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Action-Adventure
Tuesday, 28 December 1999 |
Written by
Abbie Bernstein
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title:
Dance With The Devil
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studio:
A-Pix Entertainment
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Aimee Graham, Harley Cross, James Gandolfini
release year:
1999
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture:
Three Stars
reviewed by:
Abbie Bernstein
‘Dance With the Devil’ is a true exploitation movie, chock-full of sex,
blood and death, with a little maybe/maybe-not evil magic thrown in to
broaden its genre credentials. Director Alex De La Iglesia directs in
pedal-to-the-metal style from a script he shares credit on with Barry
Gifford, who authored the book ‘59 & Raining: The Story of Perdita
Durango’ on which the film is based (‘Perdita Durango’ is the alternate
title), Jorge Guerricachevarria and David Trueba.
Tuesday, 21 December 1999 |
Written by
Abbie Bernstein
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title:
Surviving The Game
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studio:
New Line Home Video
starring:
Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Gary Busey, Charles S. Dutton, F. Murray Abraham
release year:
1994
film rating:
Three Stars
reviewed by:
Abbie Bernstein
Although ‘Surviving the Game’ at first glance seems to be a fairly
straightforward, down-and-dirty actioner, it turns out to have a lot on
its mind. Director Ernest Dickerson and writer Eric Bernt manage to
make work up some thought-worthy social analogies without impeding the
rocket-speed action.
Sunday, 19 December 1999 |
Written by
Bill Warren
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title:
The Mosquito Coast
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studio:
Warner Bros. Home Video
MPAA rating:
PG
starring:
Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Conrad Roberts, Andre Gregory, Martha Plimpton, Dick O'Neill, Jadrien Steele.
release year:
1986
film rating:
Three and a half stars
reviewed by:
Bill Warren
Harrison Ford's character in THE MOSQUITO COAST is aptly described by
another character in the movie as "The worst kind of a pain in the neck
-- a know-it-all who's sometimes right." The movie depicts what happens
when he is spectacularly wrong.
Tuesday, 07 December 1999 |
Written by
Bill Warren
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title:
Deep Blue Sea
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studio:
Warner Bros. Home Video
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. Jackson, Jacqueline McKenzie, Michael Rapaport, Stellan Skarsgard, LL Cool J
release year:
1999
film rating:
Three and a half stars
sound/picture:
Three and a half stars
reviewed by:
Bill Warren
Movie shark technology has improved a hell of a lot since JAWS; most of
the time the three intelligent, evil sharks menacing the cast in DEEP
BLUE SEA are ultra-realistic.
It's too bad that shark movie scripts have gotten worse. While DEEP
BLUE SEA is generally entertaining and the action scenes are top notch
-- director Renny Harlin is generally good at this -- the screenplay,
by Duncan Kennedy and Donna & Wayne Powers, is riddled with lousy
dialog, thin characters and clichés. The story itself -- well,
"contrived" is not nearly strong enough a word to describe the setup.
It's just a way of creating a hybrid of JAWS and ALIEN. The ...
Tuesday, 23 November 1999 |
Written by
Bill Warren
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title:
Dangerous Ground
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studio:
New Line Home Video
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Ice Cube, Elizabeth Hurley, Ving Rhames, Sechaba Morojele, Eric 'Waku' Miyeni, Roslyn Morapedi
release year:
1997
film rating:
Two stars
reviewed by:
Bill Warren
If the Internet Movie Database is accurate, this movie was completed in
1997, but not released in the U.S. until 1999. The delay is,
unfortunately, understandable; it's a plodding, routine crime film set
in contemporary South Africa. Ice Cube stars and was one of the
executive producers. Evidently, the movie was at least partially
intended to be an attack on the drug trafficking in South Africa that,
the movie says, greatly increased following the end of apartheid. Good
intentions, though, don't always add up to good entertainment.
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