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... Learn More
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Tru Calling is one of my favorite shows. I had thought the show as back when the second season began. But, it only had a few episodes. Only six were made for this season and only five were aired. This set is the only way to see that last episode. Also, this set has a making of featurette.
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You've heard. It's unabashedly 'inspired' by Japanese programs like Zatoichi. But undiscriminating fans of kung fu and the like will still enjoy all the cornball antics around the theme of a blind man saving his friend's son from redneck goons around the American hinterland.
For what it's worth, the faux action stuff is pretty snazzy even if it flies in the face of all sanity. Our vision-impaired but charismatic Ray-Charles-meets-Bruce-Lee protagonist drives cars in narrow city lanes at top speed, fends off a bunch of gunmen (machine guns, no less) in a paddy field with nothing but a sword, wears a watch for reasons only he has fathomed....well, there's a lot to test your incredulity.
The Quiet American proves that elegant and intelligent filmmaking can be emotionally powerful. Michael Caine plays Thomas Fowler, a British journalist in 1950s Vietnam with a lovely Vietnamese mistress named Phuong (Do Thi Hai Yen) and a jaded view of the political strife teeming around him. He befriends a seemingly innocuous American named Alden Pyle (Brendan Fraser), who falls in love with Phuong--and slowly, Pyle's real purpose in Vietnam becomes revealed. Fowler finds that, to hold on to the carefully balanced life he's created for himself, he must make choices he's long avoided. Caine and Fraser are both superb and give a human face to complicated politics; as a result, The Quiet American manages to be compelling as both history and a story about very specific people... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Michael Caine - Brendan Fraser - Do Thi Hai Yen Director(s): Phillip Noyce DVD Release Date: Released the 29 July 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Let's see--he's been Han Solo in three films and Indiana Jones in three more. So why shouldn't Harrison Ford take on a new continuing character in Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan? In this film, directed by Phillip Noyce, Ford picked up the baton when Alec Baldwin, who played Ryan in The Hunt for Red October, opted for a Broadway role instead. In this film, Ryan and his family are on vacation when Ryan saves a member of the British royal family from attack by Irish terrorists. The next thing he knows, the Ryan clan has been targeted by the same terrorists, who invade his Maryland home. The film can't shed all of Clancy's lumbering prose, or his techno-dweeb fascination with spy satellites and the like. But no one is better than Ford at righteous heroism--and Sean Bean makes a... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Harrison Ford - Sean Bean Director(s): Phillip Noyce DVD Release Date: Released the 06 May 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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The third installment in the cinematic incarnation of Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan and the second starring Harrison Ford, this follow-up to Patriot Games is a more complex, rewarding, and bolder film than its predecessor. Ford returns as Ryan, this time embroiled in a failed White House bid to wipe out a Colombian drug cartel and cover up the mess. The script, by Clancy and John Milius (Red Dawn), has an air of true adventure about it as Ryan places himself in harm's way to extract covert soldiers abandoned in a Latin American jungle. There are a couple of remarkable set pieces expertly handled by Patriot Games director Phillip Noyce, especially a shocking scene involving an ambush on Ryan's car in an alley. The supporting cast is superb, including Willem Dafoe... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Harrison Ford - Willem Dafoe Director(s): Phillip Noyce DVD Release Date: Released the 06 May 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Based on a true story, Rabbit-Proof Fence moves with dignified grace from its joyful opening scenes to a conclusion that's moving beyond words. The title refers to a 1,500-mile fence separating outback desert from the farmlands of Western Australia. It is here, in 1931, that three aboriginal girls are separated from their mothers and transported to a distant training school, where they are prepared for assimilation into white society by a racist government policy. Gracie, Daisy, and Molly belong to Australia's "stolen generations," and this riveting film (based on the book by Molly's daughter, Doris Pilkington Garimara) follows their escape and tenacious journey homeward, while a stubborn policy enforcer (Kenneth Branagh) demands their recapture. Director Phillip Noyce chronicles... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Everlyn Sampi - Tianna Sansbury - Kenneth Branagh Director(s): Phillip Noyce DVD Release Date: Released the 15 April 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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