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Yet another Philip k Dick adaption hits the screens with veteran Hong kong action director John woo helming the project.I feel this movie has been unfairly torn apart by critics and sci fi fans alike.Maybe its the whole 'Bennifer' thing still playing on the publics paparazzi hungry brains or,the fact that Philip k dick fans will never be happy with any adaption of their beloved authors work,but i enjoyed it.Affleck is cast as an engineer who works on big money product development's,the jobs are so hush,hush that he has his memory erased after each contract.Against his pals better judgment he accepts a huge wage to do a 2 year contract.Upon finishing the big job he finds himself in a bit of strife he's also signed away his paycheck in exchange for an envelope full of obscure bits and pieces.Long forgotten love Uma thurman turns up and they go on the run,trying to avoid the evil corporations clutches and make sense of the whole bizarre scenario.So a lot of things are implausable but lighten up people this is a big budget,no grey matter required popcorn flick masquerading as sci fi, attempting to appeal to people who wouldn't normally watch a sci fi film.If you suspend your disbelief for an hour and a half you'll enjoy it.Even though John woo is directing don't expect blood thirsty shootouts as the body count is low,but his trade mark stand offs,and a motorcycle chase are included although he takes a rather workman like ethic to this film.Not as memorable as Dicks other adapted works such as 'Bladerunner','Total recall' or the overrated 'Minority report' but enjoyable escapism regardless.

My partner and i enjoy our regular DVD night's as the video shop we use has the biggest archive of hard to find movie's in Tauranga,but as my missus is usually in a hurry,she just grab's random movie's cause the cover look's good without reading the blurb on the back of the cover,hence we end up viewing the odd abomination such as this film.Some of my mate's came round that fateful night and viewed this jaw's invading the waterway's of a small hick town/criminal's searching for submerged loot sub plot, we could not help but giggle,make snide remark's and pick hole's in the sub porn wooden acting and the 'menacing' bull shark.Lot's of the ridicule was directed at coolio, washed up rapper/actor who seem's to think he's in a L.A gangsta flick and not in a small backwater community being terrorized by a vengeful, rubbery shark.Lou diamond phillip's career has taken a turn for the worst over the year's,yet he was in some fairly good movie's like La bamba,Young guns and The first power(i liked it anyway).Well worth a look to poke fun at but seriously do not see this thinking your gonna get a top notch thriller.

Commando is my favourite arnie movie ever.It has so many quoteable lines ("you know how i said i'd kill you last..i lied)the action is so over the top and arnie get's to showcase his humour with those trademark one liner's.Basically,matrix(arnold) must rescue his daughter from the dictator like Dan hedaya and one of his former commrade's bennett(the awesome but underrated Vernon well's),much bloodshed and carnage ensuse's and there's never a dull moment.Sure there's a lot of goof's but you can forgive them as the pacing of the film more than make's up for it.Also great is the cowardly and sleazy Sully(David patrick kelly) who is so transparently wimpy you feel like your 12 year old niece could give him a hiding.One of the best action film's of the 80's,this movie would not go down well if it was released in this day in age of p.c wowser's,if governor Schwarzenegger would make one more movie,it would be a godsend if somebody made a sequel to this wonderful piece of celluloid(forget about the rewrite that became Die hard).So if you have not had the pleasure of seeing it hurry up and do so,you wont regret it.