Amazon.co.uk Review
Sylvester Stallone never courted as much controversy as he did with the screen violence of the Rambo trilogy. From 1982 to 1988, they kept his name above Schwarzenegger's in the muscle hero league, with "Rambo" becoming a descriptive phrase in the language to describe gung-ho aggression (in Japanese, "rambo" means "violence"). The strangest part of the character's success is that originally he had none. Both David Morrell's novel and the original incarnation of First Blood had the Vietnam vet committing suicide after his rampage through small town America. The un-Hollywood ending was changed when Stallone and the producers recognised here was a character with possibilities.
First Blood: Part II was co-written by James (Titanic) Cameron, a man who has always recognised box office possibilities. Stallone took a very relevant (to 1985) issue of surviving POWs and created an alternative end to the Vietnam War. This was achieved courtesy of the Cold War animosity that still existed towards the Russians, embodied in a suitably vile cameo from Steven Berkoff. A little love interest helped ground the movie and prevent it from completely turning into a video game, as did the best of Jerry Goldsmith's stirring scores for the trilogy.
After saving himself and then his Country, Rambo III was simply about saving his friend Richard Crenna. The code of honour was by this point watered down into a song lyric, "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother". Nevertheless the final instalment continues to say something about the indomitable American spirit that will not accept defeat lightly. Patriotism may never have been portrayed quite so bloodily before Rambo's arrival, but at least a generation learned to question attitudes to war veterans, as well as the benefits of carrying a compass in your hunting knife.
On the DVD: The Rambo trilogy on disc brings together all three movies in crisp 2.35:1 widescreen transfers. Sadly the extras are a little thin considering how much more was on the old Laser Discs. The first film has but a trailer; the third has a few minutes of behind the scenes material; the second has quite a few mini-documentaries that could really have done with being edited together, and having repeated interviews cut out. But there's still fun to be had hearing how deep and meaningful the movies were in conception.--Paul Tonks
Customer Reviews:
Rambo 4 is still in cinema's.......2008-02-28
The greatest action trilogy available.
Though the first film is the best, it also includes an amazing stunt where he jumps of a cliff. The second film has an amazing helicopter scene. The third has a great one to one fight at the start.
I recommend British intelligence to study the third film, as he defeats the AFGANHISTAN forces.
I would not buy this, a much better package will probably be released when a Rambo 1-4 set is released.
I bought the dts versions from China.
Iconic 80's Action Trilogy.......2008-02-26
The original trilogy of Rambo movies in a 3 disc box set.
First Blood: ****
When John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) tries to peacefully pass through a small American mountain town the prejudiced Sheriff (Brian Dennehy) takes an instant dislike to him due to his unkempt appearance. When Rambo ignores the subtle warning to leave town, he is arrested for vagrancy, locked up, beaten and humiliated by the Sheriff and his men. What the men don't know is that their prisoner is a green beret Vietnam veteran and winner of the congressional medal of honour. He is a killing machine haunted by his war experiences and when they push him too far he snaps and escapes into nearby mountains. Using all his military skills, Rambo wages a one man war against his pursuers.
Sylvester Stallone's Rambo character is one of the most iconic of all the 80's action heroes. First Blood is the first and finest in the franchise and Stallones performance is arguably the best of his career.
Rambo: First Blood part II: **
After his violent rampage in First Blood, Vietnam war hero John Rambo is serving hard time breaking rocks in prison when he is offered a chance at freedom by his mentor Col. Trautman. If Rambo will agree to go back behind enemy lines in Vietnam to gather evidence that the Vietcong are still holding American POW's, then the President will pardon his crimes. Soon Rambo is parachuting into the jungle armed with nothing but a Bowie knife, bow and arrows and a red headband.
Whilst First Blood was a surprisingly good action thriller, First Blood part II is just an excuse for unimaginative violence. The dialogue is poor considering James Cameron co-wrote it (I wonder how much Stallone re-wrote?) and the story is as weak as Stallones performance. As it says in the Amazon review above, First Blood II was just an excuse for America to fight the Vietnamese and win. There are some decent action moments and anyone who was a kid in the 80's will no doubt enjoy it a bit, but unfortunately the franchise went downhill after the original.
Rambo III: **
After his rescue of American POW's from Vietnam in First Blood part II, Rambo has retired to a Thai monastery to live a peaceful life in a community he feels accepts him. When his mentor and friend Col. Trautman asks for his assistance on a mission into Northern Afghanistan to deliver weapons to 'freedom fighters' (the Taliban) so they can defend themselves against the Soviet invasion, Rambo declines. Unfortunately Trautman is captured when his team is ambushed and the United States won't take official action so Rambo decides to wage another unofficial one man war to rescue his friend.
I can't decide which is worse, this or First Blood part II. I think probably this one because it's truly laughable in parts. Rambo was a man haunted by war in First Blood which brought an interesting dimension to his character. In Rambo III he has become a caricature. A bullet dodging, indestructible killing machine who can't keep a vest on for more than 10 minutes. He is almost as ridiculous as his spoof alter ego, Topper Harley in Hot Shots. Again there are some good action sequences (Rambo on horseback vs. helicopter) but the film is let down by poor dialogue and weak story (Trautman goes to Afghanistan, gets captured and Rambo finds out before agreeing to go and arriving within a 5 minute window). Poor excuse for violent action.
Overall: *** because the sequels are pretty rubbish.
Like this? Try: Predator 1& 2 Boxset.
Action, Pure & Simple.......2007-10-04
These films have certainly been panned over the years, especially the last two films. But usaully the critics doing the panning have no interest or knowledge of the action film genre. Ok so they are not going to win any oscars for their acting or scripts but for slam bang action pure & simple you cant go wrong. They are certainly alot better than the rubbish Seagel and Van Damme churn out. They are also well filmed. The helicopter attack on the village and the Afgan horsemen charging the Russian army in Rambo 3 are two scenes in particular that come to mind. So if you want an afternoon(or evening)of great action these are the movies for you!
BREAK OUT THE HEAD BANDS.......2007-09-26
The first film, First Blood, was excellent and believable. John Rambo returns from an unpopular war (Vietnam) to find no work, no friends and a country who frankly shunned veterans. Rambo gets into trouble with the local Sheriff and is duely hunted through mountainous woodland. They've picked the wrong man to hunt however, as Rambo is a special forces soldier who quickly turns the tables on his hunters. Enter the national guard who swamp the whole area. Rambo escapes and exacts his revenge on the town Sheriff in a memorable machine gun fest. Rambo is captured and the trilogy continues.
In the second film we find Rambo sent to establish whether POW's are still being held in Vietnam. The third film sees him helping his old boss carry weapons into Afghanistan to help the Mujahaddin fight the Russkies. The second/third films are all action stuff, but lack the story of the original film.
Good set, however and recommended.
John Rambo is coming - this is a great way to revisit his old adventures.......2007-06-25
If, like me, you're looking to forward to Sylvester Stallone's upcoming John Rambo - which will hopefully follow Rocky Balboa's template and return to the more intelligent action of the first film - then this box set is a great way to revisit those earlier Rambo films you probably haven't seen in a while and discover whether they're any good or not.
Part one - which sees troubled Vietnam veteran John J Rambo staging a Vietnam mini-sequel in a small American town - is easily the best of the three, combining enjoyable action with a genuinely thoughtful reflection on the problems faced by returning Vietnam veterans.
Part two - in which our hero returns to Vietnam to shoot half the Vietnamese army, stab the other half, and blow up a bunch of Russians for good measure - is not serious at all, but is enjoyable enough if you're a fan of overblown eighties action.
Part three is the weakest of the films, and is of interest only because it sees Rambo teaming up with a group of Afghan freedom fighters to fight off the invading Russians. I bet he wouldn't do that these days.
Anyway, this box set is well worth it, because - as Meatloaf says - two out of three ain't bad. Plus it will get you all revved up and ready for the new film when it's released next year.
Amazon.co.uk Review
Road Trip is a mostly agreeable, by-the-numbers teen flick with a handful of inspired sequences, most of them involving MTV's resident disturbed soul, Tom Green. It concerns a sleepy University of Ithaca student named Josh (Breckin Meyer) who accidentally mails a video of his sexual encounter with an infatuation (Amy Smart) to his long time girlfriend (Rachel Blanchard), who's seemingly avoiding him while at school in Austin, Texas. Naturally, he recruits some pals--Seann William Scott as the lech, DJ Qualls as the hopeless nerd and Paulo Costanzo as the doper genius--to hit the open highway and intercept the package. Even more naturally, mayhem ensues: a car explodes, a bus is stolen, a nerd is deflowered, French toast is horribly violated and an elderly man bogarts both pot and Viagra.
The film's humour is more democratic than politically correct, as everyone--women and minority characters, not just the hipster white guys--have a hand in the high jinks. Green plays Barry Manilow (no, not that one), a professional student (eight years and counting)--he relates the film's story to sceptical prospective students while leading them on a tour of the college. In particular, in an already justly famous sequence of scenes, he sadistically anticipates and endeavours to accelerate a mouse's demise at the jaws of a python. It's very much in the vein of American Pie, perhaps a smidgen tamer, but at least its characters don't really learn any dopey lessons in the end. Director and co-screenwriter Todd Phillips, who earlier made the much-questioned documentary Frat House, again proves he's more adept at staging fictional comic sequences than real ones. --David Kronke, Amazon.com
Customer Reviews:
Poor.......2008-02-17
I know that this film was supposed to be an undemanding and frothy comedy but I simply couldn't believe how vacuuous and formulaic it was. There were few original, funny moments. It's as if a team of A Level students had been told to write and produce a film; the result being distinctly amateur, lacking in polish and insight.
The lead actor has neither the charisma nor the skill to headline a film. He probably aims to be the next Steve Carroll, Jim Carrey or Ben Stiller but he is unlikely to succeed in this. Simpson was predictably wooden and unconvincing.
Unsatisfactory.
I LIKED THIS COMEDY.......2008-01-18
Going into this movie I really didn't know what to expect. I mildly chuckled through a couple of trailers but there wasn't anything that blew me away. I was just going to wait and rent it on DVD when it came out but my friend bought me a ticket so I gave it a shot. I'm glad that I got a chance to see this movie. It is by far the biggest surprise I've seen this year.
The main problem hesitation I had going into it was Dane Cook. I love his stand up act and think he's one of the most gifted comedians out there right now. The thing is that doesn't always translate into a good acting career. He hadn't really done anything big up to this point. Just minor roles in films like Mystery Men, Stuck on You, and Waiting. I'm glad to say though that he did an excellent job as the lead character of Zack. He's just one of those characters you instantly like. Throughout the film he did a really good job of being the practical joker but also showing that he cared about those around him.
Also it was good that he had a stellar supporting cast to back him up. Harlan Williams, Andy Dick, and Brian George play Zach's best friends at the store Russel, Lon, and Iqbal. This group stole many of the scenes they were in. Andy Dick especially surprised me because normally he's too over the top and gets on my nerves which wasn't the case this time.
Then there's Tim Bagley who plays the neurotic store manager Glen Gary and Sean Whalen who plays his assistant. At first these two really didn't do too much but as the film progressed they got to have a few shining moments. Especially Glen Gary's interactions with his brother's Glen Ross played by the always funny Danny Woodburn. When Glen Ross showed up I thought they were going to have a bunch of little person jokes made at his expense but I'm glad to say that they played off of it in a very light manner without being insulting.
The main person who made this movie enjoyable for me though was Dax Shepard as Vince the antagonist of the film. To me he was the funniest person in the film. His character was dead on as the guy who loves his job too much and acts superior to everyone around him. His mistreatment of his only worshiper Jorge played by Efren Ramirez and utter hatred of Zack could've been boring and typical but he was too funny. I think a lot of what worked in the movie was the interaction between Vince and Zack. Also Vince's awkward courtship of Amy, played by Jessica Simpson, really made his character enjoyable. Here is a guy who wow's the ladies with his insanely fast check out skills but when faced with a beautiful girl is awkward and says all the wrong things. Their kiss had to be one of the most funniest and uncomfortable I've seen in a movie for a while.
And this leads me to one of the problems I did have with the movie. I don't hate Jessica Simpson, but I'm not singing her praises. She does an OK job as Amy, the girl Zach and Vince are trying to win Employee of the Month to impress enough to go out with them. There was never really a point in the film that made me see why they were trying so hard to be with her outside of how good looking she is. Honestly I never saw any real depth in her character.
To her defense thought I think a lot of it had to do with the plot. Which is to say there isn't a lot outside of the initial premise. Her character was probably the most underwritten. Basically Zack becomes a better employee to try to win the title role and Amy's affection and Vince is trying to do the same and stop Zach by any means. There is the typical neglect of the friends when Zach becomes focused and towards the end it picks up but aside from that there isn't a whole lot.
Normally without a really strong plot I wouldn't enjoy the movie but the characters are really good and the movie probably is the second most memorable film this year behind Clerks II for one liners. The one liners in the film are crowd killers that bring the whole room to laughter. The delivery of these lines are dead on and you'll be quoting them for a long time with your friends.
Overall this movie is much better than it had any right to be. I had hardly any expectations and now I recommend that everyone at least give it a shot. I understand if you want to wait until DVD because going to the movies is so costly these days but when you do have a chance I would see it. It's not the funniest movie this year but it's surprising.
x.Employee Of The Month.x.......2007-11-28
perfect for curling up with at the end of a horrible day.x made me smile, ok I admit this isn't a roll on the floor with laughter comedy but it is funny.x
big supermarket but little humour.......2007-11-20
This film is mildly witty but always interesting to watch because the hypermarket it was made in is so huge compared to what we have in the UK.
Not a particularly gripping or engaging storyline or endearing characters but certainly worth viewing once.
Ignore the trailor!.......2007-11-17
Boy meets girl kind of movie, I was disapointed as the trailor for this was very funny but the film was not!
Amazon.co.uk Review
After Rocky and its sequels, Sylvester Stallone cast about for another character that would bring him the same kind of box-office hit--and found it in disillusioned Vietnam vet John Rambo in First Blood, a solid little action thriller. So when all else failed, Stallone went back to the same well in hopes of recapturing the same commercial success. Which this film did. But where First Blood was a no-nonsense thriller that pitted Stallone against a worthy (and not necessarily bad) Brian Dennehy, this one is a sadistic chest-thumper in which Rambo gets to go back to Vietnam: ostensibly, he is there to rescue missing POWs, but in fact the movie was a lame excuse for him to refight the Vietnam War--and win. Audiences ate up the cruel Vietcong (and their Russian manipulators) and Stallone's bogus heroics, but it was strictly by-the-numbers action. --Marshall Fine
The Rambo trilogy is also available on DVD as a complete set.
Customer Reviews:
Poor Sequel to First Blood.......2008-02-25
After his violent rampage in First Blood, Vietnam war hero John Rambo is serving hard time breaking rocks in prison when he is offered a chance at freedom by his mentor Col. Trautman. If Rambo will agree to go back behind enemy lines in Vietnam to gather evidence that the Vietcong are still holding American POW's, then the President will pardon his crimes. Soon Rambo is parachuting into the jungle armed with nothing but a Bowie knife, bow and arrows and a red headband.
Whilst First Blood was a surprisingly good action thriller, First Blood part II is just an excuse for unimaginative violence. The dialogue is poor considering James Cameron co-wrote it (I wonder how much Stallone re-wrote?) and the story is as weak as Stallones performance. As it says in the Amazon review above, First Blood II was just an excuse for America to fight the Vietnamese and win. There are some decent action moments and anyone who was a kid in the 80's will no doubt enjoy it a bit, but unfortunately the franchise went downhill after the original.
Like this? Try: Predator
More shallow than part one, but enjoyable all the same.......2007-06-25
When we left John J Rambo at the end of First Blood, he was being carted off to jail for his various crimes against small town police officers. In this sequel, his old war buddy Colonel Troutman pulls him out for a special mission: he's to go back into Vietnam and gather evidence that American troops are still being kept prisoner there. Did you hear that, Rambo? Just gather some evidence. Once he's there, however, Rambo goes all, well, Rambo again, and before you know it he's single-handedly re-fighting the Vietnam war with the aid of some explosive-tipped arrows, his trusty giant serrated knife, and a pretty Vietnamese girl. Oh, Rambo... For a man who's supposed to be a good soldier, you're not very good at following orders.
After the interesting mix of action and commentary on the mistreatment of veterans in part one, part two takes the story and the character in a different direction. Gone is First Blood's shell-shocked misfit who was pushed too far, and in his place we have a one man army on a crusade to right the wrong of America's defeat in Vietnam. This is the Rambo who would become one of the more hyperbolic representations of American might, which doesn't quite sit right with the feel of the first film.
That said, if it's overblown eighties action you're looking for, this one should suit you fine. It's all pretty ridiculous, but there's a certain amount of entertainment to be had from watching Rambo as he shoots half the Vietnamese army, stabs the other half, and blows up a bunch of Russians for good measure - all while surrounded by some kind of magical bulletproof forcefield. This is ninety minutes of fighting, explosions and helicopters, plus Sylvester Stallone flexing, clenching and squeezing every ounce of macho energy he can muster out of his 5 foot 7 frame.
When it comes to indomitable (scratch that - invulnerable) heroes, Rambo sits near the top of the tree, so those who can overlook (or maybe even enjoy) the ludicrous excesses of this one will find plenty to like.
Tears, sweat and blood are swapped for pure testosterone........2007-05-13
This film was a super success in the cinema halls. Unlike its predecessor, there is far less character development and tears, sweat and blood are swapped for pure testosterone. The screenplay and editing though are brilliant and there is not a single boring moment except the over zealous patriotic ending. Popular during the Cold War period, Rambo 3 unfortunately couldn't repeat the success of this installment.
BEST IN THE SERIES! ! ! ! !.......2005-07-21
The Rambo films have always been known for bieng good action films and in my opinion this is by far the best one.
This film has the most action out of the lot too.
It includes rediculus bullet dodging, Rambo's usual unlimited supply of ammo and some "mini atom bombs" that Rambo would obviously put on the end of an arrow and get perfect shots every time when firing them from his super high-tec fold-up bow.
Apart from all this non-sence this film is actully aleright (not like the crap third film) and includes some great shoot-outs.
This film isn't good enough to have 4 stars but is still a good action film wich beats all the other films in the series.
"They sent him on a mission and set him up to fail...".......2003-12-16
John Wayne did not make a sequel. Even in the John Ford Calvary Trilogy he plays three different characters. Gary Cooper did not make a sequel and neither did Clark Gable. Of course, they had the advantage of living before the Age of Inevitable Sequels. I bring this up only because while I realize Sylvester Stallone would have a lot less money without all the sequels that he made, but I was simply wondering if he would have had a better reputation? "Rocky II" gave us a happier ending than "Rocky," but did that not miss the point of the original? "Rocky III" was a slick thrill ride compared to "Rocky," but did it have more heart?
Those rhetorical queries lead us to today's object lesson, "Rambo: First Blood Part II," the 1985 sequel to Stallone's "First Blood" (Part I). The original had the virtue of exploiting the plight of Vietnam vets in a way that was at least sympathetic in contrast to the onslaught of movies and television shows that insisted on making American troops back from Vietnam the replacement for all those aging Nazis as the bad guys. There were some pretty good action sequences as Rambo took on the local cops (especially the one in the forest), and then Stallone got to break his character's stoic silence and launch into a rant about how badly our troops were treated by the government and their fellow citizens when they returned. Then three years later we got "Rambo: First Blood Part II."
The title alone tells you that the emphasis is on the character, which we can acknowledge without going off the deep end on how the name has five letters and begins with a "R." The problem, and where the sequel fails compared to the original, is that the script has to find somebody stupid enough to make the mistakes that the hick sheriff did in the original and his sadistic deputy did the first time around. The set up is that Colonel Samuel Troutman (Richard Crenna) gets John Rambo (Stallone) out of prison for a black op to bring back POW's still being held in Vietnam by a sadistic prison camp commandant (William Ghent) and a Russian officer (Steven Berkoff). Rambo is teamed up with Co Bao (Julia Nickson), a former Vietnames freedom fighter, who manages to touch our hero's heart, every during all the excitement. Of course Rambo wants to get the POWs out of the prison camp, but he ends up being betrayed by the guy running the operation (Charles Napier) and his henchman (Martin Kove) as once again American foreign policy rears its ugly head. This means that Rambo is going to have to accomplish his mission regardless of what real echelons clowns might want.
Obviously the situation here is contrived, but it is the rare sequel that does not try to stick to the original proven formula as much as possible. The problems are that it is hard to believe that these people would go out of their way to bring a living killing machine as a loose cannon on a secret mission like this and that the film finds its relevance in keeping alive the idea that the Vietcong have been keeping American prisoners ever since the war ended. "Rambo: First Blood Part II" served as a rallying point for those who believed that to be the case, which I find being tantamount to adding insult to injury. If you accept the premise of the plot then the film has a certain power, but I cannot but consider the whole thing to be just too manipulative and exploitative.
Once again on the DVD for this sequel the extras tend to treat the film better than it deserves. Director George P. Cosmatos does the commentary track and despite some extended periods of silence does offer some insights into why things were done the way they were done. But I like the featurette in which "First Blood" author David Morrell discusses the entire Rambo trilogy in terms of Joseph Campbell's structure of myth. As some one who routinely makes students use highbrow theoretical concepts to look at popular culture texts, I love this kind of thing. Even better, Morrell is on track with his analysis. This does not make the film any better, but it does give a sense for some of the levels on which the film worked.
Amazon.co.uk Review
If you're going to submit yourself to a dazzling example of mainstream action, this thriller is as good a choice as any. Eraser is a live-action cartoon, the kind of movie in which Arnold Schwarzenegger can survive nail bombs, hails of bullets, an attack by voracious alligators ("You're luggage," he says, after killing one of the beasts), and still emerge from the mayhem relatively intact. Arnold plays an "eraser" from the Federal Witness Protection Program, so named because he can virtually erase the existence of anyone he's been assigned to protect. His latest beneficiary is an FBI employee (Vanessa Williams) who stumbled across a secret government group involved in the sale and export of an advanced weapon capable of shooting rounds at nearly the speed of light. Fantastic action sequences are handled with flair by director Charles Russell (The Mask), so it's easy to forgive the fact that this movie is almost completely ridiculous. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
Great Fun Film Bit Cheesy in Places.......2007-08-07
Hurray for a thoroughly enjoyable movie, I forgot how much I enjoyed this film. Great story about a witness protection marshal played by Arnie and a corrupt Marshal played by James Caan. Vanessa Williams although the damsel in distress does pack a punch too.
There is so much action in this right from the word go and it blends aircraft punch ups, shoot em ups, alligator wrestling, explosions and just way over the top action perfectly.
The cast is great too with James Coburn and that guy from LA Confidential and the Generals Daughter.
The humor is spot on and just is a great old fashion fun film.
Good film but hackneyed DVD.......2007-05-28
This is a brilliant action film marred by scissor happy censors who must have mistaken the DVD for an overlong dreadlock. In the same vein as Commando, Arnie stars in yet another fast paced thriller where he faces up to his ex mentor James Caan.
In all, another defeat for British censorship.
A Ghost of its Former Self.......2005-09-19
Don't be fooled. I saw this and bought it, having fond memories of the action, explosions, big guns and cliches. The film itself is great, everything you'd expect from an Arnie blockbuster, but you don't get to see it all. What you're buying here is a heavily cut UK 15 certificate version of the film. I saw more of the action scenes last time it came onto the TV.
The running time for this version of the movie is 107 minutes. If you check on Amazon.com at the USA version, you'll find its 115 minutes.
Shouldn't there be a warning, something to say that, actually, what you're buying is only 93% of the film you thought you were buying?
Why cut.......2005-06-16
I have not seen the R1 version of this film, but I do not understand why the version released in England has to be cut as the previous viewer says this one is. I noticed that Commando, another great Arnie film, has been cut. The scene on the plane where Col. John Matrix (Arnie) breaks his minders neck is cut and yet is included when shown on tv.Ridiculous! Perhaps its because the studio wants to sell to kids. If thats the case then why not release 2 versions, a 15and an 18?
"You have been Erased".......2005-04-07
I think i enjoyed this film for all the wrongs reasons, i would give it 5 star rating for making me howl with laughter throughtout, the script was ingenious with phrases like "you have been erased"in which u were just waiting for throughout and "he just caught a train" when arnie traps his enemies on a train line and saves the day!no one else could play this character better than the king of action heros arnie!classic film check random plot check out those laser guns that can see through everything!best scene when they are fighting ontop of a freight box in the sky classic action film must see!
Amazon.co.uk Review
The Animatrix is a series of nine stories by different directors set in the Matrix universe, all of them conceived and commissioned by the Wachowski brothers. They demonstrate an eclectic mix of anime animation styles, stories and characters, most of which intertwine with the narrative of the first sequel, The Matrix Reloaded.
The first and most impressive is the Final Flight of the Osiris (from the director of Final Fantasy). In a breathtaking computer-generated short that would have worked well as a pre-title sequence for the second film, the crew of the ill-fated Osiris discover the sentinel army and the machines drilling towards Zion. This most filmic of the offerings guides fans into the more individualistic animated styles of the subsequent features.
The second and third instalments, The Second Renaissance, Parts 1 & 2, turn the tables on the man vs. machines battle by telling the story of the emergence of artificial intelligence and the ensuing (mostly human instigated) carnage leading up to the subjugation of the human race. The remaining features are: Kid's Story (directed by anime supreme Shinichiro Watanabe), which introduces us to the Kid, who also features in Reloaded; Program and World Record, written by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, better known for schlock horror anime Vampire Hunter B; Beyond, which tells what happens when ordinary people discover bugs in the system; A Detective Story, a homage to film noir as PI Ash is hired to track Trinity; and the distinctly psychedelic Matriculated.
The standard of animation is high throughout, even where the storylines are confused (and in one or two cases little more than conceptual). This is a fascinating collection of shorts that will appeal to Matrix and anime fans alike, as well as shedding light on some of the more obtuse plot machinations of Reloaded.
On the DVD: The Animatrix is primarily a visual offering, so it's good to see that this anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 video transfer is near-perfect, with CGI extravaganza signature short The Final Flight of the Osiris being about as stunning as is possible on a small screen. Extras are plentiful: the commentaries for The Second Renaissance Parts 1 & 2 are in Japanese with English subtitles; there are two more commentaries, for Program and World Record. There are also some features, including one on the history of anime and seven on the individual films in the series; the best of the latter is the featurette for Osiris, which goes into detail on the CGI and contains a "square celebrity death match" sequence of a modified Aki (from the Final Fantasy film) battling a sentinel. --Kristen Bowditch
Amazon.co.uk Review
After a foolproof scam turns sour, Jimmy the Saint (a soulful but miscast Andy Garcia, who mainly acts with his hair) and his hard-bitten crew must put their various sordid affairs in order before facing their final bloody curtain call. It's not nearly as clever as it thinks it is, but Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead is a terminally wise-ass (and extremely violent) caper flick, and is still one of the better post-Tarantino crime opuses, with some sharp dialogue, a scenery-chewing Christopher Walken (as a paraplegic archcriminal) and unhinged performances by Treat Williams and the obsequious Steve Buscemi that must be seen to be (dis)believed. Neophyte scripter Scott Rosenberg would later pen hipper-than-thou scripts for Beautiful Girls, Con Air and Armageddon, while director Gary Fleder moved on to the somewhat more reputable Kiss the Girls. The tongue-twisting title is from a Warren Zevon song. --Andrew Wright
Customer Reviews:
Girls who glide need films that make them thump.......2008-02-01
or something like that...This film has great dialogue, great soundtrack, cast and a bittersweet plot. Andy Garcia is NOT miscast! I am always amazed more people haven't heard of this film, perhaps something to do with its uncatchy title? Very glad it's on DVD!
"I am Godzilla, and you are Japan!".......2007-10-31
This film starts with a swanky looking Jimmy `The Saint' (Andy Garcia) driving in a nice car and getting the heads up from onlookers. At this point you think this is going to be a regular gangster film, and then we find out that he has a company that sells a unique service. Terminally ill patients pay him to video them giving advise, this advise is then held until friends/family members decide they'd like to seek the advice of a sagely yet dead relative. The company isn't doing too well, loan sharks are after him. So when a wheelchair-bound old mob leader `The Man With The Plan' asks him to do one last job for money he can't refuse, he reluctantly accepts.
`The Man With The Plan' has a son who recently embarrassed himself by going to school and trying to assault a young girl, his father is convinced that if he could only get his son's ex to have him back - he'll get back on the right tracks.
Jimmy is asked to get a gang together to scare away the new boyfriend of TMWTP's sons ex in the hope she'll come running back to the man she used to love. The plan is as fool-proof as things get. A roughing up, a warning, job done...
...But things to terribly wrong, the plan ends up a disaster.
Jimmy is told by TMWTP that his gang have Buckwheat contracts on their heads - they are to die a painful death. Jimmy has 48 hours to leave the country.
The film comes into its own now - Jimmy is fond of the crew he did the job with. Most of them are quite decent, and all of them washed out. He is a moral man and aims to track them all down before the contract killer and give them money and a flight away from a nasty end. Whilst involved with this, he also has to deal with a friend who is in trouble (Lucinda), and falling in love with a beautiful woman he meets in a club.
Garcia seems wooden initially, but his character loses his composure under pressure, letting us see some desperate but good acting. This film is full of unhappy endings and lose:lose situations, but the warmth between the gang members comes through strong. Particularly with Christopher Lloyd who convincingly portrays someone who is tired of running. He brings dignity to a role which requires it. Treat Williams plays `Critical Bill' a lunatic who finds that punching corpses is a good way to vent his anger. Although he is an absolute nutter, his explanation of why he isn't a "faecal freak" had me in stitches.
The character I felt the most for was Franchise, played by William Forsythe. As a father and a husband leading a humble life in a trailer park, I was desperate for him to escape the `Buckwheat'. This for me was the main `thriller' aspect of the film because of my emotional involvement, even though it got little screentime.
Christopher Walken gave a fantastic performance as The Man With The Plan, he wasn't a stereotypical gangster boss. There was no honour in his word, he was physically feeble and not particularly articulate.
I rate this film as 3.5 stars, but as the Amazon review system doesn't accommodate this - I'll tip it to 4 stars. Seeing all areas of Jimmy's life, from gentleman lover, to protective friend, to desperate revenger makes for compelling viewing. And although the film seems to show no character finding happiness (except Lucinda) - the final scene leaves the film ending on a high.
Top Ensemble Acting, Slightly Let Down by 'Love Interest'.......2007-04-16
'Things To Do' is Big 'Small' Film, if you see what I mean. It boasts a tremendous cast, with Christopher Walken excellent as the wheelchair-bound hoodlum boss. It also contains some great catchphrases: "Give It A Name'. 'Boat Drinks', etc, an makes the best of some weaker actors, such as Treat Williams, who is excellent as the psycho case who derails Garcia and co's gravy train. Also brilliant is the underrated Fairuza Balk, who plays a drug-addled young hooker, trying to straighten out her life. The film also has some great set-pieces, only marred by the 'love interest' involving Garcia, which to me interrupts the flow of what is a hugely entertaining, and even poignant film. Well worth a look - or two.
My 2nd ever review - mine all mine!!! I wrote it!.......2005-07-08
"Reformed" gangster Jimmy the Saint (Garcia) is lured from emulating respectability into a kidnap attempt by former boss 'the Man with Plan' (Walken). Assembling a crew of caricature crims, he makes out-of-practice errors of judgement leading to him and his associates being pursued by hit-man 'Mr Shhh' (played adroitly by Steve Buscemi). On the surface this seems like an ambitious film. It ventures into the microcosm of a sleazy gangster food chain, but it is one energised continually by black humour. There is a sense of insular cohesion from the (invented?) parochial Denver hoodlum lexicon. Some distracting bathos is generated by Jimmy's desperate will to preserve his shot at straight success and romance with love interest Dagney (Gabrielle Anwar), but it's the odd dialogue and atypical storyline that makes this movie worth watching or possibly owning. There are some excellent lines, and deft comic touches, that are not laugh-out-loud (if you were alone), but still very entertaining. It's more than 3/4; it is a 3.5 rated offering.
A startlingly original crime film!.......2004-08-25
Things to do in Denver when you're Dead is one of those movies one struggles to describe. Is it a thriller? Is it a black comedy? Or is it a drama?
Things to do in Denver is many things and that is why it has become one of my favourite movies. Here we have a movie that fits perfectly in with the mid 90s wake of gangster thrillers that was revived by Quentin Tarantino, yet Things to do in Denver moves away from the standard gangster movies for a number of reasons.
First is the underlying messages and metaphors. The grim shady underworld where death is hanging like the sword of damocles, and the philanthropic afterlife advice centre owned by Andy Garcia. Sounds grim? To some maybe, but to others there is a message of hope.
Then there is the razor sharp witt. Characters with memorable names (not least of which is The Man With The Plan) and the razor sharp witt. The dialogue alone will have you reminiscing for weeks.
Then comes the unforgettable atmosphere. This is much more dark and moody than perhaps any crime film I have ever seen. The score, locations and cinematography quite comfortably put the icing on the cake.
Lastly, perhaps the first thing most would judge a movie upon, the performances. Andy Garcia delivers a stellar performance as the leading man, portraying a character who is so honest, polite and noble one has difficulty believing that he is even close to this shady underworld. However, Christopher Walken easily steals the show with his paralysed, yet smooth talking Man With The Plan, who simply radiates with sinister witt.
Perhaps the only criticism of Things to do in Denver is the lack of a cinematic trailer, although the production featurette nicely compensates this with a nice package of interviews that places the special features category into one nice digestable feature.
Overall Things to do in Denver is a finely assembled and original piece of film making with many great ingredients, yet it is far more than the sum of its parts. Things to do in Denver stays in your mind because of its razor sharp witt, unforgettable atmosphere, and its surprisingly touching qualities.
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A first-rate murder mystery with Branagh and Thompson.......2007-11-04
This is one of the best murder mysteries to come out of the Nineties, and probably for some time before or since. It's Hitchcockian without being an homage. Mike Church, a private detective in Los Angeles, is called on to try to identify a young woman (Emma Thompson), given the name Grace by the Catholic order which took her in, who at first is mute. Gradually, and with the help of an antiques dealer who is a talented hypnotist (Derek Jacobi), she begins to speak and identify herself with a woman, Margaret Straus, who was murdered shortly after WWII in Los Angeles by her husband, Roman. Roman Straus was a famous composer/conducter, an imigre from Germany whose life was saved by his now housekeeper (Hanna Schygulla), who has a young son.
Roman and Margaret Straus are played in black and white flashback by Branagh and Thompson. And while Roman was executed for stabbing his wife to death with a pair of scissors, he maintained his innocence. The motive was said to be jealousy, driven by the obvious love a reporter, Gray Baker (Andy Garcia), had for Margaret.
In trying to find the sources of Grace's distress, Mike finds some issues of his own. And he finally identifies the real murderer who is still alive and dangerous.
Yes, the story is complicated, but Branagh tells it in a clear, straight-forward manner which also requires the viewer to stay alert. He uses big film-making gestures, including great camera angles and lighting. And just as effectively, he uses some wit and humor as the story unfolds.
The cast is uniformly first-rate, including a best-friend part by Wayne Knight and a small but effective cameo by Robin Williams. One scene cleverly acted between Church and an aged, sick Gray Baker should put you off cigarette smoking.
I think this is one fine movie, and I hope it doesn't become forgotten.
Hokey.......2004-01-14
Considering the high caliber of the British cast (Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi), DEAD AGAIN is notable for being so corny.
Mike Church (Branagh) is a Los Angeles private gumshoe whose specialty is tracing missing persons. As a favor, he agrees to discover the identity of Grace (Thompson), an amnesiac who climbed over a fence to take refuge in a Catholic orphanage and who suffers nightmares that keep everyone awake from her screaming. Put under hypnosis by mesmerist/antique dealer Franklyn Madison (Jacobi), Grace reveals memories of the relationship between composer Roman Strauss (Branagh again) and his wife Margaret Strauss (Thompson again). In the late 1940s, Roman was convicted of fatally stabbing Margaret in the neck with a scissors, a crime for which he was executed in 1949. Franklyn drags out an old issue of "Life" magazine, and, golly, isn't it amazing how much Mike and Grace physically resemble Roman and Margaret. Subsequently, Mike goes under hypnosis also and ... well, you get the idea. And every chance the director (Branagh yet again) gets, he points the camera at a big, pointy scissors lying on Mike's living room table waiting for some mischief to get into.
At times, I wondered whether DEAD AGAIN was being presented as a comedy, drama, or parody. The too loud music soundtrack favored either the first or last. But, I finally decided on drama because the actors seemed to be taking the plot sufficiently seriously. Then, they overplayed their parts just to show the audience that they were having a jolly good time. (There were shots of a terrified Grace that almost had me laughing for their absurdity.) The result - a mess. There are some decent plot twists at the end, which, if the script could have evolved with more subtlety, would have resulted in an infinitely better suspense film and not such a silly melodrama.
Branagh, Thompson and Jacobi - what were they thinking?
Hammy - but exceptionally enjoyable........2003-06-30
I don't understand the bad review of this. It's as if the reviewer mistakenly thought that you're supposed to take this film seriously.
I'm a huge fan of ghost stories and all things horror - the hammier, the better. This film is perfect - a good rattling yarn, an overblown script and melodramatic performances.
I've seen it a few times, and always find it engrossing and fun. I've always assumed that hyperbole was intentional. I may not be Branagh's greatest fan, but it's obviously an homage to overdone scream-flicks.
Noir-ish, Stylish, and Very Memorable.......2003-02-16
Although he received tremendous praise for his memorable film production of Shakespeare's HENRY V, DEAD AGAIN was the film that really introduced actor/director Kenneth Branagh to mainstream American film, and for a time he and then-wife Emma Thompson were the most celebrated acting couple since Olivier and Leigh. The marriage did not last, but fortunately this film did--and I say fortunately, for although it is somewhat forgotten today, DEAD AGAIN is an overlooked jewel of a film: classy, noir-ish, stylish, and very memorable indeed.
The story is fanciful. In the late 1940s noted composer Roman Strauss was convicted of mudering his noted pianist wife Margaret, and was sentenced to death. Some forty years later, a young woman suffering from amnesia falls into the hands of a no-nonsense Los Angeles private eye--and under hypnosis she recalls not her immediate past, but the lives of Roman and Margaret. Is this reincarnation? Is she Margaret Strauss? Is the private eye to whom she is attracted but of whom she is also strangely fearful the reincarnation of Roman Strauss, Margaret's killer? Is history repeating itself?
Scott Frank's clever script makes for a fast-paced, twisting, and fascinating plot-driven film--and it is flawlessly played by Branagh and Thompson, who assume dual roles as the 1940s Roman and Margaret Strauss and the 1980s Mike Church and Grace. The supporting cast is also excellent, with memorable performances by Andy Garcia and Derek Jacobi--and a truly exceptional cameo by Robin Williams, who here for the first time demonstrated that his talents went far beyond comedy. The shifts between past and present, nightmare and reality are exceedingly well done, and although the plot becomes more and more fantastic the entire film is so perfectly executed that one buys into it every step of the way.
If DEAD AGAIN has a flaw, it is that some of the twists and turns are predictable--but in the film's favor I must admit that it sweeps you along so quickly that you seldom have time to analyse that failing while you actually watch the film. It is also to a certain extent a "one trick pony" film; the film is at its most powerful upon a first viewing, when one is oblivious to what is coming. But even so, it is tremendously effective and it holds up as well today as when it first appeared on the big screen. The DVD includes little in the way of extras beyond commentary tracks by producer Lindsay Doran, writer Scott Frank, and director-star Kenneth Branagh--and these are as hit-and-miss as commentary tracks usually are, but they hit more often than miss. The picture and sound quality is overall very good. Recommended!
dead again.......2002-11-05
This is a film of muddled genre. Tries to be Hitchcock, but does not really succeed.
It is though very watchable, with a fine cast, all hamming it to the hilt. I think Branagh brought together all his friends to make a film, and that is what it feels like. However, as confusing as the story is, of flash backs, "born again" figures, I still want to watch it again,many times, to try and figure out what the heck is going on. If someone out there can explain the story in less than 50 words, please let us all know. To whoever watches it, just enjoy the star studded cast and enjoy it simply is, a good old fashioned murder mystery.
Amazon.co.uk Review
Mike Figgis' Internal Affairs makes great play with some fairly obvious ironies--"Trust me, I'm a cop", Richard Gere says to a couple for whom he is arranging the death of their parents--but its real strength lies in a cluster of central performances. Gere has rarely been better than he is as the charismatic, self-righteous entirely corrupt and corrupting Dennis Peck, but Andy Garcia is at least as impressive as the "selfish yuppy bastard", the ambitious Internal Affairs cop Avila whose determination to bring Peck down is as much to do with massaging his own ego as with fighting the good fight, particularly after Peck starts making moves on Avila's gallery curator wife. This is a film about men destructively manipulating each other's self-love--the two men have more in common than they like to admit, a point sardonically made by Amy, the world-weary lesbian cop who is Avila's partner (an impressive performance by Figgis regular Laurie Metcalfe). Internal Affairs was the best thriller of 1990 and one of the decade's best. --Roz Kaveney
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TOP GERE.......2007-10-22
Richard Gere in unfamiliar territory, as a devious and dangerous bent cop.
His character bends the rules and skims money from protection rackets, drug deals and prostitution. Andy Garcia works within the Internal Affairs (cops watching cops as they say) department and Gere's vicious, murderous reign is uncovered.
Very clever and fast moving film.
Brilliant movie... light dvd!!!.......2005-02-01
This is as good as suspense/cop/curruption movies gets. Mike Figgis can hold his head up proud knowing he made a studio film within the Hollywood system and with its stars and crew. But can someone get a message to him or the distributers to do a special edition or collectors edition, because this version of the film on DVD has no extras! Nothing! Zilch!... such a pity.
It would be nice to see the making of, deleted scenes, commentary, considering Figgis worked on the music as well, which is an absolute cracker, brilliant! Come on Mike just try it please please!
Possibly the best thriller of the early nineties.......2002-10-14
Perhaps there are people who look at this film and think, "Oh no, Richard Gere!" This movie will defy your expectations. Gere has never been better - his portrayal of corrupt cop Denis Peck is the backbone of this excellent thriller. Peck moves easily from accepting backhanders to developing a nice sideline in contract killing, all the while trumpeting the values of a family man. It is Gere's skill to play with both sides of this monster, but he is not alone in acting ability. Take a look a the scene where Andy Garcia as Raymond Avilar is introduced to Internal Affairs by his new boss - Garcia doesn't say a word, but his intense disgust at his boss's corporate doublespeak is conveyed by a single, piercing look. Laurie Metcalfe, as Garcia's new partner, also gives a measured performance that works to accentuate the differences between Peck and Avilar.
In all, this criminally overlooked film should be a must-see for anyone who relishes well-acted, well-crafted entertainment.
Garcia and Gere at their very best........2001-03-22
Gere plays a crooked, manipulative, corrupt, womanising veteran police officer (Dennis Peck). Garcia (Raymond Avilla) is an internal affairs officer who finds himself investigating Gere (Dennis Peck) after the death of a police officer. Dennis Peck retaliates by persuading the innocent Mrs. Avilla to meet him for lunch (on the pretext that he is worried about her husband's workload) knowing he is being tailed by Raymond. This leads to an explosive and violent meeting between both cops and puts an even greater strain on the already fragile Avilla marriage.
With actors of the calibre of Garcia and Gere, it must have been difficult for the rest of the cast to establish a presence, but Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne's sister) who plays Raymond Avilla's partner, and William Baldwin (playing Peck's partner) are certainly worth a mention.
Expertly directed by Mike Figgis, Garcia, as always, shines through, but Richard Gere is outstanding - this has to be his finest ever performance.
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