FILMS on DVD Reviewed Part 1 (Closed)

[|MYT|Torq]

THIS WEEK'S FILMS ON DVD REVIEWED


The Expendables UK Certificate 15

Genre: Action/Adventure/Thriller

Directed by : Sylvester Stallone

Starring : Sylvester Stallone/Jason Statham/Jet Li

Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life - or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul.....

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Completely over the top actioner...and barely a storyline.....The set peice action sequences are good however, if only Stallone had introduced the hard hitting story that was evident in the remake of Rambo, then this Film would have been all the better...

As it is only for die hard action fans..

6/10





Shelter UK Certificate 15

Genre : Horror/Mystery/Thriller

Directed by : Mans Marlind/Bjorn Stein

Starring : Julianne Moore/Jonanthan Rhys Meyers

Moore stars as a psychiatrist who stumbles onto a frightening discovery when it becomes apparent that the multiple personalities of her latest patient are those of people who have been brutally murdered. With time quickly running out she must uncover the secret buried deep within her patient's mind if she's to thwart further killings....

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A gripping tale with much suspense...Top performances round off an intriguing horror mystery with a thought provoking climax.

Recommended

8/10

[|MYT|DK]

The Expendables UK Certificate 15





For me 9/10 the best film i this year.... The best movie I saw this year

[|MYT|Torq]

MY BEST MOVIES REVIEWED ON DVD FOR 2010


There has been a large number of Films in all categories in the past year, many memberable, others trually forgetable..

Here is my Top Ten ....First 5 - with Trailers

I hope you all enjoyed your Movies & the Reviews....Keep Watching

1. AVATAR



2. SHUTTER ISLAND



3. DISTRICT 9



4. INVICTUS




5. PASSCHENDAELE




6. 2012

7. ROBIN HOOD

8. PACIFIC

9. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO

10. STAR TREK XI

[|MYT|Torq]

THIS WEEK'S FILMS ON DVD REVIEWED


Death Race 2 UK Certificate 18

Genre : Action/Sci-Fi/Thriller

Directed by : Roel Reine

Starring : Luke Coss/Ving Rhames/Danny Trejo/Sean Bean

Race to the Death....The most evil reality TV show on Earth.

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Second outing..all action and thrills...Less engrossing than the first but still Entertaining for those that like there Sci-Fi with plenty of Action.

6/10




Piranha 3D UK Certificate 18

Genre: Horror/Thriller

Directed by : Alexandre Aja

Starring : Richard Dreyfuss/Ving Rhames/Elizabeth Shue

Special Note :DVD comes with both 2D & 3D features.

Every year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 for Spring Break, a riot of sun and drunken fun. But this year, there's something more to worry about than hangovers and complaints from local old timers; a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria. After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the areas new razor-toothed residents.....

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Oh dear...A film which I find hard to recommend in any sense even for Horror Fans. The Special effects were surreal & at times you wonder what was the point...scenes like ripped off genitals floating in the lake.
Aja is a good Director, but why did he bother with this tripe.

4/10

[|MYT|Torq]

THIS WEEK'S FILMS ON DVD REVIEWED


Resident Evil : Afterlife UK Certificate 15

Genre: Action/Horror/Sci-Fi

Directed by : Paul WS Anderson

Starring : Milla Jovovich/Ali Larter/Kim Coates/Shawn Roberts

In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice (Jovovich), continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap...

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Fourth outing in the franchise and not the best..Very average Storyline with a patchwork of action sequences and Direction that has seen better days...rather a let down..
One redeaming feature is the Music by Tomandandy..rather good.

Still I guess die hard horror/sci-fi addicts may like it

5/10





F UK Certificate 18

Genre : Horror/Thriller

Directed by : Johannes Roberts

Starring : David Schofield/Eliza Bennett


A group of teachers and students are locked inside a school after hours as a gang of hooded killers intent on murder set out on a blood-soaked rampage. Chased through the dark corridors and classrooms, the ensnared group must outfight and outwit their brutal attackers in an escape bid that will push them to the very limits of survival.....

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Well another very average Horror treading a familiar road that I guess most of us have been down many times.
There are some gripping moments, not many, and the climax ...well there is'nt one.

Only for die hard horror fans I think..

5/10

[Neod]

Yesterday I finally foundFull Metal Jacket - Special Edition (2 discs) in Steelbook.
Sold out everywhere, it joins my Kubrick's special edition (2discs) steelbook collection: The Orange Clockwork and 2001- A Space Odyssey.







Special features DVD1
Commentary by Vincent D’Onoforio, Adam Baldwin, Lee Ermey, Jay Cocks
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
Theatrical trailer
Special features DVD2
Documentary: Stanley Kubrick- A life in images.



REVIEW
If you have not seen this movie yet you are sinful!
10/10 for me

[|MYT|Torq]

Thx for that Neod m8y

Indeed FMJ is sturring stuff..well Directed by Kubrick..

Very Atmospheric, often brutal War movie, never subtle, always entertaining & thought provoking.

Kubrick at his best.


Note that the Film is now available in Blu-Ray.

Yes 10/10


First part of the the Movie is The Training...By a Sadistic Drill Sergent
(Note Trailer contains Abusive Language)




The Second part is Vietnam & the War

[|MYT|DK]

Battle: Los Angeles
Type:Sci-Fi

Aaron Eckhart
Bridget Moynahan
Michael Peña
Ne-Yo



The Tourist

Type:Thriller
Johnny Depp
Angelina Jolie

[|MYT|Torq]

THIS WEEK'S FILMS ON DVD REVIEWED


The Girl Who Played With Fire UK Certificate 15

Genre : Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Directed by : Daniel Alfredson

Starring : Michael Nyqvist/Noomi Rapace/Lena Andre

Special Note : Swedish Language Film with English sub-titles

After spending a year abroad, Lisbeth Salander returns to Sweden. She calls on her court-appointed guardian to remind him, in her own way, of his promise to submit satisfactory reports on her behavior. Mikael Blomkvist continues as an editor of Millenium magazine and they are onto a major story about prostitution and trafficking in women from Eastern Europe. When the investigative journalist working on that story is killed, the police announce that Lisbeth is their prime suspect. Lisbeth and Mikael work independently trying to find who is behind the murders. They not only learn the identity of the culprits but also some of Lisbeth's family secrets.....

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Dose'nt have the spark of the first movie and some of the photography is a let down, but nonetheless has a gripping storyline, electric performances and a scathing portrayal of social exploitation. This makes for a very engrossing movie.
Must see in my view

Highly Recommended

9/10





Bonded by Blood UK Certificate 18

Genre : Crime/Drama/Thriller

Directed by : Sacha Bennett

Starring : Vincent Regan/Tamer Hassan/Dave Legeno

In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared criminals in the south of England, maintaining the hold on their empire with fear and violence until their untimely death....

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Not a bad effort portaying the Gangsters of the period, ruthless, bloody times....Often bleak & impersonal & to my mind not as good as The Rise of the FootSoldier...

Still, Worth a watch

6/10

WARNING : The Trailer contains explicit language & nudity

[|MYT|Torq]

THIS WEEK'S FILMS ON DVD REVIEWED


Devil UK Certificate 15

Genre : Horror/Mystery/Thriller

Directed by : John Erik Dowdle

Starring : Chris Messina/Logan Marshall-Green/Jenny O'Hara

Five seemingly ordinary people become trapped in a skyscraper elevator. Each has a dirty secret, a tainted past. All seems well until the lights go out … and the screaming begins. With no way to escape, the horrific truth dawns that one of them is the Devil … and only then do they realise that very bad things happen for very good reasons....

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An average Horror Film which produces little in the way of thrills....However the performances are good which does help a Storyline which could have been better.

6/10





Mirrors 2 UK Certificate 18

Genre : Horror/Mystery/Thriller

Directed by : Victor Garcia

Starring :Nick Stahl/Emmanuella Vaugier/Evan Jones

The spirit of a young murder victim escapes into the realm of MIRRORS at the moment of death, and seeks vengeance against those responsible for killing her....

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This is a sequel to Alexendre Aja's Mirrors and not nearly as good. An average film & storyline, lifted only by some good special effects...
Could have been oh so much better.

6/10

[|MYT|Torq]

THIS WEEK'S FILMS ON DVD REVIEWED


The Town UK Certificate 15


Genre : Crime/Drama/Thriller

Directed by : Ben Affleck

Starring : Ben Affleck/Rebecca Hall/Jon Hamm

In Boston's bleak Charlestown, criminals depend on a code of silence; those caught serve their time. Doug MacRay masterminds bank robberies with three friends: the hotheaded Jem, Des, an electrician, and Al, their driver. After a dicey bank job, Doug must make sure the female bank manager, Claire, who lives in Charlestown, doesn't know who they are. He contrives to meet her and then finds her appealing. As the FBI zeroes in on the gang, Doug wants out, Claire doesn't know who he really is, and Jem and their money launderer, an aging florist, insist that Doug do one more job. Are prison and death the only ways out of Charlestown?

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Oustanding Performances, top draw Directing makes for an unforgettable ride in this action crime movie. Afflect has improved no end...Great...Superb Storyline and gripping action sequences compliments.

Highly Recommended

9/10





Mindflesh UK Certificate 18

Genre :Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller

Directed by : Robert Pratten

Starring : Peter Bramhill/Carole Derrien/Christopher Fairbank

Chris Jackson is a taxi driver with a childhood trauma. The trauma has made him a portal for obsessions to pass from the mind to the physical world and hence disrupt the world's multiple planes of reality. Extraterrestrials that police the universe threaten to kill Chris' friends unless he conquers his past...

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Not what it seems....A strange Storyline is lifted by some good performances....Much Sex & Violence with a outworldly feel...A neat well rounded, odd at times, surreal kind of experience.
Difficult in many ways to catorgorise this movie, but I guess Sci-Fi/Horror fans will like it.

Recommended

Note that the Official Trailer was highly censored by Youtube...
This is a short sanitised version.

7/10

[|MYT|DK]

Sanctum 3D

Direction:Alister Grierson
Type:Thriller,Dramat

9/10

[|MYT|Torq]

THIS WEEK'S FILMS ON DVD REVIEWED


I Spit On Your Grave UK Certificate 18

Genre : Crime/Horror/Thriller

Directed by : Steven Monroe

Starring : Sarah Butler/Jeff Branson/Andrew Howard

In order to seek inspiration for her next book, urbanite author Jennifer Hills (Sarah Butler) retreats to a secluded cabin in the woods. Little does Jennifer realize that she's just caught the attention of some particularly depraved locals, and her peaceful retreat is about to become a living hell. At first the sadistic intruders attempt to frighten Jennifer by breaking into her cabin, but then the attack gets out of hand. Desperate to escape after being badly brutalized, Jennifer throws herself into the river and allows her body to be carried away by the rapids. When her attackers fail to locate her corpse, they assume she is dead and return to their normal lives. But Jennifer isn't dead, and she doesn't forgive. Her attackers will pay for what they did, and nothing they say or do can prevent her from savaging them in the worst way imaginable before she sends them to hell screaming......

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This is a remake of the 1978 version & in my view a lot better. The Film is shocking, extremely brutal horror with a riveting storyline, especially in the second half of the movie....excellent performances draw you into the revenge nightmare.
Make no mistake some of the revenge sequences are gut wrenching.....
Do I recommend this? Certainly, particularly Horror/Crime fans.

7/10





The Reef UK Certificate 15


Genre : Drama/Horror/Thriller

Directed by : Andrew Traucki

Starring : Damien Walshe-Howling/Gyton Grantley/Adrienne Pickering

Luke welcomes his friend Matt and his girlfriend Suzie that come from London and Matt's sister and Luke's former girlfriend Kate that comes from Sydney to sail with him and the sailor Warren in a sailboat. However, the vessel hits an underwater rock and capsizes with an opening on her bottom. Luke advises that they should swim in the north direction to reach the Turtle Island, in Queensland, Australia, while they have strength since there is a current moving the boat in the opposite direction of land but Warren prefers to stay on the hull waiting for help since there are sharks in the water. The quartet swims, but they are hunted by a great white shark....

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This Film reminds me of "Open Water" another shark horror. However there the similarity ends.
I did not find this anywhere as ingrossing, nor did the so called shocks..ummm Shock. Not a bad storyline but it could have been a whole lot better...

5/10

[|MYT|Alexis]

The Last Airbender



Genre: Action / Adventure / Family

Director: M. Night Shyamalan


The world is divided into four kingdoms, each represented by the element they harness, and peace has lasted throughout the realms of Water, Air, Earth, and Fire under the supervision of the Avatar, a link to the spirit world and the only being capable of mastering the use of all four elements. When young Avatar Aang disappears, the Fire Nation launches an attack to eradicate all members of the Air Nomads to prevent interference in their future plans for world domination. 100 years pass and current Fire Lord Ozai continues to conquer and imprison anyone with elemental "bending" abilities in the Earth and Water Kingdoms, while siblings Katara and Sokka from a Southern Water Tribe find a mysterious boy trapped beneath the ice outside their village. Upon rescuing him, he reveals himself to be Aang, Avatar and last of the Air Nomads. Swearing to protect the Avatar, Katara and Sokka journey with him to the Northern Water Kingdom in his quest to master "Waterbending" and eventually fulfill his destiny of once again restoring peace to the world. But as they inch nearer to their goal, the group must evade Prince Zuko, the exiled son of Lord Ozai, Commander Zhao, the Fire Nation's military leader, and the tyrannical onslaught of the evil Fire Lord himself.......






Green Lantern (2011)



Genre: Action / Sci-Fi

Director: Martin Campbell


In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for millenniums. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors formed by the different races from entire universe sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected for the Corps: Hal Jordan.

Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle, and along with his determination and willpower, he has one thing no member of the Corps has ever had: humanity. With the encouragement of fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), if Hal can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be not only the key to defeating Parallax he will become the greatest Green Lantern of all............

[|MYT|Torq]

Thx for your Posts m8ys..

THIS WEEK'S FILMS ON DVD REVIEWED


Red UK Certificate 12

Genre: Action/Comedy/Crime

Directed by : Robert Schwentke

Starring : Bruce Willis/Morgan Freeman/John Malkovich/Helen Mirren

Frank (Bruce Willis), Joe (Morgan Freeman), Marvin (John Malkovich) and Victoria (Helen Mirren) used to be the CIA s top agents but the secrets they know just made them the Agency s top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their collective cunning, experience and teamwork to stay one step ahead of their deadly pursuers and stay alive. To stop the operation, the team embarks on an impossible, cross-country mission to break into the top-secret CIA headquarters, where they will uncover one of the biggest conspiracies and cover-ups in government history...

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A highly enjoyable action comedy, excellent performances, with a strong storyline and neat action sequences. All that "The Expendables" should have been.
Highly Recommended

9/10




River of Darkness UK Certificate 15

Genre: Horror

Directed by : Bruce Koehler

Starring : Kurt Angle/Kevin Nash/Psycho Sid Vicious

When unspeakable evil falls on a quiet river town, Sherrif Logan (KURT ANGLE) is thrust into a chilling nightmare of death and mayhem. He is confronted with a series of horrific murders, each more vicious than the last, and soon learns of the communities seedy past and the evil that has risen from purgatory to exact revenge on the town.....

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Oh dear me..please avoid this...The performances would pict up an Oscar for the best Wooden acting...The Film Editing is dreadful..The only redeaming feature if you could call it that is some of the special effects..(Cannot believe I said that). oh the best part is the trailer.

2/10