contraband

Contraband
$24.99
This film is incredible. the plot is a joke - i looked at the ceiling several times, wondering what the hell were they thinking. It has the trademark fulci violence and - wait - it even has lucio fulci himself, machine gun in hand, killing some bad guys! now this is what i call class! it's hilarious: a guy in a horse race screams ?he won! he won!?, then he looks back, with his mouth open and gets a gun barrel in the mouth and boom! a seller of cut cocaine gets her face blowtorched!... it's... well it's funny! the soundtrack is a treat, you keep humming it after the film ended... all the elements of sleaze are here but fans of fulci should seek this one out.

Contraband
$12.95
Very poorly structured graphic novel, with nothing novel about it. The book is difficult because it jumps back and forth between time periods with barely any visual clues, the writing is glib and preening, there are a number of misspelled words, lapses in grammar, and places where words were obviously left out. The characters aren't fleshed out and the obligatory "surprise" ending seems tacked on. The ideas are really nothing new and the characters talk incessantly in pseudo-hip jargon.

The art is mediocre and the facial expressions rarely seem to match the character's language. The villain of the piece makes those chatty Bond villains appear mute--he talks and talks and talks and never makes much sense. All in all a bad read, something I rarely say about graphic novels. I had to go read a bunch of Neil Gaiman to get this one out of my head.

Contraband
$29.95
Not a P&P masterpiece (it looks very low budget in places and the acting but some of the minor characters is a bit ropey) but still an entertaining sub-Hitchcockian spy thriller making great use of the London Blackout as a plot device.

If you like P&P movies it's a must have.

Contraband
$8.99
I have been looking for this cd for a while and finally found it here for a decent price. It is a great cd and I really enjoy it.