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Review Warner Home Video / Lethal Weapon 2 [Blu-ray] [1989] [US Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Derrick O'Connor
  • Richard Donner
  • Joe Pesci
  • Joss Ackland
  • Danny Glover
  • Mel Gibson
Release date: 2006-09-26
Run time: 114 min.
Price: £11.82

Review Lethal Weapon 2 [Blu-ray] [1989] [US Import] / Warner Home Video:

The series formula started to kick in with this immediate sequel to Lethal Weapon, but that doesn't necessarily make it a weak movie. Joe Pesci joins the fold, Richard Donner directs again, and Mel Gibson and Danny Glover return as LAPD partners, their relationship smoother now that Gibson's character has recovered from his maddening grief over his wife's death. But the reckless Mel and cautious Danny equation, good for a million laughs, settles into place in this story involving a South African smuggler and a new girlfriend (Patsy Kensit) for Gibson. The movie is hardly comfy, though. The last act gets nasty, and a climactic fight between Gibson (who gets the worst of it) and some high-kicking villain is ugly. -Tom Keogh.

Review Walt Disney Video / Bedknobs and Broomsticks [1971] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • John Ericson
  • Roddy McDowall
  • Sam Jaffe
  • David Tomlinson
  • Robert Stevenson
  • Les Perkins
  • Angela Lansbury
Release date: 2001-03-20
Run time: 139 min.
Price: £7.27

Review Bedknobs and Broomsticks [1971] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:

Angela Lansbury plays a good witch who uses her powers against the Nazis in World War II and is aided by three children in the effort. This 1971 movie directed by Disney stalwart Robert Stevenson (Mary Poppins) was never up to the studio's best efforts-the music isn't all that good and the idea just doesn't quite catch on. But Lansbury, David Tomlinson and the late Roddy McDowall are good and there are some clever sequences blending animation and live action, most memorably a soccer game between the kids and some cartoon animals. -Tom Keogh.

Review Hasbro / Transformers Animated: Transform and Roll Out [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Release date: 2008-06-17
Run time: 68 min.
Price: £6.56

Review Transformers Animated: Transform and Roll Out [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Hasbro:


Review Family Home Ent / Rescue Heroes: The Movie [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Lenore Zann
  • Joe Motiki
  • Deborah Odell
  • Rod Wilson
  • Norm Spencer
  • Ron Pitts (II)
Release date: 2003-11-18
Run time: 78 min.
Price: £23.78

Review Rescue Heroes: The Movie [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Family Home Ent:


Review Spartan / Extreme Days [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Ryan Browning
  • Cassidy Rae
  • Derek Hamilton
  • Dante Basco
  • A.J. Buckley
  • Eric Hannah
Release date: 2002-01-29
Run time: 93 min.
Price: £41.92

Review Extreme Days [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Spartan:


Review St. Clair Entertainment / The Flying Deuces [1939]
Actors & Directors
  • Jean Parker
  • Arthur Housman
  • Reginald Gardiner
  • Oliver Hardy
  • Stan Laurel
  • A. Edward Sutherland
Release date: 2004-03-16
Run time: 65 min.
Price: £12.95

Review The Flying Deuces [1939] / St. Clair Entertainment:


Review Viz Video / Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Yûko Kaida
  • Kazuhiko Inoue
  • Maile Flanagan
  • Cam Clarke
  • Chie Nakamura
  • Tensai Okamura
Release date: 2007-09-04
Run time: 95 min.
Price: £8.84

Review Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Viz Video:


Review Tai Seng / Dragon Loaded 2003 [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jacky Cheung
  • Law Kar-ying
  • Lam Sheung-yee
  • Cheung Tat-Ming
  • Eric Tsang
Release date: 2005-10-18
Run time: 101 min.
Creator: Raymond Wong
Price: £5.48

Review Dragon Loaded 2003 [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Tai Seng:


Review Rhino Home Video / Nine Deaths of the Ninja [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Blackie Dammett
  • Emilia Crow
  • Emmett Alston
  • Regina Richardson
  • Brent Huff
  • Shô Kosugi
Release date: 2000-11-07
Run time: 94 min.
Price: £2.64

Review Nine Deaths of the Ninja [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Rhino Home Video:


Review MGM / Johnny Be Good/Youngblood (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Uma Thurman
  • Paul Gleason
  • Anthony Michael Hall
  • Peter Markle
  • Steve James
  • Bud S. Smith
  • Robert Downey Jr.
Release date: 2007-07-17
Run time: 196 min.
Price: £5.17

Review Johnny Be Good/Youngblood (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MGM:


Review Walt Disney Video / Underdog [Blu-ray] [2007] [US Import]
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Dinklage
  • Brad Garrett
  • Frederick Du Chau
  • John Slattery
  • James Belushi
  • Patrick Warburton
Release date: 2007-12-18
Run time: 82 min.
Creator: Randy Edelman
Price: £14.55

Review Underdog [Blu-ray] [2007] [US Import] / Walt Disney Video:


Review Asian Gold / Fight Club
Actors & Directors
  • Sohail Khan
  • Sunil Shetty
  • Dino Morea
  • Diya Mirza
  • Zayed Khan
Release date: 2006-05-22
Run time: 145 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £11.99

Review Fight Club / Asian Gold:


Review Lions Gate / Rent-A-Cop [1988] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jerry London
  • Dionne Warwick
  • James Remar
  • Burt Reynolds
  • Liza Minnelli
  • Richard Masur
Release date: 2000-05-23
Run time: 97 min.
Price: £3.35

Review Rent-A-Cop [1988] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Lions Gate:


Review New Line Home Video / Son of the Mask [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Alan Cumming
  • Traylor Howard
  • Liam Falconer
  • Ryan Falconer
  • Jamie Kennedy
  • Lawrence Guterman
Release date: 2005-05-17
Run time: 86 min.
Price: £3.83

Review Son of the Mask [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / New Line Home Video:


Review New Line Home Video / Rush Hour 2 [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Brett Ratner
  • Jackie Chan
  • John Lone
  • Roselyn Sanchez
  • Chris Tucker
  • Ziyi Zhang
Release date: 2007-05-22
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £3.80

Review Rush Hour 2 [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / New Line Home Video:

Rush Hour 2 retains the appeal of its popular predecessor, so fans will enjoy the antics of the returning stars, Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. The action-and there's plenty of it-starts in Hong Kong, where Detective Lee (Chan) and his LA counterpart Detective Carter (Tucker) are attempting a vacation, only to get assigned to sleuth a counterfeiting scheme involving a Triad kingpin (John Lone), his lethal henchwoman (Zhang Ziyi, from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and an American billionaire (Alan King). Director Brett Ratner simply lets his stars strut their stuff, so it hardly matters that the plot is disposable, or that his direction is so bland he may well have directed the film from a phone in a Jacuzzi. At its best, Rush Hour 2 compares favourably to Chan's glossiest Hong Kong hits, and when the action moves to Las Vegas (where Don Cheadle makes an unbilled cameo), the film goes into high-pitched hyper-drive, riding an easy wave of ambitious stunt-work and broad, derivative humour. However, echoes of Beverly Hills Cop are easy to see and stale ideas (including a comedic highlight for Jeremy Piven as a gay clothier) are made even more aggravating by dialogue that's almost Neanderthal in its embrace of retro-racial stereotypes. Of course, that's what makes Rush Hour 2 a palatable dish of mainstream comedy: it insults and comforts the viewer at the same time, and while some may find Tucker's relentless hamming unbearable, those who enjoyed Rush Hour are sure to appreciate another dose of Chan-Tucker lunacy. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Actors & Directors
  • Richard Lang
  • Reed R. McCants
  • Noble Willingham
  • Susan Diol
  • Bruce Boxleitner
Run time: 91 min.

Review Road Raiders 1989:

Fast moving adventure, courage, romance and plenty of laughs set against the backdrop of the Seocnd World war in the pacific, make up the ingredients of Road Raiders. Gin Joint owner Charlie Rhodes (Bruce Boxleitner) and side-ckick 'Harlem' fancy their chances of sitting out the war in the Open City of Manila. But their hopes are dashed when Charlie is set up by the Japs who leak information to the U. S forces that Charlie is a traitor. Dressed as two American officers the two bungling heroes try to escape the Island. But their plane is shot down behind enemy liness. To Make matters worse Charlie finds himself in charge of a misfit lunatic regiment trapped in a hostile jungle with only their wits and a beautiful lieutenant dressed as a nun as their chance for survival. Here their adventure begins. Charlie and Harlem have a choice - an American firing squad or the might of the Japanese army.

Review Miramax / Confessions of a Dangerous Mind [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • George Clooney
  • Drew Barrymore
  • Robert John Burke
  • Steve Adams
  • Carlos Carrasco
  • Dick Clark
Release date: 2003-09-09
Run time: 114 min.
Creator: Alex Wurman
Price: £3.22

Review Confessions of a Dangerous Mind [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Miramax:

Showbiz autobiographies don't come any stranger than Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, a fractured kaleidoscope of film styles-from sitcom to paranoid horror-accompanied by an infectious musical mosaic. It's based on a memoir by Chuck Barris-the mastermind behind The Dating Game (the format we know in the UK as Blind Date) and The Gong Show-which interweaves a fairly straight account of his toils in the television industry with outrageous fictions about his secret life as a CIA hit man. First-time director George Clooney takes Barris' bizarre book and-working with screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, who similarly mutated the truth in Adaptation-makes an extraordinary picture, with an awards-quality performance from Sam Rockwell as Barris. Clooney takes the secondary role of Barris' enigmatic boss, and there's sterling work from Drew Barrymore as Barris' ditzy regular girlfriend and Julia Roberts as an espionage dragon lady. It's an acidly witty film that consistently turns the tables on its hero and the audience. Priceless tiny gags include: a silent Brad Pitt and Matt Damon as contestants of The Dating Game and Barris coming up with the idea for a TV quiz show while half-listening to a CIA instructor explaining torture techniques. -Kim Newman.

Review Sterling Entertainment Group / 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [1996] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Richard Crenna
  • Julie Cox
  • Paul Gross
  • Ben Cross
  • Michael Anderson
Release date: 2004-08-16
Run time: 95 min.
Price: £1.99

Review 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [1996] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Sterling Entertainment Group:


Review Tai Seng / The Dead and the Deadly [1982] (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Lam Ching-Ying
  • Lam Ching Ying
  • Sammo Hung
  • Cherie Chung
  • Wu Ma
  • Yuen Biao
Release date: 2003-03-18
Run time: 99 min.
Price: £21.72

Review The Dead and the Deadly [1982] (NTSC) / Tai Seng:


Review Warner Home Video / Bronco Billy [1980] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Walter Barnes
  • Pam Abbas
  • Douglas Copsey
  • Samuel Bottoms
  • Edye Byrde
Release date: 2000-08-01
Run time: 119 min.
Creator: Steve Dorff
Price: £4.53

Review Bronco Billy [1980] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Models & Brands:
Lethal Weapon 2 [Blu-ray] [1989] [US Import], Bedknobs and Broomsticks [1971] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Transformers Animated: Transform and Roll Out [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Rescue Heroes: The Movie [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Extreme Days [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Flying Deuces [1939], Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Dragon Loaded 2003 [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Nine Deaths of the Ninja [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Johnny Be Good/Youngblood (REGION 1) (NTSC), Underdog [Blu-ray] [2007] [US Import], Fight Club, Rent-A-Cop [1988] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Son of the Mask [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Rush Hour 2 [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Road Raiders 1989, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [1996] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Dead and the Deadly [1982] (NTSC), Bronco Billy [1980] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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