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Family Resort
 Wii Sports Resort $49.99 This is a fun game. Good for light exercise (especially whacking people with the sword fight!) Probably the best for parties/multiplayer, as a lot of these games are more fun with more than one player in the room. Nonetheless, the single player option is fine too. Graphics for 2009 are not great, but the motion plus is a welcome addition! Occasionally I have seen the pack with two motion plus controller add-ons - try to get that one.  Last Resort $14.99 This cheap rip-off comedy was a popular staple on CInemax or Showtime when it came out. It is filled with some notable comics like Charles Grodin, Gerrit Graham (Used Cars), Jon Lovitz, Phil Hartman, Meagan Mulally (when she was about 20 and slim) and Mario Van Peebles. The talent pool can't balance out the bad writing, a joke or two will hit but as a whole picture, it's void of great laughs. It's interesting to see how producer Roger Corman hurried this one out. The main location is a tropical island resort and Corman seems to have had built a set consisting of small shacks and canopies somewhere near Malibu instead of actually taking cast and crew to the Caribbean. The scene when the tourists arrive by palne is a riot in it's small potatoes budget- a mix of stock footage and a descent that was done with a tilt of the camera. There is a weak subplot involving revolutionaries trying to take over the island. I wouldn't be surprised if Corman used the guerillas as well as the brief battle scene in another film, a common Corman money-saver. Zane Busby directed. She also plays head of the resorts daycare. Maybe you'll recognize her acting role from Cheech and Chongs "Up in Smoke" or the abysmal "Americathon". |
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