Stephen's Short Video Reviews
Deep Impact
Drama. Robert Duval & Tea Leoni 1998
Skinny reporter breaks the wrong state secret. The US saves half the country. Watch the twin towers fall. Good special effects. Jump factor 1.25. Comedy rating 2.5
Moral of the story: Skinny people think everything is big.
Rating: Entertaining
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
Air Force One
Drama. Harrison Ford & Wendy Crewson 1997
The President's plane is hijacked. Pure fantasy.
Moral of the story: Terrorists should be terrified of the President.
Rating: Entertaining
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
Replicant
Thriller. Jean-Claude Van Damme & Catherine Dent 2001
Van Damme vs Van Damme. Good at the start, slow in the middle, too long at one and a half hours. Comedy rating 0.94
Moral of the story: Secret government projects are just as dangerous as picking which Van Damme movie to watch.
Rating: One yawn
Rent it? No
Buy it? No
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The opinions expressed here are just that, opinions.
The length of a video, if stated, is the length quoted on the ' box ' and may not correspond with the actual length.
Ratings in descending order:
Eye popper
Entertaining
Average
Quite average
One yawn
Two yawns
Three yawns
Ejected it
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Star Trek Insurrection ( ST 9 )
Sci Fi. Brent Spiner & Marina Sirtis 1998
Genocide on a planetary scale. Comedy rating 2.5
Moral of the story: Aggressive feelings can come in handy.
Rating: Eye popper
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
We Were Soldiers
War. Mel Gibson & Madeleine Stowe 2002
American Vietnam war movie. Based on a true story. Good visual effects. Comedy rating 1.11
Moral of the story: There are some things taxi drivers should not do.
Rating: Eye popper
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
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The opinions expressed here are just that, opinions.
The length of a video, if stated, is the length quoted on the ' box ' and may not correspond with the actual length.
Ratings in descending order:
Eye popper
Entertaining
Average
Quite average
One yawn
Two yawns
Three yawns
Ejected it
Stephen's Short Video Reviews
K-9
Comedy. James Belushi, Jerry Lee & Mel Harris 1989
Dooley is after the big drug runner and is forced to pick a partner. Comedy rating 20.94
Moral of the story: Be careful what you put in the dogs mouth.
Rating: Entertaining
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
Star Trek Generations ( ST 7 )
Sci Fi. Patrick Stewart & Marina Sirtis 1994
An obsessed, solar system destroying, scientist is helped by Klingons. Comedy rating 4.57
Moral of the story: If it seems absolutely perfect, it's probably not real.
Rating: Average
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
Cats & Dogs
Comedy. Jeff Goldblum & Elizabeth Perkins 2001
Get Smart for dogs. Well done, but could have just as easily been a carton. Comedy rating 2.75
Moral of the story: You simply can't trust a cat.
Rating: One yawn
Rent it? Yes?
Buy it? No
Star Trek First Contact ( ST 8 )
Sci Fi. Jonathon Frakes & Gates McFadden 1996
The Borg go back in time and assimilate Earth. Comedy rating 1.14
Moral of the story: Drink and Rock n Roll can change the world.
Rating: Entertaining
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
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The opinions expressed here are just that, opinions.
The length of a video, if stated, is the length quoted on the ' box ' and may not correspond with the actual length.
Ratings in descending order:
Eye popper
Entertaining
Average
Quite average
One yawn
Two yawns
Three yawns
Ejected it
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Maverick
Drama. Mel Gibson & Jodie Foster 1994
Gambling, fighting & love. Who will ' win ' the half million? Comedy rating 3.5
Moral of the story: " I'm getting too old for 'this'."
Rating: Entertaining
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
Arlington Rd
Thriller. Jeff Bridges & Joan Cusack 1999
Psycho for terrorists. Jump factor 1
Moral of the story: Do you know who your neighbour really is?
Rating: Entertaining
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
Starship Troopers
Sc Fi. Casper Van Dien & Dina Meyer 1997
Sc Fi war movie. Lots of bad tactics. Comedy rating 1.19
Moral of the story: You to can be squashed by a bug.
Rating: Entertaining
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
The Sixth Sense
Drama. Bruce Willis & Toni Collette 1999
How many ghosts are there? A bit long at One and three quarter hours. Jump factor 1.14
Moral of the story: ' They don't have meetings about rainbows. '
Rating: Eye popper
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
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The opinions expressed here are just that, opinions.
The length of a video, if stated, is the length quoted on the ' box ' and may not correspond with the actual length.
Ratings in descending order:
Eye popper
Entertaining
Average
Quite average
One yawn
Two yawns
Three yawns
Ejected it
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Stephen's Short Video Reviews
US Marshals
Action. Tommy Lee Jones & Wesley Snipes 1998
Manhunting for the stubborn. A great emergency landing! Comedy rating 3.33
Moral of the story: Mobile phones fly just as good as US government planes.
Rating: Eye popper
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
Tigerland
Drama. Colin Farrell & Matthew Davis 2000
The story of a platoon in a US Army infantry training company during the Vietnam War. Slow to start, a bit long.
Moral of the story: Never volunteer.
Rating: One yawn
Rent it? Hmm, well
Buy it? No
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The opinions expressed here are just that, opinions.
The length of a video, if stated, is the length quoted on the ' box ' and may not correspond with the actual length.
Ratings in descending order:
Eye popper
Entertaining
Average
Quite average
One yawn
Two yawns
Three yawns
Ejected it
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Mad Max 2 the Road Warrior
Action. Mel Gibson & Bruce Spencer 1981
War Lords for Maniacs. Jump factor 0.67 Comedy rating 2.67
Moral of the story: Don't chase rainbows.
Rating: Eye popper
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
Fire on the Amazon
Adventure. Sandra Bullock & Craig Sheffer 1993
Save the rain forest, but from who? Slow. Annoyingly bad action scenes. Some bad acting! Sandra Bullock movies do vary in quality, she couldn't save this one.
Moral of the story: Avoid Luis Llosa productions.
Rating: Two yawns
Rent it? No
Buy it? No
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The opinions expressed here are just that, opinions.
The length of a video, if stated, is the length quoted on the ' box ' and may not correspond with the actual length.
Ratings in descending order:
Eye popper
Entertaining
Average
Quite average
One yawn
Two yawns
Three yawns
Ejected it
Stephen's Short Video Reviews
Jurassic Park III
Action. Sam Neill & Tea Leoni 2001
Dinosaur eggs for fun.
Moral of the story: Sometimes it's best not to scramble the eggs.
Rating: Entertaining
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? No
Payback
Action. Mel Gibson & Maria Bello 1998
A wife shoots her husband in the back. Plenty of violence. Better on the second viewing. Comedy rating 1.56
Moral of the story: No more mister nice guy.
Rating: Average
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? No
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The opinions expressed here are just that, opinions.
The length of a video, if stated, is the length quoted on the ' box ' and may not correspond with the actual length.
Ratings in descending order:
Eye popper
Entertaining
Average
Quite average
One yawn
Two yawns
Three yawns
Ejected it
