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Saw II, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Saw II
Year: 2005
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Rating: R
Length: 93 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Surround EX, English: Dolby Digital Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Tobin Bell as Jigsaw/John
Shawnee Smith as Amanda
Donnie Wahlberg as Eric Matthews
Erik Knudsen as Daniel Matthews
Franky G as Xavier

Plot:
Jigsaw is back. The brilliant, disturbed mastermind returns for another round of horrifying life-or-death games. When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight more of his victims are already fighting for their lives and now it's time for Matthews to join the game...

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I enjoyed every minute of this movie!... This is one of the very few times that I can actually say that the sequel was even better then the original movie! If you haven't seen the first one yet I would highly recommend for you to see it first... both Saw and Saw 2 are must see movies... My brother... who is not a big fan of horror movies also loves the Saw movies...as he says.... they are different then what you normally see in a horror movie... and very well done. So if you haven't seen the Saw movies yet... put them on your list of must see movies!



Reviewed: May 6, 2006

(From What Movies I Been Watching on January 31st, 2010)

Billy the Kid's Range War , a review by addicted2dvd

Billy the Kid's Range War (1940/United States) Mill Creek Entertainment Director: Peter Stewart Writing: William Lively (Writer) Length: 56 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Mono Subtitles: None

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Stars:
Bob Steele as Billy the Kid
Al St. John as Fuzzy
Joan Barclay as Ellen
Carleton Young as Jeff
Rex Lease as Buck
Milton Kibbee as Leonard
Karl Hackett as Williams
Ted Adams as Sheriff
Julian Rivero as Romero
Alden Chase as Dave
Howard Masters as Jenkins
Buddy Roosevelt as Spike
Ralph Peters as Jailer

Plot:
Billy the Kid and his pal Fuzzy discover a criminal Is attempting to prevent the completion of a stagecoach road being built by a female stage line operator.

Extras:

• Scene Access

This movie is from a Billy the Kid 20 movie boxset that was given to me. It was released by Mill Creek Entertainment. So right from the start I was expecting the quality to really be hit and miss. In the case of this movie. It is watchable... but it doesn't look very good at all. there was a lot of dust and scratches in the film. And it was as if the brightness was turned up too far. So much in fact that in some scenes the faces and such almost blended in with the boulders and such in the background. There was also a slightly jumpy scene or two here and there. As for the movie itself... not bad. But I definitely seen better. I got a kick out of the character Fuzzy... who was obviously there for a little comedic relief. Early on in the movie he helped Billy to escape by using a sling shot to make a sheriff drop his gun. I may be remembering wrong... but I thought Billy the Kid was always an outlaw? In this movie (possibly this entire boxset as they seem to be somewhat related to each other) Billy the Kid is a wanted man... but he is innocent. And he is working to clear his name. Helping people as he does. Almost sounds like a TV series idea to me.




(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Black & White on June 25th, 2011)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)


1. The Beginning: Part I
The exiled warlord Keldor tells his forces that he has created a device that will destroy the "Mystic Wall" that keeps them out of Randor's kingdom. When they get to the Mystic Wall, they trigger the device but all it produces is a mere crack in the wall. Keldor's forces are confused, as they assumed that the device would break the wall completely, but Keldor explains that now they know where to strike. Inside the castle walls, Man-At-Arms receives a telepathic message from the Sorceress that the time has come.

2. The Beginning: Part II
Adam returns to Castle Grayskull upon witnessing the damage inflicted on the royal palace by Keldlor (now calling himself Skeletor due to his horrific appearance) and embraces his new destiny as He-Man, defender of Eternia.

3. The Beginning: Part III
He-Man and Skeletor duke it out for the first time, with many lives hanging in the balance... literally.

My Thoughts:
I bought this series at the suggestion of a friend. Never seeing an episode before. I have seen the original '80s version before... but not this one from 2002. It is pretty much the same storyline as the '80s version. But it has much better graphics. The first 3 episodes makes up the origin story of He-Man.  Now I can't remember if there even was an origin story to the '80s version... but if there was it couldn't have been done as well as this one. Making it 3 episodes it allowed them to really tell the story right. I thought I would have a hard time getting used to the new style of drawing this series... but I really had no problem at all with it. One thing that did bother me a little was everyone taking these over-exaggerated leaps into the air when they were in battle. But before I knew it I had gotten used to it as well. It really did make for more entertaining battle scenes. Over-all I really enjoyed it. Glad I have it added to my collection.

My Rating:

Review taken from another thread when I watched it recently.

(From Pete's Pilots on February 4th, 2010)