Double Vision

Starring:Tony Leung Ka Fai, David Morse, Rene Liu, Leon Dai, Kuei-Mei Yang, Sihung Lung, Brett Climo, Wei-Han Huang, Doug Penty, Han Lin, Angus McLaren, David Paterson (II), David Newell
Director: Kuo-fu Chen
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

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A gripping political drama
Buy it; you'll like it

Faith
Starring: Michael Gambon , John Hannah , Susannah Harker , Robin Weaver , and Louis Mahoney
Director: John Strickland
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Michael Gambon (Harry Potter films, Being Julia) stars in this high-tension thriller of political corruption and international intrigue. Peter Moreton (Gambon), a high-ranking government official, scrambles to keep his secret lifestyle hidden from the world when his daughter purposely leaks his affair to a reporter she is dating. Nick Simon (John Hannah, The Mummy) is the reporter caught between his love for Moreton's daughter Polly and his desperation to keep his job and land the biggest story of his career.

Customer Reviews:

A gripping political drama.......2007-06-27

I was gripped by this all the way through. The acting is outstanding and the storyline never lapses into cliché, with plenty of plot twists to keep the viewer gripped. I was particularly impressed by the writing of Susannah Harker's character - a woman in a TV series that feels like a three-dimensional human being and not just a projection of a male fantasy, but all the characters are complex in the way they are written and portrayed. As well as the three leads - who are all excellent - there is equally impressive support from the likes of Connie Booth, Keith Allen, and Alexis Denisof.

Buy it; you'll like it.......2007-06-22

Because I liked all the actors in this, I bought it (pardon the pun) on blind faith, which the acting and story line more than justified. The plot was realistic The characters behaved as real human beings would -- sometimes venal, sometimes heroic. I thoroughly enjoyed this and thought it well worth the price.

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Seeing Something Very Evil: Atmospheric But May Not Be Exactly Logical
Excellent Horror Thriller Taking Place In Taiwan
Not Brilliant But Different and Interesting
Expecting something like Ju-on or Ringu? Don't.
Quite good, actually...

Double Vision
Starring: Tony Leung Ka Fai , David Morse , Rene Liu , Leon Dai , and Kuei-Mei Yang
Director: Kuo-fu Chen
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Seeing Something Very Evil: Atmospheric But May Not Be Exactly Logical.......2006-03-02

`Double Vision' is an interesting mixture of Taiwanese culture and occult thriller. The basic story goes like Thomas Harris novels, with a series of gory deaths in the city of Taipei, but there is another, more familiar aspect in `Double Vision' so-called buddy-buddy cop drama.

The film's star is Tony Leung Ka Fai ("L'Amant") playing Taiwanese police detective Huang Huo-tu tormented by his bitter past. Huang Huo-tu investigates strange cases of deaths in Taipei. The corpses are all unnatural - one of them looks as if frozen, and another burnt, although the rooms where they were found are all intact. One FBI agent Kevin Richter (David Morse, "The Green Mile") flies to Taiwan to help the investigatation of the local police about the bizarre deaths, but the truths turn out much more astonishing than standard thrillers.

`Double Vision' poses more questions and mysteries than it can explain in its two-hour running time. Though FBI profiler appears, the film's strength does not lie in his scientific methods to analyze the mysterious case. Actually I still am not sure if an FBI agent would be really sent to Taiwan even in his capacity as advisor, and also David Morse's slightly bland acting fails to convince us of the situation.

In fact, the merit of `Double Vision' can be found in its Taiwanese culture, especially its blend of the bureaucratic system of the modern police and the religious background including Taoism which has a long history. One (probably) fictional sect of Taoists plays an important role in the film, of which logics are not always clear to us in spite of the film's well-presented dark tone. The pace is always good, and you seldom get boring while seeing some surprises, but as the film reaches its conclusion, it tries to show too many things at the same time. And though the film's creepy occult elements have considerable appeal, the relations between the two cops look strangely like those of Hollywood films.

`Double Vision' is most appealing when it uses its cultural backdrop to the full, in order to set up the mysteries. The film's best part is its overtones and occult mysteries that refuse to be solved in a simple and normal way. And like any other thriller, when it is solved, it leaves holes in the logics that preceded the conclusion. Or maybe I am missing something in its logics. I don't know. For all (or because of) still unanswered mysteries, the film is worth watching.

Excellent Horror Thriller Taking Place In Taiwan.......2006-02-28

For those viewers looking to enter the world of subtitled horror so as to enjoy the vast array of offerings from Asia, Spain, South America, France and increasingly places like Scandinavia, Russia and so on, "Double Vision" is a great place to start, being filmed partly in Taiwanese and partly in English. And oh yes, I almost forgot: it's also among Asia's best offerings.

"Double Vision" starts out as a first-rate police thriller with supernatural overtones and gradually transforms into a first rate metaphysical horror movie with suspense movie/crime movie elements, all the while maintaing a strong and expertly-done tone of drama. A series of murders is being committed in a Taiwanese city, the victims having no apparant link, and the ways they've been killed having only one thing in common: they should, logically, be impossible.

An American expert in particularly difficult-to-solve crimes (David Morse, of "The Green Mile" and "Hearts In Atlantis") is brought in to partner with Taiwan cop Tony Leung Ka Fai (of "Three....Extremes" {aka "Saam Gaang Yi"} and current Asian hit "The Myth") who's haunted both by some past on-the-job trauma and the tremendous strain it's put on his family life. Morse's character is a man who, although friendly, seems to have few attachments in his personal life, and watching him become friends with Ka Fai's character, and close to people he meets through his new temporary partner, is a glue that really brings the film together, really brings all the characters to life, and really makes you care what happens to them.

There is little hint in the first half of the movie of what unexpected turns the investigation is going to take, so I'll refrain from discussing it here. But it gets weird, cryptic, and it's something you really have to watch closely to catch everything. Highly, highly recommended.

Not Brilliant But Different and Interesting.......2005-01-15

A businessman is found dead in a highrise office block sat in his chair. The pathology report insists that the evidence points to death by drowning. A woman is found dead in her flat. The flat is untouched by fire but she appears to have been burned to death. And a priest is found dead and horribly disembowelled. The Taiwanese cops have no clue what to make of all this so they call in bigshot FBI serial killer expert Kevin Richter (David Morse). Morse gets paired up to work with local cop Huang Huo-Tu (Tony Leung), who is a bit of a mess. He lives in his office avoiding his wife and his trauma-damaged daughter, plagues by endless personal demons. Meanwhile the strange murders continue and the evidence starts to point to some strange religious cult.

This is an interesting and enjoyable movie. In many ways, especially at first, it's a bit derivative from `Se7en' with its series of murders following some weird religious agenda but while the `Se7en' the murderer was inspired (doesn`t quite seem the right word somehow!) by a very familiar Christian tradition, here there is a whole Taoist thing going on, intriguing and fun in its relative unfamiliarity. It's one of those movies where the audience is kept guessing whether they are watching a crime story or a supernatural story. Richter, Scully to Huo-Tu's Mulder, is certainly unwilling to believe anything remotely spooky is afoot. Not brilliant but certainly different and interesting. Part of the appeal to the likes of me is the sheer exoticism of it all so if you're Chinese I suspect it's maybe rather less interesting.

Expecting something like Ju-on or Ringu? Don't........2005-01-10

Well if I'd ever had the illusion that Asian horror films were inherently superior, Double Vision set me straight. It was an interesting way to kill an evening, I'll grant you, but only just.

Plot summary: a series of bizarre deaths in Taiwan baffle local investigators, so an American FBI agent Kevin Richter (David Morse) is called in to solve the murders. He's the topmost serial killer expert in the field, but even he cannot explain the seemingly supernatural circumstances surrounding the crime scenes. For example In one case a businessman froze to death in his office - in the middle of a heatwave; the mistress of a prominent official telephones the fire department and is later found burned to death - with no sign of a fire in her apartment. Richter's partner, a local cop, has less trouble believing that something supernatural is behind them, and on that angle he persuades him to investigate a local cult. They discover increasingly disturbing evidence that there are demonic forces at work in Taiwan.

My big letdown with this film started when I realized that the story was very slowly paced and not nearly as creepy as the trailer would have led me to believe. It's clear that the director is going for an atmospheric buildup in a tradition similar to that of Ringu; it just doesn't pay off well. Another sore point for me was the way that Richter's relationship with his Taiwanese partner was sketched in halfheartedly, as if it was something conventionally expected in a "cop buddy" flick , but not important enough to take more than a whirl at. The usual clichés apply there, like the American being overly blunt and disrespectful, the local trying to reign in his embarrassing partner. Finally, the explanation for all the mystery seems a little bit trite compared to what my imagination was conjuring throughout the film. Trust me, you'll be disappointed.

With good production values and a stellar setup, Double Vision is a study in unfulfilled potential. It wasn't badly done, but fans of Ju-On and Ringu should steer clear.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle

Quite good, actually..........2004-11-12

First off, it's obvious that David Morse was just brought in to broaden Double Vision's international appeal but his presence doesn't take away from the intensity and mystery of the film. In truth, the involvement of the FBI is kind of irrelevant (you'll get a feeling it's just added upon).

The real star here is Tony Leung (the other one, not the Infernal Affairs/Hero Tony Leung). His portrayal of a troubled Foreign Services officer is compelling, and his tortured performance really drives the movie.

It's basically X-Files, mixed with an Eastern-style Seven and a temple massacre that predated Kill Bill, Double Vision is an enjoyable thriller with moody cinematography and excellent production values.

The deliberate pacing is perfect for this type of genre. It builds up the creepiness factor, while fully realizing the conflicts of Tony Leung's character.

Although the end is not as tight as the first 3/4s of the movie, Double Vision is a thriller worthy of purchase.

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Great build up---to nothing
Almost art
Very wierd and different
Subtle, multi-layered, requires some real thought
Don't you just hate it when...

Fear X
Starring: James Remar , Deborah Kara Unger , William Allen Young , John Turturro , and Jacqueline Ramel
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
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When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident, Harry, prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder.

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Running Time 105 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

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Great build up---to nothing.......2007-06-03

This film was expertly made and filmed. Great tension and very dramatic acting. What ruined it for me was there was not an explanation at the end. We know they wife was killed by accident, but why? Who? What was the cover up? No questions were answered, and that made me feel like my time was wasted on a good looking movie, poorly written end. Not satisfying at all.

To me, if you make the best looking film out there, and it doesn't make sence, you're not a good film maker.

Almost art.......2006-12-15

The whirl of uncertainty surrounding Fear X reminded me of Eraserhead, a David Lynch twister. Eraserhead, however, maintained a sense of 'what the heck's going on' while still inserting interesting symbols in a completely odd storyline - absolutely nothing normal. Fear X mixed reality, normalcy and artistic wierdness - a combo that doesn't work as well. I did follow the direction of the film, not the plot, but the unusual unfolding of the mindset of a man desperate for answers. Since there was a plot, leaving the audience unsatisfied was more of a cruel tease than an artistic twist. John Turturro did an excellent job in his role. The external features of the film reflected well the desperation within the main character. I think the film would have actually done much better if not for the moment during which there was an obvious attempt to explain what was happening. If your film is wierd, leave it that way. Explanations simply make the film like half-cooked meat, it's almost there, but not quite what it should be. Fear X was a mix between Eraserhead and The Machinist. It failed to slide into a proper category.

Very wierd and different.......2006-12-04

This movie was very wierd and different to me. What I was seeing was the mental breakdown of the husband who's wife was murdered. If you look at the movie in that aspect, it could be very interesting. Other than that, the movie didn't make much sense. The ending was an odd ending too.

SPOILER ALERT
There wasn't any resolution to the ending. For me, it was just a cover-up of the police force that was getting rid of crooked cops and the wife was an "innocent" that was killed by accident. If you are into different and in an "indifferent" mood then this movie is for you. Otherwise, try another movie.

Subtle, multi-layered, requires some real thought.......2006-03-28

At first viewing, this film seems, to be blunt, somewhat lame. Then you think about it. And then you realize it's absolutely not lame at all. It requires some serious mental input, but the rewards are there, definitely.

This is not a trickathon flick like Memento. It's a much more subtle work that digs into you once you get what's really going on. The core of the film is, Is what we experience "real" or is it what we THINK is real?

While it may appear initially that this question only applies to the protagonist, Harry Caine (John Turturro in an excellent performance), that's definitely not the case. The "bad guy", played by James Remar, a cop, is--if you think about it hard enough and pick up the clues--definitely experiencing the same mindset as Turturro's character. You have to put the pieces together. When you do, it's fascinating.

Harry Caine has been experiencing tremendous grief after his wife's murder. Understandably. Part--a big part--of that grief is hallucinating her presence standing next to him in the bathroom, standing just outside his house, comforting him in the bedroom. He is absolutely obsessed with finding her killer.

There is something--we don't exactly see what initially--about his next door neighbor--another cop (i.e., not James Remar's character) that leads him to break into the man's house when the owner is not there, where he finds what he thinks is a clue to his wife's death. He pursues that clue and ultimately runs into the James Remar character who may or may not have been responsible.

The viewer has to pay very careful attention to the details here; details is what this film's all about. The ending scene itself is, when you think about it, a fitting piece of the puzzle (no, I'm not giving away the ending here). So this is really, one thinks, a story about retribution...or is it? In fact, it's really a story about attempting to bridge the gap between what we experience and what we mentally create as experience.

That bridging of the gap does not always happen. Or sometimes it does happen and we can't handle it. Or sometimes it does happen and we handle it in a way that we think is the right way and then find out later--guess what? It was not the right way at all, after all. Not at all.

A fascinating film, this bears more than one viewing to see what is really going on here. The screenplay was written by noted "underground" American writer Hubert Selby Jr. who has done a masterful job of piling on the layers and the subtlety. The director is Nicolas Refn, a Dane whose first film, Pusher (Danish) won kudos for both the director and the star, Kim Bodnia.

Much better than you might expect--but you definitely have to make the effort to see what this is really about.

Definitely recommended.

Don't you just hate it when..........2006-02-21

...you are watching a movie, you're feeling kind of lost, almost dumb, that you don't really "get" what's going on? This is one of those movies. Typically I try to push through and finish the film to see if I can make some sense out of the story, but no luck with this one. My wife and I felt like this was a waste of time. I spent more time looking at the display on the DVD player seeing how much time had elapsed, because I was that much closer to finishing this movie!

I would not recommend this movie, their are many better movies out there. If you can figure out what this was about, please add it to these reviews. Good luck!

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The first and last film Brando directed
You Can'tTrust A Bandit.
Maybe the best western of all time.
Very tough, realistic and softly romantic...
You're a one-eyed jack in this town, Dad, but I seen the other side of your face!

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Customer Reviews:

The first and last film Brando directed.......2007-03-20

I'm not a big fan of westerns, but this one is definitely worth the 2 hours and 20 minutes of dedication it takes to watch it. The story is constantly progressing and 45 years after it was made it's still an amazing and interesting story.

Marlon Brando (directing and starring) really nailed this one. His Kid Rio is brilliantly calm, with a dark side brewing just under the surface. Five years after being left to be caught by the Mexican law by his bank robber sidekick Dad Longfellow, Rio sets out to find Longfellow and exact his revenge.

What starts out as a revenge film turns into so much more as the characters are developed and the plot thickens. The scenery is beautiful: the kind of rolling desert hills and oceanfront shots you wish there were more of today. Also, Slim Pickens makes a great appearance as a deputy.

The DVD quality isn't that great. As we get more and more used to HD quality images, older films like this one may be harder to watch, as suddenly everything in them seems hopelessly fuzzy, but that has more to do with current DVDs than with the original movie itself. Overall, it's a great watch and worth checking out.

You Can'tTrust A Bandit........2007-01-21

This movie about a trio of Mexican banitos, was directed by Marlon Brando who also starred as Rio Boy. Where's the Cisco Kid when you need him? In 1962, Marlon was a balding, unattractive Indian giver (he took the ring back), certainly not a gentleman. He was captured in a sandstorm by a group of Amigos. After he escaped, he went to the Fiesta where he talked with his mouth full (no manners).

The respected sheriff of the town had been his partner and taken off with two sacks of gold. Now he is a corrupt politican married to a Mexican woman for respectabilty. Louisa, the sheriff's step-daughter, is wooed and seduced by Rio and gets pregnant (a repeat of her heritage). When he says how good that makes me feel, he doesn't look happy or glad. He tells lies when dealing with women and men. This time he buys a necklace for $30 and used it as he took advantage of Louisa. He admits later that everything he told her was lies to get his way with her. She became a disillusioned damaged goods which the old lecherous deputy tries to taunt and corrupt, but she has already been corrupted by Rio, the man she loves.

When caught, Rio is bull whipped in public by the sheriff in an exhibition as he crippled Rio's gun hand. At the thrashing incoming tide, he thinks of Louisa as his body heals, but his psyche doesn't. He is out for revenge. His "best friend" had left him to die (his sad tale) and he gives three reasons for why he wants to kill the man: five years of life lost, stolen money, and the beating. "Will killing him make you a man?" Louisa reminds him that there are not many chances in life to be happy. One has to forget and forgive. He'd been hurt too much and can't forget.

Love conquers all with Louisa on the white stallion as she goes home to wait for his return. He had a reason to do what he did, but it does not seem to matter now. He was a hunted man and demented with the need for revenge. Instead of hiding in Mexico, he rides off to Oregon. One-eyed jack is one who pretends to be what he isn't. He gets cornered and there is a shootout by the town fountain. Vengeance is mine as the lovers ride away after the jail break. A typical Western from the Sixties era.

Maybe the best western of all time........2007-01-11

Brilliant, brooding story of revenge in Mexico and California in the 1880's. Classic dialogue and fabulous photography in the only film ever directed by Marlon Brando. Ben Johnson (who plays Bob Amory and one of the great horsemen in John Ford's films) contributed much of the memorable one liners, such as, "Harvey Johnson's gonna be a famous name around these parts. You're gonna get yourself killed by a fellow called Rio." "It ain't him." "Wouldn't want to lose me a handful of brains trying to find out, now wouldya?" and "I gotta lot of funny things to do today, but lippin' with you ain't one of them."

Very tough, realistic and softly romantic..........2006-11-08

'One-Eyed Jacks' might be considered the most self-consciously Western of the sixties, and possibly of all time... It contains undoubted visual attributes, gorgeous photographic sequences of an immense sandy desert, and panoramas of the spectacular California coast... Not often does one get to see the sea in a Western... Another of the film's great assets is its beautiful music...

'One-Eyed Jacks' is slow, but very tough, realistic and softly romantic... The picture has excitement and violence...

Brando summons all the reserve of anger, inner ambivalence, and emotional complexity in his nature... As a cowboy, he is tough, cunning, soft-spoken, sentimental, vicious, and occasionally masochistic... He plumbs dark reserves of desolation and revenge with an inner ferocity that had always been a part of him but had never before emerged full-force... As a director, he is meticulous, with a keen eye for spectacular outdoor cinematography, and an instinctive sense for the visual expression of inner conflicts...

Karl Malden, whose surface friendliness and affability usually concealed either weakness or malice or both, is excellent as the ambitious, determined outlaw, and the volatile, treacherous, arrogant sheriff whose last poisonous spill: "You'll get a fair trial, and then I'm gonna hang you, personally.'

'One-Eyed Jacks is largely a story of vengeance... The film begins with two American outlaws operating in Mexico... Rio (Brando), a happy-go-lucky man who considers himself a Don Juan, and Dad Longworth (Karl Malden), a crooked man looking for the opportunity to settle down...

They raid banks with real ease and spend their leisure time drinking and courting women... Rio appears as a somewhat cultured bandit with a weakness for aristocratic young ladies... He gives one of them his most "precious" possession, his mother's ring...

The Mexican police trail the pair and almost catch them at their lovemaking, but Rio and Dad fight their way out to the desert... The mounted police follow and the bandits are eventually trapped in the hills with one of their horses shot... Rio determines to stay... Dad promises to return with a fresh horse, but, tempted by two sacks of gold, he never come back...

Rio is captured and spends five years of his life in a brutal Mexican prison, until he makes an escape, with the company of a friend called Modesto (Larry Duran).

The embittered Rio is now a man bent on revenge... He learns in one Cantina that his ex-partner is the sheriff of a town called Monterey, and has taken himself a Mexican wife with a teen-age daughter... So he goes to visit him...

A guilt-ridden Dad finds Rio pleasant and apparently willing to forget past differences... He presents his family, and invites Rio to stay for supper...

Rio is in league with two bandits, Bob Amory (Ben Johnson) and Harvey Johnson (Sam Gilman), and they have come to Monterey to steal a bank... They grow impatient, but Rio assures them of his intention not only to rob the bank but to kill the sheriff as well...

Obviously, Longworth is not completely convinced about his friend, and becomes uneasy when Rio and his step-daughter show a romantic interest in one another... He well remembers Rio's past amorous adventures and he has no wish for anything that will delay Rio in Monterey...

The town engages in a fiesta, with the bank not planning to open for several days... While the respected sheriff joins the townspeople in their festivities, Rio seduces the tender Louisa...

The next morning, in a saloon, Rio approaches a drunk mistreating one of the house girls and knocks the man down... The drunk reaches for a shotgun and tries to shoot Rio in the back... But Modesto (as Bronson in 'Jubal') helps save Rio from the blast... The resultant outbursts Longworth to put his grisly double-cross into effect...

He takes Rio into the street and arrests him with the help of his deputies... He ties him to a horse rail, flogs him with a whip, smashes his right hand with a rifle butt, puts him on his horse and drives him out of town...

Rio retreats to a small fishing village on the coast with his partners and nurses himself back to health... Louisa visits him at his place to tell him she is in love... Rio's eyes are full of hate against her step father... He is entirely blind in his determination for revenge... Louisa wants him to forget, to leave his dark past for a brighter future... She leaves without mentioning she is expecting a baby...

For over a period of six weeks Rio practices with his gun in an intent to regain the use of his hand... Amory and Johnson grow impatient, and decide to make their own move... From here the action is carefully builds towards an explosion...

A carefully chosen supporting cast augmented the proceedings in fine style:

- Katy Jurado repeats her role of the loving and understanding mother...

- Ben Johnson plays the unscrupulous cowardly thief who avoids Brando's fury...

- The gentle Pina Pellicer does her earnest best to temper the intensities of her man...

- Slim Pickens plays the revolting deputy intimidated by an empty Derringer..

Brando's 'One-Eyed Jacks' comes on as taught and tight, acted with deep feeling and intense concentration... Brando and Malden play largely a stylistic battle...

You're a one-eyed jack in this town, Dad, but I seen the other side of your face!.......2006-08-31

Marlon Brando wrote and produced this western epic filmed on the California coast, most notably in Pebble Beach and Monterey before much of the current development. Brando and his co-star, Carl Malden, are in their prime in this film about two bandits on the run from the law. Rio (Brando) ends up getting caught and going to prison in Sonora. Dad (Malden) escapes and betrays Rio. He ultimately turns respectable and becomes the sherrif of a small town. When Rio escapes from prison, he sets out for revenge.

Malden is particularly good in this film. His homely intensity plays well against the Brando's concentrated sensuality. The chemistry between the two men is mesmerizing. Ultimately it is a tale of redemption, since Brando must leave his wicked ways in order to be worthy of a respectable woman's love. This is a terrific western that is now classic but must have been very unusual for its time.

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Bonfire: Double X Vision
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Plenty of action and tension
Good Euro-Crime Thriller
Pretty Cool!

The Master Touch
Starring: Kirk Douglas , Giuliano Gemma , Florinda Bolkan , Wolfgang Preiss , and Reinhard Kolldehoff
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Customer Reviews:

Plenty of action and tension.......2006-03-08

Released from prison, Steve (Kirk Douglas) is tempted to perform one last seemingly impossible heist. Eschewing the offer from notorious gangsters he pairs up with an agile trapeze artist met in a street fight and plans a concurrent FOOLPROOF alibi and perfect crime. Unfortunately, fools are involved which leads to three brutal fights, one exhaustive car chase, and more than one vendetta to be settled -- leaving Steve to wonder if the effort was equal to the potential payoff. Be careful about making friends with acquaintances met in an alley.

Caveats: Image of this made-for-TV production is VHS quality on the DVD. There may be too much violence for some families.

Good Euro-Crime Thriller.......2004-12-13

This is a Good example of the Euro-Crime Thriller.Kirk Douglas plays Steve Wallace, a middle-aged ex-con trying for one last big score befores he retires.Florinda Bolkan plays his beautiful trusting wife who has waited for his return for years, but her patience is wearing thin even though her love and loyalty to her husband is unbreakable.
Italian Star, Giuliano Gemma plays the young protege who helps Wallace out in this slow paced and well told story that has the usuall downbeat offerings of many Euro-Crime thrillers along with the exciting action sequences.Indeed at times the film reminds me of Michael Mann's,"HEAT".
Especially the character played by Robert DeNiro(Neal McCauley) who is reminiscent of the Steve Wallace character in Michele Lupo's,"The Master Touch" - aka: A Man To Respect.
Cinematography is by the late, Tonino Delli Colli who worked with many of the great Italian Directors including Sergio Leone.
All in all this was a worthwhile purchase and St.Clair-Vision has done a nice job on this DVD transfer.The picture is a little grainy at times but didn't put off the overall enjoyment.If you like a good crime yarn,then this is the film for you.

Pretty Cool!.......2004-11-27

This is a fun if dated Italian jewel heist movie. This is a real obscure Kirk Douglas flick. But it is worth your time if you give it a chance to get rolling.

Suprisingly fun stuff!

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Director: Ian Barry
Manufacturer: KOCH VISION
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Jacqueline Bisset stars in this suspenseful thriller as Magistrate Holly McPhee whose secret life plotting and hiring out criminals to commit robberies is on the verge of being exposed. After her latest bank robbery, a Japanese criminalist (Masaya Kato) who is helping the police discovers the truth and draws her further into a tangled web of passion, deception and murder!

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Starring: Traci Lords
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Manufacturer: Double Vision
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Whether you're a surfer who wants to feel the drama and power of the best surf in the world or just someone who wonders what the reality of the alphamale set at the best breaks in the world is truly like, Raising The Bar sets a new standard in surf cinematography that will make your heart stick in your throat.

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