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Review Futurefilm / Lady Vanishes
Actors & Directors
  • Elliott Gould
  • Herbert Lom
  • Angela Lansbury
  • Cybill Shepherd
  • Arthur Lowe
  • Anthony Page
Release date: 2004-06-16
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: Sidney Gilliat
RRP: £15.62
Price: £21.99

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Review Paradiso / Man Of The East
Actors & Directors
  • Dominic Barto
  • Harry Carey Jr.
  • Enzo Barboni
  • Terence Hill
  • Gregory Walcott
  • Yanti Somer
Run time: 120 min.
Creator: Alberto Grimaldi
RRP: £13.74
Price: £21.99

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Review Entertainment in Video / Rush Hour 2 [2001]
Actors & Directors
  • Jackie Chan
  • Ziyi Zhang
  • Roselyn Sanchez
  • Brett Ratner
  • John Lone
  • Chris Tucker
Release date: 2002-03-11
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Ross LaManna
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.47

Review Rush Hour 2 [2001] / Entertainment in 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.

Review Contender Entertainment Group / Battle Creek Brawl [1980]
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Clouse
  • Jackie Chan
  • Ron Max
  • Kristine DeBell
  • José Ferrer
  • Mako
Release date: 2001-02-19
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: Terry Morse Jr.
Price: £12.99

Review Battle Creek Brawl [1980] / Contender Entertainment Group:


Review Made in Hong Kong / Armour Of God [1986]
Actors & Directors
  • Bozidar Smiljanic
  • Rosamund Kwan
  • Jackie Chan
  • Lola Forner
  • Jackie Chan
  • Eric Tsang
  • Alan Tam
Release date: 1999-09-06
Run time: 94 min.
Creator: John Sheppard
RRP: £13.99
Price: £4.95

Review Armour Of God [1986] / Made in Hong Kong:


Review Columbia TriStar / Charlie's Angels [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Sam Rockwell
  • McG
  • Lucy Liu
  • Bill Murray
  • Cameron Diaz
  • Drew Barrymore
Release date: 2001-03-27
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: Ryan Rowe
Price: £2.18

Review Charlie's Angels [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:

Happily Charlie's Angels is a surprisingly successful TV-into-movie update of the seminal 1970s jiggle show. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore (who also produced) and Lucy Liu star as the hair-tossing, fashion-setting, kung-fu fighting trio employed by the mysterious Charlie (voiced by the original Charlie, John Forsythe). When a high-tech programmer (Sam Rockwell) is kidnapped, the angels seek out the suspects, with the daffy Bosley (Bill Murray in a casting coup) in tow. A happy, cornball popcorn flick, Charlie's Angels is played for laughs with plenty of ribbing references to the old TV show as well as modern caper films like Mission: Impossible. McG, a music video director making his feature film debut (usually a death warrant for a movie's integrity), infuses the film with plenty of Matrix-style combat pyrotechnics, and the result is the first successful all-American Hong Kong-style action flick. Plenty of movies boast a New Age feminism that has their stars touting their sexuality while being their own women, but unlike something as obnoxious as Coyote Ugly, Angels succeeds with a positive spin on Girl Power for the new millennium (Diaz especially sizzles in her role of crack super agent/airhead blonde). From the send-up of the TV show's credit sequence to the outtakes over the end credits, Charlie's Angels is a delight. -Doug Thomas, Amazon. com.

Review Geneon / Tenjho Tenge, Vol. 8: Round Eight (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Toshifumi Kawase
  • Kristi Reed
  • Yuri Amano
  • Steve Cannon
  • Kinryû Arimoto
  • Johnny Yong Bosch
  • Jack Bauer
Release date: 2006-08-15
Run time: 23 min.
Creator: Takayuki Nagasawa
Price: £29.11

Review Tenjho Tenge, Vol. 8: Round Eight (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Geneon:


Review Geneon / Cardcaptors: The Movie [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Maggie Blue O'Hara
  • Rhys Huber
  • Matt Hill
  • Terry Klassen
  • Tony Sampson
  • Carly McKillip
Release date: 2002-03-26
Run time: 86 min.

Review Cardcaptors: The Movie [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Geneon:


Review Warner Home Video / Pink Cadillac [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Timothy Carhart
  • Bernadette Peters
  • Tiffany Gail Robinson
  • Angela Louise Robinson
  • Clint Eastwood
  • Buddy Van Horn
Release date: 1997-06-23
Run time: 116 min.
Creator: John Eskow
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.00

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Review First Look Pictures / Blast [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Anthony Hickox
  • Shaggy
  • Eddie Griffin
  • Vinnie Jones
  • Breckin Meyer
  • Soup
Release date: 2005-07-19
Run time: 92 min.
Creator: Steven E. de Souza
Price: £4.11

Review Blast [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / First Look Pictures:


Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / Heart Of Dragon
Actors & Directors
  • Jackie Chan
  • Fruit Chan
  • Emily Chu
  • Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
  • Ching-Ying Lam
  • Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
  • Hoi Mang
Release date: 1999-03-01
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Barry Wong
RRP: £12.99
Price: £12.99

Review Heart Of Dragon / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:


Review Eastern Heroes Ltd. / Fist From Shaolin [2002]
Actors & Directors
  • Kwan Wong
  • Chuen-Hua Chi
  • Gin Gwok Yau
  • Martin Lau Kwok-Wai
  • Taam Chiu
  • Sharon Kwok
Release date: 2003-05-19
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Norman Wong Chi Hung
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.49

Review Fist From Shaolin [2002] / Eastern Heroes Ltd.:


Review Entertainment in Video / Jackie Chan's First Strike [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Yuri Petrov
  • Bill Tung
  • Annie Wu
  • Jackie Chan
  • Jackson Liu
  • Stanley Tong
Release date: 1998-09-28
Run time: 80 min.
Creator: Nick Tramontane
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.98

Review Jackie Chan's First Strike [1997] / Entertainment in Video:

Action-god Jackie Chan does his best James Bond impression with First Strike, an ecstatic sequel to the classic Supercop. The bare-bones plot has Chan in pursuit of international terrorists, but the narrative quickly gives way to an unceasing barrage of insane stunt work (including a nitro-fuelled ski chase and a grandiose fight scene set inside a functioning shark tank). As with most of the ageing star's recent films, there is more of an emphasis placed on big, impersonal (albeit impressive) stunts rather than the close-up combat that made him famous; but the end result is still a must-see rush for longtime fans and a great introduction for newcomers eager to see what all the well-deserved fuss is about. The scene where Jackie takes on multiple goons while armed only with a ladder is one of his most jaw-dropping set pieces ever-and that's saying quite a lot. Be sure to stick around for the closing credits of gags gone awry, which graphically prove that Chan is truly the hardest working man in show business. -Andrew Wright.

Review Walt Disney Video / Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jack Davenport
  • Bill Nighy
  • Johnny Depp
  • Orlando Bloom
  • Gore Verbinski
  • Keira Knightley
Release date: 2006-12-05
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Terry Rossio
Price: £8.11

Review Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:

Take the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, add a dash of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and a lot more rum. Shake well and you'll have something resembling Dead Man's Chest, a bombastic sequel that's enjoyable as long as you don't think too hard about it. The film opens with the interrupted wedding of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), both of whom are arrested for aiding in the escape of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) in the first film. Their freedom can only be obtained by getting Captain Jack's compass, which is linked to a key that's linked to a chest belonging to Davy Jones, an undead pirate with a tentacle face and in possession of a lot of people's souls. If you're already confused, don't worry-plot is definitely not the strong suit of the franchise, as the film excels during its stunt pieces, which are impressively extravagant (in particular a three-way swordfight atop a mill wheel). It may help to know that Dead Man's Chest was filmed simultaneously with some of Pirates 3, so don't expect a complete resolution (think more The Empire Strikes Back) or the movie will feel a lot longer than it really is. Bloom shows a tad bit more brawn this time around, but he's still every bit as pretty as the tomboyish Knightley. (Seriously, sometimes you think they could swap roles. ) Bill Nighy (Love, Actually) weighs in as Davy Jones and Stellan Skarsgård appears as Will's undead father. But the film still belongs wholly to Depp, who in a reprise of his Oscar-nominated role gets all the belly laughs with a single widened eyeliner-ed gaze. [+]
He still runs like a cartoon hen and slurs like Keith Richards-and he's still one of the most fascinating movie characters in recent history. -Ellen A. Kim.

Review Universal Studios / Thunderbirds [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Ben Kingsley
  • Brady Corbet
  • Jonathan Frakes
  • Anthony Edwards
  • Bill Paxton
  • Debora Weston
Release date: 2004-12-21
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: William Osborne
Price: £3.49

Review Thunderbirds [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:

The deep love that young boys feel for planes, cars, and gadgets is the driving energy of Thunderbirds, a live-action movie based on the British puppet TV show of the 1960s. Bill Paxton (Near Dark, One False Move) plays Jeff Tracy, billionaire ex-astronaut, who's turned his family of heroic sons into a crack rescue squad, zooming to danger and saving people using super-sophisticated vehicles. The youngest boy (Brady Corbet) hasn't yet joined the team and resents every moment he's not in uniform-but he gets his chance when a malevolent villain called the Hood (Ben Kingsley, slumming a bit from Gandhi and Sexy Beast) traps the rest of the family on a crippled space station and turns the Thunderbird vehicles to his evil purposes. Expect bright colors, clumsy dialogue, and a less-than-thrilling plot, but many kids will enjoy the fantasy of a secret island, rocket ships, and flying cars. -Bret Fetzer.

Review First Look Pictures / The Outfitters [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Jerry Haynes
  • Sarah Lassez
  • Del Zamora
  • Reverge Anselmo
  • Dana Delany
  • Danny Nucci
Release date: 2004-05-25
Run time: 92 min.
Creator: Penny Fearon
Price: £4.31

Review The Outfitters [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / First Look Pictures:


Review Hollywood Pictures Home Video / Rumble In The Bronx [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Marc Akerstream
  • Françoise Yip
  • Bill Tung
  • Anita Mui
  • Stanley Tong
  • Jackie Chan
Release date: 1998-06-22
Run time: 85 min.
Creator: Fibe Ma
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.49

Review Rumble In The Bronx [1997] / Hollywood Pictures Home Video:

In Rumble in the Bronx Jackie Chan plays a visitor to America who agrees to fend off a biker gang's designs on his uncle's market in the Bronx. If you can get past the Vancouver skyline substituting for the New York City neighbourhood, and the cheesy dubbing job, this is another of Chan's startling, balletic takes on martial arts action. (It's also his first breakthrough American film. ) Even if you don't have an interest in fight films, this is worth seeing just for Chan's endless grace as a body in motion. -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com.

Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / My Lucky Stars [1985]
Actors & Directors
  • Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
  • Biao Yuen
  • Jackie Chan
  • Eric Tsang
  • Richard Ng
  • Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Release date: 1999-07-05
Run time: 93 min.
Creator: Chuek-Hon Szeto
RRP: £13.99
Price: £2.60

Review My Lucky Stars [1985] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:


Review Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Stuart Pankin
  • Eve Gordon
  • Bug Hall
  • Dean Cundey
  • Rick Moranis
  • Robin Bartlett
Release date: 2001-01-22
Run time: 72 min.
Creator: Nell Scovell
RRP: £17.99
Price: £4.38

Review Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves [1997] / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm:


Review Buena Vista / Shanghai Noon [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Owen Wilson
  • Roger Yuan
  • Lucy Liu
  • Tom Dey
  • Jackie Chan
  • Brandon Merrill
Release date: 2001-06-11
Run time: 110 min.
Creator: Miles Millar
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.76

Review Shanghai Noon [2000] / Buena Vista:

Story? What story? All a film like Shanghai Noon needs is the amazing stunt set pieces featuring kung fu superstar Jackie Chan and the ramblings of Owen Wilson (and to be sure, that's all it gets). It's a buddy comedy about Roy O'Bannon (Wilson), a minor, borderline incompetent desperado, and Chon Wang (Chan-Roy thinks he hears (and scoffs at) the name "John Wayne"-a member of the Chinese Imperial Guard searching for a kidnapped princess (Lucy Liu). They become reluctant partners in the Old West (Roy, who considers Chon his sidekick, is hurt to discover that the bounty on Wang's head is more than his own), brawling, drinking, bathing and bonding and in general having mildly amusing adventures together, while eluding a posse and other random enemies. There's not a lot of focus to the plot or much motivation for characters to turn up where and when they do-just what was achieved by the much-discussed trek to Carson City, anyway?-but Chan's inventively staged battle sequences (particularly an early one in which he uses flexible, resilient trees to best some Crow Indians) are predictable highlights. You'll wish there were more to some of them, but as with his many other films, you'll want them on video to watch in slow-motion to see how he pulls them off. And in a potentially star-making role, Wilson's loquacious, hyper-self-conscious meanderings-he's funny even when his lines aren't-make him seem less like a character than a very amusing deconstruction of one. Chan and Wilson are entertaining together, even though they're both off in their own little worlds. Think of it as Butch Cassidy and the Shanghai Kid, and you won't be too far off. -David Kronke, Amazon. com.

Models & Brands:
Lady Vanishes, Man Of The East, Rush Hour 2 [2001], Battle Creek Brawl [1980], Armour Of God [1986], Charlie's Angels [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Tenjho Tenge, Vol. 8: Round Eight (REGION 1) (NTSC), Cardcaptors: The Movie [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Pink Cadillac [1989], Blast [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Heart Of Dragon, Fist From Shaolin [2002], Jackie Chan's First Strike [1997], Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Thunderbirds [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Outfitters [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Rumble In The Bronx [1997], My Lucky Stars [1985], Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves [1997], Shanghai Noon [2000]

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