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The Hills Have Eyes 2, a review by addicted2dvd

The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
The loudest screams may be your own when you experience this Unrated Edition of The Hills Have Eyes 2 with gruesome added footage not shown in theaters - plus spine-tingling special features, including graphic featurettes and a killer alternate ending!

With even more blood, guts and gore than its shocking predecessor, this chilling sequel picks up two years after the ill-fated Carter family was attacked by cannibalistic mutants in the New Mexico desert. Now a group of National Guard trainees on a routine mission find themselves up against the same blood-thirsty freaks. But this time, the mutant patriarch isn't looking for a quick bite - he needs female breeders to continue his family line!

My Thoughts:
After I watched and enjoyed the first one recently I wanted to check out the second one. I had one friend telling me how much she enjoyed the second one... possibly even more then the first one. Then I had another friend telling me basically that the second one sucked. What am I to do? Especially when I find a couple of the unrated version on sale cheap at Walmart. So I grabbed it.... and figured I will take a chance and decide for myself. Obvious solution. Right after purchasing it I go online and found the trailer for it. (Yes I bought it before even seeing the trailer!) The first thought that comes to me is that I like that this time it involves the military this time. And that did make the movie more interesting to me. But even with that this movie still isn't quite as good as the first one. I definitely enjoyed it... and glad I added it to my collection. I think (at least for me) where this one went wrong is having the majority of the movie inside the dark mines. I did like that the group was National Guards trainees.... but I didn't care for the Lieutenant who was in charge of the trainees. He just wasn't believable as the bad-ass he was trying to make himself off to be. Over-all I would call this one a good movie... but definitely not great.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 5/01 - 5/03 on May 3rd, 2009)

White Heat, a review by Antares

White Heat





Year: 1949
Film Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre: Drama, Crime
Length: 113 Min.

Director
Raoul Walsh (1887)

Writing
Ivan Goff (1910)...Screenplay
Ben Roberts (1916)...Screenplay
Virginia Kellogg (1907)...Story

Producer
Louis F. Edelman (1900)

Cinematographer
Sidney Hickox (1895)

Music
Max Steiner (1888)...Composer

Stars
James Cagney (1899) as Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett
Virginia Mayo (1920) as Verna Jarrett
Edmond O'Brien (1915) as Vic Pardo
Margaret Wycherly (1881) as Ma Jarrett
Steve Cochran (1917) as Big Ed Somers
John Archer (1915) as Philip Evans
Wally Cassell (1915) as 'Cotton' Valletti
Fred Clark (1914) as Daniel Winston

Review
       In 1943, after the success of Yankee Doodle DandyWhite Heat would be his first offering and would return him to the genre that had made him famous twenty years earlier.

       After World War II, the public's fascination with gangsters had changed. No longer were they seen as romantic rebel heroes of the depression era, but as a menace to the freedom and prosperity we had fought to protect during the war. Cagney understood this change in the taste of the viewing public and decided to turn Cody Jarrett into a ruthless psychopath. Jarrett is a cold-blooded criminal with a deep-rooted Oedipal complex that is nurtured by his doting, and gun-toting mother (Margaret Wycherly). Only
       Of all the gangster films that James Cagney made, this was his greatest. It is the one role that he is most associated with and would be the benchmark for future actors to emulate in their interpretations of maniacal and psychopathic criminals.


Ratings Criterion4 Stars - Historically important film, considered a classic.

(From White Heat (1949) on March 15th, 2010)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Title: Red Dwarf III
Year: 1989
Director:
Rating: 12
Length: 161 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English

Plot:
The Red Dwarf crew stumble further into deep space facing an emotion-sucking polymorph, a psychotic mechanoid and a version of Earth where time runs backwards. Sdaehgems.

Extras:
Collectors Booklet
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
DVD-ROM Content
Featurettes
Music Cues
Outtakes
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Talking Book Chapters
Trailers

The third series is really great. A new regular character is introduced: Kryten. He is a really great addition to the cast. Also Holly is replaced with a female version. Although I missed the deadpan delivery of the male Holly, the ditzy female Holly is also fun.
This series is off to a great start with Backwards, where the crew lands on an alternate earth, where everything runs backwards.
Marooned is a great character piece between Lister and Rimmer.
Polymorph is simply fun with a shapeshifting something loose on the ship.
In Bodyswap Rimmer convinces Lister to swap bodies (being a hologram is cannot touch anything with his normal body). But instead of the promised work out, he really pigs out with Lister's body.
Timeslides is some timetravel fun, where the crew tries to change the past to prevent themselves being caught on Red Dwarf.

#	Episode	Rating
01	Backwards
02	Marooned
03	Polymorph
04	Bodyswap
05	Timeslides
06	The Last Day

(From Tom's Random Reviews on October 18th, 2009)