Spy Kids 3 - Game Over (Two-Disc Collector's Series)

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The adventures of pint-sized secret agents Juni and Carmen Cortes (Daryl Sabara and Alexa Vega) continue. As Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over opens, Juni has left the spy agency and launched a career as a private detective--but when he learns that his sister Carmen has disappeared into a nefarious multi-user computer game, he agrees to go in after her, with the assistance of his grandfather (Ricardo Montalban). Three-dimensional special effects launch us into a topsy-turvy world of battling robots, souped-up motorcycle races, frogs on pogo sticks, surfing on hot lava, and much, much more. The story is even more incoherent than an actual computer game--but the movie storms along, driven by writer/director/editor/everything-else Robert Rodriguez's sheer visual enthusiasm. Featuring Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, and everyone else who appeared in the first two Spy Kids movies. --Bret Fetzer

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The Spy Kids are back again! This time, their trademark action is combined with the very latest digital technology and the thrill of the 3-D experience to deliver a motion picture event that pushes family fun to the next level! Secret agents Juni (Daryl Sabara) and Carmen Cortez (Alexa Vega) set out on their most mind-blowing mission yet: a journey inside the virtual reality world of a 3-D video game where awe-inspiring graphics and creatures come dangerously to life! As they face escalating challenges through increasingly difficult levels of the game, the Spy Kids must rely on humor, high-tech gadgets, and the bonds of family in order to stop a power-hungry villain (Sylvester Stallone) set on controlling the youth of the world! Also featuring familiar faces Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, and Ricardo Montalban in an incredible all-star cast!

Customer Reviews:

I guess it could be entertaining..........2007-08-22

And it's probably better than, let's say 85% of what Disney shows nowadays. It has alright characters from what I've watched and less than dazzling special effects. They were OK though, I guess.

The action is somewhat entertaining and the girls aren't over-stereotypically feminine and girly (which I liked) and it was a colorful movie.

No major complaints (didn't watch the whole movie) but wasn't blown away either.

Good for the kids.

best kids action movie ever!.......2007-03-07

This has got to be the best kids action movie ever! I rented this movie
for a week and watched it 5 times and loved it. Believe me when you see this you are going to want to buy this like me! I have seen every one
except spy kids 2 {Island of Lost Dreams}. The basic outline of Spy Kids
Game Over is Carmon Cortez {Alexa Vega} gets stuck in a virtual reality
game trying to turn it off {to find out why you will need to watch it} and
Juni Cortez {Daryl Sabara} Must fight his way through the levels to save his sister and shut down the game at the same time. If he fails his mission,GAME OVER! I hope you will enjoy the dvd like I did!

Spy Kids 3.......2007-02-07

The kids really loved this. We liked it too. Exciting. Nice to choose 3-D version or standard version.

THE BEST!.......2006-09-24

[I DON'T OWN THIS, BUT I DID SEE IT] I CAN'T BELEAVE THAT OTHERS SAID THIS MOVIE STUNK! IT IS AWSOME! I SAW IT IN 3D AND 2D AND BOTH WERE COOL! IN 3D I JUMPED BACK BECUSE HIS SWORD THING CAME OUT OF THE TV! YOU NEED TO GET THIS. MY MOM JUST GOT ME ONE FOR MY OWN JUST NOW. I CAN'T WAIT THE 3-4 DAYS!

OVER ALL: YOU NEED TO GET THIS!

KILL MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!.......2006-08-01

KILL MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! THIS MOVIE IS THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL, ALL, ALL, TIME SINCE THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE AND BEFORE THAT! IN THEATERS I WAS THE ONLY ONE WATCHING THAT MOVIE AND I FELT LIKE WALKING OUT!! I WANTED TO CRY :( THE ACTORS STINK ALONG WITH THE PLOT AND 3-D EFFECTS!!!

All I can say is BOOOOOOOOOO THIS MOVIE SUCKS!

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Not What You'd Expect
Depressing but engrossing
A Stinker!
Disturbing Story: Extremely Well Made Movie
Quiet Desperation

The Quiet
Starring: Elisha Cuthbert , Camilla Belle , Edie Falco , Martin Donovan (II) , and Shawn Ashmore
Director: Jamie Babbit
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B000KX0IP4
Release Date: 2007-02-13

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High school cheerleader Nina Deer (Elisha Cuthbert) seems like the ultimate bitch in The Quiet. When Paul and Olivia Deer (Martin Donovan and Edie Falco) invite their deaf and mute godchild, Dot (Camilla Belle) to live with the family following the death of Dot's father, Nina plays Dot's evil stepsister. Dot silently persists as household dynamics unfold nightmarishly around her, revealing an unsavory affair that leaves the mother reaching for her bottle of painkillers. The more Nina reveals her secret fantasy to Dot, however, the more Dot feels compelled to step in. Director Jamie Babbit's film is rich with sexual confusion and sick psychology, making The Quiet surprisingly complex. Though Elisha Cuthbert's performance is strong, it is still a slowly paced film, and the sets, like dark, moody blue rooms in the Deer house, add unneeded melodrama. Still, The Quiet is a thriller about teen girls bonded to commit a heinous crime, and many will appreciate this variation on the tale of young female chivalry against monstrosity. --Trinie Dalton

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This erotic and suspenseful tale of sex, lies and betrayal stars Elisha Cuthbert (The Girl Next Door) as Nina Deer, a pretty cheerleader whose life is turned upside-down by the arrival of her parents' godchild Dot (Camilla Belle), a deaf and mute girl recently orphaned by her father's death. Although Nina looks upon Dot's deafness with disdain, her family and friends develop a strange attraction to her, and Dot soon becomes a sounding board for everyone's heaviest burdens. But when Nina becomes convinced that Dot is hiding a few secrets of her own, she decides to confess a family secret so disturbing, it cannot be ignored. Also starring Martin Donovan and Edie Falco (TV's The Sopranos).

Customer Reviews:

Not What You'd Expect.......2007-09-15

At first glance, "The Quiet" appears to be the same pseudo-psychological thriller starring the hottest cast of teenagers around. It's actually quite far from that. It's a film that's part John Waters part David Lynch, but without the class of the latter and the humor of former. It's unlike anything that I've seen in this kind of film for a long time. It stars the super-talented Camilla Belle as Dot, a deaf and mute girl who is taken in by her godparents (Martin Donovan & Edie Falco) when her father dies. Her new sister Nina (Elisha Cuthbert), a beautiful, 17-year-old cheerleader hates her. Because of her problems, Dot is immediately labeled a freak and social outcast. It's clear, obvious really, from the beginning that Dot is hiding a secret or two. Same with Nina, although it doesn't take you long to figure out exactly what's going on with that. Now this is a twisted film that isn't aimed at the teenage audience most of these films are aimed at. It's looking for an adult audience as it deals with a lot of sexual topics (indeed, 75% of the dialogue is sexual in nature), incest, murder, and a whole jubilee of other weird stuff. One thing "The Quiet" captures well is the way teenagers talk. Sex is a touchy subject among teenagers in movies, while sex here is completely unhibited. A lot of the dialouge though is stuff that teenagers think and wouldn't actually say. "The Quiet" could have been a bigger hit with critics (with this subject matter, it would've never been a box-office hit) if the material was handled better. This is familar material, but it's not usually handled in major motion pictures...And the writers have clearly been watching too many soap operas. Falco, a talented actress, as Nina's mother is the stereotypical pill-popping mother we see in at least 10 movies each year. Donovan, as the father, seems to have based his performance upon Stellan Skarsgaard in "The Glass House" and it's not a stretch to say Falco seems to have got inspiration from Diane Lane in that same film. "The Quiet" does stray away from other stereotypes like the "happy ending." The bad guys essentially get away in this film...But it makes a lot of mistakes along the way and many "serious" scenes border on parody. The director messed up too by filming a few scenes here-and-there with a different camera, giving it a cheap straight-to-video look. "The Quiet" will surprise you when you pop it in and find out it's not the sister-sequel to "When a Stranger Calls" and then they'll be pissed when they don't know if they're supposed to be shocked or crying with laughter.

GRADE: C+

Depressing but engrossing.......2007-08-09

Dot (Camilla Belle), an introverted deaf/mute girl moves in with her godparents after her dad gets killed. Not a welcome change to her new godsister, Nina (Elisha Cuthbert), who wants nothing to do with this "freak" at home or school, where she is a popular cheerleader. Dot tries to keep to herself, but she soon becomes a confession magnet due to her deafness to those who feel the need to get things off their chest to someone, but without the repercussions of revealing their secrets. Unfortunately for pretty much everyone in this movie, nothing is as it seems, and their actions lead to events that will tragically change the lives of those involved.

This is defintely one of those movies where you will thank your lucky stars if you have even a semblance of a good family life after watching. Dark, colorless and depressing to be sure, but surreally beautiful at the same time. Performances are excellent from all involved, particularly Belle's demure turn and Cuthbert, who has successfully increased her skills since the shaky 24 days.

A Stinker!.......2007-07-26

This movie was so obviously a stinker. Hey guys, were we watching the same movie?? Between the virtually non-existent plot to the incredibly poor acting this movie just never got off the ground for me. Like some of the other reviewers, I was attracted to the movie because of Elisha Cuthbert who is stunning and can act (I loved her work in the 24 series) However, even her dialogue is purile in this bomb. While these themes could have been the basis for an interesting movie, it fails in almost every respect. I am being generous with the one star.

Disturbing Story: Extremely Well Made Movie.......2007-07-20

Now this is one of the sickest and most disturbing storylines I've come across. But, if you fight your urges of disgust and sit through the whole movie and judge the movie, not the story, you'll realize what a powerful and extremely well made movie this is. This is sure to haunt you for weeks after watching. But that is testament to how well the movie is made.

Camilla Belle is simply awesome in portraying Dot. Elisha Cutbert also shows that she can indeed act (you'll know what I mean if you've seen her previous movies). You'll keep hearing the music of the movie long after it done. So please watch and enjoy this wonderful movie before judging it on it's creepy story. You'll talk about the quiet after the storm with your friends once you've watched this.

Quiet Desperation.......2007-06-25

"Nina Deer's life is infused with sex. At school, she is attached at the hip to her best friend Michelle, a girl who is seemingly unable to talk about anyone without announcing that she wants to "f*ck him," or demanding that know if Nina thinks he wants to do the same to her. At home, meanwhile, it's clear that Nina is being sexually abused by her father, a fact that dominates virtually every moment of her life. With Michelle, she plays the part of the easily-shocked, virginal friend." Martha Fischer

Dot, who is played by Camilla Belle, father dies, and she's left alone and sent to live with her godparents and their only child, Nina. Dot is deaf like her father, and also refuses to speak, and communicates through sign language and lip-reading. Nina is everything Dot isn't, she is blonde and popular. Her new sister is a nightmare. Not only will Dot not speak, but she is uninterested in engaging in the school structure. She wants to be alone, and is turned off by the mad rush around her. As she explains in a voice over, Dot is completely whole only when alone. Nina treats Dot with the same disgust with which she views both her parents and herself. Her father is sexually abusing her, and her mother, played by Edie Falco, is popping pills. Edie Falco does not need to take these kind of roles, she was sleepwalking throughout the film. It's not long before the silent girl becomes her confidant. Nina whispers sexually explicit stories in the middle of the school cafeteria, unburdening herself. "Telling Dot, she reasons, is like screaming herself raw in an empty room: No on hears but she feels better, if only for a moment." The tragedy of the film is that everything about the movie is slightly awry, and I was left with flat emotion.

"At times, it's difficult to watch The Quiet, because a group of actors are giving their all -- albeit entirely unsuccessfully -- to a small, possibly controversial film in which they clearly believe. Over and over again, I was reminded of the Bruce Willis disaster Color of Night, another film whose emotional power over its audience was horrendously overestimated by its creators. While The Quiet is by no means as bad as Color of Night, it shares with that film a tremendous seriousness about its own purpose, and a tragic misunderstanding of its relationship with an audience that, more often than not, is left laughing when it should be gasping." Susan Reid

I tried to find some redeeming qaulity in this film. "The Quiet" is a film that has been done before, and this film shows us that there is a fine line at times between a great film and one that tries too hard.

Recommended Warily. prisrob 6-25-07

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Great movie but Robert Redford is looking his age
Excellent movie in companionship and excellence under pressure
Redford is cool
Smart Viewing in style
Nothing special with Spy Game

Spy Game [HD DVD]
Starring: Amidou , Todd Boyce , Larry Bryggman , Michael Paul Chan , and Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Director: Tony Scott
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B000FZEQS2
Release Date: 2006-08-22

Product Description

Superstar Brad Pitt teams with Academy Award-winner Robert Redford in this pulse-pounding action thrill ride.

When a top-secret, unauthorized mission goes bad, CIA agent Tom Bishop (Pitt) is captured and sentenced to die. With just 24 hours to get him out alive, Bishop s boss Nathan Muir (Redford) must battle enemies abroad and the system inside the CIA to save his friend. Now, the clock is ticking and the race is on as the deadliest game of all explodes into the spectacular, adrenaline-fueled thriller that ABC Radio says Sizzles with suspense!

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Running Time: 127 Mins.

Format: HD DVD

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A thinking person's thriller, Spy Game employs dense plotting without sacrificing the kinetic momentum that is director Tony Scott's trademark. The film has the byzantine scope of a novel, focusing on veteran CIA operative Nathan Muir (Robert Redford), whose protégé Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) is scheduled for execution in a Chinese prison. It's Muir's last day before retiring (cliché alert!), and Bishop is being deliberately sacrificed by oily CIA officials to ensure healthy trade with China. Muir has 24 hours to rescue Bishop and his perfunctory love interest (Catherine McCormack), and Spy Game connects the mentor's end-run strategy to flashbacks of his student's exploits in Berlin, Beirut, and beyond. Ambitious but emotionally bland--and not as exciting as Scott's Enemy of the State--Spy Game offers pass-the-torch humor between leather-faced Redford and pretty boy Pitt, and although their dialogue is occasionally limp, the movie compensates with efficient style and substance. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

Great movie but Robert Redford is looking his age.......2007-09-11

Great performances in this film. Robert Redford gives his usual excellent performance. Brad Pitt is also excellent in this spy thriller. The transfer to dvd is very good unlike some I have. I thought is was well done with a good plot.

Buy it!

Excellent movie in companionship and excellence under pressure.......2007-08-31

My Profile: 43 yo (and getting better), no qualifications whatsoever as a movie critic

I never get tired of watching this movie, the tutor apprenticce relantionship is superb and I think the documentation on the inner works of the CIA and their everyday lives of their field operatives is very well researched and credible.

The movie has many plots in which to recreate on, the acting of both Pitt and redford is superb and one can appreciate the strong bonding that they make.. a bond that holds no mater if Pitts character goes roge and is left to his own death by the CIA, but the fundamental role is undeniably in the hands of Redford, who under inmense pressure is able t use the CIA owns inner strings to conduct the game he wants to be played, it is mixture of skill, inside knowledge and at the same time an act of redemtion, for Redford's character is in his last days on the CIA prior to retirement, we see a man that now is tired of playing the office game and seeing how the world he once help construct (thorugh dubious schemes) is now meaningless and devoid.

You could also see a healthy critisism of the CIA unescrupulus tactics in scenarios we are now prone to forget such as the cold war and the lebanon of the civil war of the late 70s... yet to me this is not a movie designed to expose a political angle, I guess today this sort of movie would be censored for it may carry a message that may weaken institutional moral against terrorism, or some croc along those lines.

This is rare glimpse at aworld of spies not taylored to the glamour that hollywood highlits of a marvel james Bond type of hero, we see real people, facing friendship, love, political backstabbing, alienation, etc.

Redford is cool.......2007-08-24

Great movie, story was interesting. Brings the cold war to the screen in an unusual way. Awesome ending, Redford is cool.

Corey Cotta, Author of All of Yesterdays Tomorrows.

Smart Viewing in style.......2007-08-06

The movie has been 'BOURNE' out (pun intended) in previous critque's but, HD gives some great visual-gasm's to the system.

If your designs are to have a story that takes intellect and marries to it great acting and visuals to match....Here's your winner!

Nothing special with Spy Game.......2007-07-30

Unfortunately Redford, although an incredible actor can also hit a wall now and again. I found this film to have a large concentration on conversations that were supposed to be meaningful in regards to the mentoring ability of Redford's character. Instead it ends up being just talk, and at times almost seems to appear as if it has no real purpose. They would have been better off finding some real former spies and making a film based off of those experiences instead of the dull, boring effect that this thing emits. Really just could not find anything good in it, and although it has a great cast, the roles they fill are just that...filled, but not enough to make this film have any rewatchable value.

Justice League - Secret Origins (Mini-DVD)

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Smaller AND cheaper? Cool

Justice League - Secret Origins (Mini-DVD)
Starring: Justice League
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B0006IGWOO
Release Date: 2005-04-26

Description

The Big World of DVD Just Got Smaller! Introducing the new, evolutionary personal Mini-DVD player from CyberHome; the CH-MDP 2500 uses a 3-inch Mini-DVD disc that will enable you to enjoy DVD on the go with unprecedented portability and ease of use. Weighing only twelve ounces, it's small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, a backpack or in your pocket! In addition, the Mini-DVD discs are compatible in standard tray-loading DVD players! And there's more - it also comes with a rechargeable Lithium Ion battery pack for up to 3 hrs of running time and a charging cradle so you'll never have to buy batteries! Great for long trips or quiet time, the CyberHome CH-MDP 2500 is a personal, portable, and easy to use Mini-DVD player wherever you or your family goes. Sometimes the job is too big The greatest superheroes of all time team up to battle for truth, justice and freedom in the first Justice League movie, Secret Origins. Martian Manhunter comes to Earth to warn of an impending alien invasion. With the help of Superman and Batman, he enlists the world's greatest heroes including Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl to fend off the unstoppable invading armada. From the creative team behind the Emmy® Award-winning The New Batman/Superman Adventures, watch for the Justice League on Cartoon Network.

Customer Reviews:

Smaller AND cheaper? Cool.......2005-06-23

Warner Home Video has re-released the first three episodes of Justice League on its mini dvd format. These episodes explain how Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and other great heroes come together to thwart an alien invasion.

After seeing the second season and the later series Justice League Unlimited, its hard to be impressed by whats shown here. The story is really basic, the characters don't display much depth beyond their typical surface traits, and a couple of cornball lines and cliches pop up here and there. However as a pilot story it does what it needs to do, acting as a base for future episodes to build from. You can also feel the love and respect the creators have for the source material, which ultimately outweighs the flaws I've listed above.

The original dvd release had no bonus features either, making these two releases the same. If you havent picked this one up yet Amazon.com does list the mini as slightly cheaper, making it the ideal purchase until season sets come out.

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Secret Games 3
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Secret games 3
action
Great movie.

Secret Games 3
Starring: Woody Brown , Rochelle Swanson , Hollie L. Hummel , Dean Scofield , and Brenda Swanson
Director: Gregory Dark
Manufacturer: Unapix / a-Pix Ent.
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ASIN: B00004ZBH0
Release Date: 2000-10-17

Customer Reviews:

Secret Games 3.......2002-07-06

This so-called unrated version should be rated PG. I have the version taped from cinemax, and it is much better. I bought this DVD thinking it was that version. Boy, was I wrong. If you want hot & steamy, don't buy this one. It's not even luke warm.

Be careful, buyers.......2000-10-06

I have seen both the rated and unrated versions of this movie. All I can say is the rated version is a rip off. The unrated version features a 5 min long love scene featuring Branda Swanson in the sex club, but the rated one only has a 40 sec long love scene. There are other cuts on these critical moments.

Secret games 3.......2000-02-13

The so called NR dvd you see above in not NR. If the racey seen were left intact, as in the true NR version, this movie is hot as it were intended by the producers. This R rated version is like watching an R rated version of a XXX movie. Totally worthless

action.......1999-12-22

This movie is about a wife who wants some good action. She becomes a whore and becomes the obsession of one man. Rochelle Swanson is hot. Doesn't have much variety in formations though. Good looking chick. Could have thought out the sex scenes better.

Great movie........1999-08-30

This was a great movie but it should have had a more protective rating. R is not strict enough. It should have be NC-17 or higher because this was a great pornographic film.

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Secret Games 3
Be careful, buyers
Secret games 3
action
Great movie.

Secret Games 3
Starring: Woody Brown , Rochelle Swanson , Hollie L. Hummel , Dean Scofield , and Brenda Swanson
Director: Gregory Dark
Manufacturer: Simitar Ent.
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ASIN: 6304810857
Release Date: 1998-02-03

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Secret Games 3.......2002-07-06

Be careful, buyers.......2000-10-06

Secret games 3.......2000-02-13

action.......1999-12-22

Great movie........1999-08-30

This was a great movie but it should have had a more protective rating. R is not strict enough. It should have be NC-17 or higher because this was a great pornographic film.

Average customer rating:

Secret Games 3
Be careful, buyers
Secret games 3
action
Great movie.

Secret Games 3
Starring: Woody Brown , Rochelle Swanson , Hollie L. Hummel , Dean Scofield , and Brenda Swanson
Director: Gregory Dark
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ASIN: B00005RZRJ

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Secret Games 3.......2002-07-06

Be careful, buyers.......2000-10-06

Secret games 3.......2000-02-13

action.......1999-12-22

Great movie........1999-08-30

This was a great movie but it should have had a more protective rating. R is not strict enough. It should have be NC-17 or higher because this was a great pornographic film.

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Pure junk
I really loved this movie, I don't get what everyone else's problem is!
Why am I watching this???
Blah blah, rent the "Returner" instead.
Oh, what a mess

Armageddon
Starring: Andy Lau , Michelle Reis , Anthony Wong Chau-Sang , Claudia Lau , and Jessica Chau (II)
Director: Gordon Chan
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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Running Out of Time

ASIN: 6305020671
Release Date: 1998-07-01

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Like a high-tech version of the Christian apocalypse tale Left Behind with a skeptical skew, Gordon Chan's Armageddon (not to be confused with the Bruce Willis giant asteroid adventure of the same name) haphazardly combines end-of-the-world prophecies from various faiths with a murky X-Files-like mystery. The world's greatest scientists spontaneously combust after receiving a cryptic note ("You Have No Choice"), and communications genius Andy Lau (Savior of the Soul) is roused from mourning the death of his fiancée to investigate. Anthony Wong (Hard-Boiled) costars as his buddy and bodyguard, a shaggy, sloppy street cop out of place in the high-tech environment, and Michelle Reis (Fong Sai Yuk) is the dead girlfriend who steps out of his flashbacks and into his life, like a ghost providing him with clues. The darkly handsome film is more tech noir than action thriller, with a spiritual undercurrent, a serious tone, and a slow, moody buildup. Chan breathes some excitement into the otherwise somber film with some intriguing effects and a striking climax, but he never really clears up the cryptic mystery. Still, he got the jump on Hollywood. Produced and released in 1997, when the fear of Hong Kong's return to China was investing everything from gangster movies to costume epics with a rumbling, paranoid sense of confusion, his millennial thriller is at least as interesting as the U.S. attempts that followed (End of Days, Stigmata, Lost Souls) and certainly more fun. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews:

Pure junk.......2007-08-27

Ok, I've seen it despite the poor reviews. I can't say I wasn't told. The only reason this gets two stars is it was a really bad train wreak of a movie as one five star review, on another site, said. DON"T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS.

I really loved this movie, I don't get what everyone else's problem is!.......2007-06-16

I saw this in the theatre in 1997 and thought it ruled. Andy Lau was brill as the scientist, Anthony Wong is always fantastic, and it was a great supernatural thriller, which is a genre you don't see so much of in HK films. I really enjoyed it completely and I have no idea why anyone else dislikes it--perhaps it's just not what they expect from an HK film? But if you like things like Twin Peaks, Supernatural, Profit, Hex, Existenz, or The Matrix I think you will enjoy this movie!

Why am I watching this???.......2005-01-09

Terrible ending to this apocalyptic sci-fi thriller. Andy Lau (in his umpteenth lead role) plays a scientist and head of a telecommunications MNC whose girlfriend (Michelle Reis) has just died, and then gets involved in an international cult that believes the end of the world is nigh. With a cop friend (Anthony Wong) he got tracked down by the Caucasian cult leader who wants to ordain him (?). At the end the director and writers probably run out of ideas, or funds, or both. Whatever good the film does in the first one hour is undone by the abysmal end. You'll be a saint not to throw things at your television set. Pretty boy Andy gets to decide the fate of the world? Gimme a break! Is this the end of the world or what?

Blah blah, rent the "Returner" instead........2004-02-24

This is a supernatural "thriller" about a mysterious cult that is murdering famous scientists (why?) by spontanteous combustion. Our hero, played by the talented Andy Lau, is a scientist on the list who has police protection forced on him, but will only accept his old friend the cop, played well by the accomplished Anthony Wong, as a bodyguard. Things get weird as Andy's dead fiancee starts appearing to him and everyone else and soon it becomes clear as the cult invites him into their inner sanctum, that God is pissed and everything falls to Andy making a decision.
Despite competent direction and good acting all around, this just drags on, makes no sense in many places, and has a ridiculous sappy ending that will make just about anyone cringe. The few positive moments are all in snappy banter between the two friends and virtually no action exists here. Unless you can't resist the re-united beyond the grave love story thing, avoid this one.

Oh, what a mess.......2000-05-11

Andy Lau is the scientist. Anthony Wong is his buddy, the cop assigned to protect him when leading scientists start getting knocked off in some unusual ways. Oh, and there's a dead wife coming back here and there to torment Andy.Actually, this film held my attention for about the first 45 minutes. It seems to be headed in some neat, techno occult direction, but . . . well, this one falls apart and it's not pretty.One last question: how come all the worst Caucasian actors are in Hong Kong? I think some L.A. waiters should buy a plane ticket and try their luck.

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