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The Skulls (Collector's Edition)

The Skulls (Collector's Edition)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great movie
Review: really good movie. good plot. I liked it a lot!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Poignant, Brilliant, ... SATISFYING!
Review: I have always been into suspense/thriller films as well as those other meaningful types. The Skulls is one of the few movies I have seen which has combined suspense, thrill, and meaning. The plot is great, the passion between Joshua Jackson and Leslie Bibb is convincing and moving. It is truly poignant, and the end of the story is incredibly satisfying.

One of my top 10 movies! <- incredibly difficult to make it on this list

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Skulls-To Good To Be True
Review: Lucas McNarama-he has worked all his life to get to college and continuing working trying to get into a good law school. He is your average guy, and he also knows that it would be a heck of a lot easier if he had a secret society to belong to like The Skulls.

But there is one problem with The Skulls-they are a secret society. Fear no evil. See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil. When Lucas comes in from a "test" that Skulls gave him and other rushees, his best friend Will asks him what happen. Lucas cannot tell him, and that is when him, Chole, and Will's relationship start to fall apart. Once the secrets begin they are kept until Lucas finds Will dead. The question is: Who did it?

When Lucas uncovers what the Skulls are really about, he knows that he has a lot on his hands.

As the Skulls motto, "We live by the rules, and we die by the rules".

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: NUMB SKULLS
Review: This movie reminds me of the kind of movies churned out in the sixties that had mediocre acting, mind-numbing plots, and hokey production values. But, in spite of this, "The Skulls" is an enjoyable film to pass some time with. The plot is interesting in its concept, but the execution becomes so absurd that one can only laugh when the two heroes come to a duel, with an inevitable conclusion forthcoming. Hill Harper's saintly portrayal of Joshua Jackson's best friend is smarmy; Leslie Bibb and Paul Walker try hard, but Mr. Jackson, he looks like a high school jock who got cast in the class play because of his looks and touchdowns! William Petersen as the lawyer Skull is an interesting character, but tell me---is he supposed to be Jackson's long-lost father? And the ending leaves many questions unanswered. Also, Craig T. Nelson's over the top cigar-chomping father is a hoot, too!
Rent it for fun...it's not a classic, but it's not a total flop either!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Formula but fun
Review: This movie is formula and much of it is easy to anticipate. There are many "stay in the car scenes." The actors are knowable and the action or anticipation is non-stop. It even attempts at morals and loyalty. This movie was designed to pass time. Let's hope this is not a reflection of reality.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: "Whoa. Weird..."
Review: THE SKULLS (2000, PG-13 For Some Brief Strong Language)

THE GENRE: Suspense/Thriller

THE CAST: Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker and Craig T. Nelson.

THE PLOT: After a teen is accepted into a secret society known as THE SKULLS, his life is ripped apart after his soul mate kills his best friend. Now (Joshua Jackson) is trying to get out of SKULLS, but it is going to be a lot harder than getting in was.

WHAT WORKS: An interesting plot with thrills and suspense.

WHAT DOESN'T: A strange- yet interesting plot with cliches and unbelievable turns.

OVERALL: "It takes a mind boggler to watch a movie like this and really enjoy. To the average audience- they might think this film is stupid and has no point. Yet- the film is undeniably thrilling."

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Agh! Another dire Hollywood movie!
Review: This is a very bad film... It is nicely shot, and the set location is good, but the plot (college kid outsmarts global super-powerful secret society) is just terrible. It's one of those films where you actually hope there isn't a happy ending (we can wish, can't we?!)

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Numbskulls is right!
Review: When I first heard about this movie I had high hopes. Unfortunate for me. I had known previously that the Skull and Bones was an exclusive, secret club of hand-picked young men and it played a great part in securing for them illustrious futures. Presidents, senators, financiers...the list goes on. However, this farce goes over the top in portraying the secret ceremonies and the lengths to which the Skulls will go to ensure their secrecy that I couldn't help snickering and shaking my head. If I didn't already know for a fact that the Skull and Bones do exist, I might have seriously doubted it due to the overblown story line which makes this group seem like some sort of sick joke rather than scary and real. However, the actors were competent, making the best of a ridiculous script, and it is too bad they could not be in a film depicting what I had hoped would be a geniune attempt to portray the Skulls and their workings instead of this ludicrous caricature.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Joshua Jackson Rocks!!!!
Review: I love Joshua Jackson, and "The Skulls" was a good movie. I expected the ending to be a lot more than it was. I was also intrigued by the whole secret society plot. Paul Walker is a hottie.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Poorly plotted and pictured and definentely not worth it.
Review: The movie has a good story, but they messed it up with their begginig and silly end. It's definetely NOT worth it.


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