Adapted from the William Golding novel this drama tells the story of a group of boys who having survived a plane crash find themselves up against nature and eventually each other as they strive to survive in the wilderness.
A massively underrated action thriller which kept Schwarzenegger occupied between blockbusters, Commando may be one of the last shoot-out films ever to have real characters in it. Not, of course, that they're anything other than stereotypes, but they're painted with such detailed, positive strokes that it's impossible not to relate to them. Arnie plays a retired military special-ops officer whose daughter (played with an expert balance of cute/feisty by Alyssa Milano) is kidnapped by the baddest of bad guys, who'll only hand her back as and when he's assassinated a tiresome banana-republic president on their behalf. Needless to say, Arnie is deeply annoyed by this, rescues the moppet single-handed amid more bullets and explosions than you can shake a stuntman's pay cheque at, and... well, why spoil the fun by revealing any more? Co-star Rae Dawn Chong gets some nice one-liners as the innocent bystander who gets caught up in the mayhem. The DVD comes with no additional features at all, but who needs 'em anyway? --Roger Thomas
Titles Comprise: Predator:In a place without rules - the hunter has become the hunted. Deep inside the jungles of Latin America Schwarzenegger's team of elite commandos are being slaughtered by a mysterious predator. No longer are they hunters - they are the prey... of an alien whose only instinct is to kill. One by one it strikes with inhuman ferocity. Now to survive with the jungle as their only ally they face their greatest challenge: to stay alive. Commando:In this early action classic that features his unique blend of thrills and offbeat humor Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as retired Colonel John Matrix. The ex-head of a special commando strike team he's forced back into action when his daughter (Milano) is kidnapped. With the help of a feisty stewardess (Chong) Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she gets killed... Terminator:In 2029 giant super-computers dominate the planet hell-bent on exterminating the human race! And to destroy man's future by changing the past they send an indestructible cyborg - a Terminator - back in time to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) the woman whose unborn son will become mankind's only hope. Can Sarah protect herself from this unstoppable menace to save the life of her unborn child? Or will the human race be extinguished by one mean hunk of mutant metal? Conan The Barbarian:Cimmeran Conan is captured as a child after his parents' savage murder by raiding Vanir led by Thulsa Doom head also of the snake-cult of Set. Fifteen years of agony first chained to the Wheel Of Pain grinding grain and then enslaved as a pit fighter forge a magnificent body and indominitable spirit. Freed miraculously one day by his owner Conan with his companions Subotai the Mongol and Valeria the Queen of Thieves sets forth upon his quest to learn ""the riddle of steel"" which his father has prophesied will confer ultimate power; and to kill the arch-villian Thulsa Doom...
Ebulliently imaginative and far more cleverly presented than you would expect from a TV miniseries, this adaptation of Gulliver's Travels succeeds by never pandering to the lowest common denominator. Closely based on Jonathan Swift's 1726 classic, it is enhanced by dazzling special effects from Jim Henson Productions and a superb, multi-ethnic cast. The biggest surprise is Ted Danson in the title role--one of his best performances, even if he is the only person in England with an American accent. He conveys amusement, amazement and intelligence as he travels from one strange country into another. Not that anyone back in Blighty believes Mr Gulliver's tales of little people or giants. The story is told in flashback from an insane asylum, where he is forcibly confined. This far outshines several previous adaptations of Swift's satirical novel. --Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon.com
Episodes comprise: The Bird The Bird / Butch Mario And The Luigi Kid / King Mario Of Cramalot / Mario's Magic Carpet / Rollin' Down The River / The Great Gladiator Gig
Mario and Luigi are two wacky Italian plumbers who get washed through a warp zone while fixing a clogged drain. They find themselves in the colourful video world of The Mushroom Kingdom where they stumble from one adventure to another helping the perky Princess. Mario And The Beanstalk: When the Marios buy some magic garbanzo beans they are lead up the beanstalk to face a Giant Koopa. Love 'Em and Leave 'Em: Mario finds himself in trouble when the dreaded Queen Rotunda of Rotundaland mistakenly drinks a love potion falls in love with him and then tries to force him into marriage! The Great BMX Race: To save Toad's life Mario and Luigi are tricked into a disaster-strewn Boy's Motor Cross bicycle race with three of Koopa's sneakiest minions. Two Plumbers And A Baby: When Koopa misuses the Fountain of Youth to turn the Princess into a baby the Marios get stuck with a big babysitting problem. Stars In Their Eyes: Our heroes get chased to the Planet Quirk where Koopa has enslaved the natives and then puts the Mario Bros into slavery too. Pirate Of The Koopa: Long John Koopa kidnaps the Princess and is auctioning her off to his fellow pirates when our heroes arrive in pirate disguises.
MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) is a modern-day ""knight-errant"" a person people turn to in a crisis. He has a penchant for arriving on the scene in the eleventh hour when the clock is ticking ominously and innocent lives often are at stake. MacGyver is a packrat collecting ordinary items of seemingly little value and stashing them in his knapsack ""for a rainy day"". And it is these same items that he uses to improvise his way out of trouble. MacGyver's ingenious solutions to see
Harry Woltz is a homocide detective with a secret life; a life in which his addiction to gambling and the high life have left him with a large debt to the thuggish owners of the Tom Tom Club. Now they demand he pay-up but he can't. So Harry is offered an alternative...
Beer-guzzling Kansas frat boy Kip Wilson has decided there is more to life than booze and babes and heads to Los Angeles to start a career as an actor. His first objective is to find a place to stay which in a city as crazy as LA isn't going to be easy. Thankfully Kambiz a young Persian-Jew with a room to let takes Kip in and introduces him to a world far beyond that of rural Kansas. When Kip falls for a beautiful Persian girl named Sherry two cultures collide with hilarious and moving consequences. A modern day Romeo and Juliet that proves love can conquer all... well almost all!
In his most hilarious role since the legendary 'Dumb And Dumber' Jeff daniels is Fred Barlow a luckless door to door vacuum salesman. But business is not the good clean fun that it used to be as the competition gets dirty in their attempt to brush Fred off of his coveted sales patch. With Fred and his sales team failing miserably the competition are set to clean up until he discovers his wife in an uncompromising position using the vacuum cleaners unique attachemnt for some 'personal pleasure'. Once word spreads that Fred's machine gets into 'those hard to reach places' the team have discovered a new hilarious sales angle!
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