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I just watched this a couple of hours ago at the theater. I have been to terrible horror/thriller movies before, but this one take the cake, and not a good cake that is. The advertisement for the feature was misleading, especially if you like Val Kilmer and Ving Rhames.

The poster shows Val and Rhames as the main characters of the film. Unfortunately, that is untrue. Val had probably five or ten minutes of the entire feature, while Ving was on and off. Nevertheless, the performances were not as you might expect from such good names of Hollywood. The other characters seemed rather forced into the plot, too.

The plot itself was weak. The story seemed something recycled from previous works. I managed to figure out the plot and the final events within the first twenty minutes. That made it feel like a colossal waste of time, and waste of money too.

Some bad movies have humor or laughable moments. Seven Below failed at that too. There was nothing funny or witty there. Everything was laid out on the table, and the events were rather stiff. The themes in the movie were borrowed from other pictures. You will realize the scenes similarities when you watch this film, and you will only wonder, "how low can this go from there?"

I would say this movie was a lemon, but then I would be wrong. At least you can make lemonade or pie out of a lemon; this movie was just... Please, just give me my money and time back.

Car Warriors is a reality show, literally. The only difference between Car Warriors and other reality TV shows is that Car Warriors is not about absolute drama of what happens behind closed doors of celebrities, teenagers, or Jerry Springer type cast. Instead, the show is unscripted, and not about the Kardashians.

In this show, you will see an All-Stars Team versus a magnitude of teams from across the US. The All Stars are the permanent team, or hosts, who take on the challengers in building and fabricating used cars from scratch. Each car (each episode has a different car model and make) given to each team is identical in everything. It is up to the teams to decide what they want to do with them. Therefore, team work and artistry are important when presenting their projects to the judges.

The teams get 72 hour time frame to work and present their products. There are, however, a couple of episodes where the time is cut in half. The challenge, then, takes a whole different pace. To ensure fairness, the studio provided the teams with all parts and paints equally. Each team, also, has its own paint chamber and work area in an open indoor lot.

The show does not focus primarily on the mechanics and the details of work. Instead, we get to see the people at work and how they interact with each other. Nevertheless, we do get to learn a few things here and there, if we have our eyes and ears opened. For example, we learn that while painting a car, the paint booth's doors must be closed or the paint job will get tainted. We also get to learn some facts about the cars "under the knife;" and we learn how in order to do one thing, we have to watch for something else, which may cause the whole vehicle to collapse.

I find the show to be a good entertainment. It is not a show to win awards, but one that keeps us sitting, watching, and laughing from time to time. It's a very good way to kill some time and enjoy the craftsmanship of the teams. The reason the show got a six stars from me is because I think that there is room for improvement and further distance itself from other car shows.

Sometimes, the TV allows us access to good shows. Some other times, TV gives us crap. Although I do not particularly love the cast of "Committed," I found it shameful that talents were wasted on such a production.

"Committed" is one of those shows that networks would put in a recycle pin, or "on the shelf," because it is something that needs a lot of work. However, it is not too bad that they would cancel its existence. This particular show does not offer any intellectual process or depth of thought. Instead, it is accumulates all kinds of clichés and over-seen situation into one frame. In other words, "Threes Company" seems like an intelligent show in comparison with "Committed." And unlike any other funny TV shows, such as "Grounded for Life," "Still Standing," and some others, the funny jokes are not spontaneous and do not have anything new for an adult to be amused by; furthermore, the situations were built on silliest thoughts and assumptions that a real person would fall into.

The character development in "Committed" is committed for deterioration of mind. There is no development whatsoever, and the plot does not enhance itself. It is even worse because there is no one to advance or make the plot viable (almost plot-less). Sadly, "Committed" is nothing but a draft for TV.

The only reason I watched this show is because of three actors, Jennifer Finnigan, Tammy Lynn Michaels, and Darius McCrary (you have to remember him from "Family Matters"). Those are three actors I respect and adore, but, unfortunately, their talents were completely wasted here. Finnigan, the protagonist (also famous for her role in "Crossing Jordan") is such a pretty gal, but in "Committed" she is most annoying and stupid character with a shrieking voice. T.L. Michaels is a babe, if you remember her in "Popular," and she plays a helping character who is a nanny. McCrary is someone I was hoping to see more of his work, but being a helping character in this show, he is unable to deliver a soaring performance. Otherwise, just watching Finnigan and Michaels is enough to make an effort to glimpse at this travesty called "Committed."

The bottom line is this: the network needed something to fill in the empty slot, so they closed their eyes and randomly selected one of the scripts on the shelves. It is even clear that some elements of this show is similar to "Scrubs" where we see the character "Clown" being Clown like "Janitor" is Janitor in "Scrubs." Though, do not be mistaken, this show has nothing close to/with "Scrubs." Therefore, watching "Committed" is only watching ages fleeing from our time, and the makers of this show are the ones who should be committed.