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Summary: When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: “Get Jack Reacher!” So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.Special Features
You Don’t Mess with Jack Reacher: Combat and Weapons
When The Man Comes Around
Commentary by Tom Cruise and Director Christopher McQuarrie
And More!

Languages: English

Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish

Sound: SDDS

Summary: Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

Summary: If you are a Jackie Chan fan, you will want this. If you aren't a Jackie Chan fan you will still want this. My Story takes an in depth look at JC, the most physical actor in the world today. Watch his progress from his youth, step by step all the way until present. My Stunts takes JC back to the set of police story (a town/city!) for him to re-do some of his stunts. You will also be taken to the JC stunt lab to learn the tricks of the trade. This is a must buy for any fan. If you don't already love JC, you will after this. Buy this and take a look into this wonderful, funny, unique and inovative man. Jackie Chan really is the man!

Summary: 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"

Summary: The film that marked the successful rebirth of the 007 franchise, which had laid dormant for over half a decade, "GoldenEye" remains Pierce Brosnan's finest moment as Britain's most famous secret agent.
The plot? This one involves the Russian mafia, a rogue agent and a powerful satellite, although realistically it's the standard 007 formula at work. Thus, there's gadgets, girls and plenty of action, with the plot trying to squeeze in where there's room.
There are several reasons though why "GoldenEye" works so well. Firstly, it successfully ushered in a new cast, with Judi Dench's M, Samantha Bond's Moneypenny and Robbie Coltrane's Valentin Zukovsky all marking their 007 movie debut. Then, the baddies are strong, although Sean Bean's ruthless 006 is overshadowed by Famke Janssen's career-making performance as Xenia Onatopp. And then there's that vital 007 ingredient--the action. From a stunning pre-credits sequence, which is arguably the film's highlight, through to several high-tempo action moments throughout the rest of the film, it's highly enjoyable stuff, and impossible to resist.
Finally, there's Brosnan. Arguably the most successful Bond since Sean Connery defined the role, his laid back, hard-edged charm serves him well, and he never looked more comfortable as 007 as he does in his maiden outing.
In short, "GoldenEye" is not only a terrific Bond movie, it's a strong action movie full stop. --"Jon Foster"

Summary: Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce, DE-LOVELY, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN) is a global telecommunications mogal who has just to break into the Chinese market to completely cover the whole world with his broadcasting. To get a stranglehold in this evasive market, he stages a plot to try and get the British and the Chinese to start a war, upon which he would report and take pictures. As a result, a British warship is sunk, and M (Dame Judi Dench) sends James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) to the area to discover what is going on and to put an end to it. It is in doing so that he meets and teams up with what could be an equivalent to him, Chinese agent Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh; CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON; MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA; POLICE STORY III: SUPERCOP), who was reportedly very popular with female Bond fans!

Also featuring Geoffrey Palmer (who at the time was starring in a TV series with Dench, AS TIME GOES BY -- the scenes with these two together are very funny), Teri Hatcher (TV's DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) as Paris Carver (Elliot's wife, who once had a relationship with Bond) and Joe Don Baker (reprising his role as Jack Wade from GOLDENEYE), the film doesn't have quite the same level of enjoyment that GOLDENEYE had (and Jonathan Pryce's villain is hardly that much of a threat to Bond), but is still enjoyable enough to recommend it. Desmond Llewelyn returns as Q yet again, giving his usual gadgets, in particular a remote-controlled car, with the controls in Bond's mobile phone.

This Ultimate Edition, like the GOLDENEYE one, contains a first for the UK public: the UNCUT version, as stated on the cover under the title. The BBFC waived all of their cuts applied to the previous 12-rated versions, allowing this uncut version under their Different Versions at Different Categories Policy 2004. As a result, the film is now rated 15; the fight sounds are restored to their original louder volume, and another restoration is that Wai Lin now uses a weapon that the BBFC didn't allow when the film was originally classified, but do now allow under newer guidelines.

There is also a Bonus Disc crammed with various features, but the fact that the film is now uncut should attract loyal fans, especially if, for whatever reason, they didn't buy any of the previous versions.

Languages: English

Subtitles: Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Türkisch

Sound: DTS-5.1

Summary: James Bonds (Daniel Craig) Loyalität zu M (Judi Dench) wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt, als die Chefin des MI6 von ihrer Vergangenheit eingeholt wird. Nachdem Bonds letzte Mission fehlgeschlagen ist, befinden sich Agenten auf der ganzen Welt in Lebensgefahr und auch der MI6 selbst wird angegriffen. Von Feinden umgeben hat M nur noch einen Verbündeten, dem sie trauen kann: 007, der die Angreifer aufspüren und unschädlich machen muss. Das kriminelle Genie hinter den Angriffen, Silva (Javier Bardem), macht jedoch vor nichts Halt um seine Rachegelüste zu stillen.

Daniel Craig ist zurück als James Bond – dank Oscar-gekrönter Regie, einem großartigen Cast und Schauplätzen um die ganze Welt ist Skyfall der beste Bond aller Zeiten.

Languages: English

Sound: Dolby Atmos

Summary: The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.

Languages: English

Sound: Dolby

Summary: "Arguing With Myself", a recorded live performance of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, portrays a comedian whose revival of an old-fashioned art has made ventriloquism more relevant to modern societal concerns. Starring his six main characters, from Bubba Jay, a Nascar-obsessed hick, to Peanut, a flamboyant gay monkey, Dunham's puppets have dirty but relatively inoffensive senses of humor that mock the American Dream. One can easily see why Jay Leno champions Dunham, as his skits contain a similar sly sarcasm disguised as wholesome teasing aimed at men indebted to their ugly wives, for example, or people who live their lives working in cubicles. At times, though, Dunham's humor seems to lose its ironic distance, especially as he interacts with puppets like Jose Jalapeño, a Cuban chile pepper, or Sweet Daddy D, a Black pimp, both reliant on the antiquated humor once popularized in cartoons by racial caricature. Since the entire audience in the film is white, it is difficult to assess whether or not African-Americans or Latinos would find Dunham funny. In other words, Dunham's humor isn't overtly offensive enough to make fun of ethnic heritage. However, his skills as a ventriloquist alone make him a fascinating entertainer, and anyone interested in how puppetry and ventriloquism has progressed over the decades would benefit from watching Dunham bring life to his wooden friends. "--Trinie Dalton"

Languages: English

Summary: Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham's second live-performance DVD, "Spark of Insanity", is much funnier than his first, "Arguing With Myself", perhaps because his new puppets allow him to cover more controversial territory beyond skits about family beefs and office humor. Though some puppets reappear, like the beloved Peanut, a purple monkey who loves wordplay, new characters emerge as the stars of this hour-long stand-up show. A tense laughter ripples through the audience, for example, when Dunham announces his wish to talk with a terrorist as he brings out Achmed the Dead Terrorist, a turban-sporting skeleton who's refrain is "I will kill you!" Previous show star, Jose Jalapeño, a Mexican chili pepper on a stick, returns for a discussion about whether the puppet has a green card. If his racial jokes rode a line slightly too Caucasian to clarify his point of view before, Dunham has achieved real satire in "Spark of Insanity", showing his audience how ridiculous it is to create stereotypes of any sort. Additionally, Dunham mocks his own culture with Walter, a grumpy old white man whose parental chiding rings true for many. Moreover, Dunham impresses with his ventriloquism skills, and shows off some new vocalization techniques that will stun anyone interested in this fascinating art. --"Trinie Dalton"

Languages: English

Subtitles: English, Spanish, French

Sound: Dolby Digital

Summary: John Wick is a mob hit man who, upon falling in love, quits. 5 years later, his wife dies and to make sure he's not alone she arranges for a dog to be brought to him after her death. Later, some men wanting his car break in and beat him up and kill his dog. When he recovers, he sets to get the ones who killed his dog. He learns that the leader is the son of his former employer. And the man wanting to protect his son, tries to take care of Wick but he's still as good as he was.

Languages: English

Summary: 'Jump Britain' is the second documentary showing Sebastien Foucan and his friends as they practise parkour on key sites of interest in the UK. You're left in awe at the dynamic way they use their bodies and the feats they are able to achieve. If you practise parkour, this will be an inspiration and if not, you will still be left amazed at their various stunts and leaps. The extras are pretty good, with a making of documentary, parkour gym lessons, deleted scenes, free running game featurette, as well as various commentaries. A good DVD that you can usually find for a good price on amazon. Well worth a viewing.

Languages: English

Summary: I would like to buy this DVD.
Why is this only for sale in the UK?

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Subtitles: English, Spanish

Sound: AC-3

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Languages: English, French, Spanish

Subtitles: English, Spanish

Sound: AC-3

Summary: Here's a film that tries too hard, yet still manages to be endearing & entertaining. My primary criticism is the same I had for the television show, Veronica Mars... I have yet to encounter a teenager who's that witty, intelligent and/or worldly. Cute little knocked-up Juno belts out one-liners like a seasoned comedian.

If you looked up 'indy' in the dictionary it would probably say: see Juno. It's this year's Little Miss Sunshine and, sadly, it feels a little formulaic these days...

Three stars is the best I can do.

Languages: English

Summary: This has to be, without a doubt, one of the finest adventures of all time, with a little handy work from Steven Speilberg and co.
Being a little lad at the time, Jurrasic Park totally caught my imagination. It was a movie that sparked other kids imaginations too, and led to the release of many amazing toys being produced, from a rubber T-Rex, to the 'lesser' little raptor I recieved one christmas instead... hmm
As with alot of Hollywoods best films, the plot is relatively simple, and is now all too familiar after all these years. A billionaire (Richard Attenborough) decides to create a theme park based entirely around a dinosaurs. Although the film actually starts with the park being pretty much complete, invited guests are sent around the park to evaluate it, and learn that the generation of dinosaurs come from mosquitos through an interesting process - nicely shown though a funny cartoon!
But as mathematician Jeff Golblumm soon explains, humans from the current age and dinosaurs from millions of years ago can't adapt, as they soon find out!... For 1993, the effects where unbelievable. Terminator 2 had only come out not long before, and too see how special effects had changed even since then was incredbible. Its fair to that the T-Rex in particular, on its first 'sighting' in the film, would still out-do computer effects today. It not only looks photo realistic, but the way it interacts with the environment, from crashing down bushes/trees to even puddles is sensational. Of course, the acting takes just a big role, and its brilliant. Sam Neill plays a great adventurer, while Jeff Goldblumm is great as he tries to make a theory out of everything.
Its a film for everyone and on this dvd, you get some nice extra features, including some footage on the making of it, which explains how they used animotronics in certain scenes etc.
A truly perfect film, and Speilbergs previous film, Hook, was also an excellent film, and I reccomend both!

Languages: English, Hungarian

Summary: It may have been over ten years since Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg’s dinosaurs first trampled all over the global box office, and its sequels may have failed to fully match the standards set by the original. Yet the "Jurassic Park Trilogy: Ultimate Edition" still brings together a wildly entertaining trio of films, in a very welcome DVD collection.
The basics by now are well known. Eccentric billionaire John Hammond employs scientists to bring dinosaurs back to life, with fairly impressive results. Not everything goes to plan, though, and when his dinosaur-ravaged theme park eventually goes amok in the original "Jurassic Park", it’s a proper blockbuster rollercoaster ride, whose influence is still being felt in big budget Hollywood movies today.
"The Lost World" moves the action to Site B, a mysterious location where much of the behind-the-scenes work was done for the creation of the original theme park. That makes it extra dangerous, and again, is a fine excuse for some excellent set pieces. It’s arguably the weakest of the three films, and it’s certainly the flabbiest, but it still entertains, and entertains well.
Spielberg handed the director’s chair over to "Jumanji" helmer Joe Johnston for the third film, and it proved a wise decision. Johnston keeps his running time brief, cutting out much of the back-story to focus on the lizard-based action. And save for a fairly sudden finale, he delivers the trademark "Jurassic Park" tension and rampaging action in spades.
In short, the "Jurassic Park Trilogy: Ultimate Edition" is a fitting testament to a trio of blockbuster movies, that are at worst entertaining, and at best, rip-roaring, high concept, big-budget movie making of real quality. Recommended.--"Simon Brew"