Release date: 2001-11-20
Run time: 531 min.
List Price: $44.98
Price: $97.97
Review The Dirty Harry Collection (Dirty Harry/Magnum Force/The Enforcer/Sudden Impact/The Dead Pool) / Warner Home Video:Five-count 'em, five-chances to wallow in the shoot-first, ask-questions-later ethos of San Francisco cop Harry Callahan, who became a signature character for actor Clint Eastwood. The first one, Dirty Harry, is the best, a Don Siegel film in which Harry flouts rules about police brutality to capture a serial killer. In Magnum Force he tracks rogue cops and utters his "Do you feel lucky, punk?" speech. In The Enforcer he gets a female partner (future Cagney and Lacy star Tyne Daly). Sudden Impact featured him tracking a female serial killer and offered a new catch phrase: "Go ahead. Make my day. " And The Dead Pool, aside from offering a smart little chase involving a radio-controlled model car, brought him face to face with Liam Neeson. You can't ask for much more firepower in one box than this. -Marshall Fine.
Release date: 1996-05-21
List Price: $119.99
Price: $49.95
Review James Bond 007 Collectors Set Vol 02 / Mgm Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- John English
- John Carroll
- Duncan Renaldo
- Wells Root
- Noah Beery
- Reed Howes
- William Witney
- Helen Christian
Run time: 208 min.
Price: $39.98
Review Zorro 3 Pack (3pc) / Republic Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Van Morrison
- Mark Zwonitzer
- Sinéad O'Connor
- Michael Murphy
- Thomas Lennon (II)
- Elvis Costello
- Mary Black
Run time: 360 min.
List Price: $49.99
Price: $97.97
Review The Irish In America: Long Journey Home / Walt Disney Video:
Actors & Directors
- Carmen Silvera
- Vicki Michelle
- Kirsten Cooke
- Susan Belbin
- Sue Hodge
- Gorden Kaye
Run time: 440 min.
List Price: $59.95
Price: $114.95
Review Billy Jack (4pc) / Xtreme Entertainment:This Box Set includes the following titles: Born Losers Billy Jack Trial of Billy Jack Billy Jack Goes to Washington
Actors & Directors
- Peter Brown
- Antonio Fargas
- Arthur Marks
- Terry Carter
- Jack Hill
- Pam Grier
- Kathryn Loder
Run time: 275 min.
List Price: $24.96
Price: $75.00
Review The Pam Grier Collection: Coffy, Foxy Brown, & Friday Foster / MGM (Video & DVD):
Release date: 1998-09-01
List Price: $59.99
Price: $46.98
Review Dirty Harry (3pc) / Warner Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Bill Paxton
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- James Cameron
- John McTiernan
- Tom Arnold
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Charlton Heston
Price: $29.98
Review The Arnold Schwarzenegger Collection / 20th Century Fox:We know Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn't take himself too seriously-just see Twins and Jingle All the Way-but let's face it, Ah-nold is at his best when he's kicking butt and dropping cynical smart-ass quips. This set collects five of his most testosterone-driven classics: all action, all the time. The beefiest he-man to flex a bicep in Hollywood was never one for words, and he proved just what a strong, silent type could do as the tough, terse killing machine in The Terminator, the taut little low-budget sci-fi adventure that made his name. When he returned to the part in the high-gloss, effects-laden sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day, he was too much a hero to go back to villain roles, but don't expect a kinder, gentler Arnold: the doomsday battle with his high-tech, quicksilver nemesis is a nonstop barrage of car wrecks, explosions, and knock-down, drag-out pummeling. In Predator he's the flesh-and-blood prey of an alien hunter, turning the tables with good-old-fashioned human ingenuity. Total Recall finds him a Joe Average worker of the future whose destiny brings him to the revolutionary struggle on Mars and unlocks a secret planted deep in his mind-after busting a few heads. In True Lies, Arnold's third film with action movie wunderkind James Cameron, he only pretends to be Joe Average, but under homebody attitude beats the heart of a superspy: James Bond with the physique of Mr. Universe. Together these films complete a portrait of the quintessential Schwarzenegger badass: tough, terse, take no prisoners. And just a hint of a self-effacing wink. [+]-Sean Axmaker.
Actors & Directors
- Terry Carter
- Pam Grier
- Antonio Fargas
- Jack Hill
- Arthur Marks
- Kathryn Loder
- Peter Brown
Run time: 275 min.
List Price: $34.98
Price: $31.95
Review The Pam Grier Collection (Coffy, Foxy Brown, Friday Foster) / Orion / MGM:
Actors & Directors
- Anita Ekberg
- Dean Martin
- Frank Sinatra
- Gordon Douglas
- Charles Bronson
- Ursula Andress
- Lewis Milestone
- Robert Aldrich
List Price: $30.98
Price: $68.85
Review Sinatra Rat Pack Gift Set: Ocean's 11, Robin & the Seven Hoods, 4 For Texas / Warner Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- D'Urville Martin
- Art Lund
- Arthur Marks
- Julius Harris
- Fred Williamson
- Gloria Hendry
- Larry Cohen
Run time: 285 min.
Creator: Peter Sabiston
List Price: $24.96
Price: $189.90
Review Fred Willimason (3pc) / American International Pictures (AIP):
Actors & Directors
- Richard Crenna
- Sylvester Stallone
- Steven Berkoff
- Julia Nickson-Soul
- George P. Cosmatos
- Peter MacDonald
- Charles Napier
- Ted Kotcheff
Run time: 293 min.
List Price: $34.98
Price: $40.00
Review Rambo Trilogy (Widescreen Edition) / Live / Artisan:Six hours of monosyllabic John Rambo high jinks, best savored in surround sound (for the bone-rattling explosions) and with your brain on pause (for everything else). Sylvester Stallone's second signature character, after Rocky, a seething ex-Green Beret killing machine, went from Viet-vet victim in the original picture, First Blood, flipping out over the ingratitude of his beloved homeland, to a muscle-bound terminator in Rambo III, mowing down Commies in the deserts of Afghanistan. You should consider bypassing the boxed set in favor of just the middle chapter, Rambo: First Blood Part 2, written by James Cameron and directed by George Pan Cosmotos. It's the most balanced and satisfying of the three films: Rambo is dropped back into 'Nam to rescue some POWs, and the action builds steadily in scale and ferocity. Each fireball seems to be bigger than the last. Of all the recent headbanger action movies, only the first Die Hard offers more bang for the buck. The underrated character actor Richard Crenna (a standout sleazebag in Body Heat), as Rambo's military mentor and staunch defender, is the series' secret weapon, providing some welcome human ballast. -David Chute.
Actors & Directors
- Randy Quaid
- Cary Elwes
- Sydney Pollack
- Robert Duvall
- Tony Scott
- Nicole Kidman
- Tom Cruise
Run time: 370 min.
List Price: $24.98
Price: $79.99
Review The Tom Cruise Collection (The Firm/Top Gun/Days of Thunder) / Paramount:
Release date: 2000-08-01
List Price: $59.98
Price: $33.49
Review The Clint Eastwood Collection (In the Line of Fire/Unforgiven/Bronco Billy/Dirty Harry/The Outlaw Josey Wales/The Beguiled) / Warner Home Video:As both an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has had a string of unparalleled critical and commercial successes, from his trademark Westerns to the Dirty Harry action films. This set of six Eastwood films captures the actor as both cowboy and cop, from the 1970s to the '90s. Eastwood ventured into new territory with 1971's The Beguiled, a creepy and seductive thriller about an injured Civil War soldier who causes strife at an all-girls school. While there, he tempts an innocent girl (Elizabeth Hartman), and engages in an unnerving battle of the minds with the school headmistress (Geraldine Page, at her tortured best). The same year, Eastwood burst onto screens with Dirty Harry. This action blockbuster introduced the world to Harry Callahan while making waves with its aggressive violence and nonstop thrills. Eastwood himself helmed the vigilante Western The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) as well as the comedy Bronco Billy (1980), which films show Eastwood at different ends of the cowboy spectrum: a vengeful family man seeking revenge and an amiable traveling showman who runs a Wild West extravaganza, respectively. With his Oscar-winning film Unforgiven, Eastwood showed himself as the master of the revisionist Western, crafting a morally complex tale of Western justice that turns the notion of good guys and bad guys on its head. And he proved he still had star status with the thriller In the Line of Fire, playing an aging FBI agent who takes on a cunning psycho (John Malkovich) determined to assassinate the president. While this selection doesn't feature any Sergio Leone Westerns or Eastwood's later acclaimed dramas, it remains a great snapshot of a long and illustrious career. [+]-Mark Englehart.
Release date: 2003-02-10
List Price: $15.99
Price: $49.95
Review Charles Bronson Collection: Special Edition (Chino, Man With a Camera/U.S. Marshall/The Witness, Cabo Blanco) / Laserlight Digital:
Release date: 1997-08-15
List Price: $14.99
Price: $79.69
Review Charles Bronson 3 Video Collectors / United American Video:
Release date: 1995-09-26
Price: $34.98
Review Steven Segal (2pc) / Warner Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Ned Beatty
- Jackie Cooper
- Harry Andrews
- Marlon Brando
- Vass Anderson
Run time: 271 min.
Price: $39.98
Review Superman 1 & 2 (2pc) / Warner Home Video:
Release date: 2001-04-24
Run time: 999 min.
Price: $329.00
Review Sharpe's Collector's Edition / Bfs Video:
Actors & Directors
- Harrison Ford
- Phillip Noyce
- Julia Ormond
- John Wood
- Nancy Marchand
- Sydney Pollack
- Greg Kinnear
Price: $39.80
Review The Harrison Ford Collection (Witness, Sabrina '95, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger) / Paramount:When Samuel (Lukas Haas), a young Amish boy traveling with his mother Rachel (Kelly McGillis), witnesses the murder of a police officer in a public restroom, he and his mother become the temporary wards of John Book (Harrison Ford), a detective who's been assigned to solve the crime. After suspect lineups and mug-shot books yield nothing, Samuel, in the most memorable scene of the film, recognizes the murderer as a narcotics agent whose picture he sees in the precinct. Once Book realizes that the police chief is in on it, too, he whisks Samuel and Rachel back home to Amish country, where he himself goes into hiding as a plain Amish man. The juxtaposition between the life of the Amish and the violence of inner-city police corruption work surprisingly well for the story, and Kelly McGillis as the falling in love widow gives an almost perfect performance. Directed by Peter Weir, the film is extremely successful in drawing the viewer into its world and, accordingly, is immensely entertaining. The only thing that mars its polish is the one-dimensional, almost cartoonish handling of the upper-echelon police corruption-a subtler, more realistic treatment of this aspect of the story would have rendered the film near perfect. -James McGrath.
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