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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The shows are cool (because the special effects and plot lines are ultra-cheesy and because they demonstrate a complete lack of knowledge of even the most basic concepts of astronomy), but there are only four of them, and, worst of all, the last one is the first half of a to-be-continued episode. In other words, not a very good collection. More Info About This DVD Director(s): Wallace Worsley Jr. - Gunther von Fritsch DVD Release Date: Released the 21 January 2003 Usually ships within 24 hours
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This disc is a nice look into the state of Sci-Fi television in the 50's. It contains six episodes-three each of FLASH GORDON and ONE STEP BEYOND. FLASH GORDON turns out to be fairly typical of 50's Sci-Fi, reused special effects (including the use of the same zoom into a planet mock-up to describe several different planets). There are some nice rocketship designs, though the one for Flash's ship is reused once or twice. Steve Holland plays an appropriate Gordon, down to the voice and physique. Very campy, and very fun for it! ONE STEP BEYOND is a nicely done predecessor to OUTER LIMITS and TWILIGHT ZONE. The stories on this DVD deal mainly with psychic phenomena, and are engaging. The episodes included aren't listed by name on the box, but the main gist of them follows: FLASH... More Info About This DVD Director(s): Wallace Worsley Jr. - Gunther von Fritsch DVD Release Date: Released the 20 August 2002 Usually ships within 4 to 5 days
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