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Why films on TV Cat.no: PLFEB 36121 in their original Cert: 15 widescreen ratio Running time: 97 minutes is good for you Sides: 2 (CLV) Year: 1996 Pressing: UK, 1997 Chapters: 28 (15/12+1) Sound: Dolby Surround Widescreen: 2.35:1 (Panavision) Price: £24.99 Extras : Theatrical trailers : War of the Worlds, The Phantom, Virtuosity, Star Trek: First Contact.

Director:

John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape From New York, Dark Star)

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Video Reviews Snake has been reluctantly recruited to take on Jones, and retrive the doomsday device and the President's daughter. However, whereas in the Comedy Reviews original he had close to 24 hours to complete his mission before a fatal disease kicked in, this time he has only 10 hours. Failure to comply or Book Reviews complete the mission will result in the Plutoxin Seven Virus being fully absorbed into his bloodstream causing a painful death for Snake. Screenplay Reviews "You better hope I don't make it back", promises Snake to Molloy, Brazen and the President. Movie Downloads Interviews TV Shows Let's get one thing out of the way first, this film came under heavy criticism for being just a re-run of the first film, and in essence it does, with Lee PSX Reviews Van Cleef's original role now taken by Stacy Keach, and Michelle Forbes, who appeared in the David Duchovny/Brad Pitt thriller Kalifornia, as N64 Reviews his sidekick, but each of the new actors in the film have their role to play, however brief, and each make it memorable. Dreamcast Revs Such actors include: Steve Buscemi as "Map To The Stars Eddie", Snake's biggest help in getting through his task; Pam Grier, star of the 70's Laserdisc Revs Blaxploitation films as Hershe; Valeria Golino who takes a trip with Snake to see the Surgeon General of Beverly Hills, possibly the worst plastic Short Stories surgeon in the world, played with menace by an unrecognisable Bruce Campbell. Rounding out the extras is Peter Fonda as Pipeline, the best DVDs In Brief surfer in town who teaches Snake how to surf along Wilshire Boulevard when the tsunami approaches.

Right To Reply Why Widescreen? The picture of this release is very good indeed, bringing the crisp layout of John Carpenter's vision to life, much sharper than any video release DVD Links could, although there was a number of "sparklies" on my review copy, on parts of side two including the first couple of scenes, and the final scene Music Links which brought the mark down by one. WS Video List WS PAL LD List The sound quality is fantastic though with directional effects benefitting from the Dolby Surround set-up. If you only have your front speakers built into the television set, you're missing out - it's time to upgrade! Me and my After John Carpenter's first film, Dark Star, shot in Academy 4:3 ratio, every film since has been shot in 2.35:1 Panavision. Carpenter's vision is Aortic Valve! such that nothing other than the original ratio will do. Anything less is not so much a compromise, but an impossibility. Put simply, this and his other films cannot be viewed in anything else than the original widescreen ratio. This film has been released in a widescreen video, but for the best

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