# Actors

Filmography:
ACTRESS FILMOGRAPHY 
 ---------------------------- 
 "Joan of Arcadia" (2003) 
 Ring, The (2002) 
 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) 
 "Port Charles" (1997) 
 Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard (1996) 
 "General Hospital" (1963) 
 Rebellious (1995) 
 Live Nude Girls (1995)

Biography:
BIOGRAPHY
---------------------------- 
Amber Rose Tamblyn was born May 14, 1983 in Santa Monica, California. Amber caught an agent's eye at the age of ten after a performance in "Pippi Longstocking". She has appeared in "Live Nude Girls"(1995) and "Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard"(1996). In addition, her most popular role has been the role of Emily Bowen-Quartermaine of the popular soap "General Hospital"(1963). She originated the role of Emily in 1995. Amber is the daughter of actor Russ Tamblyn and her mother, Bonnie, is a singer and artist. In addition, Amber writes poetry and has been published in the San Francisco publications, Cups and Poetry USA. Amber also enjoys singing, dancing, and theater in addition to her life on "General Hospital"(1963).

TRIVIA
---------------------------- 
Fan of folk singer Ani DiFrancoDaughter of actor Russ TamblynAmber suffers from Arachnophobia. When a scene called for "Emily" to pick up her pet Tarantula, Amber went to the writers and asked them if they could change the scene. She also suggested that the spider be killed off and "Emily" be given a rat, the sort of pet Amber herself had at home.Amber's Dad, Russ Tamblyn danced with her during the 1997 Nurses' Ball.

ScriptUsed:
[IMDB.COM] - (Actor Import Second Generation) @ Velibor Mihic 04_Dec_2003.txt


# Award

Data:
Academy Award - Actor in a Supporting Role


Data:
Academy Award - Actress in a Leading Role


Data:
Academy Award - Actress in a Supporting Role


# Distributor

Data:
PENTA DISTRIBUZIONE - PENTAVIDEO, CECCHI GORI HOME VIDEO (PEPITE)


Data:
U.S. Manga Corps - A USA-Based Distributor


# Movies

ScriptUsed:
[IMDB.COM] - (Full Imp-8 Actors_in_single_line_NAME...(RULE))_Aletsg_8_dec_2003.txt

Producer:
John Daly  | Derek Gibson | Gale Anne Hurd

Writer:
Harlan Ellison  | James Cameron | Gale Anne Hurd | William Wisher Jr.

Comments:
Arnold, best thing 

Arnold Schwarzenegger is a great actor (mainly in action movies) and this
film proves it.James Francis Cameron knows how to make this film
suspenseful and action packed (though the action sequences when the
terminator looks like the robot seems remeniscent from Jason and the
Argonauts).

The story is about a man who is sent back from 2029 (when the world is now
taken over by robots) to 1984 to protect a woman from another being called
the terminator who is programed to killed her.That story sounds basic (if
your Einstein) but it is the action sequences and the actors who pull this
through.Linda Hamilton plays the frightened Sarah Conner who is the
target, Michael Biehn plays the soldier who must save her, and Arnold plays
the terminator, who is to terminate them.And I thought nothing has come
close for a while (maybe the sequel).Favorite part: Arnold looks for Sarah
Conner around L.A. and finds 3 others that have the same name. 
A+

Plot:
A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Sarah Connor, a young woman whose life will have a great significance in years to come. Sarah has only one protector - Kyle Reese - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Sarah, but is there any way to stop the seemingly indestructible cyborg ? 
 In the future, Skynet, a computer system fights a losing war against the humans who built it and who it nearly exterminated. Just before being destroyed, Skynet sends a Terminator back in time to kill Sarah, the mother to be of John Connor, the Leader of the human resistance. The terminator can pass for human, is nearly indestructible, and has only one mission, killing Sarah Connor. One soldier is sent back to protect her from the killing machine. He must find Sarah before the Terminator can carry out it's mission. 
 In the year 2029, a computer called Skynet is fighting against a human resistance, after having nearly destroyed the rest of humanity in 1997. Skynet has found a way to send some of it's warriors, called Terminators, back in time. This is the story of the Terminator sent to kill the resistance leader's mother in 1984, before she gives birth. The resistance sends a warrior named Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect the young woman. The question is, can Sarah Connor survive long enough to have her child so that history remains on tracK? 
 A cyborg assassin called "The Terminator" is sent back through time to 1984 to kill the seemingly innocent Sarah Connor-a woman whose unborn son will lead the human race to victory in a bitter future war with a race of machines. If the Terminator succeeds, mankind is doomed. Sarah's only hope is a soldier from that post-apocalyptic war, who has chased the Terminator back through time. The future of the human race depends on which one finds her first...

TagLine:
In the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised the ultimate plan. They would reshape the Future by changing the Past. The plan required something that felt no pity. No pain. No fear. Something unstoppable. They created 'THE TERMINATOR'

Actors:
Arnold Schwarzenegger....The Terminator 
  | Michael Biehn....Kyle Reese 
   | Linda Hamilton....Sarah Connor 
   | Paul Winfield....Lieutenant Ed Traxler 
   | Lance Henriksen....Detective Vukovich 
   | Bess Motta....Ginger Ventura 
   | Earl Boen....Dr. Peter Silberman 
   | Rick Rossovich....Matt Buchanan


Distributor:
PENTA DISTRIBUZIONE - PENTAVIDEO, CECCHI GORI HOME VIDEO (PEPITE)

ScriptUsed:
[CINEMATOGRAFO.IT] - (Full Import & Small Pictures) @AleTsg updated by VinLas 29_Feb_2004.txt

Producer:
PACIFIC WESTWERN - LIGHTSTORM ENTERTAINMENT

Comments:
l film è, dal punto di vista dello spettacolo, eccezionale. Sia che lo vediamo sotto il profilo degli effetti speciali, qui senza dubbio, per novità e accuratezza, eccezionali, sia per il sapiente movimento macchina che dà a molte sequenze un effetto verità quanto mai trascinante. Gli attori sono tutti dei bravi interpreti da Schwarzenegger che riesce a fornire addirittura ironia al suo robotico personaggio, Linda Hamilton assai convincente nella sua parte di donna allucinata. Bravo Robert Patrick (il T100) e non solo per i suoi effetti strepitosi (li è bravo il computer, se mai), ma per la gelida ironia da SS cibernetica. E' buona anche l'interpretazione di Edward Furlong nella parte del bambino disadattato e brigantello che deve traumaticamente affrontare una situazione più grande di lui. Se è pur vero che bene e male sono qui chiaramente collocati, i dettagli dello scontro sembrano divenire più importanti di ogni valutazione morale, appannando il messaggio di allarme, che pur si enuclea inequivocabilmente, contro il proliferare sul pianeta di una tecnologia a rischio come quella cibernetica. (Segnalazioni cinematografiche)

Plot:
Un Terminator, dopo aver precedentemente difeso Sarah Connor dalle grinfie d'acciaio di un cyborg, è incaricato di difenderne il figlio John dall'attacco terrificante di un modello più sofisticato, il letale T-1000, capace come una gelatina di scomporsi e di ricomporsi in mille guise, assumendo le fattezze altrui al semplice contatto, di estroflettere micidiali lame, di celarsi furbescamente appiattendosi sui pavimenti, di passare attraverso sbarre con irrisoria facilità. Difficile il compito del terminator "buono", che deve subito salvare il ragazzo da un camion che, guidato dal T-1000, sta per distruggere la sua moto. Deve poi aiutarlo a liberare la madre dal manicomio criminale dove l'hanno rinchiusa. Sarah ha tentato di far saltare la fabbrica di computer da cui uscirà lo Skynet, il sistema di autodifesa che si attiverà spontaneamente il 29 agosto 1997, per distruggere il mondo in un olocausto nucleare per poi dominarlo con cyborg da lui stesso prodotti. Sfuggiti per l'ennesima volta al micidiale killer che ha assunto fattezze di un poliziotto, i tre si rifugiano nel New Mexico dove s'armano. Qui Sarah va ad assassinare Dyson, responsabile del futuro progetto Skynet, e che per realizzarlo si serve di ciò che resta del primo Terminator, un braccio ed un prezioso chip. Intenerita dal figlio di Dyson piangente, Sarah non riesce ad uccidere l'uomo. Sopraggiunti gli altri due, Dyson viene convinto, anche grazie alla evidente prova del cyborg, della verità della storia, e decide di aiutarli a distruggere il chip e tutti i documenti del progetto. Si recano quindi alla fabbrica dove immobilizzano uno dei guardiani, e nonostante l'altro dia l'allarme attirando i poliziotti, nonchè il T-1000, riescono a fuggire con il materiale, mentre Dyson, ormai morente per i colpi ricevuti prima da Sarah ed ora dalla polizia, fa esplodere l'edificio. In una rocambolesca fuga e conseguente duello finale in un'acciaieria, il robot buono, dopo essere riuscito ad eliminare quello malvagio, decide di sacrificarsi perchè anch'egli contiene le pericolose informazioni che vanno distrutte.

TagLine:
Ten Years Ago. The Machines Who Rule The Future Sent An Unstoppable Terminator To Assassinate The Yet Unborn John Connor. They Failed. In 1991. The Machines Will Try Again.

Actors:
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (TERMINATOR)  | LINDA HAMILTON (SARAH CONNOR)  | EDWARD FURLONG (JOHN CONNOR)  | ROBERT PATRICK (T-1000)  | EARL BOEN (DR. SILBERMAN)  | JOE MORTON (MILES DYSON)  | S. EPATHA MERKERSON (TARISSA DYSON)  | DALTON ABBOTT (CONNOR DA RAGAZZO)  | XANDER BERKELEY (TODD VOIGHT)  | ENNALLS BERL (BRYANT)  | LISA BRINEGAR (UNA RAGAZZA)  | CASEY CHAVEZ (RAGAZZINO)  | DANNY COOKSEY (TIM)  | NIKKI COX (UNA RAGAZZA)  | NIXON DE VAUGHN (DANNY DYSON)  | GWENDA DEACON (INFERMIERA DI NOTTE)  | MICHAEL EDWARDS (JOHN CONNOR A 44 ANNI)  | NOEL EVANGELISTI (AGENTE ALL'OSPEDALE)  | KEN GIBBEL (DOUGLAS)  | JENETTE GOLDSTEIN (JANELLE VOIGHT)  | CASTULO GUERRA (ENRIQUE SALCEDA)  | LESLIE HAMILTON GEARREN (CONTROFIGURA SARAH CONNOR)  | DON LAKE (MOSSBERG)  | JARED LOUNSBERY (RAGAZZINO)  | COLIN PATRICK LYNCH (AIUTANTE)  | TOM MACDONALD (POLIZIOTTO)  | JIM PALMER (JOCKS)  | DIANE RODRIGUEZ (JOLANDA SALCEDA)  | PETER SCHRUM (LLOYD)  | TONY SIMOTES (GUARDIANO)  | DON STANTON (LEWIS T-1000)  | RICHARD VIDAN (WEATHERBY)  | SHANE WILDER (CAMIONISTA)  | ROBERT WINLEY (CICLISTA)


MPAA:
Rated R for strong sci-fi violence and action, and for language and brief nudity.

Producer:
Moritz Borman  | Matthias Deyle | Guy East | Oliver Hengst | Gale Anne Hurd | Mario Kassar | Hal Lieberman | Joel B. Michaels | Aslan Nadery | Volker Schauz | Nigel Sinclair | Andrew G. Vajna | Colin Wilson

Writer:
James Cameron  | Gale Anne Hurd | John D. Brancato | Michael Ferris | Tedi Sarafian | John D. Brancato | Michael Ferris

Comments:
Falls Hard.

A "Terminator" film without writer-director James Cameron seemed doomed from
the start and sadly the prediction would ultimately become a reality.
"Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" picks up several years after the events
of the second film and John Connor (Nick Stahl) has become little more than
a nomad, constantly moving around because of the fact he does not feel safe
anywhere. Even though everything was supposedly solved at the conclusion of
"Terminator 2", Stahl cannot help but feel that danger still looms. He is of
course right as a new terminator (in the form of the strikingly beautiful
Kristanna Loken) comes into the picture and chaos strikes. Naturally Arnold
Schwarzenegger returns as a re-programmed terminator sent from the future to
protect Stahl at all costs. Also along for the ride is engaged veterinarian
Claire Danes who has an important role to play in the future. Skynet (ran by
David Andrews, who is also Danes' father) is still the governmental entity
that must be stopped, altering the future for good. "Terminator 3" struggles
the whole way through and nearly won me over anyway with fast-paced action
and clever one-liners. However, the direction by Jonathan Mostow (a
film-maker who does not hold a candle to Cameron) is never very clear and
the writing staggers throughout. The final moments of the production are a
huge downer too and it is made blatantly clear that there is always a chance
for more installments. I was very close to giving "Terminator 3" a marginal
thumbs up, but the ending was such a mess that it soured me on that notion.
Not in the same league with the first installment and not in the same
cinematic galaxy as the second. 2.5 out of 5 stars.

Plot:
It is a dark time for the resistance and Skynet is on the verge of going online, the events of the last movie has changed nothing and John must now battle a new Terminator called the T-X. As before, the resistance was able to send another T-800 as a protector for John, and its still a question of which one will reach him first... 
 On the verge of Judgement Day, the most advanced Terminator unit ever, the T-X, arrives from the future to ensure the rise of the machines. The only hope against it is a new upgraded T-800 unit, the T-850, that is sent back by the human resistance. Together with John Connor, it must stop the rise of the machines or all humanity will fall. 
 John Conner, now an adult, in fear of the events that took place at a young age, lives off the grid--no phone, no job, no credit cards. After failing twice, SkyNet sends their most advanced machine to date, the T-X or Terminatrix, to not only kill John, but his future wife as well. Once again, a Terminator is sent to protect John and his future wife, and has a small upgrade which allows it to mimick humans more. Not knowing how these terminators were sent, considering he thought he destroyed SkyNet, John will soon learn something that will change his life...forever.

Actors:
Arnold Schwarzenegger....Terminator 
  | Nick Stahl....John Connor 
   | Claire Danes....Kate Brewster 
   | Kristanna Loken....T-X 
   | David Andrews....Robert Brewster 
   | Mark Famiglietti....Scott Petersen 
   | Earl Boen....Dr. Peter Silberman 
   | Moira Harris....Betsy


MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, disturbing images, language and some drug references.

Producer:
Benita Allen  | Neal Edelstein | Christine Iso | Roy Lee | Laurie MacDonald | Mike Macari | Walter F. Parkes | J.C. Spink | Michele Weisler

Musician:
Neil Brand  | James Michael Dooley | Henning Lohner | Martin Tillman | Hans Zimmer | Andy Patalan

Writer:
Kôji Suzuki  | Hiroshi Takahashi | Ehren Kruger

Comments:
An Interpretation of The Ring--This is Not a Review; I May Write a Review at a Later Time

Since there has been a lot of confusion over just what The Ring is about,
what it all means, whether it makes any sense, etc. I would like to give my
interpretation of the film.This is not a review!

***BEWARE OF SPOILERS!***
Please do not read any further if you have not already seen the film. 


Keep in mind that my interpretation certainly is not the only possible one,
and may be way off base from what the filmmakers intended.However, I think
my reading is interesting, and makes all of the film `make sense'.Under my
interpretation, the film is a bit like a puzzle-almost everything that
happens is a puzzle piece, and the final keys to unlocking it do not occur
until the end.In order to read the film this way, you have to take many
occurrences and comments non-literally. 

First, it's important to understand the story of the Morgans.Richard and
Anna Morgan wanted to have a kid, but couldn't.They kept trying, and she
kept having miscarriages.Finally, a "miracle" occurred, and Anna gave
birth to Samara.Unfortunately, Samara also had Carrie-like abilities, and
this was combined with what seemed to be mental illness.As any want-to-be
mother who hasn't been able to have a child for years and finally has one
that seems like a miracle, Anna was obsessed with Samara and Samara's
problems, and Richard began to resent, and even hate Samara.When Anna
finally started going insane, Richard blamed Samara.Samara deeply loved
her mom-this is evidenced in the mental institution scenes.She also hated
her father because of the above reasons, and a key thing to remember is that
during the same scene where she expressed love for her father, she commented
that all he really cared about were his horses.This gives you a clue that
while Anna had a relationship with the horses, the real horse-lover was the
father.And this explains why the horses were dying-Samara was using her
Carrie-like abilities to kill them, in order to get back at her father for
his emotional abuse and neglect.

By the time they got Samara out of the mental institution, Anna had really
cracked.So much so that given the facts about Anna and the dysfunctional
relationships in the family-for example, at this point, Richard was making
Samara live in the room in the barn-Anna decided that the best thing for
Samara was to kill her by dumping her in the well.Unfortunately, Anna
didn't do a very good job, and Samara was still alive-to survive seven more
days trapped in the well.Anna couldn't live with herself thinking she had
killed Samara, so she committed suicide by jumping off the cliff into the
ocean.

Now, in my opinion, the final key to unlock the relationship between the
Morgans and the Kellers (well, and Noah, of course) was the line `I made a
copy'.Although true literally, it's really figurative-Aidan is a `copy' of
Samara.In fact, I think that he is a reincarnation of Samara.There are
many parallels drawn between the two children, and between the two sets of
parents.Aidan appears to be slightly `off' mentally, although in
retrospect, we know that there are supernatural reasons for some of this. 


When Samara was killed she became a ghost, as with many people `wrongly
killed and not properly put to rest', under our common horror archetypes. 
As Samara was unlike most children, she was also unlike most ghosts, the
most significant distinction being that she retained her Carrie-like
abilities.For whatever reason, at least a portion of her being ended up
reincarnated as Aidan.However, she remained Samara to an extent-at least
until the truth about Samara was discovered and she was properly put to
rest, at which point she could fully become Aidan.This explains a number
of things-for example, why Aidan had his visions.

To explain the tape, it was simply Samara using her Carrie-like and
poltergeist-like powers to try to relay her story to others.The tape is
something like a series of mental images from someone who is mentally
unstable (and we know it wasn't filmed-`there is no camera in the mirror'). 
The tape appeared where it did because the mountain cabins were built over
the well.Samara's physical powers were the most powerful where her body
was.Samara's desire to get her story out was so strong that she brought
about virtual re-enactments of her ordeal, so that people primed for her
story (by watching the tape) had only seven days to live, as she did, and
died as if they had simply perished of starvation and fright, their bodies
left to rot in water (explaining both the water prior to the deaths and why
they looked `water-logged' and `water-decayed' immediately after
death).

Because Samara, as Samara, was largely in control before Rachel discovered
her true story, Aidan's cousin, who had seen the tape, was allowed to die. 
However, understanding the above, we can now easily understand why Rachel
lived and Noah didn't.Aidan loved his mother as Samara had loved hers, and
would never allow her to be killed.Additionally, Aidan's mother allowed
what Samara's wouldn't-for Aidan to express and simply be himself.However
Noah had many similarities to Samara's father, such as his neglect (and note
that Noah claiming to be Samara's father, so that he could access her
records, has deep symbolism under this interpretation-it's also literally
true in a sense), and his death occurred in conjunction with a symbolic
release of Samara (literally from the television screen, but figuratively
from being a ghost, and she was leaving the picture in order to leave Aidan
in charge).Aidan's horror at hearing of what Rachel did for Samara was in
his realization that he had finally, fully, become `Samara-spirit' or
`Samara-nature', at least as that was to be exemplified in this particular
instantiation.

Plot:
When her niece spontaneously dies of fright one week to the day she watched a disturbing video, a cynical journalist (Naomi Watts) travels to the Pacific Northwest in search of the tape's origins and its links to a string of suicides at a horse ranch. 
 A mysterious video tape is killing off anyone who watches it. Whenever the victim watches it, the phone rings, telling them they have only one week to live. A young reporter named Rachel is investigating these events, but after she and her small son watch the tape, it becomes a race against time to find out why the tape is killing everyone and how it could be stopped. 
 Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) is a young journalist with a divorced husband, Noah (Martin Henderson), and a son, Aidan (David Dorfman). Her niece was recently found dead with a look of pure shock embedded in her face as if something scared her to death. Upon learning that her niece's three friends died at the same time, too, and hearing about a disturbing videotape that is said to kill you seven days after watching it, Rachel comes into the possession of that same tape. Now, as time grows short, Rachel and Noah race to save their lives from impending doom and discover what the tape has to do with a tragedy-stricken horse ranch and a very strange little girl named Samara (Daveigh Chase)...

Actors:
Naomi Watts....Rachel Keller 
  | Martin Henderson....Noah Clay 
   | David Dorfman....Aidan Keller 
   | Brian Cox....Richard Morgan 
   | Jane Alexander....Dr. Grasnik 
   | Lindsay Frost....Ruth Embry 
   | Amber Tamblyn....Katie Embry 
   | Rachael Bella....Rebecca Kotler


MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and some sexual content.

Producer:
Lawrence Bender  | Koko Maeda | Dede Nickerson | Erica Steinberg | E. Bennett Walsh | Bob Weinstein | Harvey Weinstein

Writer:
Quentin Tarantino  | Uma Thurman | Quentin Tarantino

Comments:
An Instant Classic

`The fourth film by Quinton Tarantino', as the credits shamelessly
explain,
is yet another bankable classic from a director who's already changed the
art with `Reservoir Dogs', `Pulp Fiction' and `Jackie Brown'.

From `Kill Bill's first surprising gunshot to its monumental cliffhanger
ending (right up there with `Luke, I am your father'),the movie is
relentlessly intense, tearing an audience between wanting more action and
wanting a cigarette to calm frayed nerves. We follow the tale of `The
Bride'
(played to convincing, vengeful perfection by Uma Thurman) as she sets out
to murder her former colleagues, members of the `Deadly Viper
Assassination
Squad', and their leader, the enigmatic, faceless Bill. After attempting
to
leave the group of assassins for a normal life, the Bride is tracked down
on
her wedding day and witnesses the murder of her wedding party, right
before
Bill puts her in a coma. Four years later, a very angry Bride wakes
up.

Tarantino pulls no punches, creating, as one critic put it, `The most
violent film ever released by an American film distributor'. Squirting
blood
and flying limbs abound, but the director does it all with a breathtaking
sense of style. We witness one sword-dance in silhouette, one in black and
white, one over a beautifully filmed snow-covered Japanese garden, and
even
a sequence in Anime. `KB's story is minimal, but Tarantino's aim is style:
Sergio Leone, Cheh Chang and Bruce Lee are all paid homage, and then
gracefully outdone.

The soundtrack, primarily Japanese artists performing American styles, is
haunting: Tarantino breaks form by not using well-known American classic
rock (who could forget being `Stuck in the Middle' of Mr. Blonde and a
helpless cop?), but by doing so sets the perfect mood of the film. They're
songs we've never heard before, but feel strangely connected
to.

Yes, the movie is in two volumes. However, the end feels right, coming
after an epic battle that puts `Reloaded's `Burly Brawl' to shame. `Kill
Bill' is a testament to Tarantino's ability to take the craft of his idols
and make it his own, mixing classic cult film style and mixing it with his
own wicked sense of Cool. Not for the faint of heart or anyone looking for
a
`feel-good' film, but `Kill Bill' is at the very least an instant
classic.

Plot:
"The Bride" was once part of a group of world class female assassins, until the group leader, "Bill" and the other assassins turn against her. Five years later "The Bride" awakens from the coma the assassins left her in and heads out to seek bloody revenge. Unlike conventional movies, Kill Bill is told in chapter format making the narrative flow more like a book than a film. 
 Uma Thurman stars in Quentin Tarantino's fourth film venture, Kill Bill. Thurman plays a character known as the Bride, a pregnant assassin who is shot by her boss, Bill (David Carradine), on her wedding day, leaving herself and the wedding guests lying for dead. She survives and after being in a coma for five years, she wakes to seek revenge on her co-workers and boss who had attacked her. She sets out to strike down her once fellow assassins, leaving Bill for last. 
 The Bride (Uma Thurman) was once a top member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. And then, one day, she decided to leave the business, assume a new identity, and get married. But it was on the day of her marriage that her old "friends," O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu), Elle Driver (Darryl Hannah), Budd (Michael Madsen), and Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox), not to mention her boss, Bill (David Carradine), showed up out of the blue. They assassinate the entire ceremony and Bill shoots the Bride in the head, putting her in a coma. Well, Bill and his people should have tried a little harder, because after four years, the Bride has awakened from her coma. And Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned... 
 The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad consists of five most deadly killers, led by Bill. There is O'Ren-Ishii as Cottonmouth, Elle Driver as California Mountain Snake, Vernita Green as Copperhead, Budd as Sidewinder. And there is The Bride, whose name is not spoken, who wanted to quit because she was pregnant. One day, somewhere in the Texas desert, The Bride wanted to marry the love of her life. Then Bill and her former colleagues showed up and killed everyone there. But they did not do a good enough job: The Bride survives, barely, and is in a coma for four years. Her colleagues know this but won't kill her in her sleep, it would just ruin the reputation. One day, The Bride awakens. For her, not a second has consciously passed, and after she realizes all the things that have happened, The Bride decides to take revenge. Bloody revenge. On each single one of those who betrayed her. First on her death list is Cottonmouth, who has become the yakuza boss of Tokio, second in line is Copperhead, who chose a more decent life as well. The Bride sets out to take back what was once hers: Her life.

TagLine:
In the year 2003, Uma Thurman will kill Bill

Actors:
Uma Thurman....The Bride (Black Mamba) 
  | David Carradine....Bill 
   | Lucy Liu....O-Ren Ishii/Cottonmouth 
   | Daryl Hannah....Elle Driver (California Mountain Snake) 
   | Vivica A. Fox....Vernita Green (Copperhead) 
   | Michael Madsen....Budd/Sidewinder 
   | Michael Parks....Earl McGraw 
   | Sonny Chiba....Hattori Hanzo


MPAA:
Rated R for sci-fi violence and brief sexual content.

Producer:
Bruce Berman  | Grant Hill | Andrew Mason | Joel Silver | Andy Wachowski | Larry Wachowski

Musician:
Don Davis  | Duke Ellington | Django Reinhardt | Ben Watkins

Writer:
Andy Wachowski  | Larry Wachowski | Andy Wachowski | Larry Wachowski

Comments:
I can't understand the hate. Amazing movie.

We all know the original Matrix was easily the pinacle. But that's because
it grabbed out attentions as something brand new. The first movie, if done
correctly as the Matrix was, can open our eyes to new ideas we never
considered in any strain of our imagination.

 I'll admitt, Reloaded was a bit slow and perhaps a bit tedious at times. It
was saved by an amazing Neo vs. Thousands of Smiths' battle, an even more
amazing highway scene centered around Morpheus, and the appearance of the
amazing Monica Belluci (a character I wish we'd heard more from the in the
3rd installment).

 Now as for Revolutions. Unless you're unrealistic or a mass-media critic,
who all hate anything outside of artsy or useless Indy movies that get ZERO
major release...you'll enjoy and perhaps love Revolutions.

 You get clarity to a lot of questions. You get resolution. No cliffhangers.
People die and people survive, I won't dare say whom. You are brought all
the way from dispair to happiness. Instead of simply giving the cheesy
ending, the Matrix's "end" is proper and sensible.

 Of course there are some plot holes, but I dare anyone and everyone to find
a movie without numerous mistakes or unanswered questions. More and more
directors should heed the advice of David Lynch and allow the audience to
interpret a few things for themselves. Keep them thinking. (I won't open up
a Lynch debate, that's for another time and place)

 In the end, you'll enjoy Revolutions. It is action-packed with amazing
special effects and the usual above-average acting and amazing creativity in
the choreography of the fight scenes.

 Agent Smith shines in a stellar performance by Hugo Weaving. His words to
Neo throughout his battle are stellar. His encounter with the Oracle,
awesome. Keanu, Fish, Carrie-Anne, Jada, and others for the fight for good
are also as sharp as they need to be.

 In the end, Revolutions is everything a true fan of the Matrix wants. And
if they ask for more, they are not only guilty of being unrealistic, but
also asking too much for an amazing trilogy.

 A trilogy I believe should be held in the same breath as Star Wars (the
original three), Back to the Future, Indiana Jones, and numerous other
action-drama based trilogies. I'm sure I'll be adding the Lord of the Rings
trilogy to that list, barring a collapse with the Return of the King
(another debate for another time).

Plot:
The machine army continues to drill towards Zion. Within hours, they will overrun the population of the Zionites and lay extinction to human kind. Meanwhile, Neo is held captive by the Merovingian at a train station. Trinity & Morpheus set out on a journey to release him from a mysterious train operator. Also, Smith resumes his quest to kill "Mr. Anderson" as he reveals his identity into the real world and resumes to replicate his program inside the system of The Matrix, causing it to decay. All hope is placed in the freed Neo, who must travel to the city of the machines in the Logos ship with Trinity and bargain to save each kingdom from destruction by finishing Smith once and for all. But even with his new powers over the sentinels, will he be able to fight them off?
 It is a dark time for the world. Neo is trapped in the "Train Station", between the Matrix and the Source. Zion is doomed to be crushed under an unstoppable army of countless Sentinels. But it is not only the human race that is in peril. The machines press ever onward against the humans, unaware that one force within the Matrix has slowly been growing, and has taken over that world completely: Smith. There is only one hope for both races, the one force that can stop Smith, and that is Neo. One final battle must ensue. And the outcome of this battle will decide the fate and future of both races.

TagLine:
Everything that has a beginning has an end.

Actors:
Mary Alice....The Oracle 
  | Tanveer K. Atwal....Sati 
   | Helmut Bakaitis....The Architect 
   | Kate Beahan....Coat Check Girl 
   | Francine Bell....Councillor Grace 
   | Monica Bellucci....Persephone 
   | Rachel Blackman....Charra 
   | Henry Blasingame....Deus Ex Machina (voice)


MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality/nudity, language and some violence.

Producer:
Carlo Bernasconi  | Mario Cotone | Fabrizio Lombardo | Teresa Moneo | Mario Spedaletti | Bob Weinstein | Harvey Weinstein

Writer:
Giuseppe Tornatore  | Luciano Vincenzoni

Comments:
Wonderful

Spoilers follow.

Afterwards I had the vague worry that perhaps I enjoyed it too much.I
don't think any of us expected that Malèna would be made to suffer quite so
much.By small degrees we progress from a general attitude of
unfriendliness and disrespect to a brutal public beating - no less bad than
if she'd been raped at the point of a knife - and STILL, although this
particular scene is heart-rending, the film as a whole is not unpleasant to
watch.Why not?

The obvious answer: because it's good.And it IS good.Few films are so
pleasing to look at, with precise yet wonderfully casual camerawork (take
the scene in which Tornatore's camera ambles around, picking out first this
conversation in the village square, then that one - this is kind of thing is
common, but rarely done so well), and some shots are simply so gorgeous that
they would justify themselves in any context.(But never is the visual
beauty presented to us MERELY for its own sake.)It's funny, perceptive,
brisk, disarming, and has a lovely score (by Ennio Morricone).Of films
about tragedies, only the bad ones are ENTIRELY depressing.

But there's more to it than that.For almost every second we watch, we half
expect Renato to intervene on Malèna's behalf - and very often, there's an
elusive first few seconds in which it seems as though his intervention would
do some good.(Maybe this is never more than an illusion, but like many
illusions, it persists.)The offer of a happy ending, or at least a small
triumph, is never far beneath the surface.

Nor is the offer entirely false.It's not clear exactly what happened in
that scene in the marketplace at the end - least of all to the protagonists
- but I interpreted it as another sign that Malèna had KEPT her dignity all
along, and that she now cared so little for the village's judgment in itself
that she could publicly "accept" it without feeling compromised.This is
still a SMALL triumph, all things considered, but I think Tornatore fairly
lets us know that it's the best we could reasonably expect.

I haven't gone into Renato's side of the story, which is of course just as
important and just as richly rendered."Malèna" is surely one of the best
films of 2000 (at the moment it's third on my list, out of a hundred or so).
 See it for Luciano Federico, if nothing else: he has a Mussolini impression
that must be seen to be believed.

Plot:
"Bella e impossibile", Maddalena, detta Malena, si aggira per le stradine di Montecuto, in Sicilia. Portamento austero e provocante; su di se gli sguardi di tutti, in particolare di Renato, quattordicenne che s'innamora di lei e sogna fantastiche avventure amorose ed erotiche. Una passione iniziatica! Siamo nel 1940, il giorno della dichiarazione di guerra. Passano i giorni, il marito è partito per il fronte e Malena soffre in silenzio: la notizia della morte del marito, la costrizione a vendersi ai tedeschi, l'odio delle donne del paese. Fino al doloroso riscatto finale. 
 On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna, a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her husband Nico who promptly goes off to war, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the men and the sharp tongues of the women. During the next few years, as Renato grows toward manhood, he watches Malèna suffer and prove her mettle: her loneliness, then grief when Nico is reported dead, the effects of slander on her relationship with her father, her poverty and search for work, and final humiliations. Will Renato learn courage from Malèna and stand up for her?

TagLine:
A world at war. A young man coming of age. And the woman who changed his life forever

Actors:
Monica Bellucci....Malena Scordia 
  | Giuseppe Sulfaro....Renato Amoroso 
   | Luciano Federico....Renato's Father 
   | Matilde Piana....Renato's Mother 
   | Pietro Notarianni....Professor Bonsignore 
   | Gaetano Aronica....Nino Scordia 
   | Gilberto Idonea....Avvocato Centorbi 
   | Angelo Pellegrino....Segretario politico


Title:
Star Trek I - The Motion Picture - Director's Cut

MPAA:
Rated PG for sci-fi action and mild language.

Length:
132 min/ Argentina:136 min/ USA:136 min (director's cut) / USA:143 min (extended version)

Producer:
David C. Fein  | Jon Povill | Gene Roddenberry

Writer:
Gene Roddenberry  | Alan Dean Foster | Harold Livingston | Gene Roddenberry | Leonard Nimoy | William Shatner

Comments:
You'll love it!

This is the first and one of the best in the STAR TREK movie series. The
first time I saw it, I was absolutely amazed by the great performances and
special effects. It seems each time I see this movie, it gets better and
better. it is truly an incredible science fiction movie.

Plot:
An alien phenomenon of unprecedented size and power is approaching Earth, destroying everything in its path. The only starship in range is the U.S.S. Enterprise--still in drydock after a major overhaul. As Captain Decker readies his ship and his crew to face this menace, the legendary Admiral James T. Kirk arrives with orders to take command of the Enterprise and intercept the intruder. But it has been three years since Kirk last commanded the Enterprise on its historic five year mission...is he up to the task of saving the Earth? 
 Admiral James T. Kirk is called upon to take command of the U.S.S. Enterprise for the first time since the TV series ended. A strange alien craft is heading towards earth, destroying everything in its path. Kirk rounds up the rest of his old crew, and acquires a few new members, and sets off to intercept the alien spacecraft. 
 The dazzling, refurbished U.S.S. Enterprise soars proudly once again in this ultimnate space adventure. When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) returns to the newly-transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command. Shatner is joined on this heroic mission by Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, and the cast from the acclaimed "Star Trek" television series. The entire crew mobilizes at warp speed to stop the alien intruder from its relentless flight toward Earth.

Actors:
William Shatner....Adm./Captain James T. Kirk 
  | Leonard Nimoy....Commander Spock 
   | DeForest Kelley....Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy 
   | James Doohan....Commander Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott 
   | George Takei....Lt. Commander Hikaru Sulu 
   | Walter Koenig....Lieutenant Pavel Chekov 
   | Nichelle Nichols....Lt. Commander Nyota Uhura 
   | Majel Barrett....Dr. Christine Chapel

MovieFile1:
C:\Film\Star Trek I - The Motion Picture - Director's Cut.avi


Producer:
Harve Bennett  | William F. Phillips | Robert Sallin

Writer:
Gene Roddenberry  | Harve Bennett | Jack B. Sowards | Jack B. Sowards | Nicholas Meyer | Samuel A. Peeples

Comments:
The second best Trek film

Wrath of Khan is an excellent film that is better than every Trek film,
with
the exception of Star Trek: First Contact. This movie has action, special
effects, a good story, a excellent villain and great space battles. A must
see for both the fans and non-Trekkies.

Plot:
Admiral James T. Kirk is still in charge of a space fleet, but from behind a desk. Dr. McCoy and Mr. Spock convince him to take on a mission which sounds simple, but with the appearance of the mysterious Khan, things get a little tricky. 
 It is the twenty-third century. Admiral James T. Kirk is feeling old; the prospect of accompanying his old ship the Enterprise--now a Starfleet Academy training ship--on a two-week cadet cruise is not making him feel any younger. But the training cruise becomes a deadly serious mission when Khan appears after years of exile--and holding the power of creation itself... 
 In the second Star Trek movie, Admiral Kirk is now a Starfleet Academy instructor, while Captain Spock serves as a cadet training officer, while being in command of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Meanwhile, scientists aboard Space Station Regula I are conducting the Project Genesis experiment, and the U.S.S. Reliant is assigned to the Genesis project. While surveying a lifeless planet in the Ceti Alpha star system, Cmdr. Chekov and Capt. Clark Terrell beam down to the sixth planet, and find a shocking discovery, in which cargo containers are located. Unknown to the Reliant crew was that the cargo containers housed refugees from the Eugenics Wars of 1990s Earth, with Khan Noonian Singh in charge. Khan later revealed that Ceti Alpha VI exploded, and shifted the orbit of the fifth planet as a Mars-like haven. Khan manages to hijack the Reliant, and manages to steal the Genesis Device. Admiral Kirk takes the U.S.S. Enterprise on a training mission, and is involved in a surprise attack, in which Khan vows to avenge his exile. Unfortunately, Captain Spock sacrifices himself to save the Enterprise from the premeditated arming of the Genesis torpedo, and after his death, his casket (which is a converted torpedo tube) was fired from the U.S.S. Enterprise... 
 It is the 23rd Century. The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training maneuvers, and Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned to the fact that this may well be the last space mission of his career. But Khan is back. Aided by his exiled band of genetic supermen, Khan--brilliant renegade of 20th Century Earth--has raided Space Station Regula One, stolen a top secret device called Project Genesis, wrested control of another Federation starship, and now schemes to set a most deadly trap for his old enemy Kirk . . . with the threat of a universal Armageddon!

TagLine:
At the end of the universe lies the beginning of vengeance.

Actors:
William Shatner....Adm. James T. Kirk 
  | Leonard Nimoy....Capt. Spock 
   | DeForest Kelley....Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy 
   | James Doohan....Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott 
   | Walter Koenig....Cmdr. Pavel Chekov 
   | George Takei....Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu 
   | Nichelle Nichols....Cmdr. Nyota Uhura 
   | Bibi Besch....Dr. Carol Marcus

MovieFile1:
C:\Film\Star Trek II - L'Ira di Khan.avi


Producer:
Harve Bennett  | Gary Nardino | Ralph Winter

Writer:
Gene Roddenberry  | Harve Bennett | Leonard Nimoy

Comments:
Not too bad.

Kirk & company make it their mission to go to the Genesis planet to recover
the body of Spock.

A fairly decent watch, with a good storyline and some nifty visual effects.
Christopher Lloyd has a blast as an evil Klingon.

Rating:***1/2 (out of five)

Plot:
Picking up where exactly where Star Trek II left off, the Enterprise and crew are returning to port for some essential repairs to their ship. When they arrive, they are shocked to discover the Enterprise is to be scrapped. When Dr. McCoy starts acting strangely, Kirk is forced to steal his old ship back and fly across space to a lonely planet to save a friend. 
 Admiral Kirk's defeat of Khan and the creation of the Genesis planet are empty victories. Spock is dead and McCoy is unexplainably being driven insane. Then an unexpected visit from Sarek, Spock's father, provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence. With one friend alive and one not, but both in pain, Kirk attempts to help his friends by stealing the Enterprise and defying Starfleet's Genesis quarantine. But the Klingons have also learned of Genesis and race to meet Kirk in a deadly rendezvous.

Actors:
William Shatner....Adm. James T. Kirk 
  | DeForest Kelley....Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy 
   | James Doohan....Cmdr./Capt. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott 
   | George Takei....Commander Hikaru Sulu 
   | Walter Koenig....Commander Pavel Chekov 
   | Nichelle Nichols....Commander Nyota Uhura 
   | Mark Lenard....Ambassador Sarek 
   | Merritt Butrick....Dr. David Marcus

MovieFile1:
C:\Film\Star Trek III - Alla Ricerca di Spock.avi


Producer:
Harve Bennett  | Brooke Breton | Kirk R. Thatcher | Ralph Winter

Musician:
Alexander Courage  | Russell Ferrante | Jimmy Haslip | Leonard Rosenman | Kirk R. Thatcher

Writer:
Gene Roddenberry  | Leonard Nimoy | Harve Bennett | Steve Meerson | Peter Krikes | Harve Bennett | Nicholas Meyer

Comments:
Not for real Star Trek fans 

I would like to class myself as a hardcore Star Trek fan and being a fan i
also nit pic when i comes to things that happen in film or episodes that go
against the Star Trek grain. The Voyage Home is nothing like any Star Trek
Film or episode before or since and because of that for me this film is
poor.
For starters there are no fights or violence in this , apparently Leonard
Nimoy who directed it wanted it like that, who has ever heard of a Sci Fi
film with no action? This has no action at all accept the silly ,round the
sun, time travel that the crew go through to get to 20th century earth. This
must have made most Star Trek fans cringe(it did me!) what a kop
out!.
And what about the head quarters on earth? when you see the different
species that they invented just for the film that we have never seen in the
franchise before? where is the explanation for this?
If your not a fan of Star Trek then you might like this ..... if you can see
through the sentimentality . 
6 out of 10.

Plot:
To save Earth from a destructive space probe, Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to 20th century Earth to recover two humpback whales, who are the only Earth beings who can respond to it. 
 A space probe appears over 23rd century earth, emanating strange sounds towards the planet, and apparently waiting for something. As time goes on, the probe starts to cause major storms on earth and threaten its destruction. James T. Kirk and crew are called upon once again to save mankind. They discover the strange sound is actually the call of the humpback whale - which has been hunted to extinction. They have only one choice - to attempt to time travel back into the 20th century, locate a whale, and bring it back to 23rd century earth to reply to the probe. 
 Admiral Kirk and his crew vow to return to Earth after rescuing Captain Spock to face criminal charges after his unauthorized mission and theft of the U.S.S. Enterprise. After rescuing two humpback whales, Kirk is found guilty of disobeying a Starfleet superior officer and is demoted to Captain and given command of the U.S.S. Enterprise-A. 
 In the 23rd century, a mysterious probe suddenly appears on a direct course for Earth and begins disabling everything in it's path. Meanwhile on the planet Vulcan, Admiral James T. Kirk and the crew decide to go home and face punishment for their unauthorized mission to the Genesis planet to rescue Captain Spock. As they begin their return to Earth in the Klingon Bird of Prey, the probe already arrives there and it's signal causes the planet's power systems to lose power and block out the sun. The probe's signal is directed at the oceans. The Federation sends a warning about the probe and after Admiral Kirk receives it, Spock uses the ship's computer to determine if his theory, that the probe is signaling a creature in Earth's ocean, is correct. Spock's research proves that it is directed at humpback whales, which have been extinct for centuries. To save Earth, the crew must travel back in time to find humpback whales to reply to the signal. After a sling shot around the sun, the crew find themselves in 1986. Now they must find a pair of humpback whales and keep from being detected with only have 24 hours to save humanity. 
 The most acclaimed and, without a doubt, the most intriguing Star Trek adventure of all time. It's the 23rd Century, and a mysterious alien power is threatening Earth by evaporating the oceans and destroying the atmosphere. In their frantic attempt to save mankind, Kirk and his crew must time travel back to 1986 San Francisco where they find a world of punk, pizza, and exact-change buses that are as alien to them as anything they've ever encountered in the far reaches of the galaxy. William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy return as Kirk and Spock, along with the entire Star Trek crew.

TagLine:
They travelled back to where 23rd century man had never gone before.To a mad, crazy, outrageous time. 1986.

Actors:
William Shatner....Admiral/Captain James T. Kirk 
  | Leonard Nimoy....Captain Spock 
   | DeForest Kelley....Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy 
   | James Doohan....Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott 
   | George Takei....Commander Hikaru Sulu 
   | Walter Koenig....Commander Pavel Chekov 
   | Nichelle Nichols....Commander Nyota Uhura 
   | Jane Wyatt....Amanda Grayson

MovieFile1:
C:\Film\Star Trek IV - Rotta Verso la Terra.avi


MPAA:
Rated R for violence, gore and language.

ScriptUsed:
[35MM.IT] - (Full Import_All_Pictures) @ CERU 24_FEB_2004.txt

Writer:
Lawrence Kasdan  | Stephen King | William Goldman

Comments:
Da Stephen King molto è stato tratto, anche dai romanzi minori, con risultati

Plot:
Quattro uomini, amici d'infanzia, si ritrovano per l'annuale battuta di caccia in un bosco del Maine. Grazie a un curioso bambino conosciuto durante l'infanzia, Duddits, i quattro hanno sviluppato un legame indissolubile che unisce le loro menti e che sarà loro molto utile per affrontare gli strani fenomeni di cui sono testimoni: gli animali fuggono dal bosco e gli abitanti locali presentano una strana 'muffa' rossa su varie parti del corpo. Sembra essere uno strano parassita alieno a impossessarsi di loro... ma il peggio deve ancora venire...... ... Leggi il finale </COMMENT>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------FINALE------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mentre Beaver viene ucciso dal parassita, Jonesy viene 'posseduto' dall'alieno stesso che vuole servirsene per superare il blocco militare e propagare la propria specie sulla terra... Grazie alla collaborazione di Owen, sarà Henry a raggiungere l'amico e a liberarlo dall'alieno, grazie soprattutto all'aiuto di Duddits, rivelatosi alieno anch'egli arrivato sul nostro pianeta con anni di anticipo proprio per preparare i suoi abitanti a resistere e sconfiggere la minaccia (allora) futura.

TagLine:
Four friends hung a dreamcatcher in their cabin. It's about to catch something it cannot stop.

Actors:
Timothy Olyphant  | Jason Lee | Thomas Jane | Damian Lewis (I) | Donnie Wahlberg | Morgan Freeman | Tom Sizemore | Ingrid Kavelaar


MPAA:
Rated R for language and brief strong violence.

Producer:
Dorothy Aufiero  | David Collins | Mark Donadio | John Sloss | Michael Williams

Comments:
Seven Out Of Ten.

Written by director Brad Anderson and co-star Stephen Gevedon.

A bickering quintet of asbestos-removal men work on a decrepit,
centuries-old (and shut down) insane asylum - and unexplainable, horrifying
occurences follow shortly after.

Well-acted movie is also an unsettling, unpleasant experience that got under
my skin.I found it actually a little boring in the first half but it
improves as it goes along.Some people may find that the final twist is
worth sticking around for.

Overall, I would say it's slightly above average of its type.There is some
gore but the film-makers, for the most part, seem to be going for something
fairly subtle.

I'll give it a seven out of ten.

Plot:
An asbestos abatement crew wins the bid for an abandoned insane asylum. What should be a straightforward, if rather rushed, job, is complicated by the personal histories of the crew. In particular, Hank is dating Phil's old girlfriend, and Gordon's new baby seems to be unnerving him more than should be expected. Things get more complicated as would-be lawyer Mike plays the tapes from a former patient with multiple personalities, including the mysterious Simon who does not appear until Session 9, and as Hank disappears after finding some old coins.

Actors:
David Caruso....Phil 
  | Stephen Gevedon....Mike 
   | Paul Guilfoyle....Bill Griggs 
   | Josh Lucas....Henry (french version) 
   | Peter Mullan....Gordon Fleming 
   | Brendan Sexton III....Jeff 
   | Charley Broderick....Security Guard (as Charles Broderick) 
   | Lonnie Farmer....Doctor (voice)


Producer:
Lawrence Bender  | Richard N. Gladstein | Monte Hellman | Harvey Keitel | Ronna B. Wallace

Comments:
Puppies

Spoilers herein.

Yet another film about acting, this time the undercover cop. But `Donnie
Brasco' was sharper.

The tone is of a play, with artificially snappy dialog.But almost anything
from Mamet does this better. The camera moves about to keep the central set
from being dull. But dePalma is first among many are who is being copied
here.

There's some cruelty, but it is fakey compared to, say Greenaway; and less
cogent to the story.

Keitel does some teapot acting here, because the scenes are too static for
his style. `Holy Smoke' is the sort of thing where he really shines. Penn
was much better in `Short Cuts,' Roth was way better in `Vincent and Theo'
and more self-referential in `Rosencrantz.' (I'll admit that this is
Tierney's best role.) 

The folded time bit is Tarantino's strength and it is done well here. But it
is hardly original and has been done better by others. Of recent Hollywood
films, `Out of Sight' and `Snake Eyes' are more artful and more integrated
respectively.

My point is that Tarantino doesn't walk on water. This film is not original
but a bunch of ideas from others cleverly bonded. It does not deserve the
IMDB ranking in the top 250. Dogs DID change Hollywood -- not because of its
art but its economics. Think `Blair Witch,' or `Easy Rider' if you prefer a
film from a wunderkind.

Plot:
A gang of thieves carry out an armed robbery on a Diamond warehouse. The police are after them so quickly that they suspect they have a rat in their company. This film starts right after the robbery, with flashbacks to before the robbery, and to the planning of the crime. We are also introduced to the main characters in flashback mode. Plenty of fast action, and plenty of blood and gore. 
 The tale of a group of thugs who are hired to rob a diamond store. But the plan starts to fall apart when the alarm is tripped and the cops show up within moments. Of the group of men, all of whom are identified by colors, only four survive with one being seriously wounded. It is suspected that there is a police informant in the group, but no one is sure who it is. 
 Joe Cabot, a small-time crime boss, assembles five strangers with reputations as good thieves to steal a lot diamonds. When the police arrive at the scene before the burglars can even make their getaway, it becomes apparent that one of them is an undercover police officer.

TagLine:
Five Total Strangers Team Up For The Perfect Crime. They Don't Know Each Other's Name. But They've Got Each Other's Number

Actors:
Harvey Keitel....Mr. White/Lawrence 'Larry' Dimmick 
  | Tim Roth....Mr. Orange/Freddy Newandyke 
   | Michael Madsen....Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega 
   | Chris Penn....Nice Guy Eddie Cabot 
   | Steve Buscemi....Mr. Pink 
   | Lawrence Tierney....Joe Cabot 
   | Randy Brooks....Holdaway 
   | Kirk Baltz....LAPD Officer Marvin Nash


# MPAA

Data:
Rated PG for action violence, mild sensuality and brief language.


Data:
Rated PG for sci-fi action and mild language.


Data:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, disturbing images, language and some drug references.


Data:
Rated PG-13 for violence and some language.


Data:
Rated R for language, a scene of sexuality and some violence.


Data:
Rated R for sci-fi violence and brief language.


Data:
Rated R for sci-fi violence and brief sexual content.


Data:
Rated R for sci-fi violence and some sexuality.


Data:
Rated R for sci-fi violence/gore and language. (director's cut)


Data:
Rated R for sexuality/nudity and language.


Data:
Rated R for some graphic, bloody bat attacks.


Data:
Rated R for some language and brief nudity.


Data:
Rated R for strong sci-fi violence and action, and for language and brief nudity.


Data:
Rated R for strong violence, sexuality, drug use and language.


Data:
Rated R for strong, pervasive vampire violence and gore, language, and brief sexuality.


Data:
Rated R for violence and some graphic language.


Data:
Rated R for violence, language and some sexual content.


Data:
Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and some sexual content.


Data:
Rated R for sexuality/nudity, language and some violence.


Data:
Rated R for violence, gore and language.


Data:
Rated R for language and brief strong violence.


Data:
Rated R for language and sexual content.


# Players

Notes:
-fs		Start in full screen
-asx		Start with x audio stream
		x=1-> 1st audio stream
		x=2-> 2nd audio stream
		x=n-> n audio stream
		x=0-> Semi's Directsound 3D
-nsub		Don't show subtitles even if subtitle file exists
-skin=s		s=skin name
-lang=l		l=language file without extension
-eend		Exit when movie is finished
-pan		Use Pan-scan
-res=WxHxD	Start in specified resolution
		W=width, H=height, D=color depth
		Ex.: -res=1024x768x16
-ar=x:y		Aspect ratio, Ex.: -ar=16:9


Notes:
Command line support
--------------------------
Start in fullscreen mode:
/cli -fullscreen

Start in fullscreen mode and with audio stream 2:
/cli -fullscreen -stream 2


# Producer

Data:
20TH CENTURY FOX - MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT - THE DONNERS' COMPANY - BAD HAT HARRY PRODUCTIONS - AMES ENTERTAINMENT - XM2 PRODUCTIONS - FRANTIC FILMS


Data:
Amblin Entertainment, Asmik Ace Entertainment, BenderSpink, DreamWorks SKG


Data:
C-2 Pictures, InterMedia Film Equities Ltd., IMF Pictures, IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG, Mostow-Lieberman Productions


Data:
Hypnotic, Stillking, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Universal Pictures


Data:
PACIFIC WESTWERN - LIGHTSTORM ENTERTAINMENT


Data:
WARNER BROS., VILLAGE ROADSHOW PRODUCTIONS, VCL COMMUNICATIONS, TOHO-TOWA, PACIFIC WESTERN, INTERMEDIA FILM EQUITIES LTD., IMF, C-2 PICTURES


# Studio

Data:
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey (UK)


