![]() Hope Ranch $24.98 This really is a decent movie... I was suprised myself.. Lamas plays a good part and has a decent story line... Troubled teens going to a Ranch to be rehabilitated... Good family movie... ![]() The Secret $6.99 Loved the movie,very informative and helped me to understand my sons problem with writing and reading,and my own,buying was easy,and arrived on established time . ![]() King of the Lost World $7.98 Fair B movie put out by the SciFi channel. An airplane crashes in a remote area of the Amazon. The passengers must try to survive giant spiders, scorpions, natives, and other giant creatures. Bruce Boxleitner plays a suspicious passenger with a gun and a briefcase he won't give up. How does he know how to disassemble a missile on an old jet fighter? Why are the natives white men? Decent acting, effects, and sets make this a fun couple of hours if you enjoy B movies. If you enjoyed this catch Pterodactyl. CA Luster ![]() Aces N' Eights $12.95 This above-average but violent made-for-television western pits the villainous land-hungry railroad against the defenseless, small-time ranchers whose lands lay on the route sought by the railroad. Stuntman/action director Craig R. Baxley helms this exciting B-movie horse opera with flaw to spare. The color photography constantly thrusts you into the thick of the gunfire and the handheld camera work lends a versimilitude to the action that enhances this oater. Casper Van Dien is actually tolerable for a change and the beard gives him a lot of maturity. Late in the action, he puts on a poncho and vaguely resembles Clint Eastwood. Basically, Van Dien plays a gunslinger who has tried to hang up his six-gun and reform himself. Naturally, the villains compel him to strap on his hog-leg one more time. The sturdy cast includes Bruce Boxleitner as a believable gunfighter. Ernest Borgnine of THE WILD BUNCH plays one of the chief ranchers that the railroad has been harassing about his land. "Sugarland Express" star William Atherton is an unscrupulous local railroad official who has no qualms against killing to make a point. Of course, the devious Chicago-based railroad company doesn't want to pay a penny more for the land. "Aces 'N Eights" springs a couple of surprises along the way without violating any of the formula conventions of westerns. The Dennis Shryack and Ronald M. Cohen screenplay observes all the cliches and then wields them with style. For example, the Bruce Boxleitner gunfighter is reminiscent of Ben Johnson's gunfighter in "Shane." Jack Noseworthy stands out as a member of the railroad who has come to negotiate a peaceful settlement between the railroad and the landowners. The gunfights are noisy but not bloody. The treacherous hired guns working for the railroad terrorize and murder land owners and their wives to scare them into selling out. The finale is a well-staged gunfight between the heroes and the villains with a surprisingly conclusion. |
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