VIDEO REVIEWS ~BIRD.BLK~ 'Silence is a friend who never will betray you' Confucius MAGNETIC PARTICLES DECODED by Slimer Title : Demolition man Genre : SF Action Playing Time : 110 minutes This movie has basically a good guy chases bad guy scenario playing in a future time. John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) is somekind of soldier that has to free a couple of hijacked buspassengers held by spycho-maniac Simon Phoenix(Wesley Snipes). The whole rescue operation blows up (literally)and all the passengers are dead. Phoenix gets arrested and Spartan gets the blame for the dead of the hostages. Both men are sentenced to be frozen in for a long period of time. The story continues in the year 2032 when Phoenix is brought to trail again and (ofcourse) escapes ! The police doesn't know how to deal with such a violent criminal as they haven't had any crime in years. Several cops get brutally killed and that leaves no other choice than to thaw John Sparta. Needless to say that from that moment on all hell breaks lose. He gets help from a female cop called Lenina Huxley (Sandra Bullock)in his quest to eliminate Phoenix. There is much more in this movie but it won't be any fun when I told you everything, now would it !? You can compare the movie a bit with 'Total Recall' from Arny. The movie also contains much humour, so there is also plenty to laugh about. I was a bit disappointed however about the lack of bedscenes (i.e. sexscenes)between Sly and Sandra but I guess you can't have it all..... My verdict is: Very high recommended ! ------------------------------------------------------------ Title : Hellbound Genre : Action Playing Time : 90 minutes Chuck Norris is back with a new movie in which he plays a tough cop (what else did you expect?)by the name of Frank Shatter. Shatter and his partner Jackson(Calvin Levels) get involved in a series of mysterious murders revolving around a scepter. This scepter is divided in 9 pieces held by an equal amount of holy men. A messenger of the Devil is roaming around to collect all the pieces. This demon by the name of Lockley (Christopher Neame) is ruthless and extremely violent. He needs this scepter to wake up his creepy master but he cannot do this without some royal blood. Shatter and Jackson must stop him before he succeeds! I must say that this story reminds me of another movie in which Satans bible was the subject of bloodshed. Somehow it seems to be hard to create an original filmscript these days. Anyway Christopher Neame plays a convincing demon that could have been even better with a touch of extra special effects. Chucky was as usual playing the tough and silent cop, a role that is hard to mess up. It was that dude Calvin Levels who irritated me throughout the movie. I'm still not sure how he managed to do that ! Nevertheless its worth checking it out.... ------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VIDEOS, ------ ACTION ------ Cliffhanger (with Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow) Death Wish V (with Charles Bronson) Firm, The (with Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman and Holly Hunter) Fortress (with Christopher Lambert and Loryn Locklin) Fugitive, The (with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones) In The Line of Fire (with Clint Eastwood and John Malkovich) Jurrasic Park (with Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill and Laura Dern) Last Action Hero (with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Austin O'Brein) Lethal Weapon 3 (with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover) Nowhere To Run (with Jean-Claude van Damme) Universal Soldier (with Jean-Claude van Damme and Dolph Lundgren) ------ HORROR ------ Cape Fear (with Robert de Niro) Friday the 13th part IX: Jason goes to hell (with Jason (Donevan)) The Stand (by Stephen King) Ticks (with Rosalind Allen and Ami Dolenz) Vanishing, The (with Jeff Bridges and Kiefer Sutherland) ----- Humor ----- Groundhog Day (with Bill Muray and Andie McDowell) Home Alone 2 (with Macaulay Culkin and Joe Pesci) Hot Shots 2 (with Charlie Sheen and Valerlie Golino) --------------- Science Fiction --------------- Startrek, Deep Space Nini ------- OVERALL ------- Indecent Proposal (with Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson and Robert Redford)