Action Classics 100 Movie Pack

Buy This Item Action Classics 100 Movie Pack  List Price: $44.98  Available from Amazon  $17.99  on 12-6-2008     Features Actors: Kirk Douglas, Steve McQueen, Robert DeNiro, Linda Evans, Merlin Olsen Directors: Andrew V. McLaglen Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Language: English Region: All Regions Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 24 Rating: Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment DVD Release Date: January 16, 2007 Run Time: 8626 minutes Average Customer Review:   13 Reviews 5 star:  (6) 4 star:  (2) 3 star:    (0) 2 star:  (1) 1 star:  (4) See all 13 customer reviews...   (13 customer reviews) Reader Reviews This review is from: Mitchell (1975) (VHS Tape) ...on the movie screen?". - Hoyt Axton on "Mitchell" Joe Don Baker (actually an excellent character actor) is the star of this cinematic train wreck. There is a very compelling reason to buy this un-MSTed "Mitchell", and even better reasons to avoid it. First, if you're a shameless "Mystery Science Theater 3000" fan (as I am), it's a perfect companion to arguably the Brains' bid for comic masterpiece. The plot of the MST'ed version is completely incomprehensible (something about a super-secret spy...has a motorcycle...marooned in space...meets Hercules...or not). While the unexpurgated version fills in a few details, the plot REMAINS completely incomprehensible, it's just that much more convoluted. Still, you'll find out what happened to John Saxon (killed in a dune buggy accident - gotta see it to believe it), why Mitchell shot Edmundo Bocca in the leg(completely stupid but at least it's now within the story context), and some of the conversations will make marginally more sense (particularly with Linda Evans, who now has a name - Greta). The *best* reason to see it is that apparently the Brains riffed the "clean" version, and this video is the "R-rated" Mitchell. Like many films, the director shot a theatrical flavor and a release flavor, including some mildly rough language and additional violence. It's not just looped; for example, in the MST version Linda Evans writes "jerk" in lipstick. In the R-rated version, she writes "bastard" instead. (...). Unfortunately, as much as I like "Mitchell" as an abject example of astonishingly bad filmmaking, I cannot recommend its purchase in this format. The tape is recorded in "EP" mode, which is completely inexcusable for a (...) film. Secondly, the transfer is about as poor as I have ever seen, with numerous tracking errors, sound drops, and other flaws. I expect poorly shot source material in a movie like this, but I will not tolerate poor mastering. Finally, the clamshell is poorly constructed. This movie will not last on the shelf very long before becoming completely unwatchable. Caveat Emptor. In the words of the immortal Dr. Clayton Forrester, "Watch it and weep, Joel prole mole"!  Comment | Permalink |  function showYesNoCommunityResponse(uId,result,value) { var msgLayer = getElement("thanks" + uId); if ( result == "SUCCESS" ) { msgLayer.innerHTML = "Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided to other Amazon.com readers and reviewers. Your vote will be counted and will appear on the product page within 24 hours."; } else { showVoteErrorResponse(msgLayer,result,value); } } (Report this)

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