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Destination Moon, a review by addicted2dvd

Destination Moon
ndustrialist John Archer, former general Tom Powers and research scientist Warner Anderson collaborate on a manned rocketship with an atomic engine, convinced that the nation that militarily controls the Moon controls the Earth as well. But as their work crews construct the spaceship "Luna" in the Mohave Desert, insidious foreign-inspired propaganda turns the tide of public opinion against them. Realizing that the project's enemies can use the law to halt the launch, Archer, Powers, Anderson and electronics technician Dick Wesson decide to make a hasty pre-dawn liftoff in the untested rocket - DESTINATION MOON!

Years before the first U.S. satelittes were launched, and nearly two decades before man first set foot on the lunar surface, George Pal's DESTINATION MOON depicted these future events with a high degreeof technical accuracy - and opened the floodgates of '50's science fiction.

Stars:
John Archer
Warner Anderson
Tom Powers
Dick Wesson

My Thoughts:
This is one of the DVD that our good friend Roger sent me. I never even heard of it before he told me he was sending it. It's not a bad movie... but it is a little on the slow side for my taste. Some of the scenes were entertaining though. While the special effects on this one is definitely dated... I did get a kick out of most of them. And the movie does pick up a bit towards the end. So while this is far from a great movie... it does have some entertainment value.




(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 8/28 - 8/30 on August 28th, 2009)

Robo Geisha, a review by dfmorgan

Robo Geisha

Year: 2009
Director: Noboru Iguchi
Cast: Aya Kiguchi, Hitomi Hasebe, Takumi Saito, Taro Shigaki

Overview: GET READY for the most unashamedly over-the-top and deliriously inventive cinematic experience of your life, as the Japanese masters of movie mayhem achieve a brand new level of JAW-DROPPING CRAZINESS.

To help them achieve their goal of taking over the world, a megalomaniac Japanese businessman and his son recruit a vicious gang of Geisha assassins. These include two feisty sisters with an amazing range of surgically added weapons.

But when one of these Robo-Geishas refuse to kill an innocent group of ex-employees, its butt-blades versus wig napalm and machine breasts against killer-cleaver socks as the assassins take on the Geisha's in one of the most mind-bending movie battles of all time.

Throw in the buildings that bleed, the Giant Castle Robot and the Breast Milk From Hell, and you have a wonderfully insane Kamikaze movie that will have you laughing out loud!

Watched: 9th Jul. 2010
My Thoughts: From the director of The Machine Girl comes this addition to the Japanese Gore Fest. Two sisters become part of gang of Geisha assassins whose bodies have been enhanced with add-on weapons. So instead of drill bras and machine gun arms we have machine gun breasts, breast milk from hell, cleaver socks, armpit swords, mouth swords, butt ninja stars, butt swords and wig napalm. Also the castle of the evil company turns into a Giant Robot Castle leaving a trail of bleeding buildings, in the tradition of Japanese Gore Fest with fountains of blood. Our heroine also transforms into a tank at one point. Stupidly enjoyable  

My Rating: Slightly better than The Machine Girl so a 3

Dave

(From Dave's DVD/Blu-ray Reviews on July 9th, 2010)

"Due South" marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

An Eye For An Eye

This is another episode I really enjoyed. An excellent one! What that poor wolf had to go through! I tell you what... I bet if I had a nickel for every time Fraser said "I'm Sorry" to Diefenbaker through-out this series not only would I get my $20 (I paid for this set) back... but I would make a little bit of a profit! 

My Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on July 15th, 2009)