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Above The Law, a review by RichAbove The Law When Chicago cop Nico Toscani (Steven Seagal) discovers that suspects apprehended in a drug bust are allowed to walk, he's not happy. Soon Nico himself is asked to turn in his badge. Although he's now off the force, no way is he out of the action. Seagal makes a smashing screen debut in this tale of a good cop who is forced to confront corruption within the department. NICO offers non-stop thrills and features strong supporting performances by Pam Grier and Sharon Stone. Interesting to see Seagals first major film, a violent all-action blockbuster specifically written with this actor in mind. Lets be honest, his fighting skills are significantly better than his acting prowess! An 80's feel of course, but the pace is adequate, the script predictable, and easy to watch. Not ground-breaking, and not good enough to recommend spending any hard earned cash on. (From Riches Random Reviews on January 21st, 2009) Deliverance, a review by addicted2dvdTitle: Deliverance Year: 1972 Director: John Boorman Rating: R Length: 109 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital Mono Subtitles: English, French Stars: Jon Voight Burt Reynolds Ned Beatty Ronny Cox Ed Ramey Plot:Extras: Scene Access Trailers Featurettes Production Notes Closed Captioned My Thoughts: This is a movie that was recommended to me by several people over the years... but I never got the chance to pick it up. Then one day I got a package from a friend (Thanks Achim!) and there it was! And then it still took me quite a while to watch it. While I have heard a lot of great things about this movie I tried not to go into it with high expectations... as that has ruined more then one movie on me in the past. Watching this movie one word kept popping up in my mind... it says it all... that one word is WOW! This is really a powerful movie. A movie made in 1972... but you don't feel that age when watching it. The only way I could really guess the age of this movie is by how young the main actors are. If these people were little known actors I wouldn't have guessed that this movie is a good 38 year old movie. So do not let the age of this movie stop you from checking it out! This movie has both man vs. nature as well as man vs man with the backwoods hillbillies that they have to face. I tell you... I am surprised at how much I enjoyed Deliverance. I mean I could almost watch this one again already! If that don't call for a full 5-star rating I don't know what does! Thanks again Achim! And thank everyone (on all the sites I post this to) for the recommendation! My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 (From Weekend Movie Marathon: Anything Goes on January 3rd, 2010) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season marathon, a review by Dragonfire1. Pilot No one is ever safe, least of all Sarah Connor and her son, John. Tired of running from the machines, Sarah decides to stand and fight. My Thoughts I thought this was a good start to the series. Certain things were like the first two movies, but I thought that still worked. It made sense to me that Sarah and John would still basically be living on the run even though they thought they had stopped Skynet and Judgment Day in the second movie. Sarah was tied to the explosion at Cyberdine and Dyson's death, so it was believable to me that the police and even FBI would be looking for her. It didn't seem as...believable that Sarah would have gotten in the situation she was at the beginning of the episode though. And I thought something else just didn't work right either. (click to show/hide) Despite the few..issues I had with the episode, I still really enjoyed it. I loved seeing Summer Glau again. Some of her expressions did remind me a bit of River, but it was still a different character. 2. Gnothi Seauton New future, new identity. Cromartie, the battered but relentless Terminator programmed to kill John Connor, resurfaces. My Thoughts I enjoyed this episode as well. It worked well to follow what was set up in the first episode with them getting settled in a different time and everything. I would have liked if there had been a bit more explanation for a few things though. (click to show/hide) I still liked the episode, but the few things I mentioned in the spoiler did bug me..and the more I think about them the more they bug me. Hopefully those sort of things won't be happening all the time..if they do, I see myself getting really irritated at times. 3. The Turk He's just a geek with a hobby. But is the computer chess program Andy Goode developed the beginning of the end? My Thoughts I did enjoy this episode as well. It was interesting to see John and Cameron going to school and the explanation they came up with to explain why she was setting off the metal detector. I also liked how this episode set up a new potential way for Skynet to possible start. I didn't notice any issues that irked me in this one. I think the cast is doing well. I think I like Sarah from the movies a little better..but that doesn't mean this version of the character is bad..just different. So far, even though I was irked by a few things, I still really enjoyed these episodes and am ready to watch the next disc. (From Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season marathon on January 15th, 2009) |