‘Dragonfly’ Download and Reviews

November 18, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

“Dragonfly” Movie Details

Dragonfly tagline: When someone you love dies… are they gone forever?
Dragonfly - DVD Cover

Dragonfly DVD Cover

Actors:
  • Kim Staunton
  • Kevin Costner Joe Darrow
    Susanna Thompson Emily Darrow
    Samantha Morton Hugh Campbell
    Adam Rifkin Charlie Dickinson
    Kathy Bates Mrs. Belmont
    Robert Bailey Jr. Jeffrey Reardon
    Jacob Smith Ben
    Jay Thomas Hal
    Lisa Banes Flora
    Matt Craven Eric
    Casey Biggs Neil Darrow
    Leslie Hope Charisse Darrow
    Peter Hansen Phillip Darrow
    Marybeth Fisher Eulogist
    Intake Nurse
    Directors: Tom Shadyac IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 out of 13,374 votes

    “Dragonfly” Movie Review

    “Dragonfly” Plot Summary

    A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patients near death experiences. add synopsis

    A Good Thriller.

    Dragonfly was a good thriller movie and was very well written. Kevin Costner and Kathy Bates were good. The movie did bore you a little at times, but in the ending the story picks up and flows greatly. The movie is about Joe (Kevin Costner), a doctor whose wife dies in a bus accident in a foreign country while working for the Red Cross

    When she dies, Joe is devastated, and works overtime at the hospital, and is uncomfortable staying at his own house with his wife’s menacing bird. But then, Joe finds that children dying at the hospital have seen his wife when they are near death, like a young boy named Jeffrey who is at the hospital for cancer. Now, Joe must find what his wife wants him to find. This movie was interesting and good. I give Dragonfly a 9 out of 10. :)

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    ‘Broken Arrow’ Download and Reviews

    September 1, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Action, Adventure, Thriller

    “Broken Arrow” Movie Details

    Broken Arrow tagline: Prepare to Go Ballistic
    Broken Arrow - DVD Cover

    Broken Arrow DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Joey Box
  • John Travolta Maj. Vic ‘Deak’ Deakins
    Christian Slater Capt. Riley Hale
    Samantha Mathis Terry Carmichael
    Delroy Lindo Colonel Max Wilkins
    Bob Gunton Pritchett
    Frank Whaley Giles Prentice
    Howie Long Kelly
    Vondie Curtis-Hall Lt. Col. Sam Rhodes
    Jack Thompson Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
    Vyto Ruginis Johnson
    Ousaun Elam Lt. Thomas
    Shaun Toub Max
    Casey Biggs Novacek
    Jeffrey J. Stephen Shepherd
    Frakes
    Directors: John Woo IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 out of 31,925 votes

    “Broken Arrow” Movie Review

    “Broken Arrow” Plot Summary

    Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the US military but don’t count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans. add synopsis

    One of my favourite overblown 90’s action flicks!

    Broken Arrow starts as pilots Captain Riley Hale (Christian Slater) & Major Vic Deakins (John Travolta) board a Stealth bomber equipped with two nuclear missiles, they fly the Stealth over the Utah desert in what was supposed to be a routine mission to monitor radiation levels but Deakins tries to kill Hale in an attempt to steal the nuclear weapons. Hale manages to eject from the Stealth before Deakins kills him, Deakins then drops the unarmed bombs & ejects himself leaving the plane to crash. Having witnessed the crash park ranger Terry Carmichael (Samantha Mathis) goes to investigate & finds Hale, meanwhile Deakins has managed to trick the army into thinking the nuclear weapons have been breached & therefore rescue teams cannot be sent in. With easy access to the bombs he intends to bribe the Government into paying a ransom or he’ll use them to wipe out half of the country, that is unless Hale & the park ranger can stop him & his men…Directed by John Woo Broken Arrow was his second American action film after the fabulous Hard Target (1993), I personally rate Broken Arrow, & Hard Target for that matter, as one of my favourite over-the-top action flicks from the 90’s & for that I apologise to no-one. The script by Graham Yost is as action packed as they come, there’s loads of shoot-outs, fights, explosions, crashes, vehicular mayhem & near misses. Most people seem to think the basic story is pretty far fetched & I have to agree but it’s by no means sillier than a lot of 90’s action flicks like Speed (1994) for instance. What I like about it is that it moves along like a rocket & there isn’t enough time between all the fights & explosions for small things like plot holes to make any huge difference. I also liked the character’s here, the relationships between Hale & the sexy park ranger & between Hale & Deakins in particular, I just thought the character’s & the way they were written & developed were better than the average action flick with themes like friendship & betrayed. I liked it, a lot

    Director Woo knows how to turn in a decent action flick & he doesn’t disappoint here, while the unmistakable style of his earlier Hong Kong films may have been slightly sterilised by Hollywood the set-pieces in his films still remain very impressive. Broken Arrow probably has more helicopters being blown up & crashing than any other single film I think I’ve ever seen. Some of the explosions are huge, the fights are varied & well staged & most of the action is done the good old fashioned way on set in camera with real stunt men & real explosions rather than awful CGI computer effects which have become commonplace. The only scene which really made me cringe was when Hale falls off the back of the truck & he then picks himself up, runs after it, catches it up & jumps on the back! I don’t think so, the truck itself had at least a 10 second head start before we even discuss how slow it would have to have been going for Hale to physically run after it & catch it up. The violence isn’t too excessive, there’s not much blood in it & the violence isn’t sadistic or gloating as in say a lot of Steven Seagal films

    With a supposed budget of about $65,000,000 Broken Arrow is well made with that Hollywood polish about it, the special effects are good & there’s plenty of big bangs & explosions for the money. The acting is alright, I liked Travolta (who was apparently paid $7,000,000 for this) as the villain in particular but he does come across as a bit theatrical at times, I thought Mathis was fine as the love interest although I thought Slater was a bit bland & forgettable as the hero

    Broken Arrow is a great action film, it has a good cast, great action scenes, loads of explosions, better than usual character’s & it moves along at a good pace. I thought it was great & it’s as simple & straight forward as that.

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