Terminator 2: Judgment Day – He Is Back!

January 22, 2010 by Paul Wall  
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Same Make. Same Model. New Mission.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Actors:

Arnold Schwarzenegger The Terminator
Edward Furlong John Connor
Robert Patrick T-1000
Earl Boen Dr. Peter Silberman
Joe Morton Dr. Miles Bennett Dyson
S. Epatha Merkerson Tarissa Dyson
Castulo Guerra Enrique Salceda
Danny Cooksey Tim
Jenette Goldstein Janelle Voight
Xander Berkeley Todd Voight
Linda Hamilton Sarah Connor
Ken Gibbel Douglas
Robert Winley Cigar-Smoking Biker
Peter Schrum Lloyd
Directors:
James Cameron
IMDB Rating:
8.5 out of 10 (193,435 votes)

‘The Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ 1991 – Review

T-1000

T-1000

10 years after the events described in the first Terminator film, Skynet sends back a new, improved Terminator (model T-1000). Its objective is the termination of Sarah Connor’s son – John Connor, which will lead people in the fight against the machines. John Connor, knowing about the plans of Skynet, also sends a Terminator back – reprogrammed T-800 model. He must protect ten year old John from T-1000 …

Trying to retell the plot of Terminator 2 is an ungrateful and useless thing: almost everybody in the world has seen the movie. This film has gained cult status long ago and entered the world’s cinema history as one of the best examples of Sci-Fi action.

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For those times, “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” has become an incredibly ambitious project: for the first time the budget of the movie exceeds one hundred millionth mark. However, after the success of the first “Terminator”, “Aliens” and “The Abyss” Cameron had a lot of credibility with the studios, so he got away with the costs overrun quite easily. And, as time has shown, the producers and investors were not mistaken having faith and confidence in Cameron. The terminator sequel was not only even more ambitious, impressive and vivid in terms of production, but also more emotional, deeper and multidimensional than the original. Along with that, the Judgment Day doesn’t conflict with The Terminator (1984), but develops logically and quite organically the ideas that were put up in the 1984 movie. Therefore, it makes good sense to consider these movies as dilogy, rather than separate projects.

Famous Terminator Smile

Famous Terminator Smile

Of course, like any real masterpiece, the Terminator dilogy did not just happen in an empty space: the theme of the machine’s revolt against humanity has been raised before in cinema and literature. The most brilliant example is, of course, Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”. However, in Kubrick’s film, the idea was resolved in a completely different context and with the opposite genre shades (slow philosophical narration instead of Cameron’s non-stop action). It is therefore more logical to compare dilogy with the Aliens movie franchise (at the time of “Terminator 2″ release there were only 2 parts of the quadrilogy, the first -”Alien” – directed by Ridley Scott, and the second – “Aliens” – by James Cameron). The latter two movies raise a number of different topics, however, the main characters – the Alien and Lieutenant Ripley – have a clear resemblance to the T-1000 and Sarah Connor. Merciless and practically invulnerable creature opposed to the female-warrior, female-savior, who desperately fights for the sake of herself (“Alien” 1979), and then for the sake of all humankind (“Aliens” 1986).

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‘Star Trek: Generations’ Download and Reviews

November 22, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

“Star Trek: Generations” Movie Details

Star Trek: Generations tagline: Boldly Go
Star Trek VII: Generations - DVD Cover

Star Trek: Generations DVD Cover

Actors:
Patrick Stewart Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Jonathan Frakes Commander William T. Riker
Brent Spiner Lt. Commander Data
LeVar Burton Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Gates McFadden Doctor Beverly Crusher
Marina Sirtis Counselor Deanna Troi
Malcolm McDowell Dr. Tolian Soran
James Doohan Capt. Montgomery “Scotty” Scott
Walter Koenig Commander Pavel Chekov
William Shatner Captain James T. Kirk, retired
Alan Ruck Capt. John Harriman
Jacqueline Kim Ensign Demora Sulu
Jenette Goldstein Enterprise-B Science Officer
Directors: David Carson
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 out of 25,321 votes

“Star Trek: Generations” Movie Review

“Star Trek VII: Generations” Plot Summary

Capt. Picard, with the help of supposedly dead Capt. Kirk, must stop a madman willing to murder on a planetary scale in order to enter a space matrix. add synopsis

One of the best, next to ST:First Contact

This is undoubtedly one of the best Star Trek films next to First contact. The special FX were superb, the plot was excellent, acting was excellent, and one of the most striking things about the film was the beautiful filming locations

The beginning started off a little weak but towards the middle of the film the movie began to strut it’s stuff. Once the plot forms after the destruction of a Federation science station the movie will not fail you. The Enterprise-Klingon battle scene was excellent, and the factor which allows the Enterprise to win is also very interesting. Although the part on the planets surface where Picard tries to stop Soran (Malcolm McDowell) was a little weak, especially where Picard magically escapes Soran’s 3 disruptor blasts unharmed, the scenes after that were spectacular. After entering the Nexus and realizing he must go back to save the crew of the Enterprise (and the Solar System they are in) Picard seeks Kirk’s help (William Shatner). I was truly amazed by the filming locations, they were downright beautiful! Kirk and Picard fit very nicely into it, and it is easy to see why Kirk would not want to leave ‘the Nexus’. The ending fight between Soran and the Kirk-Picard team was a bit sub-par compared to other ST movies, but none-the-less it put a very nice touch to the end of the movie. The way that they leave the story open to a another movie is very well done, and I have to say it fits in very nice with ST: First Contact

I would definitely recommend renting or buying this movie, and if you watched it on TV then I have to tell you to go rent the movie, because many scenes were ‘edited’ out to fit the movie in a 2-hour timeslot.

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‘Lethal Weapon 2′ Download and Reviews

November 13, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Comedy, Crime

“Lethal Weapon 2″ Movie Details

Lethal Weapon 2 tagline: The magic is back!
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Actors:
  • Philip Suriano
  • Mel Gibson Martin Riggs
    Danny Glover Roger Murtaugh
    Joe Pesci Leo Getz
    Joss Ackland Arjen ‘Aryan’ Rudd
    Derrick O’Connor Pieter ‘Adolph’ Vorstedt
    Patsy Kensit Rika van den Haas
    Darlene Love Trish Murtaugh
    Traci Wolfe Rianne Murtaugh
    Steve Kahan Captain Ed Murphy
    Mark Rolston Hans
    Jenette Goldstein Officer Meagan Shapiro
    Dean Norris Tim Cavanaugh
    Juney Smith Tom Wyler
    Nestor Serrano Eddie Estaban
    Joseph Ragucci
    Directors: Richard Donner IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 out of 41,676 votes

    “Lethal Weapon 2″ Movie Review

    “Lethal Weapon 2″ Plot Summary

    Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

    The adventure continues

    The adventure continues with Lethal Weapon 2. All the great characters are back and with some new ones, as well. Joe Pesci enters the Lethal Weapon-series as the annoying and witty Leo Getz(ok ok ok ok?) Riggs and Murtaugh must fight against a South-African diplomat, who`s a big drugdealer. The classic mixture of action and comedy is also to be found here. I have never seen another series of movies (except Die Hard), where all the chapters are just as great as the original film. 9/10

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    ‘Aliens’ Download and Reviews

    October 11, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Action, Adventure, Horror

    “Aliens” Movie Details

    Aliens tagline: This time there’s more.
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    Aliens DVD Cover

    Actors:
    Sigourney Weaver Ellen Ripley
    Carrie Henn Rebecca “Newt” Jorden
    Michael Biehn Cpl. Dwayne Hicks
    Lance Henriksen Bishop
    Paul Reiser Carter Burke
    Bill Paxton Pvt. Hudson
    William Hope Lt. Gorman
    Jenette Goldstein Pvt. Vasquez
    Al Matthews Sgt. Apone
    Mark Rolston Pvt. Drake
    Ricco Ross Pvt. Frost
    Colette Hiller Cpl. Ferro
    Daniel Kash Pvt. Spunkmeyer
    Cynthia Dale Scott Cpl. Dietrich
    Tip Tipping Pvt. Crowe
    Directors: James Cameron
    IMDB Rating: 8.5/10 out of 154,052 votes

    “Aliens” Movie Review

    “Aliens” Plot Summary

    The planet from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, enough?

    Easily the best of all the aliens

    When I first watched Alien i was really impressed and had to get Aliens. I wasn’t sure if this could be as good because most sequels hardly ever surpass the first. But I thought this was a lot better. Don’t get me wrong the first was brilliant but this was amazing. Everything was right. They had a brilliant cast, brilliant story, brilliant effects and brilliant acting.

    The thing i was most impressed about was the design of it all. It looked amazing. They Made things look realistic and the aliens looked really good as well. The aliens home was put together brilliantly. For a 1986 film they made the effects look really good and the set. The king alien looked very good and the set of it’s home was very good as well. Yet again Sigourney Weaver puts on a brilliant performance as like she did in the first one and Jennette Goldstien as Pvt Vaquez gave a great performance and is one of the best movie heroes ever.

    With the first film it had a lot of parts that made you jump and had you on the edge of your seat. It was exactly the same with this one. There were lots of parts that made you jump and nearly the whole film had you on the edge of your seat wanting to know what was going to happened next and they had a lot more gore in this than the first which was good to see because i thought in the first it would be fairly gory but it weren’t that much.

    If you thought the first was good you must watch this. You will be blown away by the effects and design and the great action sequences they have with the aliens. It is one of the best films made and it will keep you entertained from start to finish.

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