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Defender PHOENIX1 Wireless Video Security System with Portable LCD Monitor and Indoor/Outdoor Night Vision Surveillance Camera (Black)
$249.99
We bought this product because we have a solid steel door with no peep hole so we couldn't see outside. It works better than I expected when I bought it. We can almost walk around our entire house with it outside. We get some static in the back bedroom but that's not a big deal. The sound is really good and I like the fact that you can adjust the sensitivity. I would definitely recommend this product.

Defender DF10WBUN 60-Feet Camera Extension Wire Bundle (Black)
$69.99
Love the cables. They come in handy when working cameras all around the house. Would buy again.

The Defender
$24.99
Dolf Lundgren makes his directorial debut in The Defender (2004), an action/adventure film that delivers what you expect, plenty of gunfire, explosions, and combat in tight quarters. The story is set in Romania, where National Security Advisor Roberta Jones (Caroline Lee-Johnson), on instructions from the President (Jerry Springer), is to attend a top secret meeting, with an unknown party, at an exclusive hotel. Lance Rockford (Dolf Lundgren) is head of Jones' security team. His lieutenant Kaye (Shakara Ledard), and the rest of the small security team is soon pressed into action, when they are attacked shortly after the meeting has begun.

The massive hotel makes for an interesting setting for conflict, as the Americans, and the visitor's security agents, combine to locate, and then defend the VIP's from hostile forces. Fortunately the attackers are remarkably inept, as the handful of agents are able to hold off a force of superior numbers. There's nothing new or special here, but a couple of plot twists add a some spice to the mix, though the conclusion to the fighting is an unrealistic mess. The political conspiracy storyline is rather clich���, winding up this pretty solid shoot 'em up which earns passing grades for Dolf Lundgren, both as an actor and director. Except for a trailer, the widescreen release has no bonus features.

Defender (Foreigner)
$7.99
This is going to be an odd review, because, well, I haven't read the book (!). Nevertheless, I have something relevant I'd like to share about it.

I read the first four books of the Foreigner series with pleasure, admiring the rich complexity of the world while sometimes grumbling about the glacial pace of events. When I went to buy the fifth book (Defender), though, I accidentally picked up the sixth book (Explorer) instead. Here's the kicker: I couldn't even tell! I read the entire sixth book without even realizing I'd skipped the fifth one. The story seemed to pick up where the fourth one ended, and I didn't notice any important gaps in plot or character. Granted, it had been a while since I'd read the fourth book, but still...

So, my conclusion about Defender is this: if you can skip the entire book without even noticing the difference in the story line, then there must not be much important that happens in it. I'm not going to go back and read it, because it is clearly not crucial to the story. Happily, that is not true about the next book, Explorer.