The Last King of Scotland (Widescreen Edition)

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As the evil Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, Forest Whitaker gives an unforgettable performance in The Last King of Scotland. Powerfully illustrating the terrible truth that absolute power corrupts absolutely, this fictionalized chronicle of Amin's rise and fall is based on the acclaimed novel by Giles Foden, in which Amin's despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin's personal physician. His outsider's perspective causes him to be initially impressed by Amin's calculated rise to power, but as the story progresses--and as Whitaker's award-worthy performance grows increasingly monstrous--The Last King of Scotland turns into a pointed examination of how independent Uganda (a British colony until 1962) became a breeding ground for Amin's genocidal tyranny. As Whitaker plays him, Amin is both seductive and horribly destructive--sometimes in the same breath--and McAvoy effectively conveys the tragic cost of his character's naiveté, which grows increasingly prone to exploitation. As directed by Kevin Macdonald (who made the riveting semi-documentary Into the Void), this potent cautionary tale my prompt some viewers to check out Barbet Schroeder's equally revealing documentary General Idi Amin Dada, an essential source for much of this film's authentic detail. --Jeff Shannon

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As Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, Forest Whitaker gives "one of the greatest performances of modern movie history" (Wall Street Journal), one that the Associated Press calls "nothing short of Oscar(r) worthy." This is Amin's incredible story as seen through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), a young Scotsman who becomes the volatile leader's personal physician, due in part to Amin's unexpected passion for Scottish culture -- Amin even proclaims himself "The Last King of Scotland". Seduced by Amin's charisma and blinded by decadence, Garrigan's dream life becomes a waking nightmare of betrayal and madness from which there is no escape. Inspired by real people and events, this gripping, suspenseful stunner is filled with performances you will never forget.

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Idi Amin.......2007-08-27

I thought this was a pretty good movie. I like the concept of seeing Amin's regime thru the eyes of an outsider. I have seen a very good documentary and also a very old OOP movie about Amin that were also very good. I thought Forrest Whitaker was ok as Amin but I don't give him the rave reviews that some others have. This is a good movie though no doubt and I recommend it to anybody though it is a bit gruesome and has some pretty extreme violence.

Idi Amin.......2007-08-25

Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin was amazing. Amin slaughtered thousands in Uganda before being over thrown. He went to Saudi Arabia into exile and died several years ago. This story takes you inside his world.

Corey Cotta, Author of All of Yesterdays Tomorrows.

Great Movie.......2007-08-20

This movie was so phenom! Didn't know what to expect and then found it so charming and told a great story. Made the main character so real. The hardest part to watch was the end which was really hardcore violence.
But overall it was a great movie.

a bonus star for Whitaker.......2007-08-18

This film probably would have otherwise gotten a 3 stars from me, but all due respect goes to Forest Whitaker for an amazing performance, so he alone bumps this up to 4 stars for me.

I saw this movie expecting that I would be at least a little let down, since I had read the Foden novel and wasn't entirely impressed by the book. In the novel, I found Dr. Garrigan a little too plodding, though I did appreciate the aspect the bookwas working on of a man who is trying to avoid controversy nevertheless wooed into the thick of controversy through both his neutrality and through the powerful personality and charm of Idi Amin.

But the movie took a completely unfortunate tack. Instead of being mildly weathered and maybe a little pessimistic about the world, Doctor Garrigan is instead young and naive and ambitious and idealistic, and these are what Amin uses to bring Garrigan into his fold. While the book did drag a bit for its resistance to melodrama (except, maybe, towards the end), the movie makes the doctor quite the young piece of bravado by having him shooting cattle in the head and sleeping with the President's wife. I found this stupidity (no other word for it) just plain over the top, which is tough to say when dealing with the story of Idi Amin's tyranny, but nonetheless the case.

It is unfortunate because it seems that some movie execs got together and decided that Foden's Garrigan would not be an interesting leading man for the movie, so he went into rewrite. The shame with this decision is that it is a total revision of the book to its very essence--rather than Amin being a threat for his ability to exploit anything but rabid dissention, Garrigan is instead a bumbling Scot who seems to lack too much common sense to avoid Amin at all. Most of the threat is removed, and so Amin is down to being a mad killer rather than a charismatic mad killer. Also, the removal of some wonderful Amin monlogues from the book, where he meanders wonderfully and shows the depth of his delusions, were a gaping hole here.

Whitaker clearly deserved all accolades he received for his performance, but the movie as a whole left me rather wanting.

A dramatic and engaging film.......2007-08-18

A young Scottish doctor longs for adventure so he spins a globe and decides he'll close his eyes and point to the place where he will go. His finger falls upon Uganda and his fate is sealed. At first he works at a clinic, but then his path crosses that of dictator Idi Amin and his life becomes inexorably intertwined with that of the Ugandan ruler as he becomes his personal physician. The movie is dramatic and fast-moving and the performance of Forest Whitaker as Amin is truly memorable. Fiction though it may be, the film is very entertaining and it does give the viewer a look at the havoc that one man can cause when given absolute power.

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Standing on its own I thought it was a fantastic movie.
Excellent Movie! Excellent HD-DVD
George Orwell, 1984, Alan Moore, and V
Natalie Portman

V for Vendetta [HD DVD]
Starring: Natalie Portman , Hugo Weaving , Stephen Rea , Stephen Fry , and John Hurt
Director: James McTeigue
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ASIN: B000I2JKFG
Release Date: 2006-10-31

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Warner Brothers V For Vendetta - HD-DVD
Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young womannamed Evey (Natalie Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (Hugo Weaving) known only as "V." Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat anddeception, V ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about V's mysterious background, she also discovers the truthabout herself - and emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plan to bring freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption.
Running Time: 133 min.

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"Remember, remember the fifth of November," for on this day, in 2020, the minds of the masses shall be set free. So says code-name V (Hugo Weaving), a man on a mission to shake society out of its blank complacent stares in the film V For Vendetta. His tactics, however, are a bit revolutionary to say the least. The world in which V lives is very similar to Orwell's totalitarian dystopia in 1984: after years of various wars, England is now under "big brother" Chancellor Adam Sutler (played by John Hurt, who ironically played Winston Smith in the movie 1984) whose party uses force and fear to run the nation. After gaining power, minorities and political dissenters were rounded up and removed; artistic and unacceptable religious works were confiscated. Cameras and microphones are littered throughout the land, and the people are perpetually sedated through the governmentally controlled media. Taking inspiration from Guy Fawkes, the 17th century co-conspirator of a failed attempt to blow up Parliament on November 5, 1605, V dons a Fawkes mask and costume and sets off to wake the masses by destroying the symbols of their oppressors, literally and figuratively. At the beginning of his vendetta, V rescues Evey (Natalie Portman) from a group of police officers and has her live with him in his underworld lair. It is through their relationship where we learn how V became V, the extremities of the party's corruption, the problems of an oppressive government, V's revenge plot and his philosophy on how to induce change.

Based on the popular graphic novel by Alan Moore, V For Vendetta's screenplay was written by the Wachowski Brothers (of The Matrix fame) and directed by their protégé, James McTeigue. Controversy and criticism followed the film since its inception, from the hyper-stylized use of anarchistic terrorism to overthrow a corrupt government and the blatant jabs at the current US political arena, to graphic novel fans complaining about the reconstruction of Alan Moore's original vision (Moore himself has dismissed the film). Many are valid critiques and opinions, but there's no hiding the message the film is trying to express: Radical and drastic events often need to occur in order to shake people out of their state of indifference in order to bring about real change. Unfortunately, the movie only offers a means with no ends, and those looking for answers may find the film stylish, but a bit empty. --Rob Bracco

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Already over 400 reviews here.......2007-09-15

As I started to write this review, I saw that there are already over 400 reviews of this film on this site. So why do I need to add mine? Because, I love this movie that's why!!! Great plot that is easy to follow. Great photography. This film looks great. Great supporting cast from the lead detective, the news anchors, the chancelor and all the rest. Wonderful. Then there's Natalie Portman. She could easily have become an over the top super heroine, but instead maintained her status as one of the common folk dealing with circumstances. She was terrific. Finally, when it comes to acting, Hugo Weaving who wears a mask through the whole film delivers a complex character, making him human, caring and frightening at the same time. He does it without the benefit of facial expressions, although through his body language you can imagine his expressions. Now there is an excellent piece of work. All of these fine performances are done in what is almost a comic book movie. V is a hero for the masses, almost a Batman against the establishment. I've seen this movie several times and have enjoyed it every time. This one goes beyond the action film. This one gives characters with depth. It does have a lot of violence in it and some of the fight scenes are of the Aeon Flux or Ultraviolet or Matrix variety, but still above average. This one is easy to recommend to others.

Standing on its own I thought it was a fantastic movie........2007-09-12

This is one of my favorite all time movies. Its not designed for children as it doesnt contain that kind of hero. I cant think of any other movie so loved and hated at the same time! Politics aside I thought it was a very good movie and without a doubt is different then all the other movies out there. I can understand why people can hate this movie based on todays political environment but I feel its unjustified. This is a movie that will last the test of time and will be considered one of the greats 10 years from now.

Excellent Movie! Excellent HD-DVD.......2007-09-10

I don't know if you guys have priced HD-DVD's locally at places like Best Buy, but the prices at those retail stores are CRAZY! If you browse the HD-DVD's here on Amazon, you'll notice most are around $19.99. Well I went to best buy and the absolute cheapest one was $24.99 and most were $29.99 and up! You just can't go wrong with buying HD-DVD's at Amazon. And no i don't work for them....I've just already done the research...so you don't have too!

Back to this particular movie on HD-DVD. Looked great to me on my Toshiba HD-A2!

George Orwell, 1984, Alan Moore, and V.......2007-09-10

I read the graphic novel of "V for Vendetta" when it was originally released in the mid 1980s. Right from the beginning, I could see that this was Alan Moore's homage to Orwell and "1984" - he was most likely inspired by the book as the title's date approached and Moore observed Thatcher's England and Reagan's America unfold. What an amazing story "V for Vendetta" told. Alan Moore saw that Fascism was still alive and well in the world of 1984 as it was in Orwell's Post WWII 1940s.

Jump forward 20 years, and we have a retelling of this amazing story, but this time on film instead of the comic panel. In this day and age of Terrorism, the fear of Terrorism, and the Fascist use of that fear, the story is more important than ever in Bush's America/World. Fear is the most powerful tool of the fascist as has been demonstrated in both the real world - Nazi Germany and Post 9/11 America - and in fiction - "1984" and "V for Vendetta". "V for Vendetta" capture's this by potraying a not-to-distant future where plague and terrorism have crippled the world and are cooped by the fearful conservative right (where all fascism is born as they are similar psychoses) to control the masses and "protect" the people.

Though Moore set "V" in his native England, 20 years after its writing it could have been set in Post 9/11 America where even treehugging is consider terrorism by the ruling administration. Yes, this film portrays a terrorist as the "good guy", but it actually delves deeper into the heart of all of us; and it challenges every one of us to stand up for ourselves BEFORE we would need to resort to acts of violence to safeguard our freedoms - or worse have to reclaim them. Watch this film to be inspired for what we have to loose, before it becomes what we have lost.

A final note on Alan Moore not endorsing the film...Moore doesn't endorse any of his works being made into film. But, I would like to think that he will see it and see his vision properly realized; this is what I saw in the film...his vision on screen (though I was disappointed that the musical numbers found in the graphic novel were missing!). With this film, I await "The Watchmen" even more.

Natalie Portman.......2007-08-26

Natalie Portman with her best British ascent is great in this movie. Britian has become a fascist state in this tale of the future.

Corey Cotta, Author of All of Yesterdays Tomorrows.

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Daywatch
Fantastic!
I agree
Not as good as Night Watch...

Day Watch (Unrated)
Starring: Vladimir Menshov , Valery Zolotukhin , Rimma Markova , Galina Tyunina , and Victor Verzhbitsky
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B000UU9PRO
Release Date: 2007-10-30

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Like The Matrix, Day Watch combines cutting-edge digital effects and mind-blowing action to create a stunningly original world. This Unrated Edition takes you on an even wilder ride with more intense thrills and incredible effects.

Only one thing stands between peace and Armageddon: the supernatural agents of Day Watch, who fight to control the armies of light and darkness. When the son of a senior Day Watch officer turns to the darkness, forces beyond the imagination are unleashed and the fate of the world hangs in the balance!

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Daywatch.......2007-08-31

I really think the whole concept is great. This movie was not a letdown at all. I think that with a bigger budget, better actors, and a better director, this could be redone as one of the greatest trilogies ever. You just can't find great movies like this in american cinema! It could be better with more special effects but what they accomplished with what they had is simply amazing. I can't wait for Duskwatch!!

Fantastic!.......2007-08-28

I thought both Nightwatch and Daywatch were great movies... Nightwatch is darker, where Daywatch is much lighter (funny how that works). Daywatch has more humor and more clever effects, but maintains the story perfectly... There are plenty of twists and quirky dialog... I saw it at the theaters with subtitles, but I am interested to hear how well the DVD is dubbed. I can hardly wait to see the next instalment of the series!

I agree.......2007-08-26

I agree with the previous review from ohio. It could have been sooooo much better. Read the books kids.

Not as good as Night Watch..........2007-08-25

Let me just start by saying that when I first saw Night Watch, I was really impressed; so impressed that I immediately went out and bought the book Night Watch, Day Watch, and Twilight Watch. I'm definitely a fan and absolutely love the books.

I just finished seeing this in the theatre and walked away very disappointed. The action sequences seem fewer in this film as compared to Night Watch and the special effects have been cut back for some bizzare reason. Aside from the end of the movie, I can't realy say that I was impressed with any of the action or special effects sequences. Now before anyone says anything, keep in mind this is a world inhabited by witches, vampires, Others entering the Twilight,werewolves, shapeshifters, magacians, etc. There were no vampire sequences, there were no interesting "magic" sequences. I believe that there was a 3 second sequence where a parrot turned into a human but that was it. No werewolves, no vampires (at least not doing anything besides talking!), no spells, nothing. This is a world built on magic and things "not of this world" yet we see hardly any of it!

Aside from those complaints, I was disappointed that the movie followed very little of what was actually in the book. Even though the movie is called Day Watch, the ideas that are touched upon are based off of the first book, Night Watch. Don't get me wrong: I know that most movies take liberties with the script and change things up from the original but Day Watch really takes it to the extreme. I'm surprised the author let the director take such liberties with his work (although I noticed in the credits that the author, Sergei Lukyanenko, also had a hand in writing the screenplay). In my opinion, I can't see anyone saying, "Hey, this movie is so good and compelling I think I'll go out and buy the book." I felt that the first movie, Night Watch, was fascinating enough to warrant reading Mr. Lukyanenko's work. What happened this time around? I should also point out that the story is extremely confusing. If you haven't read the books I'm afraid that you'll be left thinking, "Now who is that and what exactly are they trying to do...and why exactly are they doing that?"

Maybe it's just me but I definitely felt that there was a weird sort of campiness injected into the movie. It felt reminiscent of what many American action directors do: someone does something and then the character makes some sort of witty, comedic remark. It seemed like there was a 20 minute span were the diretor felt that the film needed to be injected with some artificial and goofy humor (let me just point out the bath/waterfall love scene between Anton and Svetlana...am I the only one that thought that was ridiculous?). I was left feeling the humor was poorly done and really detracted from the movie.

If you're expecting the movie to bear any resemblence to the book series, then you'll be in for a big disappointment. As for anyone out there who is saying, "Well, you just wanted the movie to be idential to the books," that's just not true. The movie Night Watch took quite a few liberties with the actual book but I still felt that it was very entertaining and it left me wanting to see the next installment. I was hoping for an entertaining, action-packed movie with an engrossing storyline, much in the same vain as the first movie, Night Watch, but instead I left the theatre feeling very disappointed. I waited for over two months for this film to be released in my town and am really surprised that director/screenwriter, Timur Bekmambatov could make the world of Night Watch so unentertaining this time around.

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28 "zombies" later
Stop calling it a zombie movie
ONE OF THE GREAT ZOMBIE MOVIES!!
Charming, Poignant, and Inspiring
Entertaining movie

28 Days Later (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Alex Palmer , Bindu De Stoppani , Jukka Hiltunen , David Schneider (IV) , and Cillian Murphy
Director: Danny Boyle , and Toby James
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ASIN: B00005JMA8
Release Date: 2003-10-21

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The director/producer team that created Trainspotting turn their dynamic cinematic imaginations to the classic science fiction scenario of the last people on Earth. Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from a coma to find London deserted--until he runs into a mob of crazed plague victims. He gradually finds other still-human survivors (including Naomie Harris), with whom he heads off across the abandoned countryside to find the source of a radio broadcast that promises salvation. 28 Days Later is basically an updated version of The Omega Man and other post-apocalyptic visions; but while the movie may lack originality, it makes up for it in vivid details and creepy paranoid atmosphere. 28 Days Later's portrait of how people behave in extreme circumstances--written by novelist Alex Garland (The Beach)--will haunt you afterward. Also featuring Brendan Gleeson (The General, Gangs of New York) and Christopher Eccleston (Shallow Grave, The Others). --Bret Fetzer

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Hailed as the most frightening film since The Exorcist, acclaimed Director Danny Boyle's visionary take on zombie horror "isn't just scary…it's absolutely terrifying" (Access Hollywood).

An infirmary patient awakens from a coma to an empty room…in a vacant hospital…in a deserted city. A powerful virus, which locks victims into a permanent state of murderous rage, has transformed the world around him into a seemingly desolate wasteland. Now a handful of survivors must fight to stay alive, unaware that the worst is yet to come…

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28 "zombies" later.......2007-09-07

Ok, first and foremost..."28 days later" is not a zombie movie, no matter how it was marketed, or reviewed or talked about. The bad element of 28 days are people infected with a viral toxin (rage), that causes them to succumb to extreme violent acts. They are not dead, or undead. The do not devour their victims. They are not rotting...etc.

While 28 days shares familiar territory with Romero's classic Living Dead movies and an introduction to the lead character ripped from Day of the Triffids, the zombie genre ends there.

What "28 days later" is, however, is a very good low budget suspense flick with a great opener, a good middle section and an ok end section, which despite being entertaining kind of loses its way. It starts of well, with the actions that release "rage" virus and its scenes of a deserted London with unknown unseen danger and drips with atmosphere. People from Britain (or anyone whose spent some time in the city) could easily imagine themselves in Jim's dilemma, played admirably by Cork's Cillian Murphy.

Going into too much detail will spoil the suspense for those who haven't seen the film, but needless to say Jim eventually meets and runs away from the "infected", right into other survivors (including another Irishman Brendan Gleeson) who have been managing to hide out and stay "normal" in the face of overwhelming odds. Together this group decide to hook up with a military outfit that has set up the "answer to infection" in Manchester.

"28 Days Later" has enough to hold the viewer for its duration, in fact it rewards several viewings (I seen it three times now). But the budget constraints do show at times and the story does seem to run a little out of steam. It's very apparent that director Danny Boyle wasn't sure how to end the film and one is left a little let down at the films conclusion. This feeling may disappear however, now that "28 weeks later" is out and the second installment of the drama lets us into other areas of life in infected Britain, although I have yet to see that particular episode.

All in all, "28 Days Later" is an effective and entertaining film, with some fine scenes...but it ain't "Day of the Dead", but then again, nothing is.

Stop calling it a zombie movie.......2007-09-06

OK, 28 days later is an OK virus movie. A monkey that's been experimented on and infected with the "Rage" virus bites an activist who in turn is infected and attacks her mates. Explodes and you have a post-apocalyptic story with some great shots of abandoned streets and markets and some good chase scenes taboot. Add some great film treatments and good camera work and it's an edgy flick with some nice emotional touches.

BUT! It completely fails to be a Zombie movie.

Aside from breaking all conventions in Zombie movies, there aren't any walking dead. Between 28 days later and 28 weeks later, we find out that the infected, although usually killed through conventional zombie means (remove the head or destroy the brain) can also drown, bleed to death, asphyxiate, die from being gassed, starve, and be generally mauled. All their primary bodily functions are still going and that's what keeps them alive. Zombies (as originally portrayed in Night of the Living Dead) die and then start causing trouble.

If you don't look at it as a Zombie movie, it's an OK flick. If you're expecting a Zombie movie (and you know what a Zombie movie IS), you'll be disappointed.

ONE OF THE GREAT ZOMBIE MOVIES!!.......2007-09-01

a city ravished by disease, millions of zombies, only a few survivors, and you turn with just one drop of blood...crazy. loved this movie, i thought it was very well done. all the chaos, a world of the dead, where's saftey, how do you get out? i love zombies, i think they're the freakiest. they're people and they're dead, and all they want is to eat people. pretty damn scary. the whole movie was very good, i really liked it. i didn't get scared, but the film in general was wicked good. two thumbs up no doubt.

Charming, Poignant, and Inspiring.......2007-08-03

Having long been a fan of Sandra Bullock's, I expected 28 Days Later to be another one of her light-hearted, action-packed comedies (or are they comedy-packed action flicks?). I was in for a real surprise, however, as we are taken through the story of Gwen Cummings, played by Bullock, who is sent to a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. At first she resists getting involved in the program, and refuses to admit that she has a problem, but as she gets to know her fellow patients and as she gets the chance to look deeper inside herself, she learns to accept that she does in fact have a problem, and only then is she able to have true hope for the future. She then wakes up 28 days later in the abandoned hospital only to learn that the world has changed drastically while she was in her unconscious stupor, and most people have been infected by a horrible and extremely contagious virus that turns even the kindest person into a hate-filled zombie filled with uninhibited violence. And she must face the question: who is the real enemy here? The blood-vomiting zombie-like infected who would love nothing more than to bite her throat out...or is the real enemy HERSELF?

Entertaining movie.......2007-08-02

Although the plot is not original this was a well made film. Good acting, good script, good directing and excellent camera work. Well worth seeing.

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masterpiece!
Exilerating.
Best of Miyazaki Films
nausicaa valley of the wind
Nausicaa

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Starring: Sumi Shimamoto , Mahito Tsujimura , Hisako Kyôda , Gorô Naya , and Ichirô Nagai
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ASIN: B0001XAPZ6
Release Date: 2005-02-22

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Hayao Miyazaki gained widespread attention in Japan for his complex ecological manga series, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1982), which he adapted for the screen two years later. One thousand years after a war devastated much of the Earth, humanity clings to existence at the fringes of a vast, polluted forest inhabited by monstrous insects. Only Nausicaä, the princess of the tiny realm of the Valley of the Wind, grasps the environmental significance of the forest. She sees beyond petty wars and national rivalries to the only viable future for the planet. In Nausicaä, Miyazaki began to explore elements he would develop more fully in his later films: daring, compassionate heroines; exciting flying sequences; colorful side characters; strong interpersonal relationships; and a call for an ecologically sustainable way of life. Nausicaä prefigures Sheeta in Castle in the Sky and Chihiro in Spirited Away, just as the rough and ready Asbel anticipates Pazu in Castle in the Sky and Ashitaka in Princess Mononoke. For years, Nausicaä was available in the United States only as the badly re-edited Warriors of the Wind. The new English dub from Disney presents the film in its entirety, with strong vocal performances by Uma Thurman, Patrick Stewart, Alison Lohman, and Edward James Olmos. (Rated PG: violence, frightening imagery) --Charles Solomon

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From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animation and the creator of the Academy Award(R)-winning SPIRITED AWAY (Best Animated Feature Film, 2002) comes Hayao Miyazaki's epic masterpiece NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND. A thousand years after a global war, a seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of only a few areas still populated. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley are engaged in a constant struggle with powerful insects called ohmu, who guard a poisonous jungle that is spreading across the Earth. Nausicaä and her brave companions, together with the people of the Valley, strive to restore the bond between humanity and the Earth. NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND is written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. And this spectacuar 2-disc set features exotic settings, impactful music, and a timeless story about courage and compassion in the face of danger.

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masterpiece!.......2007-09-06

when i first saw this film i thought to my self "it's ok, it could be better", but then i watched it again and was mystified! this is a beautiful story of a young girl fighting to save the humans that are left and the earth. the story takes place after a nuclear war that destroys the planet and most of the people and animals on it, the only forest left is a poison forest full of giant insects that protect it. its a cautionary tale of how if we let our selves go to far their will be nothing left, this is one of the reasons i love Mr. miyazaki's films so much most of the say that we half to protect our world, because if we don't, who will?

Exilerating........2007-08-10

I love this movie. The animation is amazing. The story line is fun. And it has a great message. I recomend it completley. I never tire of watching it.

Best of Miyazaki Films.......2007-08-10

I have seen all of Miyazaki's films and this is easily my favorite. Beautiful music and scenery mixed with a futuristic message for protecting the environment.

nausicaa valley of the wind.......2007-07-17

Wonderful animation. Good story about respecting others and our planet. My 4 year old daughter absolutely loves this movie.

Nausicaa.......2007-07-09

The exhilarating feature by "Spirited Away" director-animator Miyazaki, "Nausicaa" is an epic masterpiece about an issue very much on the minds of young people today: sustainable living and the future of our planet. Borrowing its apocalyptic scenario from Miyazaki's own manga originals, this dark fantasia pits a band of warrior activists against the encroachment of a poisonous environment. As always with Miyazaki, this is a world where good and evil coexist, sometimes in the same character. Splendid visuals, great voice acting by Thurman, Stewart, and Lohman, and an absorbing finale make this a science-fiction film with a heart, mind, and message.

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4 Stars for 4 Reasons
MST3K Fans Rejoice -- Rifftrax is Here!
Entertaining
Decent movie, but back desc is deceptive
Ok movie but I was Dissapointed

Reign of Fire
Starring: Christian Bale , Matthew McConaughey , Izabella Scorupco , Gerard Butler , and Scott Moutter
Director: Rob Bowman
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ASIN: B00006JDVV
Release Date: 2002-11-19

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The Road Warrior meets Dragonslayer in the briskly entertaining post-apocalyptic action thriller Reign of Fire. Reign of Fire exists primarily to give us a bigger and better dragon than the Vermithrax Pejorative of 1981's classic Dragonslayer, and in that regard, the special effects are mightily impressive; the reptilian fire-breathers are stupendously convincing. While the earlier film offers a richer, more whimsical medieval adventure, Reign of Fire is a fast-moving tale of man versus dragon that takes place in the charred England of 2020, after Earth has been scorched by rapidly multiplying dragons and the aftermath of a futile nuclear counterstrike. Mixing high-tech gadgetry with primitive survivalism, X-Files alumnus Rob Bowman makes the most of his midlevel budget, establishing a lavish castle base for the rugged, adversarial teaming of Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey as dragonslayers on the brink of extinction. With a steady supply of crowd-pleasing highlights, Reign of Fire is a pyrotechnical treat. --Jeff Shannon

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Matthew McConaughey (U-571) and Christian Bale (SHAFT) star in an explosive action-packed adventure with bone-charring special effects that will have you glued to your seat! When workers in a London tunneling project awaken an unearthly fire-breathing beast from centuries of slumber, all hell breaks loose. Twelve-year-old Quinn (Bale) sees his mother, one of the workers, die trying to escape this new terror. Twenty years later as a "fire chief," he tries to keep a group of refugees alive with fierce dragons dominating the air, burning the land and feeding on the ash. Unexpectedly, Van Zan (McConaughey), a hotshot American militia leader, shows up with a ragtag group of slayers on a perilous crusade to hunt down and destroy the beasts. Tempers flare when there is a struggle for leadership -- until both men realize only one species is getting out of this alive.

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4 Stars for 4 Reasons.......2007-09-06

1. Matthew McConaughey; 2. Christian Bale; 3. Originality; and 4. The Production Aspects - special effects, light, direction, sets, et. al.

Two of the stars I gave are for McConaughey's performance. He takes the character of Van Zan and breathes life, and yes fire, into him, without crossing into pardody or cliche. The movie's title could refer to Van Zan, as easily as it refers to the dragons' destruction of human civilization. Christian Bale gives a fine performance as Quinn, steely resolve tempered with overwhelming concern for the welfare of those he leads. The two characters make an interesting pair. Van Zan is all about killing the dragons. Quinn is all about protecting the few remaining humans in the area. When Quinn and Van Zan are at loggerheads, they inadvertantly tear apart the resolve of the remaining humans in the area. When Van Zan and Quinn act together, the dragons truly have something to fear.

There are lots of movies with, and/or, about dragons. The take on dragons in this movie isn't new - dragons during modern times - but the strength of the characters, writing, and sets put this movie into the realm of "well done" (something about the movie's title has my pun gland working overtime). The movie avoids a lot of in depth explanations about the dragons origins. I think this is a wise decision. The viewer, like the characters, are torn from the every day normality of modern life, into a world where dragons are real. Go with the flow, and enjoy the movie. The sets are amazingly well done - pun intended. The remnants of modern human civilization left after the firestorm of the dragons are vividly portrayed. The dragons are magnificent - simultaneously majestic and loathesome; as well as immortal and vulnerable. Kudo to all who worked on the movie's special effects.

I didn't give the movie five stars because there are some faults. With the exception of the character Creedy (who single-handedly keeps the movie from being 100% grim), the supporting characters, while necessary, are not well introduced. My impression is that some of the supporting characters, especially Alex and Jared, while essential, had a lot of their scenes end up on the "cutting room floor". This left a disjointed feel to Alex and Jared's screen time. I also think that the flow of the movie was interrupted too often with scenes of vehicles traveling on roads. During such scenes I kept thinking, "I get it, I get it! Grim world. Grimy world. Tough world. Technically, a nice shot. Now, get back to the movie!" The traveling vehicle scenes went on just a little too long, losing the momentum of the action.

Overall, I recommend this movie for a great viewing experience.

MST3K Fans Rejoice -- Rifftrax is Here!.......2007-08-24

A post-apocalyptic thriller that substitutes dirt and grime for any inkling of logic and probability, Reign of Fire features shirtless one-upmanship at its finest. The cigar stub chomping Matthew McConaughey is finally chiseled into Mt. RiffTrax, making a gutsy bid to become the hardest working shirtless man in show business since The Swayze himself. Playing the Keanu-esque foil to McConaughey's Swayze, Christian Bale returns every hardened stare, lets no machismo go unanswered, no muscle flex go un-flexed back at, and he'll be damned if he puts a shirt on either. For good measure, the writers also toss in a few dragons, and hint at the existence of thousands more. It's an old fashioned post-apocalyptic dude-off, both on the screen and in the recording booth, as Kevin Murphy joins Mike Nelson for what is sure to be your newest favorite RiffTrax involving dragons.

Entertaining.......2007-07-31

This movie was silly, but I enjoyed it anyway. Can you really get enough when it comes to good-looking men fighting dragons?

Decent movie, but back desc is deceptive.......2007-07-18

I went into this movie having known nothing about it but what the blurb on the back said. The blurb gave the distinct impression of damsel-in-distress gets rescued....which this movie thankfully avoids. The plot is so basic it could have been written over breakfast one day...the dialogue is so so, the special effects are decently done, the overall package is nice and short. In truth, the movie pulls very few surprise moves which is refreshing. The characters aren't super developed but they've got a bit of life and backstory to them.

For an end of world type movie, it did all right in my eyes.

Ok movie but I was Dissapointed.......2007-06-30

Ok as a typical monster type movie. Effects were great!
I was disappointed in the story line. After viewing all of the trailers, I expected there to be a lot more about the dragons.
I was really looking forward to the sections of the movie where they discover more about the dragons, like their biology, how long have they been around, more science stuff. But it didn't really come.
What you got was a narrator who just dumped all of the interesting facts on you, just to transition you to the end section where they could have the final conflicts.
I enjoy the discovery, where certain characters investigate and after a lot of work they find that final piece of the puzzle that helps them in the end. The process of discovery, picking up on small details that allow your imagination to piece together and fill in the full story. Not just a quick info dump, skip all of the cool stuff, and jump back into the action.
Not that action is bad, in fact I like it best when they intersperse the action scenes with the investigation and discovery scenes.
So I guess it's an Ok Monster Movie, but not great Si-Fi!

V for Vendetta (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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Already over 400 reviews here
Standing on its own I thought it was a fantastic movie.
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George Orwell, 1984, Alan Moore, and V
Natalie Portman

V for Vendetta (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Starring: Natalie Portman , Hugo Weaving , Stephen Rea , Stephen Fry , and John Hurt
Director: James McTeigue
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ASIN: B000FS9FCQ
Release Date: 2006-08-01

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"Remember, remember the fifth of November," for on this day, in 2020, the minds of the masses shall be set free. So says code-name V (Hugo Weaving), a man on a mission to shake society out of its blank complacent stares in the film V for Vendetta. His tactics, however, are a bit revolutionary, to say the least. The world in which V lives is very similar to Orwell's totalitarian dystopia in 1984: after years of various wars, England is now under "big brother" Chancellor Adam Sutler (played by John Hurt, who played Winston Smith in the movie 1984), whose party uses force and fear to run the nation. After they gained power, minorities and political dissenters were rounded up and removed; artistic and unacceptable religious works were confiscated. Cameras and microphones are littered throughout the land, and the people are perpetually sedated through the governmentally controlled media. Taking inspiration from Guy Fawkes, the 17th century co-conspirator of a failed attempt to blow up Parliament on November 5, 1605, V dons a Fawkes mask and costume and sets off to wake the masses by destroying the symbols of their oppressors, literally and figuratively. At the beginning of his vendetta, V rescues Evey (Natalie Portman) from a group of police officers and has her live with him in his underworld lair. It is through their relationship where we learn how V became V, the extremities of the party's corruption, the problems of an oppressive government, V's revenge plot, and his philosophy on how to induce change.

Based on the popular graphic novel by Alan Moore, V for Vendetta's screenplay was written by the Wachowski Brothers (of The Matrix fame) and directed by their protégé, James McTeigue. Controversy and criticism followed the film since its inception, from the hyper-stylized use of anarchistic terrorism to overthrow a corrupt government and the blatant jabs at the current U.S. political arena, to graphic novel fans complaining about the reconstruction of Alan Moore's original vision (Moore himself has dismissed the film). Many are valid critiques and opinions, but there's no hiding the message the film is trying to express: Radical and drastic events often need to occur in order to shake people out of their state of indifference in order to bring about real change. Unfortunately, the movie only offers a means with no ends, and those looking for answers may find the film stylish, but a bit empty. --Rob Bracco

On the DVDs
On disc 1 is a 16-minute documentary "Freedom! Forever!: Making V for Vendetta" with discussions on the movie's origin and themes by the principal cast and crew (no Alan Moore or Wachowskis, to no one's surprise, but the graphic novel's illustrator David Lloyd is on hand to call the movie "a very good version"). On disc 2 is a 17-minute production featurette, a 10-minute history of Guy Fawkes, and the 15-minute "England Prevails: V for Vendetta and the New Wave in Comics." Lloyd and others from the comics industry such as Paul Levitz and Bill Sienkiwicz talk about the graphic novel and how it appealed to a different, older audience. The second menu of the second disc also has an easy-to-find Easter egg of a rapping and swearing Natalie Portman on Saturday Night Live. --David Horiuchi

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Already over 400 reviews here.......2007-09-15

Standing on its own I thought it was a fantastic movie........2007-09-12

Excellent Movie! Excellent HD-DVD.......2007-09-10

George Orwell, 1984, Alan Moore, and V.......2007-09-10

Natalie Portman.......2007-08-26

Natalie Portman with her best British ascent is great in this movie. Britian has become a fascist state in this tale of the future.

Corey Cotta, Author of All of Yesterdays Tomorrows.

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NOt quite on par with the original but good.
Has the usual modern film-making problems
Great Sci Fi
Ridiculous film doesn't even make sense
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The Time Machine
Starring: Yancey Arias , Jeremy Irons , Doug Jones , Phyllida Law , and Lenny Loftin
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ASIN: B00005JKLZ
Release Date: 2002-07-23

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While the 1960 version of The Time Machine remains a science fiction classic, this adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel benefits from a dazzling CGI facelift. Digital wizardry shows us the awesome splendor of eons passing in an eye blink, while Wells's heroic time traveler--played with appealing conviction by Memento's Guy Pearce--is given a stronger motivation for piloting his time machine 800,000 years into the future. Long after New York City has crumbled and the moon shattered by a nuclear accident, Pearce finds a new home with the peacefully primitive Eloi, after confronting the subterranean Morlocks (courtesy of Stan Winson's monster shop) and their evil overlord (Jeremy Irons in wicked, pigmentless makeup). Trading Wells's social commentary for pure adventure, director Simon Wells (the author's great-grandson) maintains the story's legacy of wonder, despite a few hokey embellishments. Catering to a younger audience, this Time Machine is fun without being particularly distinguished--a treat for the eyes, if not the brain. --Jeff Shannon

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NOt quite on par with the original but good........2007-09-02

I really enjoyed this film, a sense of fun is to be had and some food of thought. Guy Pearce is a great actor and does well in this. I never quite understood why alot of people didn't like this, it in no way butchers H.G. Wells story, like the original this one entertains.

Has the usual modern film-making problems.......2007-08-26

This 2002 version of the H.G. Wells story is simply awful, and should never have been made. The movie simply deviates too much from Wells' original intentions for the story in terms of story direction and purpose. And the scene that really got me the most was when Guy Pearce meets a Weena-type in this film. In what is so typical of digital-age movies, this Weena-type immediately greets the time traveler with sarcastic remarks. She says to him, "They're deciding if they should throw you in the water or not." Then the time traveler says he came in a time machine, so the Weena-type then says something like, "Oh, then maybe they'll think you're just a walking nut." This is such a ridiculous attitude the writers gave her. She sees a complete stranger arriving in their somewhat primitive society, who claims he's from a different time period, and she just has a cavalier attitude, complete with a dry sense of humor. In this particular situation, this is not a realistic attitude for someone to have, regardless of how much some people today might think this is realistic. The Weena in the original 1960 film might've been too child-like, but her initial reaction to the time traveler was much more believeable. But personally, I think the most realistic-behaving Weena was the one played by Priscilla Barnes in the 1978 made-for-TV version.

The visual effects in this version are the best, and the images showing the continuous time progression looked much better than in the earlier movies.

Finally, Guy Pearce gave a decent performance, but as with a lot of actors these days, his performance just seemed phoned-in. It's a shame, because Rod Taylor really loved doing the 1960 original, and his heart and soul was really into the project. You just don't seem to see much of that with today's A-list performers.

Great Sci Fi.......2007-04-25

if you like sci fi, and enjoy a large scale presentation (on a big home system), this movie is haunting, sad and powerful. i do not understand the poor reviews by some unless they do not like sentimental and unhappy endings...

Ridiculous film doesn't even make sense.......2007-04-08

This insipid remake takes far too many liberties with the story, butchers its source material, and unsurprisingly ends up being quite a mess. Furthermore, the movie doesn't even really make sense when you think about it. The protagonist this time wants to travel to the past to save his love, and finds he can't alter what happened. This turns out to supposedly be because of a `time paradox' (though how the protagonist `caused' the Jeremy Irons character to exist is never explained). He then goes to the future where he CAN alter events. The remake entirely forgets the point that the Eloi are supposed to be cattle, and not a somewhat advanced civilization. That they're not kind of entirely destroys the whole point of the book, and the film greatly suffers as a result. The character played by Jeremy Irons was a dumb addition to the story, and so was introducing Eloi that speak English! Ironically, the special effects used to depict the Morlocks were better in the 60s film! Some bad choices were made here, to be certain. In the original the protagonist travels to the future because he does not like the Victorian era, and he learns that the assumption that things will only get better with time and `progress' isn't entirely true. Things only got worse. Here we're given a silly subplot about a lost loved one. In the original the protagonist basically happens upon a hippy commune and teaches them how to be men, how to fight the Morlocks. In the remake the protagonist blows up his time machine, which magically ages all the Morlocks and kills them, but doesn't age anything else around them, which is yet another thing in the film that makes no sense. The original, it bears mentioning, boasts one of the greatest soundtracks ever written. The music in the remake sounds like some annoying drivel lifted from The Lion King.

Great Movie.......2007-03-15

I have read Well's book and seen the older movie. That said, I love this movie. Guy Pearce is very convincing in his role.

We see a man in love. When he looses that love, he uses his genius to try and save her. Failing to do that, he embarks on a quest to find out why. When he gets his answer, he realizes he has found a new life, and to leave the past in the past.

I thought the ending, with the past next to the future, was well done.

And Orlando Jones role is entertaining.

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An Entertaining Tool Applicable To Business.
Surprisingly good
Doesn't do Justice to the book
A great tell about LBOs
Barbaric parody at the Gates

Barbarians at the Gate
Starring: James Garner , Jonathan Pryce , Peter Riegert , Joanna Cassidy , and Fred Dalton Thompson
Director: Glenn Jordan
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ASIN: B00005MHOC
Release Date: 2001-09-25

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This HBO original comedy, adapted by Larry Gelbart (Tootsie) from the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, concerns one of the most compelling tales of corporate buyout madness in the go-go 1980s. James Garner plays F. Ross Johnson, CEO of RJR Nabisco. Following failed and expensive efforts to sell a smokeless cigarette to the public, Johnson decides that he's had enough of navigating around the wrath of the company's stockholders. Drawing up plans to buy RJR Nabisco outright, he soon finds himself outmatched (though still determined) in a race for the prize with takeover king Henry Kravis (Jonathan Pryce). The ensuing battle is both bitterly funny and full of acid-tinged insights into the '80s greed that changed corporate America forever. Besides Gelbart's great script and Glenn Jordan's competent direction, the star of this exciting film is Garner, who is absolutely wonderful as the gracious Johnson. --Tom Keogh

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An Entertaining Tool Applicable To Business........2007-09-02

This movie, based on a true story, chronicles the sale of RJR Nabisco during an era when Mergers and Acquisitions were at an all time high. James Garner, in a brilliant performance, plays F. Ross Johnson, the CEO of RJR Nabisco who wants to take Nabisco private and be its majority owner.

The movie does a nice job explaining the financial aspects of a LBO(Leveraged Buyout) on such a basic level that anyone can understand. Throughout the film the storyline flows quickly, although at times certain scenes were a little canned and the satire a bit corny.

The backdrop of the movie is loaded with back and forth backstabbing, blatant greed, under the table dealing, and Jonathan Pryce's depiction of Henry Kravis, a Wall Street mover and shaker and corporate raider is outstanding.

Of course by no means this work supersedes the book, but nevertheless you may find the effort quite entertaining.

Over all, I really enjoyed this movie.

Surprisingly good.......2007-05-24

I'm a big fan of Garner from way back, ever since he did "Support Your Local Sheriff," a low key but very funny spoof on western films from the early 70s, if I remember right. He seems like a down to earth guy whose big screen stardom never went to his head--much like Sean Connery--who certainly could have let such fame, money and stardom go to his head, too.

This movie chronicles the shenanigans surrounding a leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco. You wouldn't think a corporate buyout would be that interesting a subject for a movie, but the movie succeeds on Garner's witty, cynical, repeatedly exasperated, and humorous portrayal of the company's CEO, although the rest of the cast is good too. The movie is also a reminder of the unbridled greed that swept the country in the 80s as hostile takeovers became the rage on Wall St., and it didn't matter how many people lost their jobs or their retirements as long as the takeover sharks got their cut.

As a result of these changes, as my fellow Top 100 reviewer, Jeff Leach, said previously in his much more detailed review, it's a lot harder for the average American to get and hold a job, and make a decent wage. And real wages (which is wages adjusted for inflation) have been declining in the U.S. since the late 60s--another dire trend which is unfortunately likely to continue as a result of competition from India and China, and our increasingly extravagant deficit spending.

Doesn't do Justice to the book.......2007-02-14

An average movie with average performances. Glosses over many of the details in the book and ignores the role of many important characters. It wont appeal much to the general audience and neither will it satisfy the people who have already read the book.

A great tell about LBOs .......2007-01-12

I really liked this movie. For those who like finance and are aware of the stress that it conveys, Barbarians At The Gate shows the intricacies of LBOs and also how every business has a strong emotional factor that is many times overlooked.

Barbaric parody at the Gates.......2007-01-09

The screen version of the book is nothing like the book in any manner, except for the characters and the plot. The movie lacks that serious business and glamorous edge that the book brings out. The movie summarises the story and shreds it almost to pieces. The movie rushes through the story in mock-comedy fashion as if the whole shinding was an episode of a comedy series. The book is about the power, greed, bravado and glory that emanated from Wall Street in the roaring '80s and shook the entire financial and business world in that era - globally. The movie misses that point by light years. It's a childish and vindictive parody of a great story. It's also pretends to be a "Dummy's guide to LBO's in the 1980's" when characters explain the salient points of LBO's. I hope another director/producer team will give this another bash and bring to the screen a real powerful and moving story based on this book.

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28 Days Later [Blu-ray]
Starring: Christopher Eccleston , Brendan Gleeson , Ricci Harnett , David Schneider , and Stuart McQuarrie
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ASIN: B000VDDWEC
Release Date: 2007-10-09

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Hailed as the most frightening film since The Exorcist, acclaimed Director Danny Boyle's visionary take on zombie horror "isn't just scaryâ?¦it's absolutely terrifying" (Access Hollywood).

An infirmary patient awakens from a coma to an empty roomâ?¦in a vacant hospitalâ?¦in a deserted city. A powerful virus, which locks victims into a permanent state of murderous rage, has transformed the world around him into a seemingly desolate wasteland. Now a handful of survivors must fight to stay alive, unaware that the worst is yet to comeâ?¦

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