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I refused to watch this film for so long as it was recommended to me whilst i did an English project about 'lord of the flies', which i strongly disliked. however seeing this film advertised to be on the bbc i decided that i would give it a go (probably because i as bored stiff). The only other thing that turned me away from this film at first was the casting of Leonardo di caprio, i enjoyed his performance in 'basketball diaries' but his other later work on films such as 'titanic' and 'the man in the iron mask' made me think he had out grown his talent and become very wooden. The beach returned my liking of leo, may be he is a talented actor, or may be he is just good at playing absolute nutters. his character was very likable as he descended to madness due to the beach being far to beautiful. And the love interest in francoise (the actress name escapes me) was dealt with impeccably by the writer/director. The actress was both convincing and beautiful, every thing the script asked of her. Although some cgi work with sharks is very poor, to the standard of the 3d jaws film, the director captures tohe moment very well and u cna get passed the weak special effects. the film was very enjoyable as i could relate to the characters, especially when leo comments on the fact when u have a crush everything they do seems interestin, even though it is actually very dull. Robert carlyle is excellent as ever, and so are the rest of the cast. i recommend this to everyone who hasn't seen it, especially if u have any preconceptions stopping u from watching this. 4/5

In an era full of buddy action flicks like lethal weapon and 48hrs, when all hollywood wanted was to keep people entertained, they got it right with this one. The story line seems a mixture of cocktail and commando, with womens favorite Patrick Swayze playing the 'best in the buisness'a cooler. BAsically it has all the main features of the 80's flicks, he kicks some ass, gets the girl and saves the day. But they got a great cast also including sam elliott(as Swayze's mentour, its stylish, cool and full of great fighting, rent it if you havent already done so. A great saturday night film 7-10

Brandon Lee, late son of legendary martial arts king Bruce Lee is Jake Lo, a college student fighting for his life against the forces of good and evil! The last thing Jake for was trouble. So trouble found him. After witnessing a bloody gangland murder he finds himself on the run and caught in the blazing crossfire between the Chicago police force and mafia butchers. With an inferno of terror all around him Jake has only one chance of survival- to fight back with the only weapon he has left.... his lethal bare hands. Brandon Lee isn't the greatest of actors and this film doesn't have to much of a story line but if your looking for a film with excellent action scenes and thats a good watch then choose this. **** out of *****