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Marjoe (1972)
8/10
Great documentary
4 October 2006
This is good for so many reasons. First off it's just a well done and to the point documentary, but the main reason it is good is because it exposes the truth about these faith healers out there in the world.Some would say that its true that this film shows that marjoe was a fake but that doesn't go for all the faith healers out there. Here is why i believe it outs all the faith healers as fakes. Marjoe was able to do all the big things they do.He could Touch people and have them fall over and not only that but he had people shaking on the floor and speaking in tongues. Marjoe explains how to do all this. Its no different than a magic trick. Marjoe just proved that its easy to take advantage of desperate and ignorant people.
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3/10
No thanks
8 September 2006
I consider myself a fan of Mr. Dante as a writer and director. I enjoyed both desecration and Horror. Did they have good acting? Not really. Were they scary? Desecration had some creepy parts, but overall no. So why did I like these movies? because they were surreal. They were on crack and they knew it. This is what made the movies enjoyable to watch. Satan's playground is much more straight forward and this leaves all of Dante's bad dialogue and bad actors nowhere to hide. The movie isn't scary. There is only one really moment of gore. This movie is just plain bad. The married couple in the film look like father and daughter and I thought they were for the first half hour.
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Into the Sun (2005)
4/10
Into the boredom
9 June 2006
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Supposedly this film was Seagal's big comeback. It had a 35 million dollar budget ( The average seagal dtv film costs around 20 mill) and was suppose to get a limited release in theaters. Luckily it didn't because this movie is boring. This thing called "boring" has plagued about half of Seagal's DTV movies. As a Seagal fan all I ask is for entertainment. I've given up on him actually saying all his own lines or doing all his own fights. I just want some freakin action!!!!! Give me a basic plot so Seagal can go out and beat up and kill as many people as he can in and hour in a half. This movie did surprise me though. After being bored for most of the entire film it suddenly got really good at the end. Seagal busts in and starts chopping arms of with a sword. Why couldn't he have done this the whole movie??? So my advice to anyone that rents this movie is this: Skip to the very end and enjoy the violence.
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Submerged (2005 Video)
4/10
Not a Seagal movie
9 June 2006
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This isn't really what I would consider to be a Steven Seagal movie. He is in the movie, but it seems like the script was probably changed in a few spots to make it kind of a Seagal film. The whole movie was just a boring special forces movie until the final fifteen minutes when suddenly it becomes a Steven Seagal film. Seagal suddenly steals a car, takes out a helicopter, crashes into a building, shoots like ten guys, fights a giant black guy and then ends up shooting him in the head ( all with the aid of a double for Seagal) and then kicks a guy like twenty yards through a giant glass window. If the whole movie was like the end I would have loved it, but sadly most of the movie is boring with Seagal sitting in the shadows while someone else's says all his lines.
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Out of Reach (2004 Video)
2/10
Blah....
9 June 2006
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I am a Seagal fan, and this is his worst movie ever. After being super entertained by Belly of the Beast he returns with one of the most boring action films of all time. The fight scenes are each about fifteen seconds a piece and the final sword fight was one of the worst things I have ever watched in my life. Seagal's voice is dubbed throughout the film as usual but this movie takes it to new heights. The entire opening is a Seagal voice double reading a letter while we see a shot of a Seagal body double walking through the woods. They might as well have shot used CGI to paste Seagal's head on someone else's body the entire film. Seagal DTV movies are all bad, but some are still really entertaining....this one will put a child with ADHD to sleep.
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Mercenary for Justice (2006 Video)
4/10
I just don't know
9 June 2006
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I'm a Seagal fan and the rave reviews from other Seagal fans for MFJ brought me back to his films. After I was bored to death with OUT OF REACH and INTO THE SUN I gave up and said I would return till Seagal did a decent film again. I missed Submerged, Today you die and black Dawn, but then good reviews started to flood in for this movie. Supposedly he does all his own fights and the action is well done. So I went rented this movie along with Black Dawn because the thought of a good Seagal film got me overly excited. All I ask from a Seagal films is entertainment, but I was bored my MFJ. Did Seagal do his own "fight" scene?...yes. Was it a good fight scene?..No. The key word there is "Fight" and not "Fights". He has only one real fight scene in the movie. The plot was impossible to follow and the movie was just bad. I actually watched Black Dawn the next day and while Seagal was doubled for all his fight scenes the movie was much funner to watch than MFJ.
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Shadow Man (2006 Video)
8/10
Yes
7 June 2006
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First off....I am Steven Seagal fan. I have seen all his movies and I have seen the decline in his work. His voice gets dubbed. His fights are done by stunt doubles, and a lot of his new direct to DVD films are just boring. A lot of Seagal fans raved about Mercenary for Justice as his comeback film but the reality was that that was a boring movie. Shadow Man is not a boring movie. Is Seagal's voice dubbed? In spots. Is there a Seagal double? Yes he is doubled a lot, but not in his fights scenes this time. This movie brings one thing to the table that truly matters....ACTION!!!! Let me just list some of the hardcore things Seagal does in this movie.1. Pokes a man's eyes out. 2. shoots an old women in the head. 3.Slaps a bartender. 4.Kills a man with one punch to the chest. 5. Builds a gun out of old plumbing. 6. Blows up a helicopter using only a hand gun....and more. This movie does have a terribly stupid car chase scene and a plot that is tough to follow, but its never boring and that is what matters most. Is this the return of Seagal? Who knows, but he is doing his own fight scenes again and he did them rather well.
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Wake of Death (2004)
Not bad
5 June 2006
I checked out this film because I had read a lot of good things about it. I admit that I have never really been that big of a Van Damme fan but I have seen Bloodsport, In Hell, Universal Soldier, Street Fighter,The Quest, and Hard Target. Bloodsport was cool and Hard Target was pretty good. In Hell was good for a direct to DVD film but it wasn't much of an action movie. The other films were terrible though. I like Steven Seagal direct to DVD films because they are stupid fun. Wake of Death is really good for a direct to DVD movie. It's gory, cars explode for no reason, and a lot of people die, and these are all good things. I would say that the director uses slow motion way too much and there was a good 15 minutes of useless staring, or going over plot points we already knew about. They should have either used those 15 minutes to better explain the relationship between Van Damme and his friends/family, I'm still not quite sure who they were, or use it so that we could watch Van Damme kill more people. Either way I recommend this flick to Van Damme fans and anyone that wants to watch a good dumb action flick.
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1/10
Two movies...one good...one bad
13 October 2005
OK first i understood what they were trying to pull off in this movie, but i hate to say that it just didn't work at all. The first part of the film is awesome. We get a cool abduction story. Cool Characters and stuff. The second half is just brought into the story so abruptly it comes across terrible. George Clooneys character literally becomes a new Character when they reach the strip club. The movie is bad. THe whole vampire storyline is brought into the movie for no reason at all. I know that they wanted us to be excited by the sudden change in atmosphere, but it just plain sucked. If it would have been done right then it would have been cool, because it was a cool idea, but it was not pulled off.
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The Village (2004)
5/10
Can i get some more boom mic please?????????????
30 July 2004
First off i hated signs. Good build up and then terrible ending. This movie has a cool atmosphere to it. Good set up..but where is it going? The movie just got goofy in the last half. Thats all im going to say about it. Now to the most important part.

The Boom mic shows up like 7 times in the movie!!!!!!!

Never have i seen a boom mic show up so much in scenes. It should have been credited as having a role in the film. I gave the movie a 5...now i think i was wrong...i should have given it a 3. Good set up. not much pay off.I think people will see the major twist coming a mile off if your just paying attention.
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2/10
wow...do they still make movies this bad?
31 January 2004
Owen Wilson is good as usual. Thats all there is to say about this trash. The movie itself is edited terrible and the ending is so bad. Avoid this movie like a smelly bum. Its...........bad. WITHOUT OWEN WILSON THE MOVIE IS AS BAD AS GIGLI.
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Belly of the Beast (2003 Video)
10/10
How many angry asian men were shot in this movie?
2 January 2004
My review of this movie is strickly based on Seagal movies. Does he fight a lot? Does he shoot a lot of bad guys. Does he beat someone up in bar? Is the movie enertaining? YES to all these questions. Ok ill get all the bad out of the way. Again like in Out for a kill and The Foreigner is voice is badly dubbed by a Seagal Imposter in scenes. It is rarely done in Belly of the Beast execpt his voice is dubbed once during the movie for an entire 3 minute scene. That was annoying. If your looking for just old fashioned Seagal style fights then you will be sad to cause There is a lot of wire work and stunt doubles for Seagal WHen he is doing spin kicks in the air and such. Thats all i can really say bad about the film. Now for the good. THe movie never gets boring. Tons of fight scenes that are easily his best work since Exit Wounds. He has to also kill at least 25 bad guys in this movie. Seagal has some good liners to. The acting is decent. It passes for the kind of movie it is. I think most Seagal fans will be happy with this movie and even if they dont think its great they will think its better then his last 2 efforts
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Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002 Video)
8/10
Forget the negative
26 October 2003
Another Hellraiser movie that has been shunned because its lack of Pinhead and another hellraiser movie that is way better then number one.First off i'm going to just say this is a good movie. i know people were all excited about the return of Ashley from the first 2 but who cares, she was always a bad actor. She isn't in the movie much anyways but does play a good part in the end. Yes this movie is almost exactly like Inferno but with a better ending. Check this movie out. Hellraiser is the best Horror series out there. Can't wait for Deader and Hellworld.
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Angels Crest (2002)
9/10
I guess i'll be the first
26 October 2003
Probably no one has seen this film. I just noticed it at Hollywood video as i was leaving and thought id give it a chance. This movie is really good. Try not to read to much about the film just turn it on and sit back and enjoy. For having no budget and only two actors this movie is better then most. If you see this film anywhere then get it. REALLY GOOD THRILLER!
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Hellraiser: Inferno (2000 Video)
7/10
oh yea
26 October 2003
I enjoy the Whole Hellrasier series ( Except the first one is boring) and i really like this one. Different the the first 4 but a lot like Hellseeker which would come out later. Yea i know a lot of people are crying about their not being much Pinhead but these are the same people who think the first Hellraiser is the best and Pinhead is hardly in that movie at all. This is just a good story even though it is easy to figure out what is going on early in the movie. Just a good movie and has the best acting of any of the first 5 movies.
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8/10
Much better then what everyone says
26 October 2003
I watched the whole Hellraiser series in a week. I had never seen one before but after seeing the first one i decided to watch the whole series. The first one i just thought was bad but in a funny way. The second was much better. The third was good but not great and then i got to the fourth. All i heard was negative things so i expected crap especially since it was said that it was Pinhead in space. THis movie is not crap! Its actually really good. It might be better then the second one. Good plot. Cool deaths scenes. Good movie.
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7/10
He's back
26 October 2003
This first time i saw this film i didn't care much for it. The second time i saw it i really liked it. After seeing the second one this one at first seemed like a let down. Now i think it just took it in another direction. This was the first movie to make Pinhead a real bad guy like Freddy Krueger. Before this he was just a cool side character in my mind. The movie has some real stupid things in it near the end with new Cenobites throwing cd's and crap but other then that the movie is a cool Horror film. Pinhead has some good lines and i like the background history on Pinhead. If you have seen the first 2 then check it out.
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8/10
A big step up
26 October 2003
This is where the Hellraiser series got good. This Was better then the first Hellraiser in every way. Bloodier...more Pinhead...Better Plot...more fun. This is where it really starts to get good. I didn't care much for the first one but this one suprised me with how much i liked it. If you havent seen the Hellraiser series check it out. Just dont give up after the first one cause regardless of what a lot of people with tell you it only gets better.
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Hellraiser (1987)
5/10
Overrated
26 October 2003
This one is known as the best of the Hellraiser series and that is completly wrong. This one is the most boring. This one has the worst lines. This one has the worst ending. It is only known as the best because it was the first. I really like the rest of the series but this one is only good cause it starts the story. Their are Horror series that never get better then the first one. This series gets better after the first one. Come to daddy......
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Session 9 (2001)
A creepy and smart film
5 October 2003
THere have been a lot of negative things said about this film. Screw them. IF you have to see heads exploding or little girls coming out of Tv's to be scared then skip this movie. THis movie builds all its horror on voices and surroundings. The acting is is way above your normal horror film and its much smarter. From what i know this movie was never out in THeaters which is a shame. IT's so good. THe movie gave me the creeps, It kept me guessing and in the end made it me care. I dont really think any movies are "scary" anymore but movies can creep me out and this movie did. SEE IT!!!!!!!!
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im not sure if im the first not to rave about this movie
15 May 2003
this movie is not bad but its not great either. If anything id say its a little boring. THe car chase scene is the only action scene that really made me gasp. IT has some real worthless dialogue that seems to be there just to fill time.Im not going to give anything away about the movie so ill end with this. Decent movie but dont be shocked when you catch your mind wondering off.
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6/10
better than phantom............. but so are most movies
19 May 2002
Alright im just going to get this out of the way, Aotc is better than phantom. ITs got a better story,better action, better effects and just plain more enertaining in my mind. With that said i will now let you know that doesant mean its that great of a movie. The writing is still bad, the acting is still not that great, the special effects are still way over used( the aliens in costumes look much better than the ones that are all computer), and the love story is just plain bad. Im not sure what lucas was thinking when writing out the dialog but its like he cant figure out how to have interesting conversations. Lucas never uses more words than he has to move the plot along(unless its to make a sassy remark at the worst times)Maybe its just me but i like to see normal conversations sometimes so that we can really learn about the characters.Action wise the movie is pretty good. The fight between Obi wan and jongo fett is great and anakin going on a killing spree was suprising and just plain awesome. But other moments when the movie could be great its killed by stupid jokes. The end was getting really good until c3po has to screw it up with bad jokes that dont fit.If Lucas has done anything right its that ill see episode 3 cause there is still a chance to end star wars with a bang. FOr me thats having a plot twist no one see's coming.WHy does anakin have to be Vader? WHy does he have to be the father of luke? With a few great twists at the end of these 3 movies can make you look at the other 3 in a whole new light and give them a whole new meaning. But is Lucas willing to grow some balls and take a chance? I doubt it.
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Swordfish (2001)
3/10
so bad.............oh so bad
25 November 2001
There are bad movies and then there is Swordfish. THe only thing good about this whole movie is the first 5 minutes. John travolta gives a cool speach and a cool explosion happens and then it all goes down the crapper.Its an ok plot but its done so bad. I knew the movie was bad when they had hallie berry topless. IT looked good but you could tell that the movie alone wouldnt bring people in so they paid her a little more to take her top off. THen there is suddenly explosions when there shouldnt be and the ending is so stupid!!!!!!!!!! Dont watch this film. Id rather watch LOSt world again ( and thats saying something)
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5/10
A good kids film but not great for anyone over the age 10
25 November 2001
Ok i saw this movie without reading the books. i was tempted to read the books but i thought it was better to watch the movie as a movie. The movie is well done. IT has some funny parts and the story is really good for a kids movie. THe main problems i hade with the movie was how in 2 and half hours they still rushed to explain things. They would always have some character jump in and explain some really important thing in 2 seconds and then leave.I did hear how the special effects were suppose to be so good and they were just average in my point of view. The acting was good, the story was fine but the end was more of the same. I groaned in pain when everything came together. Same old crap. Take your kids to see it and dont just like it cause it has such big crowds. Remeber one thing.......the movies that are the biggest are the worst. Star wars episode one ( SO bad!!!!) Titanic (ONe of the worst scripts) and THe LOST WORLD ( nuff said) I guess not all big movies are bad but most are. This is just another over hyped movie
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Memento (2000)
10/10
Trippy, mind bending and just plain awesome
12 November 2001
IS this the best movie ever made? It may well be. Not only is this movie smart and mind bending, it also is one of the most thought provoking movies in a long time. The acting is top notch.The writing cant get any better and for anyone that hasnt seen this movie just sit back and try to figure it out. If this isnt the best movie ever then it follows close behind the Godfather movies.
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