“8 Seconds”

“8 Seconds” is based on a true story about the life of legendary bull rider Lane Frost, played by Luke Perry.

The story begins focusing on Lane Frost’s childhood–growing up on a farm–working night and day to keep the farm going with his father. Even with Lane doing all this, it was never enough in his father’s eyes.

Lane’s father, Clyde Frost, played by James Rebhorn, was a rodeo star in his early years. This made Lane take a keen interest in becoming a bull rider. He realized that his father knew the ropes and could teach him everything he needed to know about bull riding.

As Lane got in the rodeo scene he met good friends along the way that were chasing the same dream. Tuff Hedeman and Cody Lambert were among the friends that he went to rodeos with. Tuff and Lane always challenged each other to be the best bull rider. Tuff would even intimidate Lane and lead him to think that he needed to quit. They in turn, became some of his best friends besides the fans.

Lane became famous, riding some of the meanest bulls that no cowboys have ever been able to ride for a full 8 seconds.

This movie is a film that would bring tears to your eyes, but a comfort to your hearts. “8 Seconds” has a great soundtrack – with an emotional song “If I Had Only Known” by Reba McEntire.

Surviving the Game (1994)

“Surviving the Game” is about a homeless Seattle man named Mason, played by actor and rap artist, Ice T.

Mason no longer valued life because he lost everything he loved–his family, and friend. He attempted suicide by running in front of a vehicle, until a strange man from a soup kitchen saved his life.

Mason was very furious with the man because he felt like he had nothing to live for. The guy felt sorry for Mason and offered a job to help him get off the streets. He referred him to Thomas Burns played by, Rutger Hauer who was a business man recruiting men to become hunters.

Mason decided to check out Thomas and see what kind of money he was talking about and what the job requirements were. The job required flying to a secluded cabin in the Pacific Northwest and meeting up with the rest of the hunters. Some of the hunters had a major obsession with hunting, and took hunting very seriously.

When Thomas met with Mason he noticed that he smoked cigarettes and was concerned with Mason’s health. Mason assured him that he would do anything to get out of poverty.

After careful consideration, Thomas gave him the job. The hunters that Mason met had an obsession for hunting. They encouraged Mason to eat well, and be prepared for the hunt in the morning.

The question is, “What were they hunting”?

This is an action-packed movie, full of adventure and suspense.

TV Show 24 Continues to Heat Up

Jack Bauer and the group are really heating things up on the television series, 24 this season. The season opens with Jack enjoying time with his daughter, Kim and her family. Plans are for Jack to go live near Kim and he’s retired from any crime solving dealing with the government. But, in the world of 24, nothing is that simple.

Jack Bauer ends up helping the President deal with a potential nuclear threat. Nuclear grade bars are in the United States. It turns out that Jack and Renee end up teaming up together as they go deeply undercover to reveal the location of the bars. Things turn crazy.

The last episode ends with Russians taking Jack off (voluntarily of course). Jack assumes that the new CTU will know his location. But the Russians must have known they’d be watched. Climbing through underground tunnels, Jack’s location is secret.

Can Chloe and Renee figure out where he is to help him as he’s undercover as the buyer for the nuclear materials?

Movie Review: Pitch Black aka Chronicles of Riddick Part 1

Pitch Black is a movie that is not for the feint of heart. It will leave you sitting on the edge of your seat. Make sure you get your snack and everything ready before putting this DVD in the player. Vin Diesel does an excellent acting job in this movie that lasts 110 minutes. A 110 minutes might seem like a long time. However, trust me; time will fly watching this movie.

Vin Diesel is an escaped convict being transported with other passengers. The ship crashes onto a very hostile planet. The creatures on the planet are allergic to light and it does severe damage to them. The surviving passengers of the ship must escape to a rescue ship without getting eaten by the creatures of the night.

Sounds simple? The first problem is everyone is afraid of the Riddick. He has a horrible reputation and they don’t know if they can trust him. In the end, it’s Riddick that everyone is depending on to get them off the planet and back to safety.

The second problem, the survivors are faced with an eclipse. The entire planet turns pitch black. Riddick has special eyes that can see in the dark. For this reason, he becomes even more relied on for safety.

Do they make it to safety? You’ll have to watch the DVD to find out. If you like Pitch Black, there is a Pitch Black 2 as well. These movies are also known as: The Chronicles of Riddick.

Pitch Black is rated R because of the foul language, extreme violence and blood and gore.

Movie Chaos is Real Chaos

You might remember Jason Statham from the movie, The Transporter. He’s a very talented and riveting actor that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The movie Chaos is no exception to the thrill and adventure that you will go through watching this DVD. It is one of the best movies that I’ve personally seen Jason Statham star in recently.

Jason Statham is suspended from the police force because of a bad shooting on a bridge. Yet, a bank robber specifically requests that Jason Statham be brought back on the force to handle the hostage situation. In the movie Chaos, the bank robber brings up that in all chaos there is order.

One thing about the movie Chaos that you will discover is the Chaos theory. Not to give away the ending, this is definitely one movie that you will want to rent on DVD and watch. Be sure to have your snacks in hand though because you won’t be able to leave your sofa while watching Chaos.

OM SHANTI OM

Om Prakash Makhija (Shahrukh Khan) is a junior artist in the 1970s film industry. He and his friend Pappu (Shreyas Talpade) are trying to succeed in the film industry. Om’s mother, Bela Makhija (Kirron Kher), inspires and encourages her son to become a success. He dreams of becoming a ‘hero’ one day on the big screen. He is in love with the country’s heart throb and film actress, Shanti Priya (Deepika Padukone), who is very successful and famous.

Om goes to the premiere of her upcoming film Dreamy Girl starring Shanti, and sneaks in claiming he is the actor Manoj Kumar. On another occasion, during a shooting of a film, where Om is acting as a junior artist, he notices Shanti is caught in the middle of a fire scene which goes out of control. Om jumps in and saves her, as no one else does. Shanti is very grateful and they become good friends.

Om asks her if she will meet him for one evening and she agrees. Om is ecstatic and plans a wonderful evening for her - using props and a film set and several backgrounds in a studio to woo her. He tells her that she deserves all the happiness in the world; all she has to do is ask. She tells him that she will and abruptly goes away, leaving Om confused.

The Black Hole (2006: PG)

Blackhole (2006: PG) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433883/
Director: Tibor Takács; Starring: Kristy Swanson … Shannon Muir; Judd Nelson … Eric Bryce; David Selby … General Ryker; Heather Dawn … Sgt. Alicia Bennett; Jennifer Lyn Quackenbush … Elizabeth Williams; Christa Campbell … Advisor Coldwell; Peter Mayer … General Tate; and many more. Rated PG for sci-fi violence, peril and thematic elements. It’s your typical physics experiment goes bad. Down low in a atomic research facility outside of St. Louis, Missouri; scientists somehow tear the fabric of space and time opening a black hole. The hole is the least of their worries as some kind of energy predator comes out terrorizing the city and power grid, disintegrating humans and sucking energy. Linked to the blackhole this creature feeds the hole to enormous proportions. A drunk-up Judd Nelson who plays the washed up military scientist chases after it with the ever-cute Kristy Swanson trying to capture the energy monster and put it back in its hole. Its definitely a B-rate flick, but worth a laugh. Effects are ok, but nothing to write home about. Rated: 2.5 stars out of 5.

R Xmas Review

Today the film that I am going to review is “R Xmas”. R Xmas is a film directed by Abel Ferrara and it was released in the year 2001. The actors in the main cast of the film are Drea de Matteo, Ice-T Victor Argo and Lilo Brancato.
R Xmas is an action film. The story focuses on a rich family that lived peacefully. There living is based on drug business. The family contained one daughter, a couple and a made for taking care of the daughter. The couple distributes drugs and heroine among addicts for their livelihood. Suddenly the husband dies and the wife has to go on the street in order to take of business. The film focuses on the difficulties the wife has to face while taking care of the business.
Overall, watching this movie was a nice and entertaining experience.The story, acting and the direction were very good. More reviews from me coming soon, uptil then good bye.

8MM (1999-R)

8 MM is a action film directed by Joel Schumecher and produced by Judy Hofflund, Gavid Polond and the director himself. The movie was released in the year 1999 and it was written by famous screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker. The main star in the film is all time famous and one of my favorites Nicholas Cage. In this film Nicholas Cage plays the role of a private detective named Tom Walles. In this film he is on a mission to find out the reality behind an 8MM film which was found inside the safe of Mrs. Christian’s dead husband. The film showed a young girl being tortured and killed by a man whose face is hidden behind a mask. Now Nicholas Cage has to find and get to the truth behind that film.

The story of the film is good but, the film is very poorly developed. It could have been made better. Overall, it was not a very pleasent experience watching this movie. The movie has been rated R so keep it away from children.

Resident Evil (R)

You all may have heard about or played Resident Evil games if not the movie. The upcoming game of the series is Resident Evil 5 and is expected to be a big hit. Now lets talk about the film. Resident Evil is a great Sci-Fi (or horror) film released in the year 2002 and directed by Paul Anderson. The film is actually based on the games.
Hive is a research lab run by Umbrella Corporation which is run by a giant computer. A deadly virus breaks out in the lab and the computer traps and starts killing all the employees. Now, Allice (played by sexy Milla Jovovich) and Rain (Michelle Rodriguez, hard to speak name) along with a few other mercenaries, have to shutdown the computer and clean out all the members of the Umbrella Corp.
The film offers great action and entertainment. It was successful enough to make two more sequels. If, you are a Resident Evil video game fan like me then this movie is a must have on your shelf. The film has been rated R for its violence.

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