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Metro

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: unbelievable action
Review: a lot of people including the critics did not like this movie and i can't understand why. there is lots of action in the movie including a very good car chase down san francisco. i don't understand why this movie gets so much hype. when you get an eddie murphy movie you know it is going to be good. and metro to me was no exception. why lots of people don't think the same i don't know. if you are an eddie murphy fan check this one out you will not be sorry. don't listen to people who say this is a bad movie because it is very good. rated r for violence and strong language. there were more f words in here than in beverly hills cop.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Much more than your average cop movie!
Review: Eddie Murphy is just superb(he's never made a bad movie) as a San Francisco PD hostage negotiator who's the best in the business. When his partner is murdered while visiting a suspect in a jewellery robbery, he tries all he can to get his revenge and track him down. As well as all this, he's trying hard to sort out his personal life! There's a good twist to which member of his family he's wanting to visit all the time(just when you think OH MY GOD IT'S NOT ANOTHER DIVORCED COP WHO WANTS CUSTODY OF HIS KID, you'll be pleasantly surprised!), and there's also one hell of a spectacular car chase down San Francisco's steep streets! The DVD quality on this recording is just fine in sound and picture quality, the action never stops and Murphy, in a partially serious role, manages to throw in a few funny lines to please his comedy aficionados. This movie is well worth seeing. Ten stars!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Well Worth What I Paid
Review: First, this is not Murphy's best movie. It is however a very good movie. Not predictable as some believe. The bad guy is especially well known from other similar roles. So do expect some nasty treatment to people. I for one kept expecting his partner or girlfriend to be killed. I wasn't exactly on the edge of my seat, but you will have to wait till the end to see if they survive. The rest the cast does a good job of support.

Second, I paid about half of what Amazon is selling this movie for so I don't feel cheated at all. I bought this for little more than the price of a rental so I went in with few expectations. With Eddie Murphy in it I figured I wasn't taking much of a chance. I was glad to see I was right. Their are several other recognizable people in the cast. Picture and sound quality was excellent. The directing, sets, and music are all as good as you will see in most movies. I imagine if it had just a little better story with more Murphy comedic antics it might have been a hit. This is pretty much a serious role. I bought it thinking I would probably watch it once and give it away, but I ended up sticking it on my shelf for future reviewings.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good "Metro"
Review: Getting neked in Tahiti sounds nice. Good thing Eddie Murphy took care of that lunatic in San Francisco so he could enjoy a nice vacation with his girlfriend. It's not naked, it's neked. "Metro" is a good movie that is way better than those Fat Albert wannabe movies. Toilet paper rolls were on sale for how much? What a profitable price! Yeah, don't ride the red fox, ride the new hotness. This movie is better than the "Beverly Hills Cop" movies.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Very exciting
Review: It says on the box, "Murphy is funnier than ever!" Well in parts he is, but generally I wouldn't agree with this statement. It is not supposed to be a funny movie, on the contrary, it's quite serious, but it's probably the best action movie I've seen, particularly interesting at the end when his partner who is a sniper can lip-read what he is saying and helps him. From beginning to end, and excellent movie, highly recommended.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Awesome!
Review: It was strange seeing Eddie Murphy in the role of a negotiator. I found he wasn't very funny. I guess the movie wasn't suppose to be funny. However, it was action packed all the way through. Like all of his movies, it was full of bad language. A great choice of a movie. Eddie at his best!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Eddie Murphy At His Best!
Review: Metro is so far the greatest movie Eddie Murphy has made.I mean it is non stop action and kind of funny.If you watch the movie with no intiruptions you will consider it as one of the best movies you have ever seen in your life. WARNING:Must See This Movie!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Eddie Murphy At His Best!
Review: Metro is so far the greatest movie Eddie Murphy has made.I mean it is non stop action and kind of funny.If you watch the movie with no intiruptions you will consider it as one of the best movies you have ever seen in your life. WARNING:Must See This Movie!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Solid action movie
Review: Perhaps the biggest problem in Eddie Murphy's career always was, that people expected him to be a fast talking guy whose mouth gets him in and out of trouble. As soon as he tried to escape that formula, viewers were in for a disappointment and found his movies below than average.

If you leave that behind, "Metro" is a solid action movie with a couple of remarkable stunt scenes. It's also very delightful to see that it tries to leave some of the usual "veteran cop gets rookie partner" routine behind and playfully mocks some standard suspense elements: you see a young girl in front of her opened bathroom mirror searching for something. The music swells. She starts to close it and what does the viewer expect? To see the face of the killer in the mirror. But nada. Those are really refreshing bits.

Murphy's performance is quite solid, the story is what to expect from an action movie and refreshed, as I said, by the bits above.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: it was funny
Review: The usual Eddie comedy. it was goo


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