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Felon, a review by Rich

10/11

Felon



A loving family man with a promising future, Wade Porter (Stephen Dorff) suddenly loses everything when he accidentally kills the burgler who broke into his home. Convicted of involuntary manslaughter, Wade is sentenced to spend the next three years inside a maximum security facility where the rules of society no longer apply. Forced to share a cell with a notorious mass murderer (Val Kilmer) and subjected to brutal beatings orchestrated by the sadistic head prison guard (Harold Perrineau), Wade soon realizes he's in for the fight of his life and must become the toughest FELON of them all if he's to survive the block. For what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. And in state prison, only the strongest will survive.

Uninspiring and over-done storyline, innocent guy protects family, ends up in rough tough jail, meets mad killer who turns out to be great guy etc etc.
However, they have done it very well here and turned out a respectable movie. 2 of my least favourite actors shine here, Dorff is excellent as the average Joe suddenly finding himself banged up, and Kilmer in particular is very convincing as the sadistic killer that other inmates fear.
The violence portrayed is harsh and graphic, it suits the films content but may not be to everyones taste.
As an aside, is it just me or has the violent content in many American films lately turned up a notch and is more sadistic and unpleasant to view? Perhaps it may just be me getting older 

I would happily recommend this film with an 

(From November Alphabet Marathon - Discussion/Review Thread on November 11th, 2008)

Catwoman, a review by addicted2comics

Title: Catwoman: Widescreen Edition
Year: 2004
Director: Pitof
Rating: PG-13
Length: 104 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Halle Berry
Benjamin Bratt
Sharon Stone
Lambert Wilson
Frances Conroy
Alex Borstein

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:

I've seen this a few times befoire, and anyone who knows me on here knows I'm all about the supers! I still can't help but feel that if there's a Catwoman, then there should be a Batman. That didn't stop me from liking this. There is just something udescribable about this movie. I guess I just love the idea of total freedom......that and evil make-up. I never did goop up my face like that.



(From Doing the ABC's Movie Style!! on July 12th, 2010)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

9. Long Day's Journey
Original Air Date: 1/22/2003
The Beast is searching for 5 mystical Totems, he has slaughtered 3 of them, plus the little girl in Wolfram & Hart. The last Totem is a guy named Manny, he seeks help from Gwen Raiden and Angel Investigations. 

Guest Stars:
Alexa Davalos
Jack Kehler
Michael Chinyamurindi
Vladimir Kulich

My Thoughts:
Another episode I really liked. In this episode we see Gwen again. The thief that has the power to control electricity. And we have another scene of the team fighting the Beast... and once again not beating him. But they do find out that they need info stuck deep inside of Angel... matter of fact to get the info... they need Angelus. This episode must have aired on the around the time of Glenn Quinn's death (Season 1 - Doyle)... because at the end of the episode they had a note up saying In Loving Memory of Glenn Quinn.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 17th, 2010)