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Summary: A HIGHLY TENSE THRILLER
Review: A cat and mouse chase which draws the audience to the edge of its seat.Dennis Leary is brilliant as the bad guy, so is the actor from the sitcom "Ellen" who plays one of panic-stricken good guys.A film with a simple plot but remains one of the most effective films of its type since "Deliverance" because of the fine performances all-round. Watch out for rapper Everlast from House of Pain as one of Leary's Mob.
Rating:
Summary: A Must-see if you like thrills!
Review: Actually I saw this when highschool and I found it explosively thrilling,exciting,breathtaking! Also the hottie Stephen Dorff did catch my eyes! He's gotten a lot better than 'The Power of One'. And I JUST found out that Leary also appeared- I didn't know him then. Well,think I should rent it again. He's also cute. But some people I know think this movie is boring-coz characters just keep running,not fight themselves. Well,anyway,I love it,that's all! Definitely,good one for families. No sexual scenes.
Rating:
Summary: FOUND A COPY AT LAST
Review: After buying the soundtrack to the film which is superb, i decided i wanted the film only to find it is not avaliable to buy in the uk. ok fair enough so i bought it from america by mail order. i was stunned by the velocity of the film, i can honestly say i loved it. with Emilio, Cuba and Denis all puting in blinding performance. Any way it was well worth the wait. i hope other people enjoy it.....!
Rating:
Summary: Great film, but where are the extras???
Review: After the miserable first release of Good Times-DVD, I expected a special collector's edition from UNIVERSAL.
Of course, I should get disappointed - except of one lousy trailer there is nothing on the DVD!
Although it was a nice try from UNIVERSAL to worth up the DVD with a DTS-Soundtrack, the DVD actually only matches the first release with its better picture-quality on this DVD-9!
The film itself of course is some great-laconic action-flic with great acting-performances (Leary is a standout as Fellon, the bad guy!).
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Summary: Every scene in this film is packed with breathless suspense
Review: An engaging thriller about survival and the true test of friendship. Emlio Estevez in probabley the last decent performence of his somewhat slowed down carrer plays frank, a recently married man who is now a father wants a little freedom from the demands of married life and have a night out with the boys to go see a boxing match. So with his friends Mike(Gooding jr.)Ray(Pivin) and frank's brother John hop on aboard a huge rv and off they go. But on the way there the boys encounter hevay traffic and John has an altercation with another driver that makes Frank furious. Ray the arrogant one of the bunch decides to take a shortcut and the boys end up on the wrong side of town. By mistake the boys accidentaly run down a theif who was trying to escape his boss Fallon(Leary) Fallon soon catches up with his disloyal worker and blows his head off right in front of the guys who just wanted a night on the town. And soon enough the viewer is entangled in seeing an intense game of cat & mouse acrose the mean streets of chicago. Memorable scenes of the film is when Ray tries to negoitate their freedom with the trechoures Fallon then fallon trows him off the roof. Intense film.
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Summary: Like Bread, Anything Can be Made
Review: Can someone get an award for being the best thing in a bad movie? If so, Cuba Gooding, Jr. deserves it for
valiantly attempting to act well in the rehashed plot of what should've stayed a USA cable movie. Essentially, four middle class buddies, played by Ernilio Estevez as Frank Wyatt (titled as "Everyman" in the film's press packet); Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Mike Peterson, who plays Frank's righthand man/best friend; Stephen Dorff as John Wyatt, Frank's impulsive younger brother; and Jeremy Piven as Ray Cochran, Frank's sleazy, yuppie friend. There is a tendency in the film for the characters
to center around Frank, which could've worked if Frank had a character. This ensemble of stereotypes make a wrong turn on the expressway en route to a prize fight and end up as the prizes in a man vs. man hunt. Denis Leary, a raucous comedian seen on MTV and Nike commercials, plays Fallon, the psychopathic gang leader. The most difficult part of criticizing a bad movie is knowing that good actors have been saddled with a bad plot and bad characters. Estevez has been slaving away for a surefire hit since Stakeout to no avail. Gooding, Jr. was the recipient of the prestigious NAACP award for
his phenomenal debut performance as Tre Styles in Boyz N the Hood. I suppose even Gooding, Jr. can take a job like the rest of us to just pay the bills. We're all waiting with bated breath for his next film, a comedy, which co-stars tour d'force actors like Hulk Hogan. Cuba must have a lot of bills. Dorff starred in The Power of One, whose title also includes the number of days it was in theaters, the dimensions of his character in this film, and his acting ability. Finally, newcomer Jeremy Piven of The Larry Sanders Show should've backed out and given this re-hashed role to Paul Reiser, who originated a good yuppie
sleaze in Aliens 2.
Leary is simply his comedy persona with a gun. If director Steven Hopkins wanted to combine a comedian
with a gang leader, should've chosen Rita Rudner. Now that would've been original! The real problem with this film, which runs 109 minutes, is that it's 20 minutes too long. Good chase/hunt films like the Alien trilogy, Blade Runner, The Last of the Mohicans, and even Adventures in Babysitting are good because they stay in their mode as action thrillers.]udgment Night can't decide whether or not to be an action film, comedy, melodrama, or dramedy.]udgment Night also has another set of prob-
lems centering around its script: one, it was produced, and two, it is plagued with stereotypical characters,
action scenes, and death scenes.
A slight bright point to this farce is Peter Levy's work as the director of photography. There are great shots of faces in the foreground with another character in the background, which are as well done here as they are in Calvin Klein Obsession commercials. When you watch a film like this one, you shouldn't leave with a lesson in cinematography because the film is sad joke. I laughed through the whole thing because my ticket was free.
In conclusion, there are three points which beg attention. One, Estevez and Gooding, ]r. need to keep
looking for that "right" film for their genuine acting ability. Maybe Emilio's songstress (I use that term
lightly here} wife, Paula Abdul, can use them in her next video! It sure did give a boost to Keanu Reeves' career.
Two, director Steven Hopkins (previous films include the heavy Oscar contenders Predator 2 and Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 5} needs to stop feeding action movie pablum to us like we're newborns who haven't seen this done better, for less money, and with less insult. Which brings me to my last point: is this Hollywood's view of the inner city? Animals waiting to rend helpless wayward strangers? Neighbors who won't help those in desperate need? Stereotypes of African-Americans, Latinos,
and Asians, with white gun-toting gang leaders ruling neighborhoods? Wake up people: the new racism is being filmed, packaged, and delivered to a theater near you.
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Summary: COOL ACTION
Review: Dennis Leary makes for a great villain in this movie and there are a lot of cool action scenes but it was released theatrically as 2.35:1 but the DVD is 1.78:1. Why? This ruins it a little.
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Summary: Exciting Well Made Thriller.
Review: Director Stephen Hopking (Predator 2, The Ghost and the Darkness, Blown Away) shows a lot of style technique in the film. Has a lot of good suspense and some thrilling moments. The film came out in 1993, in the fall, it was a big box office disapointment, at that time. Thanks to Demolition Man. The film has good performances by Emilio Estevez (Young Guns Movies, Repo Man), Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire, Instinct), Stephen Dorff (The Gate, Blade), Jemery Piven (The hit tv's show-Ellen), Peter Greene (The Mask, Pulp Fiction) but the real standout performance is Denis Leary (The Ref, Suicide Kings) is very good as the film tough street villian. Too bad Universal wasn't interested doing this DVD. Goodtimes quality is good, but they don't respect the original widescreen format 2.35:1 but instead in 1.78:1 WS/Format why? and the only good thing is Dolby Surround Soundtrack is Excellent. The Latest DVD for Universal has an great anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and an terrific DTS 5.1 Surround Sound (Also on Dolby Digital 5.1). This film was overlooked, when it came out, it's deserve a second look today. Super 35. Grade:A-.
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Summary: DECENT SUSPENSEFUL THRILLER
Review: Don't watch this one with real high expectations and you won't be disappointed. The roles are all pretty much two dimensional but still its kind of a fun ride.Four suburnanite buddies travel into the city to attend a boxing match. They make the trip in an expensive RV that one of the buddies, a car salesmen, has "borrowed" off the lot. Fighting traffic they try and take a different route and end up lost in a very bad part of town. Okay, stereotype alert. This part of town seems totally abandoned. Newspapers blow down the streets like tumbleweeds in an old western. Unfortunately they are in the wrong place at the wrong time. They witness a gangland slaying and the gang also sees them. The four crash the RV and now have to flee on foot from the gang. The gang leader is played well over the top by fast talking Dennis Leary. Not the role I think he's best at but he does a decent job. Emilio Estevez leads the ones who are on the run through this rugged part of town. From there on it's a cat and mouse game as the friends are persued relentlessly. As you can guess, the friends have to finally make a stand and fight back for their lives. As said, the movie is pretty predictable but still fun. Full of cliches but not bad. Not much in the way of DVD extras but a good transfer.
Rating:
Summary: DECENT SUSPENSEFUL THRILLER
Review: Don't watch this one with real high expectations and you won't be disappointed. The roles are all pretty much two dimensional but still its kind of a fun ride. Four suburnanite buddies travel into the city to attend a boxing match. They make the trip in an expensive RV that one of the buddies, a car salesmen, has "borrowed" off the lot. Fighting traffic they try and take a different route and end up lost in a very bad part of town. Okay, stereotype alert. This part of town seems totally abandoned. Newspapers blow down the streets like tumbleweeds in an old western. Unfortunately they are in the wrong place at the wrong time. They witness a gangland slaying and the gang also sees them. The four crash the RV and now have to flee on foot from the gang. The gang leader is played well over the top by fast talking Dennis Leary. Not the role I think he's best at but he does a decent job. Emilio Estevez leads the ones who are on the run through this rugged part of town. From there on it's a cat and mouse game as the friends are persued relentlessly. As you can guess, the friends have to finally make a stand and fight back for their lives. As said, the movie is pretty predictable but still fun. Full of cliches but not bad. Not much in the way of DVD extras but a good transfer.
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