even though it was made way back in 1978. Ok, it's low, low budget, but that's why it works.
The film's lack of music throughout makes it all the more off putting.
Camille Keaton, as the victim, is an absolute trouper.
Rodney, is Gold.

This Millennium Edition of "Spit" is something my brother and I used to joke about. Ever since we first caught "Spit" at the Drive In on it's original release, the idea of a special edition of "Spit" was something we only ever dreamt of one day owning.
To have it like this, THX Certified Transfer, Dolby Digital/DTS 5.1, looking and sounding like it was made yesterday, with extras laid on, you've got to be kidding.
And that cover ain't half bad either....hey?

Warning:Definately not for the kiddies.

NOT AS BAD AS WHAT EVERYONE SAYS !!!!!.......2007-03-30

I bought this movie because I was intrigued by it. The cinematography is incredible. Visually, it is stunning. The rape scenes ARE savage, but I was touched by the emotional devastation the actress was able to convey. As a woman I was rooting for the heroine and I must admit I was a little disappointed in the ease with which she dispatched three of her assailants. Her revenge on Matthew was "OK" but I would have liked to have seen a little blood and gore. When I first saw the bathtub scene between the heroine and Johnny I was a little nauseated by all the blood but I couldn't help but laugh at the way she dispatched him. I watched the movie again and I thought it would have been even more visually effective if after the slice and dice she would have raised her hand from out of the bath water holding a semblance of bloody genitalia in her hand. But this movie was made in a decade that never would have allowed that. The heroine's numb composure throughout the revenge sequences is fully understandable (that is, if you're a woman). Kudos to Ms. Keaton for a very persuasive acting job.

Horrible.......2007-03-14

Maybe the WORST movie ever made, or at least the worst that I have seen. Don't waste you're money or time.

one of the best.......2007-02-26

This movie is great. Artistic in a sick way. Sort of has a feminist flavor too it, but in a cool way. Definently a morality message underneath. also, Theres a classic scene that will traumatize any man who watches this film.

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fun, but ...
Black humor meets situation comedy
one foot in the grave
One Foot in the Grave
One Foot in the Grave

One Foot in the Grave - Season 1
Starring: One Foot in the Grave
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
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One Foot in the Grave - Season 2
Waiting for God - Season 2
Clatterford - Season 1
Waiting for God - Season 1
Mulberry - The Complete Series

ASIN: B000LV6OJO
Release Date: 2007-03-27

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Think of One Foot in the Grave as a British version of Curb Your Enthusiasm: Cranky, misanthropic Victor Mildrew (the wonderfully bilious Richard Wilson) perceives himself as the only sane man in a world out to drive him mad--a world in which yoga instructors abruptly keel over, a dead cat appears in his freezer, a man in a bee costume uses his loo, and an escaped snake crawls into his luggage. Of course, Victor can dish it out too; he gives a political candidate a severe tongue-lashing and has a vacuum cleaner duel with an old man who's even more cantankerous than Victor. Only his long-suffering wife Margaret (sweet-tempered Annette Crosbie, Calendar Girls, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) provides Victor with any serenity--even as he destroys hers! Wilson had a long career before One Foot in the Grave (including the series Tutti Frutti, costarring with Emma Thompson and Robbie Coltrane), but this show became a phenomenon, giving a voice of outrage to the disenfranchised (young and old alike) in Margaret Thatcher's political era. But politics were always secondary to humor, and anyone with a taste for scathing invective and madcap plots will bask in Wilson's indignity. Written by David Remnick, creator of Jonathan Creek. --Bret Fetzer

Description

The BAFTA-nominated series about the growing pains of growing old is finally on DVD! Forced into early retirement, Victor Meldrew optimistically tries to adjust to years of leisure with his wife Margaret. If only events -- coincidences, misunderstandings, bureaucratic inefficiencies and sheer bad luck -- didn't conspire against him.

Customer Reviews:

fun, but ..........2007-07-03

One Foot In The Grave, SEASON ONE, was fun. To tell the truth, though, I had not seen these before and was a little disappointed. I think I must have seen season two previously and that was what I expected that I was buying. Not that I would change the purchase. I did enjoy this. The show was in it's fledgling stage in series one and I thought the writing was a touch funnier in the second season. Do I recommend this series? Absolutely! It lays the background for the whole series. With that said, I will also say I also plan to buy series two. Happy viewing.

Black humor meets situation comedy.......2007-06-15

I'm grateful that we North Americans can finally get this BBC series on DVD! It feels like we waited forever to finally get it. I like most British comedies but I love "One Foot" because it is unique for its beautifully dark and morbid humor regarding the absurdities of everyday modern life. It is so unique that I have nothing to compare the Meldrews to. I think the 1st season's episodes were a bit darker than the 2nd season but I may be wrong. All of the episodes are wonderful, some are even poignant. "One Foot in the Grave" is well written, well acted, and well worth the purchase price.

one foot in the grave.......2007-05-13

I had watched this show in the 90,s when it was aired thought it was hilarious. Poor Victor Meldrew is retired early & has to figure out what to do with himself & he sure does getting into all kinds of trouble.Light hearted comedy you will love.
JBlomker

One Foot in the Grave.......2007-05-12

One of the funniest series I have ever seen!

One Foot in the Grave.......2007-05-12

I have been waiting for a long time for this series to come out in DVD format! I like this show very much. The writers certainly came up with some great ideas for situations got poor old Victor to get himself into and OUT of! You will LOVE this show!

Grave of the Fireflies (Collector's Edition)

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Unique Take on WWII Aftermath
Touching and depressing
Great movie
wow
Right.

Grave of the Fireflies (Collector's Edition)
Starring: Tsutomu Tatsumi , Ayano Shiraishi , Yoshiko Shinohara , Akemi Yamaguchi , and J. Robert Spencer
Director: Isao Takahata
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ASIN: B00006HAWP
Release Date: 2002-10-08

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Isao Takahata's powerful antiwar film has been praised by critics wherever it has been screened around the world. When their mother is killed in the firebombing of Tokyo near the end of World War II, teenage Seita and his little sister Setsuko are left on their own: their father is away, serving in the Imperial Navy. The two children initially stay with an aunt, but she has little affection for them and resents the time and money they require. The two children set up housekeeping in a cave by a stream, but their meager resources are quickly exhausted, and Seita is reduced to stealing to feed his sister.

The strength of Grave of the Fireflies lies in Takahata's evenhanded portrayal of the characters. A sympathetic doctor, the greedy aunt, the disinterested cousins all know there is little they can do for Seita and Setsuko. Their resources, like their country's, are already overtaxed: anything they spare endangers their own survival. As in the Barefoot Gen films, no mention is made of Japan's role in the war as an aggressor; but the depiction of the needless suffering endured by its victims transcends national and ideological boundaries. --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews:

Unique Take on WWII Aftermath.......2007-06-27

Friends in one of my social circles exposed me to this film,Grave of Fireflies, which is said to be one of the most accurate portrayals of Post War Japan. They repeated this from an anime convention panel discussion. I have to take their word for it because I have not been able to find much information concerning the children of this time and I know that the creators grew up in it.

According to DVD extras on My Neighbor Totoro, a film set in the same time frame that was created simultaneously by the same studio, producers were not ready to make film of this part of Japanese history and that the Japanese audience would not be ready to view it. The producers were persuaded to support it when the script for Totoro was written and the two scripts viewed together.

My Neighbor Totoro is very family friendly and does not cover the aftermath of the war as extensively. The only signs that it takes place during this time include the mother's illness, the rundown houses, and the soot sprites (leftover from the bombs?). It's focus is not the the war or it's effects but the innocence and optimism that still thrived despite everything these characters had lived through previously.

In contrast, Grave of the Fireflies gives a very realistic look at the death and devastation. The main characters in this film were orphaned by the war and bombings yet the boy tries his best to preserve his young sister's innocence and their survival. He is thrust into the role of an adult for which he frequently proves unready. He has to obtain food and often the money to buy it and take his sister to a doctor. The children make their home in an underground shelter that had previously protected whole communities from air raids.

The movie also has many details in the background that give clues to the time period which include people making salt from sea water, an antique radio that is playing music, clothing, and other scenes from the time. Someone who grew up during this time possibly finds the film nostalgic (I do not any personally, so I could not accurately speak for them). I appreciate that it possibly has authority concerning the historical aspects in the story. I do not consider it to be family viewing, except in cases of an older family, because the deaths and medical conditions are realistically portrayed and difficult to watch.

Touching and depressing.......2007-06-08

I cannot recommend this movie enough. Although I would say not for the younger children - my 9 year old left the room and said he didn't want to see such sad stuff. Even my 15 year old said is was depressing. On the other hand, it is a poignant story of the love shared by a pair of siblings in the worst possible conditions.

It is emotionally heart-wrenching - hurt, pain and fear are interspersed with moments of joy and lightheartedness. For much of the movie, I believed that Seita and Setsuko would come out of this together. Of course, since the movie opens with Seita dying I knew that my hope was misplaced, but I wanted them to survive. The love they shared, and the joy they took from one another made me root for them.

Fruit drops will never look the same way again to me.

Great movie.......2007-06-05

This was a moving commentary on the citizens involved in war. I believe this is meant for older children or adults. It is very emotional for a young child.

wow.......2007-05-21

I'd actually give it 4.5 stars. This is an intense movie. While I loved it, it is still haunting me 2 days after having seen it (always a good sign in my book). I really enjoyed it, but oddly enough, I don't think that I can ever watch it again.

After watching it, I felt exhausted, like all of the air left me, and heavy. It is a beautifully drawn film. Amazing that it can provoke two strong clashing feelings at once. I don't know if I would have had my 9 year old watch it if I had really realized what was going to happen, although he paid rapt attention to it. He said that he didn't like it but I suspect that he was referring to the subject matter. Definitely a must see.

Right........2007-04-25

Horrifyingly depressing Japanese animated feature about two orphaned siblings in post WWII Japan who starve to death. Only watch this if you feel like killing yourself.

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Victor the Great
One Foot in The Grave
One Foot in my Laughing Mouth!
Continue the Fun with Victor

One Foot in the Grave - Season 2
Starring: One Foot in the Grave
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
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ASIN: B000LV6OJY
Release Date: 2007-03-27

Description

The BAFTA nominated series about the growing pains of growing old is finally on DVD! Life continues to throw more slings and arrows at Victor as he and Margaret move to a new house. Next door, the cheerful but terminally boring Nick Swainey seems intent on disturbing Victor's peaceful retirement, while on the other side Patrick and Pippa's lives are made a misery from the moment they first meet the Meldrews.

Customer Reviews:

Victor the Great.......2007-05-12

This is one of the best British comedies. The Meldrews have more than there share of problems and Victor tells it like it is. When Margaret has had enough of the pissing and moaning she lets Victor know it!!!
I wish there was more of this series on DVD. I know there is more as I recall an episode where they all went on a trip to the continent and thought the were being detaned by the local authorities in a rundown hotel. Please do the whole series.

One Foot in The Grave.......2007-05-08

I've been waiting for this program to come out in DVD. It's fun to watch and I'm so glad I have it.

One Foot in my Laughing Mouth!.......2007-04-19

One Foot has got to be one of the funniest of all britcoms! The antics of this retired couple and the people they encounter will make you laugh out unexpectedly and joyously. Kudos to the two stars they get FIVE stars from me!

Continue the Fun with Victor.......2006-12-21

What a treat, the first two seasons of One Foot in the Grave released on the same day! Season two continues to follow the misadventures of cranky curmudgeon Victor Meldrew and his distraught wife, Margaret as they journey through retirement encountering one disaster after another. For those interested, here is an episode guide of season two:

EPISODE GUIDE

1. In Luton Airport, No One Can Hear You Scream

Victor and Margaret return from their holiday to find their house destroyed and their luggage floating somewhere around the world.

2. We Have Put Her Living in the Tomb

Naturally, disaster ensues when Victor and Margaret are asked to look after their God-daughter's pet tortoise.

3. Dramatic Fever

Both Victor and Margaret are bitten by the dramatic bug when Margaret joins an amateur acting society and Victor takes up comedy writing.

4. Who Will Buy?

Victor decides to revive his old ventriloquism act while Margaret befriends a lonely old blind man.

5. Love and Death

Victor and Margaret decide to visit some friends on the South Coast with hilarious results.

6. Timeless Time

Victor spends a sleepless night filled with bizarre happenings.

Also includes the hour long 1990 Christmas Special, "Who's Listening?" in which Victor finds himself without the holiday spirit thanks to several factors including Mrs. Warboys' nativity play, 263 garden gnomes, and a hostage crisis. But Victor meets a little boy with a bigger problem.

- Smash B

The Gravedancers - After Dark Horrorfest

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Doesn't totally suck or impress
Too many ridiculous CGI effects
really a fun horror movie!
A truly good scare
okay, so.....?

The Gravedancers - After Dark Horrorfest
Starring: Dominic Purcell , Josie Maran , Clare Kramer , Marcus Thomas , and Tchéky Karyo
Director: Mike Mendez
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ASIN: B000MEYKDW
Release Date: 2007-03-27

Description

A group of friends' lives are invaded by a trio of hostile ghosts after they engage in a drunken bout of gravedancing during a wake for an old chum.

Customer Reviews:

Doesn't totally suck or impress.......2007-06-28

Last November, a hefty marketing campaign was launched at targeting horror film fans. Specifically, the "HORRORFEST 8 FILMS TO DIE FOR" campaign, which purported to distribute horror films whose content was allegedly so extreme, that their releases had been hampered for general audiences. The marketing campaign was creative but not a wholly underivative concept. Back in 1999, the advertising for the quasi-pseudo documentary "The Blair Witch Project" had grabbed national attention and even blurred some people's understanding of whether the subject was fictitious or an overlooked and obscure local incident of supernatural phenomenon. This may have been one of the most brilliant and effective advertising campaigns for a film which was itself remarkably unremarkable. In fact, this "crockumentary" was not a scary film or even a very good one. It made a lot of money and pissed off a large number of people who felt ripped off or mislead. Not surprisingly (though perhaps wisely), the `makers' of "The Blair Witch Project" had pretty much dropped out of sight and mind after their whirlwind of publicity; in effect, they made their money and skedaddled (which was fine with me). Although according to IMDB, they are again directing films after a 6 or 7 year absence.

Now where was I? Oh, yeah... the 8 HORROFEST FILMS TO DIE FOR BLAHBLAHBLAH: an effective series of commercials which used a montage of trailer scenes and haunting noises and eerie narration which was broadcast in fairly heavy rotation. The clips were skillfully put together as to feature abridged footage briefly enough to be intriguing yet remain slightly ambiguous. The foreboding narrative claims seemed believable, and in combination with a pretty decent website and an imaginative touring itinerary where certain films were available in certain cities on certain days, many people no doubt believed they had unfettered access to a collection of cinematic taboo. However, many of us pretty much figured out what was going on and what would be the end product (and reaction).

The truth is that these films were not really any more graphic or violent or scary than the films which were getting distribution through Theater or Straight-to-Rental releases. Granted, these were better-made films than many or most of the marginal work that can be found in the latter S-t-R category, but ironically some lesser films actually have more explicit content as a way of trying to make themselves more marketable and to compensate for their lack of production values. The resulting opinions about the films of this collection, according to the customer reviews and other forms of feedback, have not been overwhelming favorable.

Hard-core horror fans have 2 things (psychology notwithstanding) which makes them a difficult demographic to impress: The first is a fairly high capacity for gore and violent content; the second is an increasing gradient of expectations. These contribute to a rather challenging threshold for terror and fright, which most of the time is not satisfied. Among the featured films of the package, there were stratifications between the stronger films and the less impressive efforts. Where preferences began to form depended as much on the individual audience member's own psyche and the visual effects proficiency, according as the film's budget production values.

Of the films in this highly touted but ambivalently received batch, THE GRAVEDANCERS tends to be regarded as one of the better films (or less vilified films, if you prefer). To its credit, THE GRAVEDANCERS has the strongest (or most recognizable) cast which features Dominic Purcell (BLADE 3: TRINITY, and the TV series PRISON BREAK), Tcheky Karyo (THE PATRIOT, and THE CORE), and the very lovely Josie Maran. Purcell is not an especially strong actor (but the Mrs. really likes him, so it allows me more latitude in my admiration for beautiful actresses, some of whom are occasionally naked, though not really in this film). This movie also has the most intriguing and creative storyline plot of the group, whereby drunken revelry following a friend's funeral leads to dancing on the graves of 3 particularly malevolent spirits, provoking their supernatural ire (see, the Baptists were right all along about drinking and dancing). As a result, the trio of friends are plagued by terrible (and occasionally violent) encounters and visitations from these spirits, which are revealed to be from an underage serial arsonist, a jilted mistress-turned-axe murderer, and a brutal rapist/killer. Eventually, the friends come across an `expert' of sorts (Karyo) who informs them of the nature of their ghostly dilemma.

From there, the protagonists efforts to resolve this supernatural quandary contains one minor twist but is otherwise fairly easy to follow (if not predict). The acting is mediocre overall (poor in some cases), and the special effects were light, although the evil spirits were somewhat spooky and even startling. The film isn't bad, but it is danger of disappointment via the very same marketing strategy (overhype and oversensationalizing) that made it so recognizable more than it likely would have been being released on its own. That's the trade-off Lionsgate was willing to make between increased revenues versus audience satisfaction. I wouldn't expect the next HORRORFEST (if it is to be held) to be as successful.

Too many ridiculous CGI effects.......2007-06-22

This is one of the Horrorfest line's better films, but it's still pretty dumb, for lack of better words. The CGI effects are so over-the-top and just ridiculousely exaggerated that you can't take the film seriously. I really didn't enjoy this film in the end. When will people learn that excessive CGI just ruins movies? Is this what American viewers really want?

really a fun horror movie!.......2007-06-09

Ok, so I am going to ignore the ending, and otherwise it was a great horror movie. I watched it in the middle of the day and it did creep me out. It was subtle and scary. Interesting plot (if a little predictable). So-so acting. Of course, yes, the last 5 minutes was comical and weird and didn't go along with the movie AT ALL. But heck, if you just take it for what it is, a fun horror movie, its great and I would recommend it.

A truly good scare.......2007-06-06

This movie really should get 3 1/2 stars to be honest. However, with only decent somewhat acting and a good story line with little bits and parts of sometimes being funny at times..the "jump out of your seat action" does the trick for me and not since "Dead Birds" has a movie did that since, with little gore and no sex and all focus on a story with that "jump" action we all love in horror (true horror anyways), makes this film a true gem for me..highly recommended!!

okay, so.....?.......2007-06-04

This movie is definitely intended for teens, I believe. It's more into the gratuitous shock and scare than to carry a good sound plot.
The idea is a good one, not over done by movies. But how it's carried out is not well. This could very well be a B- movie for all intent and purposes.
Of the movies I have seen from this group, I believe Penny Dreadful to excel and be of semi-classic standard. It was truly original and had wonderful acting and sets and music.
The rest were lukewarm and intended for younger viewers. I'd wait til this one was available for free on cable before watching it.

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Disney was far more than cartoons and mice
Wonderful
Touching Dog Story
A British Disney classic
The way a Walt Disney Movie should be!!

Greyfriars Bobby
Starring: Donald Crisp , Laurence Naismith , Alex Mackenzie , Duncan Macrae , and Gordon Jackson
Director: Don Chaffey
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Greyfriar's Bobby (Puffin Classics)

ASIN: B0001I55PG
Release Date: 2004-07-06

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Released in 1961--the same year as The Absent-Minded Professor and The Parent Trap--Greyfriars Bobby epitomizes the heart-on-its-sleeve sentimentality that was the special preserve of the Disney Studio. Based on a true story, the film follows the adventures of a wee Skye terrier who refuses to be separated from his master, even in death. Bobby sleeps on the old man's grave in the cemetery of Greyfriars church; he won't be driven away by Mr. Brown, the groundskeeper (Donald Crisp), or adopted by Mr. Trail (Laurence Naismith), the kindly restaurant owner. Bobby wins over both men, as well as the children in the neighborhood tenements. When a priggish policeman charges Mr. Trail with harboring an unlicensed stray, the case becomes a tempest in a dog dish. Greyfriars Bobby offers handsome vistas of Edinburgh; however, even at 91 minutes the pace is meandering. Crisp and Naismith offer engaging performances as the reluctant friends (and rivals for Bobby's affection), but everyone speaks with such thick Scottish burrs it's like attending Groundskeeper Willie's family reunion. Suitable for all ages. --Charles Solomon

Description

There's magic in the memories as great Disney moments are captured right here for you and your family to enjoy. Overflowing with warmth and charm, GREYFRIARS BOBBY celebrates the powerful bond between man and a kind and loving animal. Based on Eleanor Atkinson's immortal children's book -- Walt Disney presents the remarkable true story of one of Scotland's most beloved and celebrated heroes -- a terrier named Bobby! The enduring friendship forged between a tenderhearted shepherd known simply as Old Jock and his devoted dog cannot be broken -- even by the kindly old man's death. Set in bustling Victorian Edinburgh and the breathtaking Scottish countryside, GREYFRIARS BOBBY is a sensitive tale of uncommon loyalty and affection that is certain to delight and inspire one and all!

Customer Reviews:

Disney was far more than cartoons and mice.......2007-05-13

GREYFRIARS BOBBY: THE TRUE STORY OF A DOG (1961) Directed by Don Chaffey, Based on the book by Eleanor Atkinson. Cinematography by Paul Beeson. Produced by Walt Disney.
Starring Laurence Naismith, Freda Jackson and Donald Crisp.
The true story, set in 1865 Edinborough, of a cute terrier named Bobby who, when his master dies, sleeps every night at the grave. In the daytime, he spreads happiness and joy among lonely bachelors, a childless couple and the neighborhood's poor children. However when the bad people want to take Bobby away because he does not have a license, a trial ensues that will prove to be one of the greatest in the history of Western jurisprudence. Will the dirty [...]. kill Bobby or will justice triumph??
A lowkey, somewhat sad but charming Disney film with gorgeous cinematography, solid direction, a good script and a solid cast of welcome faces. It occurs that there is a scene in the Karlolf/lugosi film THE BODY SNATCHER that is a nasty bad joke based on the story of Bobby. Naismith was also in the excellent JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS(which Chaffey also directed) and SCROOGE. Jackson in BRIDES OF DRACULA and Crisp...nearly the end of a long career appeared in everything from Griffith silent classics such as BROKEN BLOSSOMS to myriad highly regarded John Ford pictures and the horror classic THE UNINVITED. So this is not some kiddie film with a cast of unknowns going nowhere.
An unheralded effort by Disney that sadly was not a box office success. However well worth seeing in any case. A likable film on every level.

Wonderful.......2007-03-09

Delighted that a film has been made of this wonderful story. A real tear jerker

Touching Dog Story.......2007-01-30

Old Jock worked as a shepherd for many years. Unfortunately, the master of the farm can no longer afford to keep Old Jock on. Old Jock heads to Edinburgh to an uncertain future, leaving his dog Bobby behind to be the dog of his master's daughter. Bobby has other ideas and follows Old Jock off to Edinburgh. To use a cliché, the rest is history.

We know that Old Jock is sick at the beginning of the movie. He has a persistent cough that must be an indication of something bad. After his arrival in Edinburgh he has the good fortune to meet with Mr. Traill, who owns a tavern. Old Jock also has the good fortune to encounter Bobby, who has been looking for him everywhere. Mr. Traill tries to get a doctor to see to Old Jock, but Old Jock associates doctors and infirmaries with dying, so he disappears into the rain before the doctor arrives. Old Jock eventually finds a room at a cheap inn with a leaking roof and a screechy old woman as the proprietress. Old Jock plays with Bobby one last time before falling into a sleep from which he will never arise.

A problem arises immediately. Where is Old Jock's Skye Terrier Bobby to live? Bobby knows only one master, Old Jock, and he sleeps now in Greyfriars Kirkyard (which means a church yard). There is trouble for Bobby to stay in the Kirkyard. Mr. Brown, the caretaker of Greyfriars Kirkyard, will not permit a dog to stay in the Kirkyard. What no one has reckoned with is the power of Bobby's pure love and the effect it has on everyone who meets him.

"Greyfriars Bobby" is a marvelous Disney film that captures all the things we love most about animals and dogs in particular. Some animals just seem to capture our hearts with their single-minded devotion, and certainly everyone, including the Provost of Edinburgh and the population of Edinburgh, felt Bobby's love. I certainly got a warm feeling as I watched this movie. I am glad that this movie is part of my collection and I look forward to watching it again.

This movie contains quite a few well-known actors. Donald Crisp played Mr. Brown. Crisp also appeared in "Spencer's Mountain," "Pollyanna," "A Dog of Flanders" (1960), "National Velvet" and many more. Laurence Naismith played Mr. Traill. Naismith made a number of television appearances in the 1960's and 1970's. He also appeared in the James Bond movie "Diamonds Are Forever," "Sink the Bismarck," "Boy on a Dolphin," and dozens of other films. Alex MacKenzie played Old Jock (whose real name was John Gray). Mackenzie has a relatively short career, but he appeared in two other Disney films in the early 1960's: "Kidnapped" and "The Three Lives of Thomasina." Many of the other actors also had long and successful acting careers, including Duncan McRae, Gordon Jackson, Freda Jackson, Joyce Carey, Jameson Clark, and Bruce Seton.

Historical Note: There is a statue to Bobby located at the corner of King George IV Bridge and Candlemaker's Row. Bobby was a real dog who watched over his master's grave for fourteen years after his death. The movie did take a number of liberties with Bobby's story, but those liberties did a nice job of capturing the feeling of Bobby's loyalty and love.

"Greyfriars Bobby" captures all the magic that Walt Disney could put into a film inspired by a true story. This film is suitable for every member of the family and every family should have this film in their library.

Enjoy!

A British Disney classic.......2006-11-30

Greyfriars Bobby is a true life dog story. This isn't the shaggy dog, there is no Disney humor characters. This story of Bobby (a dog) whose Master died and the small town which adopted him. Its basicly unknown to American audences, British and Scotish cast is headed by actor Donald Crisp (from the film, The Great Escape)

This film is a simple tale that Disney film told in the late 1950-1960's. These sorta films were run as second features to the Disney cartoons when they were released to theaters.

You can see the great hand of walt himself at work. This simple tale has no special effects, just a story a family can watch together. I wish there were more of these type of classic film chestnuts from Disney available on DVD to watch today to share with the younger people

Bennet Pomerantz, AUDIOWORLD

The way a Walt Disney Movie should be!!.......2006-07-16

This movie is one of my favorite movies of all time.

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Hollywood studio would have never produced `Shallow Grave'
A DEAD GUY, A BRIEFCASE FULL OF CASH... WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

Shallow Grave
Starring: Kerry Fox , Christopher Eccleston , Ewan McGregor , Ken Stott , and Keith Allen
Director: Danny Boyle
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ASIN: 079284405X
Release Date: 2000-03-28

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The first feature from director Danny Boyle, producer Andrew MacDonald, and screenwriter John Hodge (who went on to make the enormously popular Trainspotting, the not-so-well-received A Life Less Ordinary, and The Beach), Shallow Grave begins with three obnoxious roommates mockingly interrogating applicants who want to share their spacious flat. The guy they finally choose doesn't last long--they find him dead from a drug overdose along with a suitcase full of money that he no longer needs. They decide to keep the money; this of course requires that they discreetly dispose of the body, which proves to be a gruesome, traumatic business. They begin to suspect each other of betrayal and become increasingly deranged. The movie wants to be a satirical comment on the greed of British yuppies but is more an exercise in stylish paranoia, where the color of the walls matters more than why the characters behave the way they do. The clever cinematography and macabre humor make Shallow Grave worth watching, just don't expect to like anyone in it. Starring the very hip trio of Kerry Fox (An Angel at My Table, The Last Days of Chez Nous), Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, Velvet Goldmine, Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace), and Christopher Eccleston (Jude, Elizabeth). --Bret Fetzer

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Three friends push the boundaries of trust in this hermetically sealed shocker (Los Angeles Times) from the creators of Trainspotting. Starring Kerry Fox (The Hanging Garden), Christopher Eccleston (Elizabeth) and Ewan McGregor (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace), Shallow Grave is a masterpiece of terror (Movieline), riddled with hairpin turns (Boxoffice) that takes you on a fantastic ride to the lowest depths of human nature. Juliet (Fox), David (Eccleston) and Alex (McGregor) find that their new reclusive roommate has not left the bedroom for days. After kicking in the door they discover his drug over-dosed corpse and a suitcase full of money! Fatefully choosing to keep the money, they know they have to get rid of the remains. But the body won't stay buried and a careless trail from the shallow grave leads the policeand two money-hungry thugsback to the trio. And as the stakes get higher, so does the body count, not to mention their paranoia which is quickly putting their friendships in jeopardy forever!

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Get Your Good Clean Fresh Nasty Shallow Fun Here.......2006-10-19

"Shallow Grave," a 1994 black comedy-farce, was the film debut of young British director Danny Boyle, who had previously worked in British television. You can catch his work in the "Inspector Morse," and "Hamish MacBeth" series, and it's well-worth catching, if you can.

The movie starred several then-unknown actors. Kerry Fox as "Juliet Miller," Christopher Eccleston as "David Stephens," and Ewan McGregor as "Alex Law." In smaller parts it featured; as "Detective Inspector McCall," Ken Stott, who's since made a career playing tv cops, most recently "Inspector Rebus;" and Colin McCredie, whom some may remember from the last series of "Taggart." Robert Carlyle, an actor with whom Boyle had previously worked on "Hamish," was offered the starring part of "David," but turned it down.

Boyle was born on October 20,1956(same date as Viggo Mortenson), in Manchester, England, son of first generation Irish Catholic immigrants. He began working in theater: he was Artistic Director of the Royal Court from 1982-85, and then Deputy Director from 1985-87. He's since gone on to make the hits "Trainspotting," a fairly outrageous druggie film, with Ewan McGregor again, in 1996; and "28 Days Later," a zombie movie like no other, in 2002. His work tends to have a light--some might say shallow-- touch, and a taste for the fantastic.

"Shallow" is a fresh take on a hoary idea: that pots of money, no matter how acquired, will break any friendship/companionship/marriage. It's set in Edinburgh, and opens on a sweeping panorama of that city's elegant, historic New Town district. (Only exteriors were filmed in Edinburgh, however, the rest was filmed in Glasgow to take advantage of a 150,000 pound grant from that city's film board.) Three roommates, needing a fourth for financial reasons, are interviewing candidates; they're kind of snarky, but funny if you don't happen to be the interviewee. Their flat is drop dead gorgeous, big and light, full of unexpected color: you'd sure like to be the lucky one chosen. Mysterious Hugo, the man chosen, dies immediately after moving in. They never exactly know why, neither do we; all parties just assume drug overdose, especially after Hugo's found to have a suitcase full of nice crisp 100 pound notes. This sets the plot, in all its gruesome, unpredictable glory, in motion; six people will be dead by movie's end.

Boyle's first movie is pure "tartan noir," tough, funny, macabre, and couldn't be further removed from what Hollywood has recently conditioned us to. We never learn the back stories of the three main characters, nor any of the others, nor why they are acting as they do. And none of the characters are shown to be nice people, worth rooting for. In fact, in my off-the cuff memory, we haven't been presented with three such easy to dislike characters since the late John Huston's masterpiece "Treasure of the Sierra Madre," starring Humphrey Bogart as Fred C. Dobbs, John's father Walter as another of the miners, and ending with a body count about the same as "Shallow Grave's."

In sum, "Shallow Grave" is a tight, entertaining, shallow little thriller, with Boyle's trademark touch of the fantastic. It's like nothing you've ever seen before. Your feelings about it will be influenced by your fondness for the unexpected, and your willingness to sit there and let a movie take you where it will.

TERRIFIC THRILLER ABOUT PARANOIA.......2006-10-02

This is a terrific thriller about three roommates sharing the same flat in England who are looking for a fourth person to rent to. The film starts off a little comical with the three roommates, Juliet (Kerry Fox), David (Christopher Eccleston) and Alex (Ewan McGregor) sizing up the various denizens looking for a place to stay. They go through silly dialogues, and ask outrageous questions of those who wish to rent. Finally, one person shows up whom they all agree to rent to. There is a problem however: This man is more than they bargained for.

After only one night in the flat, the trio find the man dead of a drug overdose. Moreover, he has a briefcase filled with money. Instead of reporting this to the police they decide to keep the money and get rid of the body. Thinking no one will be the wiser, they dump the car and dismember the body in the woods. However, the police discover the body, and the short-lived roommate's fellow thugs discover the car. And these are not the type of men you want to cross. They deal very harshly with everyone in their quest to find their missing friend, and more importantly, the missing money.

David (Christopher Eccleston) is one hell of a case of paranoia. Although he has reason to be. However, it becomes a morbid case of paranoia when the thugs arrive on the scene. Not content with dealing with the thugs, he becomes dementedly paranoid of his fellow roommates. What I liked about the film is how it shows greed, even amongst friends, changes these three people. With Alex (Ewan McGregor) seeming to be the only normal one among them. This is an excellent thriller, and highly enjoyable. The ending is superb and highly unexpected. Highly recommended. [Stars: 4.5]

A SUPERIOR THRILLER!!.......2006-07-19

From the director that brought us the trashy movie called "The Beach," comes this fantastic thriller that has to be seen to be believed!!
If you like movies like Fargo, Blood Simple and A Simple Plan, you'll love this!! It's that type of thriller!!

Hollywood studio would have never produced `Shallow Grave'.......2006-01-17

Why is it that I watch and enjoy so many films in which Ewan McGregor appears? After finishing the substantive part of my day one evening last week, I flipped over to IFC and found `Shallow Grave' (1994) just starting. I stuck with it, and was not disappointed.

A movie fan has to love the risks that the independent filmmakers take. Danny Boyle, the same director of `Trainspotting,' did a very nice job with three rather unknown actors at the time - at least in the U.S., Kerry Fox (Juliet), Christopher Eccleston (David), and McGregor (Alex), a quirky and unusual script, a little contemporary film noir, and created an enjoyable little story. Nice work, Danny Boyle.

In synopsis, Juliet, David, and Alex live in a nice four bedroom flat and are conducting a roommate search to pay a fourth of the rent. During a dinner/interview with a prospective tenant, Hugo, played by Keith Allen, the three are impressed, perhaps excessively so, when the potential flat mate brandishes nice wad of pound notes. Very shortly after Hugo moves in, he is not to be seen. Inquisitive Alex (he's a newspaper reporter) leads the charge to break into his room only to find Hugo naked and dead. Then, Alex continues to snoop and finds a substantial cache of money in a suitcase under the bed.

In short, after some very shallow soul-searching, the trio decided to keep the money rather than to report Hugo's death to the authorities. As such, Juliet, David, and Alex David must dispose of the body, Hugo's car, and anything else that could possibly associate the deceased flat mate with the three friends. The disposal proves to be quite a grisly affair, but that is not the least of the trio's problems. Paralleling their own struggles in disposing of Hugo, Boyle introduces us to two very bad men who are also looking for the money. The audience does not know and does not necessarily need to know who these very bad men are, just that they are very bad men and are getting closer and closer to Juliet, David, and Alex.

Ironies abound in `Shallow Grave,' but one of the most fun of those ironies occurs at the point when bodies, - yes, bodies - are found in a shallow grave, and Alex is assigned by his editor at the newspaper to cover the story. Alex's front-page headline is then succeeded by an intense climax as the three "friends," each apparently on the verge or over the precipice of insanity caused by greed, face each other early one morning and then a surprise ending that includes Alex gruesomely fastened to the floor of the flat.

In a moderate budget, independent film, actors, directors, and producers tend to take more creative risks. As such, I do not believe a Hollywood studio would have ever produced `Shallow Grave'. And, if it had, Hollywood would have turned it into a watered down version of its original intention, comparable to the difference between the independent `Requiem for a Dream' and the Hollywood `Traffic.' Good for lovers of good film.

A DEAD GUY, A BRIEFCASE FULL OF CASH... WHAT WOULD YOU DO?.......2005-11-09

What would you do if you find a briefcase full of cash? Eternal question raised in so many movies... There would be no movies like this if characters decided not to take it and just leave it be. They always take it and as it's easy to understand a case full of money can't NOT belong to anyone. So here we go...
I'd say that this flick (which reminds of Sam Raimi's "A Simple Plan") is not just a criminal-action-thriller movie. It goes far beyond that and that is why it's better than the Raimi's. "Shallow Grave" explores the darkest and remotest corners of our soul and mind and shows how carelessness and exhilaration can slowly turn into paranoia and madness. The three main characters here didn't realize in the beginning that this funny and happy story will end with mistrust, quarrel, alienation and murder. And this transformation is really frightening.
Another masterpiece from Danny Boyle whose films are quite simple at first glance but very serious and psychological at second.

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The proper way to make a documentary....
Stellar History.
Insightful and penetrating
A true Mount Everest in the Cinema' s story!

The Sorrow and the Pity
Starring: Georges Bidault , Maurice Chevalier , R. Du Jonchay , Anthony Eden , and Marcel Fouche-Degliame
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ASIN: B00005AFSL
Release Date: 2001-04-24

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Often hailed as one of the greatest documentaries of all time, The Sorrow and the Pity is still astonishing long after its original release in Paris. The lengthy film (anyone who has heard it prominently referred to in Woody Allen's Annie Hall knows it's four hours long) tells the story of France under Nazi occupation by weaving together a number of interviews as well as newsreel clips and propaganda films shot by the Nazis. Director Marcel Ophüls skillfully utilizes interviews with people who often contradict each other, so the story of France not only occupied but divided against itself emerges fully. Filmed in the late 1960s, when bitter memories still resonated, the interviews conducted by Ophüls have great depth and are often amazing. Ordinary Frenchmen who found themselves performing heroic acts for the Resistance recall the dangers they faced while those who collaborated with the Nazis make excuses. A former Nazi officer interviewed at a wedding party in Germany pompously puts a benign face on what occurred where he was stationed; interviews with French residents utterly refute his sanitized version of the past. Beyond the interviews, the arresting archival footage chosen by Ophüls is remarkable, such as an unsettling clip of a stand-up comedian performing before a laughing audience whose collar insignias identify them as members of the fanatical Nazi SS. The Sorrow and the Pity lives up to its reputation as being a magnificent documentary. --Robert J. McNamara

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A chronicle of a French city under the occupation. Director Marcel Ophuls combined interviews and archival film footage to explore the reality of the French occupation in one small industrial city, Clermont-Ferrand. He spoke with resistance fighters, collaborators, spies, farmers, government officials, writers, artists and veterans. The result is a shattering portrait of how ordinary people actually conducted themselves under extraordinary circumstances. By turns gripping, horrifying, and inspiring, Academy Award nominee "The Sorrow and the Pity" is a triumph of humanist filmmaking and a testament to the power of cinema. Before "Shoah," "Schindler's List," "The Long Way Home" and "The Last Days," there was "The Sorrow and the Pity."

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Watch, Listen, Learn, and Think.......2007-03-22

Like many other Americans, I had a skewed view of French participation in WWII. I mean, the prevailing wisdom is that they fought (badly) a short time, surrendered ignominiously, and then wanted a huge chunk of the glory and German territory to occupy after the English and the Americans saved them from the Nazis. But after watching The Sorrow and The Pity, I came away with a different view.
On the eve of WWII, France was a country beset by weak political leadership and growing tensions between left and right. The Socialist government of Leon Blum was widely reviled and after its collapse the country drifted from one domestic crisis to another as war clouds gathered ominously to the east. On paper, France was well-prepared for war with the numerically fewer and militarily less advanced German army. The German high command did not think the war would be easy and many doubted that France could be beaten. But it was. As it turned out, German ideology, discipline, and training trumped French overconfidence and disunity.
The Sorrow and the Pity shows the tragedy of defeat and the disarray into which France fell in its aftermath. WWI hero Petain took command in the part of France the Germans did not occupy and made Vichy its capital. He made many errors, but in retrospect you have to say he tried to keep the Germans at bay as much as possible. Think how the war may have turned out had the Germans occupied the country entirely!
In a series of interviews interspersed with period film footage we see the occupation through the eyes of both the occupier and the occupied. We hear stories of bravery and cowardice, tragedy and triumph, loyalty and treachery. Deep thinkers might be left musing about what might have happened in their own countries under similar circumstances. Importantly, we get two views of Laval and Petain instead of just the usual dismissal of them both as traitors.
The Sorrow and the Pity should give all of us pause. Watch, listen, learn and think about what your own reactions might be if your country were occupied. Would you use occupation as a cover to settle personal vendettas? Would you keep your head down and try to go about your business unobtrusively? Would you passively resist? Or would you actively work for liberation? We all might imagine ourselves as doing the most heroic thing, but what would we really do? And would you rationalize whatever it was you ended up doing after it was all over? Millions of Germans and Frenchmen did!
I really recommend that anyone interested in obtaining a well-rounded view of WWII and the French role in it take the 4 hours+ and see The Sorrow and the Pity. Not only does the viewer learn a lot about that aspect of the war, but also about human nature. This is truly a gripping story from start to finish.

The proper way to make a documentary...........2006-05-09

This is the way a great documentary is supposed to be made. This film came at a time when documentaries were few and far between, it remains riveting for every minute of its 251 minute length. It succeeds by telling a coherent story as well as an enthralling one. Most documentaries these days throw everything at you (in a hasty, sloppy manner), and load up their films with endless "talking head" shots. Then when they're criticised for it, they come up with the usual adage "it's up to the viewer to decide.". While the ultimate judge is the viewer, this is not a reason for a "cut and paste" approach to the film. This approach removes the narrative flow from many recent documentaries. This film tells its story so well and brilliantly, like a grand novel, and illuminates you on the Vichy government, and how it was really like to live and how complicated it is to live under an occupation. There are some historians here and there, but the film deals mainly with those who lived and fought the Nazis, those with the most at stake. That's one of the reasons the film is so riveting. It comes across as human, something many documetaries miss entirely. It's a great film. Its length means nothing, because you're never bored. A must...

Stellar History........2006-03-18

Never in my life have I seen a film dedicated to the subject of Vichy France. I had long read about it but knew very little about the official pronouncements of the collaborationist government. I assumed that The Sorrow and the Pity was strictly a documentary about the French resistance, but was pleasantly surprised by its depth. It describes the Vichy of Petain and Laval quite thoroughly. You may recognize some of Ophuls' interviewees from The World at War (such as Edward Spears), but the stand out individual here was the fellow who volunteered for the SS. I assume he served in the Charlemagne outfit. Frankly, I was surprised he was alive and actually showing his face. His point that the slaughter of 1,600 French sailors by the English was a motivating force for him to join the Germans was something I would have never considered. It seems inconceivable back then for the French to have even hesitated siding with anybody other than England--given the competition--but it is clear that Anglophobia was rampant after "the rout" of May 1940. The most sensational thing about this film is the footage of the collaborationists. It seems as if modern history has made great attempts to cover up just how much the citizenry backed Petain (at first) and looked sympathetically to the Nazis. The speeches, the newsreels, and the photos are incredibly valuable and terribly interesting- especially if you're a history buff. I'd rank this one right up there with Hotel Terminus.

Insightful and penetrating.......2006-02-27

Let me say immediately that this movie requires some upfront investment: patience, attention, and sympathy. It's not easy to sit for four hours and view "news" that's sixty years old. But once you get past the initial impediments, what you get is a clear window into events that are themselves clear windows into human motivations and their consequences. Ophuls examines one city, and examines how collaborators and resistance fighters played lethal chess. He interviews and probes. What emerges after the four hours is a weird sensation that you were actually present at the interviews--you WERE the camera--and that's the highest praise anyone can give to a documentary.
Incidentally, one bonus of watching this is that you get vivid context for many other French movies that take place during this dramatic period of history, e.g., "Hiroshima Mon Amour" and "Le Dernier Metro."

A true Mount Everest in the Cinema' s story!.......2005-09-12

Far beyond of all the praised comments and countless acknowledgments around the world, "The sorrow and the pity" still remains as one of the most striking testimonials of a recent past. The co production talks by itself:(French- Swiss-West German). Necessarily lengthy documentary directed by Marcel Ophlus about anti-Semitism and the Nazi occupation during the Vichy regime in the WW2 It's worthy to recall the French TV did not run the film for some time, because in the own words of a credited officer spokesman "The population was not yet mature enough to accept the idea that during the WW2 most of Frenchmen did not fight in the resistance." Nevertheless, we should realize that it was not a mere coincidence the claasic film of Rene clement "La bataille du Rail" awarded the First Cannes Film Festival in 1946, that mirrored the emblematic and even titanic facts (perhaps minor episodes for some people) of those railroad men, who by all their means caused many troubles to Nazi forces along France. They visibly did not fight against the virus of religious and racial bigotry ss the genial filmmaker makes incisively clear by interviewing dozens of people who lived those dark days of Hitlerism, whether powerful or not.

Filmed in glorious Black & White the running time of 265 min, to be true, it is not perceived due the impressive and absorbing script

A towering and supreme film.

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Cradle 2 the Grave (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Jet Li , DMX , Kelly Hu , Anthony Anderson , and Tom Arnold
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
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Release Date: 2004-06-01

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The intriguing cross-pollination of rap and kung-fu continues with Cradle 2 the Grave, co-starring high-profile rapper DMX and Hong Kong superstar Jet Li. Master thief Fait (DMX) hits a diamond exhange but comes away with a bag of black gems of mysterious origin. When a crime kingpin steals the gems from Fait, an international arms dealer kidnaps Fait's beloved daughter--and Fait can only get her back with the help of Su (Li), a Taiwanese intelligence agent tracking the gems himself. A summary of the plot doesn't do Cradle 2 the Grave justice; while the basic story elements suggest a dozen generic action flicks, the cast (including Anthony Anderson, Gabrielle Union, and Kelly Hu) has genuine charisma and the movie layers action on top of action to strong effect. All in all, a much more engaging thrill ride than you'd expect. --Bret Fetzer

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When his daughter is kidnapped and held in exchange for diamonds, the leader of a crew of highly skilled urban thieves (DMX) forges an unlikely alliance with a Taiwanese Intelligence officer (Jet Li) to rescue her. Their race against the clock to find the precious stones ultimately unravels a plot to distribute a deadly new weapon of war.

DVD Features:
Documentaries:"Ultimate Fighting Champions": Profiles on the martial artists and how they were incorporated in the movie "Choreography of the Camera": includes multi-angle car chases
Featurette:"The Descender Rig": Features camera invention that was made for the movie
Music Video:DMX's "X Gon' Give It to Ya"
Other:2 Hidden Bonuses: "Time Lapse Montage" Behind-the-scenes footage and "Rear Projection" featurette on the subway sequence
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So so on drama, great action!.......2007-03-23

Jet Li and a very familiar supporting cast put on a lackluster story and dialog, but the action somehow makes it all worth it.

Movie Lover.......2007-02-10

Great action movie. Both Jet Li and DMX are enjoyable martial artist performers.

pure action and good comedy...thats about it.......2006-12-01

Not the best Jet Li movie, but Cradle 2 The Grave turned out to be one of the most fun and enjoyable Jet Li movies I have seen, combining lots of varied action and good doses of comedy and humor.

Cradle 2 The Grave has a decent lineup of action stars, including Jet Li, DMX, Mark Dacascos and Kelly Hu. This is the only movie to have a Jet Li vs Mark Dacascos showdown, thanks to fans who voted for the matchup before the movie was created. Mark Dacascos plays a good villain, a lot better in the acting department since his villain days in American Samurai, nearly 10 years earlier. His skills are still great and the fight between Mark and Jet is a great scene that is even and skillful.

The action in Cradle is not limited to fight scenes. There is a great chase scene with DMX on a 3 wheeler, pursued by cops and a coupe of dirt bikes, in and out of buildings and around town it goes. Its a lot more fun than a typical car chase scene. There is also a great scene involving Jet Li against real-life underground cage fighters. The scene in the movie is an illegal underground cage fights arena, and not before long the Jet Li character gets dragged in and ends up kicking all their butts at once.

There is a geat deal of humor spread throughout the movie thanks to Anthony Anderson and Tom Arnold. Personlly, I thought Anthony won the comedy award in this movie, he kept me laughing.

The story to Cradle is eh. Nothing exciting but thats ok cause the rest of the movie does well. Its a great entertaining flick that should still please all.

Who Knew DMX Could Act?.......2006-06-13

I happened to catch this movie on TV. I stopped flipping channels because I saw Jet Li. I thought it was Romeo Must Die but it wasn't. I was pleasantly surprised at DMX's performance as the father whose daughter was kidnapped. He was determined to do what it took to get her back. I got my own copy of this movie and suggest you do the same. It is a good movie with some of the best fight scenes I have seen in awhile.

Well I made it through the whole thing, but Iam not happy about it!.......2006-06-06

This movie had the potential to be the best american martial arts movie to date. Jet Li and Marc Dacascos should have been one of the greatest screen fights ever but I will certainly get to that.

It starts with the patented comedy ala Exit Wounds and one of the hottest women ever shows up just to add some eye candy. And I certainly got about 99% of all I asked to see of her. Wow what a beauty. So they don't do anything new except showcase DMX. Not the worst actor and a good screen presence, btu he has the most fight scenes in this movie. I hope I mentioned Jet Li's name cause he is the only thing that is saving this from becoming a movie like All About The Benjamins. DMX has to be the worst fighter I have ever seen on screen. Dragon Lee is beter than this guy. He uses this style where his opponent has to come towards him for him to try and connect a knee to the guys stomach. He looked like he was gettign really tired and the bad guys had to help him up so he could continue. Jet Li's stuff is so spectaular it makes you mad they didn't use somebody like Michael Jai white since it is such a stupis movie anyway or a semi copetent actor play DMX's role. And it is a good thing this was not a hong kong movie casue his daughter would have been missign body parts with all that went on. Jet is shown to be this Jackie Chan type of invincible karaet guy.

And the plot revolves around jewels which make a machine light up and everybody wants to buy it to destroy ther world. Wow, good stuff!

It is all just retarded and I can't believe I stuck arouund for the finale which gievs us 3 fights and no clear indication of exactly what is goign on. Jet and Marc was decenct but that is not what I kept my eyes open for like 100 minutes for.

I think there is like a makign of on the disc, but don't buy this unless you lpan on neevr watching it again unless for the scantily clothed gabrielle union.

Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave

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To all you "Movie Critics" on here...
like I said about part four it's not that bad!
I don't know how to explain this much suck....
Great movie
It's even worst than the 4th installment..if that's even possible

Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave
Starring: Aimee-Lynn Chadwick , Cory Hardrict , John Keefe , Jenny Mollen , and Peter Coyote
Director: Ellory Elkayem
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
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ASIN: B000M9BPFI
Release Date: 2007-03-20

Description

A college student finds a canister in his uncle's attic that contains a drug more potent than Ecstasy. When word of the drug, nicknamed "Z" for its Zombie-like hallucinogenic effects, reaches unscrupulous college drug dealer Skeet, he hatches a plan to sell the drug to ravers attending the ultimate rave party. But when the drug's side effects start to kick in, the ultimate rave turns into the ultimate grave as party goers drop to their death...then rise again to feed!

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To all you "Movie Critics" on here..........2007-06-19

Any "true fan" of this series should at least like this movie! I saw the original at the theater back in the day, and have loved it ever since. I participated in the dvd campaign to bring the original to DVD. Rave to the Grave is almost as fun as any in the series(way better than necropolis). I wish that any one who dislikes this movie and gives it a bad rap on here, or anywhere else, would step up to the plate and make something better!!! My two cents worth!!!

like I said about part four it's not that bad!.......2007-04-07

This one is different than part four and I must say I liked it better.In this one they take the trioxon and use it as a drug not knowing what it will do to people.Of course the people that took the drug end up turning into zombies and that is when the fun begins. Also in this film we have the classic tar man zombie that we all know and love, that I thought was really cool. I still don't understand why people don't like part four and five. But to each their own I guess. But in my opinion if you like the first four return of the living dead films you should like this one. This one has the comedy just like the first two and like part four. In this one you have the two government agents that are funny as hell. As far as the zombies they are like the zombies in part four. Also there is plenty of zombie carnage and gore to please us sick individuals.But all in all this is your standard zombie film with zombies going around killing people. So if you like zombie movies you will like this.

I don't know how to explain this much suck...........2007-03-31

This is just pathetic...Uwe Boll makes a better zombie film...really...

They need to let this franchise die or find Russo & let him save it...But, it's probably too late - the cancer that is parts 4 & 5 has spread...This makes part 3 look like high art...

I love zombie films more than any kind of horror..I own more than most people know exist...I don't say this to soud like a know it all but this movie is just embarrasing...

You can cover dog poo in powdered sugar & call it candy, but this movie coated dog poo with more dog poo & called it candy...

Great movie.......2007-03-21

I don't know how people can call themselves a fan of horror/zombie movies, and then turn around and say, "It's the same old thing. Zombies, killing, completely readable, I knew just what was going to happen." That's part of the fun. You know you're already going to like the movie. There are enough differences to make the movie unique from the rest. If you like the other movies, you'll like this one too.

It's even worst than the 4th installment..if that's even possible.......2007-03-20

There's not much to say about Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave other than it's actually worse than the movie before it. Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis was really bad and not in the so bad it's funny. What had been a cult horror franchise which had fun with the zombie genre in addition to putting some genuine scares in people, these last two Return of the Living Dead movies should pretty much kill the franchise just when the zombie revival is still going on strong.

Ellory Elkayem does directing duty for this fifth installment. He also directed the fourth film. I had thought that not everything should be laid at Elkayem's feet when it came to who to blame for the lackluster and awful film that was Necropolis, but after sitting through Rave to the Grave I have to say that whatever good will Ellory Elkayem built up with his funny take on the giant creature feature, Eight-Legged Freaks, has been wasted with his back-to-back filming of Return of the Living Dead 4 and 5. Elkayem films both films one after the other and I am going to assume this was more to save on the budget than any sort of continuity with the actors hired to play recurring roles. If saving money was the main reason then it sure didn't look like it. Except for a few hero-zombie (zombies given more screentime than most thus given a better make-up effect) scenes the film clearly shows it's ultra low-budget pedrigree. I don't have problems with low-budget horror movies as long as there's a sense of energy and enjoyment by those making it, but neither Necropolis and Rave to the Grave showed any one of the two.

Rave to the Grave occurs one year after the events of Necropolis and the teenage survivors of that film have now graduated and attending college. The film never really makes it clear if they're in back in the U.S. attending college or still in Eastern Europe where the previous film was set. Either way the survivors from the previous film seem to have moved on quite well from their horrific experiences in Necropolis. The fact that they don't seem to recognize the newly found containment barrel marked with the label of 2-4-5 Trioxin just adds to the weird and hge plot hole between film four and five. One would think that these kids would have it etched forver in their minds that containment barrel with 2-4-5- Trioxin equals horror. Instead they naively investigate and research the barrel with one of their friends realizing he could turn the chemical leaking from the barrel into a new form of rave drug whose extreme hallucinogenic effects also hide a side-effect which basically turns anyone who partakes of the drug into a zombie.

The rest of the movie deals with the survivors finally realizing the crisis they've unleashed and instead of calling for police or military help decide to go to the same outdoor rave party where everyone is taking the drug to try and find the person who made the drug Z and stop him from taking them. Like I said earlier the movie really has major plot holes and most of the time doesn't make much sense. What we get in the end is an excuse to have a huge set piece where the survivors get to shoot as many zombies as possible while at the same time allow for the random raver to suddenly become a zombie out of the blue. There's also a subplot of a couple of bumbling Men-in-Black type agents whose job it is to recover the Trioxin barrel while remaining inconspicuous. The secret organization they belong to must be global since I could barely understand their lines with the heavy Russian accent used by both "actors".

My disappointment in what could've been a nice follow-up to the first three Return of the Living Dead movies was compounded by the sheer Z-movie level of Rave to the Grave after the awful work that was Necropolis. For those wanting to see a good b-level zombie movie that's bad but enjoyable at the same time should check out House of the Dead 2. Yes, the sequel to Uwe Boll's rancid and awful House of the Dead ended up being better than the original and way more entertaining than Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave. I wouldn't even accept this film as a free dvd if someone gave it to me.

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