This 1988 effort at creating a milestone coming-of-age story with the impact of The Graduate is commendable, but the results are mostly shaky and garish. Tom Cruise plays an ambitious young man who arrives in New York City and becomes known as a flashy bartender in a hot club. After falling for Elisabeth Shue's girl-next-door character, however, his desire for success causes him to travel down a more selfish path with an older woman. The film, directed by Roger Donaldson (Bounty), is built on entirely on appearances (Cruise's star charisma) and flash (the way Cruise and his character's bartending mentor, played by Bryan Brown, toss bottles of booze around). The more interesting and underlying themes, however, particularly the hero's obvious Oedipal dilemmas, are lost beneath... Learn More
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Originally aired as a t.v. miniseries, this remake of ON THE BEACH by Nevil Shute is tiresome and tedious. The leads (Armand Assante, Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown) are outacted by relative unknowns Grant Bowler and Jacqueline Mackenzie, who play the Australian couple trying to maintain optimism in a world that looks bleak. The movie ultimately becomes a dull love story focusing on an alcoholic woman (Ward) and her involvement with submarine admiral (Assante). She also has a past with scientist Brown. The movie also ends quite abruptly and without any real resolution; a bummer in my book. More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Bryan Brown DVD Release Date: Released the 01 March 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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After reading the book I was extremely disappointed by this poor attempt. I had the 'bad joss' of actually buying the dvd after reading the book. If you hadn't read the book the film would be truly incomprehensible, and if you read the book you would feel a tremendous void. As many other reviewers have said, Taipan needs to be reincarnated as a mini-series of some sort to afford it proper treatment. More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Bryan Brown - Joan Chen Director(s): Daryl Duke DVD Release Date: Released the 01 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This 1988 effort at creating a milestone coming-of-age story with the impact of The Graduate is commendable, but the results are mostly shaky and garish. Tom Cruise plays an ambitious young man who arrives in New York City and becomes known as a flashy bartender in a hot club. After falling for Elisabeth Shue's girl-next-door character, however, his desire for success causes him to travel down a more selfish path with an older woman. The film, directed by Roger Donaldson (Bounty), is built on entirely on appearances (Cruise's star charisma) and flash (the way Cruise and his character's bartending mentor, played by Bryan Brown, toss bottles of booze around). The more interesting and underlying themes, however, particularly the hero's obvious Oedipal dilemmas, are lost beneath... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Tom Cruise - Bryan Brown - Elisabeth Shue Director(s): Roger Donaldson DVD Release Date: Released the 13 August 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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