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Gymkata, a review by Jimmy

Title : Gymkata (1985)

Overview
Race through swamps. Climb a burning rope. Dangle above raging rapids. Brave fierce hand-to-hand smackdowns. And always be wary of the hurled spears and plunging blades of attacking ninjas. Survive the unsurvivable: It's part of The Game.

My Impression
Remember 1985? It was the year when Women Against Pornography claimed that the Huggies Diapers publicity were pornographic ( ), it was the year of the first Wrestlemania, it was the year the Parents Music Resource Center was formed (you know the crazy group who think that Judas Priest, Twisted Sisters and AC/DC were Satan himself), it was the year of Live Aid, it was the year of the New Coke disaster, it was the year the first Blockbuster Video had opened and it was the year were the First Early Warning Earth Station was placed in Parmistan for the U.S. Star Wars Defense Program. I think that we can all agree that the eighties decade was a weird one. The music was bizarre, the clothes were ugly and the north american cinema was mostly a propaganda instrument. But it was the decade of Reagan so there are no surprise there.

The link is there : this film is a no brainer entertaintment like all the Chuck Norris or Sylvester Stallone ones made in those years. So don't expect a challenging script here 

I like this one even if : the acting is bad (Kurt Thomas the hero isn't an actor but a gymnast), the story is really stupid, the game is really lame (really no one win it in 900 years  ), the fighting scenes aren't that great (even for an art martials movie) and you can hear the screams "USA, USA We are the best" in your head. But how you can not like the fact that some random gymnastic devices appear to help the fight (why do you think the title starts with the letters "gym"), the fact that Buck Kartalian is the Kan (even if he really overact), the karate fighting sound effect (close your eyes and you will think that you are watching a Bud Spencer's movie),...

I recommand it. Not because it's a masterpiece, but because it just make no sense to not laugh at it.

Rating :

(From My Alphabet Marathon Review on November 9th, 2008)

Movie 43, a review by addicted2dvd

Movie 43 (2013/United States) Trailer |IMDb |Wikipedia | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Director: The PitchPeter Farrelly, The CatchPeter Farrelly, HomeschooledWill Graham, The PropositionSteve Carr, VeronicaGriffin Dunne, iBabeSteven Brill, Super Hero Speed DatingJames Duffy, Machine KidsJonathan Van Tulleken, Middleschool DateElizabeth Banks, TampaxPatrik Forsberg, Happy BirthdayBrett Ratner, Truth or DarePeter Farrelly, Victory's GloryRusty Cundieff, BeezelJames Gunn (1970) Writing: Length: 94 min. Rating: Rated R : Strong Pervasive Crude And Sexual Content Including Dialogue , Graphic Nudity, Language And Some Violence Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
The PitchDennis Quaid as Charlie Wessler
Greg Kinnear as Griffin Schraeder
Common as Bob Mone
Charlie Saxton as Jay
Will Sasso as Jerry

Plot:
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE MOVIE 43....
.. the year's most outrageous and daringly original comedy, featuring the ultimate star-studded cast. No inappropriate storyline is off limits..including a "ballsy" blind date, a middle school "period" piece and more. Please don't sue us if you die laughing

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Closed Captioned

This is yet another one I got from the library. What can I say... I really been on a library kick lately. I grabbed this one because (as you can see from the front cover alone) it has a lot of big names in it. After watching it I have to say I really wasn't impressed much at all. It had a moment here and there... but over-all it really wasn't worth the time I put in to watch it. I did like one or two of the segments... but that is about it.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on November 15th, 2013)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

Millennium
Retired serial-profiler Frank Black has moved his family to Seattle to escape the violence and horror he dealt with while working for the FBI in Washington, D.C. Although his uncanny and often unsetting ability to see into the twisted minds of serial killers has caused him much inner torment, Black knows his "gift" can still be used to help protect and save others. For that reason he has joined the Millennium Group, a team of ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.

Pilot
Frank hunts for a murderer trying to fulfill an apocalyptic prophercy and discovers that his own past has followed him and his family to there new home in Seattle.

My Thoughts:
This is a great series starring Lance Henriksen. The pilot episode sets up the series well. After watching the pilot episode I fell like I could watch entire series again. But I think I better put that one off a while.

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on April 20th, 2010)