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Ronin, a review by Hal

My first review here at DVD Collector's, so be nice! 



Title: Ronin
Year: 1998
Director: John Frankenheimer
Rating: R
Length: 122 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: Chinese, English, Korean, Spanish

Stars:Plot:
The Cold War may be over, but a new world order keeps a group of covert mercenaries employed by the highest bidder. These operatives, known as Ronin, are assembled in France by a mysterious client for a seemingly routine mission: steal a top-secret briefcase. But the simple task soon proves explosive as other underworld organizations vie for the same prize...

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned


Rating:


(From Ronin on July 1st, 2010)

One Missed Call, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: One Missed Call
Year: 2008    
Director: Eric Valette
Rating: PG-13   
Length: 87 Min.
Video:  Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1; Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio:  English DD 5.1, Spanish DD 5.1 & French DD 5.1
Subtitles: English, Spanish & French

Stars:
Shannyn Sossamon as Beth Raymond
Edward Burns as Jack Andrews
Ana Claudia Talancon as Taylor Anthony
Ray Wise as Ted Summers
Azura Skye as Leann Cole

Plot:
It happens to one. Then another. And another. College students discover eerie voicemail messages on their cell phones. Each call comes from the near future. Each call has the chilling voice of the student during his or her last moments alive. 'And each call comes true'.

Terror is 'One Missed Call' away in this got-your-number shocker based on the hit Japanese thriller 'Chakushin ari'. Does the viral spree of calls have a single source? Is there something that links the victims? Psych student Beth Raymond (Shannyn Sossamon) and detective Jack Andrews (Ed Burns) scramble for answers. And they're working fast. Because Beth just discovered an ominous message.

Extras:
Promotional Trailers: "The Sick House," "Otis," "The Orphanage" & "Lost Boys: The Tribe"

I went into this one with low expectations. After all... all the reviews I have read has said this one pretty much sucks. Even though I had low expectations I remained hopeful as I do tend to be more forgiving then most people... especially on horror movies. Unfortunately it wasn't meant to be this time. I would say it is an OK film.... but definitely should have been A LOT better. They really did seem to try hard. Even had a few fairly original ideas in there that I personally haven't seen a lot of in horror movies... but the stuff they tried just didn't work. Some of the effects were pretty cool... I will give it that much. It just wasn't enough to save the movie. I found myself loosing interest about half way through the movie. I mean come on... it is pretty bad when the most excitement I got from this disc was watching the trailer for "Lost Boys: The Tribe."  So... my recommendation? I wouldn't even go as far as recommending a rental. If you really want to see it... wait for it to show up on cable.

(From One Missed Call on June 7th, 2008)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

10. Dad
Original Air Date: 12/10/2001
Angel quickly realizes that he has to come up with a plan to keep Connor safe from the growing number of demons, vampires and humans who want his son dead.

Guest Stars:
Stephanie Romanov
Daniel Dae Kim
Laurel Holloman
Keith Szarabajka

My Thoughts:
I enjoyed this one as well.  Lorne now in the hotel with Angel and the gang... and already proves useful.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 13th, 2010)