no man 's land is a 1987 american crime film written by dick wolf directed by peter werner , and stars charlie sheen , d. b. sweeney and randy quaid .

the basic plotline ( undercover policeman falls in love with prime suspect 's sister and can not bring himself to make an arrest ) is frequently cited as inspiring the film the fast and the furious .

no man ' s land ( 1987 film )

no man ' s land ( 1987 ) movie trailer - charlie sheen , d . b . sweeney & randy quaid
wonder woman ( gal gadot ) prepares for battle in no man ' s land .
no man ' s land ( 1987 ) movie trailer - charlie sheen , d . b . sweeney & randy quaid - youtube
featured in the sicilian / prince of darkness / no man ' s land / the glass menagerie / the whales of august ( 1987 ) . see more »
' no man ' s land ' , a high - octane drama from 1987 was another one of those movies that fell past the back burner to the floor behind the stove .
each of the four principal characters in alain tanner ' s ' ' no man ' s land ' ' wants to be someplace else .
look for a particularly poignant battle scene as wonder woman weaves through the trenches of a bullet - ridden war zone known as no man’s land .
women are responding to a particularly poignant battle scene in which gal gadot ' s wonder woman goes solo in a war zone known as no man ' s land .
an early vehicle for charlie sheen , no man ' s land ( 1987 ) is one in a string of serious movie roles he took before venturing into more comedic roles from major league ( 1989 ) . . .
charlie , 51 , took to his instagram on thursday to share a throwback image from no man ' s land featuring a surprise appearance from brad pitt .
as for no man’s land ; i idolised that movie during the 1980’s , studying all the 911’s in the film . i always loved the early 911 that overtakes sweeney’s character on his way to his first day on the job as an under cover mechanic . take a look at it !
while sheen comes from hollywood pedigree , with his dad being martin sheen , he was still relatively new to the industry . he had appeared in red dawn and lucas , with a small cameo in ferris bueller’s day off , but he was still pretty obtainable for a film with a modest budget . the studio was able to lock him into no man’s land , but released the film in 1987 after another film charlie appeared in had already come out . that film was oliver stone’s platoon which launched sheen into superstardom , followed by stone’s wall street . had no man’s land not already been worked out prior to platoon , werner doubts they would have been able to get him for the role .
1987 porsche 911 , portrait of a legend , ( 3 . 2 and turbo )
' ' no man ' s land ' ' was shown as part of the 1985 new york film festival . following are excerpts from vincent canby ' s review , which appeared in the new york times oct . 5 , 1985 . the film opens today at the public theater , 425 lafayette street .
not for nothing is the film titled ' ' no man ' s land , ' ' which , of course , refers not only to the strip of land between the french and the swiss customs stations , through which the characters are constantly passing , but also to their states of mind .
a box office dud back in 1987 , no man ' s land is actually a very good crime drama / action movie that somehow never got the attention it deserved . it ' s an entertaining flick , with a strong cast and some good ol ' 80 ' s action that fans of that period of filmmaking should enjoy . recommended .
no man ' s land was apparently a major influence on at least the first the fast and the furious film and as such my reasoning for not having watched any of them yet seems even stronger . this is an absolute drag of a film that wrings almost no entertainment out of a plot that has been the centrepoint of many enjoyable films down the decades .
other features include audio commentary by steve mitchell , the producer / director of king cohen , and also with film historian nathanial thompson . there is also a series of trailers from kino lorber film releases . no man’s land is presented in color , 1 . 85 : 1 , and 1920x1080p . run time is 106 minutes .
it’s called freedom ( 1982 ) . another worthy australian film was “running on empty” .
director peter werner has largely been regulated in his career to being a director of television and the occasional television movie . before this , however , he headed up a feature film named no man’s land . this film was the story of an undercover cop who comes to like the criminal underworld he is supposed to be bringing down . in the wake of the gritty television series , miami vice , no man’s land tried to find a place in that vein . with a script from dick wolf , writer of television’s law & order and some episodes of miami vice even , they definitely had the foundation to accomplish this . with a strong cast , and some good timing , no man’s land was a modest success and today is a great time capsule into the look and feel of the excess of the 1980’s .
no man ' s land ( 1987 ) . charlie sheen , d . b . sweeney and randy quaid star in this full - throttle thriller about an undercover cop who ' s tempted to go bad when he enters the seductive , fast - and - furious world of the underworld kingpin he was sent to bust . also stars : lara harris , bill duke & m . emmet walsh . directed by peter werner . release date : october 23 , 1987
no man ' s land is no cinematic masterpiece , but it is surprising it didn ' t get at least a moderate reception at the box office in 1987 . it ' s also a bit shocking that it hasn ' t even really become much of a cult favorite over the years . but now might be the chance to change that . if you ' re a fan of 80 ' s action fare , give this one a look - it ' s worth your time .
why are women crying when they watch ' wonder woman ' fight ? women are responding to a particularly poignant battle scene in which gal gadot ' s wonder woman goes solo in a war zone known as no man ' s land . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
modern audiences will of course look on the film’s aesthetic as “dated” , but no man’s land is a great time capsule of what the 1980’s looked and felt like . the fashions , cars , music , and vibe are all there . while it won’t be as iconic as miami vice , it is in that neighborhood in terms of how it captures the time it portrays .
no man ' s land was shot on 35mm film and is presented here in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1 . 85 : 1 . transfers are often hit or miss on kino lorber titles , since a huge percentage of the time ( read : almost always ) kino has to use the transfer provided by said studio , and has no say in its quality .
the film ' s plot is so merciless and meticulous that it has pertinent things to say about any institution ; it could be remade as a thriller about the corporate world . it ' s perhaps kubrick ' s definitive statement about how systems tend towards psychopathy ; where later , more
perfect
films hid behind irony or elaborate art direction , this is a young man ' s film , incandescent with rage at the world it depicts . even the trademark bravura camerawork – the extraordinary tracking shots along the trenches or across no man ' s land – has a fierce purpose .
a man goes to his uncle ' s to fix a broken water heater , having no idea it will reunite their torn family and awaken painful , but priceless memories .
no man ' s land is the 80 ' s version of fast and furious , sure it looks a bit dated but it filled with action all the way . it ' s easy to see why charlie sheen was such a big star . the party scene with all the 80 ' s fashion dates but so what it ' s still a cool movie , lots of fun .
released in 1987 , this easily - missed movie has a number of important elements that make it significant in the genre .
the ' cop goes undercover , befriends villain and can ' t bring himself to make an arrest ' story has been done bloody loads . yet no man ' s land doesn ' t actually have anything else going on besides that storyline , and watching charlie…
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bosnia and herzegovina during 1993 at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides . two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict , nino and ciki , become trapped in no man ' s land , whilst a third soldier becomes a living booby trap .
no man’s land features a charlie sheen when he was still young , and considered a serious dramatic actor . two years later , he would appear in major league and then do a series of comedies like hot shots , men at work , and his series spin city and two and a half men . while most know him , in more recent times , simply for his excessive life filled with strippers , playmates , tiger’s blood and # winning , and now tragically aids , sheen’s turn in no man’s land as a man fictionally living the type of life he would later be known for in real life , is an important part of seeing this film’s relevance 30 years later . also , look for a couple of brief glimpses of a very young brad pitt working as an extra in the scene .
tell me if this sounds familiar to you . a rookie cop gets his first break : to infiltrate and expose an underground criminal empire , then gets in too deep and forgets which side he ' s really on . no , i ' m not talking about the fast and the furious or point break . i ' m talking 1987 ' s no man ' s land of course . never heard of it ? well , don’t be ashamed . even yours truly had nearly forgotten about it until the opportunity to review it popped up .
no man ' s land is a forgotten film from 1987 that stars d . b . sweeney , charlie sheen , and one of the best ( and most blatant ) product placements for pepsi that you ' ll find in a movie . yes , it ' s that kind of film , serious and fun at the same time - a mix of hard - edged crime - drama and good ol ' practical action pieces and stunts . it ' s also the kind of movie that really doesn ' t get made anymore , which makes re - discovering ( or , for many of you i ' m guessing , discovering for the first time ) this film on blu - ray such a blast .
63 in gruza’s film we are dealing with all six categories that structure buddy narration – from journey to death .
no man ' s land [ dvd ] : urltoken charlie sheen , d . b . sweeney , randy quaid , m . emmet walsh , bill duke , lara harris , hiro narita , peter lerner , steven cohen , joseph stern , dick wolf : dvd & blu - ray
kino lorber brings no man ' s land to blu - ray with the blandest of packaging . no slip cover here . just a straight up hard cover keepcase with a single layer bd - 25 blu - ray . no digital code or dvd copy present . once we hit play , we are presented with no pre - menu trailers . we are brought straight to the still image menu that lets you navigate from there . the only asset to this packaging is the wonderfully retro poster on the front .
tom brady shows no mercy as he takes on gisele and his cancer - survivor mom in dodgeball . . . with a ' no crying ' rule
an interview with terry gilliam , director of
the man who killed don quixote .
lots of porsche ' s . . . . . . . . . . . . there is no substitute .
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: no . a trench is a trench . they ' re all the same .
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kino lorber has given no man’s land the blu - ray treatment and features a blu - ray disc with several extras that make this a noteworthy purchase for fans of the film . featured in the kino lorber release are interviews with d . b . sweeney , and a separate interview with director peter werner . what you learn , especially from werner , is how timing played an important role in locking up charlie sheen into the role .
while not miami vice , this 1980’s film captures the times perfectly with a crime drama starring charlie sheen and d . b . sweeney .
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
a predictable but not - bad thriller that didn ' t do much business in the fall of 1987 but has some points of interest for something that ' s pretty much fallen through the cracks over the years .
if you like porsche cars and hate italian trash , then this is the film for you .
audio commentary by steven mitchell , producer – director king cohen & film historian nathaniel thompson - this was an interesting interview style commentary . obviously , thompson loves this film and loves the 80 ' s la setting . this film doesn ' t scream la to me , but it is interesting how he draws the setting out of the movie .
after various skirmishes , two wounded soldiers , one bosnian and one serb , confront each other in a trench in the no man ' s land between their lines . they wait for dark , trading insults and even finding some common ground ; sometimes one has the gun , sometimes the other , sometimes both . things get complicated when another wounded bosnian comes to , but can ' t move because a bouncing mine is beneath him . the two men cooperate to wave white flags , their lines call the un ( whose high command tries not to help ) , an english reporter shows up , a french sergeant shows courage , and the three men in no man ' s land may or may not find a way to all get along .
the only real giveaway is peter sellers ' s tour - de - force triple performance as british buffoon , american president and the titular germanic genius , which tips events into the farce promised by the film ' s ace subtitle . look closely – the character names ; those suggestive shots of mid - air refuelling – and it ' s obvious this is a film about sex . after all , what else are men to do but use their big weapons to overcompensate for sexual dysfunction ? no wonder the film culminates in the ultimate climax .
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he also is impressed by sheen ' s sister ( lori butler ) , and after they fall in love he becomes convinced that there ' s no way sheen could have murdered a cop .
21m . kornatowska , eros i film , krajowa agencja wydawnicza , łódź 1986 , p . 98 .
19 m . haskell , from reverence to rape : the treatment of women in the movies , ed . ii , university of chicago press , chicago 1987 , p . 23 .
' this is no sell - out ' : theresa may insists she has chosen . . .
a young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds .
like many movies of its day , no man ' s land is elevated from typical movie fare by a strong supporting cast . not only do we get randy quaid as a police lieutenant , but there ' s also bill duke as the owner of the porsche shop , r . d . call as the leader of a rival car theft operation , an uncredited george dzundza as benjy ' s father , and the great m . emmet walsh ( of whom roger ebert once said ,
no movie with m . emmet walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad
) in a cameo as a police captain . these actors come and go from the film , but make it immensely watchable .
watching the special features for no man ' s land , everyone involved talked about how they were so proud of this being a genre film , and how rare they are today . i agree , they are rare today . but there is a difference between a good or not so good genre film , and this is most definitely the latter . it ' s an archetype that other , better films used to greater success . d . b . sweeney seems like a down to earth guy who knows a great deal about the industry , but here he is so much younger , inexperienced , and it hurts the film because he is our guide into this world . honestly , i would have loved to see this world through ted ' s eyes . how interesting would it have been to see things through the criminal ' s point of view and seeing benjy ' s reveal as a cop to be a surprise . think of how different that would feel . unfortunately , that is not what we were given , and the quality of the disc isn ' t any great shakes either . if you are the one person who is pining for no man ' s land to finally hit blu - ray , then go for it . for everyone else , skip this limp installment of a genre that only gets better from here .
it ' s the most difficult film to place in the kubrick canon , given its initially hostile reception and its status as the great director ' s posthumous swansong . impossibly hyped at the time as an art - porn film starring hollywood ' s golden couple , tom cruise and nicole kidman , there was an inevitable groan of anticlimax at its frosty , remote lack of titillation .
the climax of the movie is fascinating , in the way it uses a really corrupt cop to create a situation in which the two friends are faced with the consequences of their actions . by the end of the film , sweeney and sheen both possess all of the facts , and in a way they both understand all of the facts . they think there must be a way they can work this thing out . but maybe there isn ' t . like the film noir thrillers of the 1940s ,
no man ' s land
is about ordinary people with flawed characters , who fall to temptation and pay for it .
no man ' s land
is better than the average thriller because it is interested in those moral questions - in the way money and beautiful women and fast cars look more exciting than good police work . the screenplay , by dick wolf , is subtle in the way it develops its temptations for sweeney . he is seduced by sheen ' s style and flash . and sheen creates his character as a very complicated young man . true , he ' s rich , and doesn ' t need to steal and kill . but like the members of that billionaire boy ' s club out in los angeles , he is attracted to risk . and eventually he gets way in over his head .
you ' re not going native , are you ?
he asks . he ' s right ; the kid hasn ' t been on the force long enough to develop good police instincts , and he falls under the influence of the charismatic sheen . that leads him into a no man ' s land , halfway between the criminals and the law , and as he tries to do the right thing and juggle his conflicting loyalties , a tragic situation begins to develop .
no man ' s land [ import ] : urltoken charlie sheen , d . b . sweeney , lara harris , randy quaid , bill duke , r . d . call , arlen dean snyder , m . emmet walsh , al shannon , bernie pock , kenny endoso , james f . kelly , peter werner , dick wolf , jack behr , joseph stern , ron howard , sandy kroopf , tony ganz : dvd
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the film noir genre generally refers to mystery and crime dramas produced from the early 1940s to the late 1950s . …
tense and atmospheric , this is a fine action film featuring the young charlie sheen and d . b . sweeney .
no man ' s land races onto blu - ray from kino lorber in a standard elite keepcase . the 50gb dual - layer disc is packed alongside a 22 - page booklet featuring box cover images of other titles ( four per page ) from kino ' s
studio classics
label . the blu - ray doesn ' t have any front - loaded trailers , and the main menu consists of a still of the box cover image , with menu selections across the bottom of the screen .
55 a . ledóchowski , złoty cielec , in : idem , ulotne obrazy , polska federacja dkf , warszawa 1998 , p . 60 ( first publicated : “film” 1975 , no . 8 , p . 6 - 7 ) .
no man ' s land hits the gas and blows a gasket on blu - ray with a 1080p mpeg - 4 avc encode that simply feels inconsistent and a bit lackluster . take clarity , for instance . on one hand , we have daytime close ups , which are reasonably well done with a decent amount of clarity and detail , while wider , more establishing shots appear to be murky with very little of that same clarity and detail .
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american man who posed as a saudi prince to try and buy a stake in a miami hotel was busted when the . . .
the lieutenant wants the new patrolman to do undercover work for a couple of reasons : the kid knows all about porsches , and he ' s so new on the force that he doesn ' t act like a cop . there are two things the lieutenant doesn ' t take into account : the kid really loves porsches , and he doesn ' t think like a cop . by the end of
no man ' s land ,
those two items have gotten everybody into a lot of trouble .
love this movie . it ' s my
not so many people have heard of movie
definitely charlie ' s best flick . best quote , i only steal porsche ' s
9 c . james , land of promise , “the new york times film reviews” , 5 ii 1988 . quoted after : j . falkowska , andrzej wajda : history , politics and nostalgia in polish cinema , berghahn books , new york - oxford 2007 , p . 151 .
thus , what we have here is an all - too - explicit metaphor that traps mr . tanner ' s drama as effectively as his characters are trapped by their lives . once you ' ve understood the title , there ' s no place for the film to go that you can ' t anticipate long before the gloomy , none - too - bright young characters .
selena gomez is seen with same mystery man she was with in may . . . after news her ex justin bieber is engaged to hailey baldwin
[ the car phone in the porsche rings ] benjy taylor : hello ? no , rick is not here . who am i ? the guy stealing rick ' s car . . .
as such , the film is very calculated in its shock value and sermonising ; you might say its neatly circular narrative runs like clockwork . it speaks volumes that the film ' s definitive image ( mcdowell , eyes agape at the terrors he ' s forced to watch but unable to look away ) came to pass . while mcdowell was nearly blinded for art , the rest of us had the option to close our eyes until kubrick made the switch from anarchist to authoritarian by withdrawing the film and removing our free will .
built in the early 1950s in the middle east by the united nations , aqabat - jaber , located on the dead sea in the valley of jericho , is one of the many refugee camps destined to shelter the palestinians driven away from their native villages by the israeli army . the majority of the 65 , 000 people living in the camp were inhabitants of the villages of central palestine destroyed in 1948 . the 1967 war forced the biggest part of the refugees ( some estimate a rate of 95 % ) across the banks of the river jordan . nurtured on the hope of going back one day to the land of their ancestors , the people in aqabat - jaber live in a no man’s land that looks like a ghost town . filmed in 1987 , a mere few months before the first intifada – the palestinian uprising in the west bank and the gaza strip – broke out ,
49 l . mulvey , visual pleasure and narrative cinema , in : feminist film theory . a reader , ed . s . thornham , edinburgh university press , edinburgh 1999 , p . 63 .
but little did he know that an extra on his film would go on to be one of the most famous actors in hollywood .
love cars , love porsche ' s then you will love this film , db sweeney and charlie sheen are great , the car chases are great , one of the stunts with a car going through a lorry was at the time of filming so good it gained an award and there is no blue screen filming at all everything is real and it shows . if you love cars , and a little romance as well , then this is for you , no its not a block buster , but then it wasnt meant to be , its just a great film about the best cars in the world - porsche ' s - what more is there to say .
it ' s apt that a film best known for its cry of solidarity –
i ' m spartacus !
– should be attached to kubrick ' s least typical film , made within the hollywood system at the behest of star / producer kirk douglas . inevitably , kubrick would later disown spartacus as hackwork , but it remains proof that he could handle a big budget and deliver a hit movie without dumbing down .
jill zarin admits she ' s ready to date again after being spotted with handsome businessman . . . following beloved husband bobby ' s death
it ' s a hat trick for mcqueen ! kate repeats the look she chose for george and charlotte ' s christenings in . . .
[ the car phone in the porsche rings ] benjy taylor : hello ? no , rick is not here . who am i ? the guy stealing rick ' s car . . . see more »
nowadays , though , the film ' s slow - burning tantric qualities are beginning to assert themselves . hypnotically slow , strange and sometimes ( deliberately ) silly , it is unmistakably kubrickian , but this old master offers as satirical a vision as the same year ' s youthful fight club .
how many talented actors does it take to steal a porsche ? and how many times do you want to watch them do it in the space of an hour and a half ? in ' ' no man ' s land , ' ' it takes two - charlie sheen and d . b . sweeney , who pilfer porsches faster and more often than you can say ' ' miami vice clone . ' ' though set in los angeles , the film has a familiar , television look and feel - two handsome partners , cops , criminals , fast cars and a marginal romance . the twist in the buddy - car - chase formula is that here the good guys tend to blur into the bad .
by 1987 , everybody had done their vietnam movie – and stanley kubrick had covered warfare from ww1 to the napoleonic wars . so full metal jacket is different ; a radical work structurally and aesthetically , which emphasises the madness of military training over the chaos of combat .
74 b . gallagher , a . wilson , michel foucault : an interview , „edinburgh review” 1986 , s . 58 , quoted in c . owens , outlaws : gay men in feminism , in : men in feminism , eds . a . jardine , p . smith , routledge , new york - london 1987 , p . 230 .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
7 t . lubelski , dwie ziemie jałowe : 1898 i 1974 , “kwartalnik filmowy” 1997 , no . 18 , p . 118 - - 119 .
it would work brilliantly as a serious film ; indeed , sidney lumet ' s fail - safe , released shortly afterwards , achieved exactly that . yet strangelove remains mesmerisingly wrong , achieving a crackle of lunacy via ken adam ' s lavish , hyperreal sets , reportage - style shooting and editing that rivals any conventional thriller .
kino lorber trots no man ' s land onto blu - ray with a dts - hd ma 2 . 0 track that requires very little effort . this is a stereotypical 80 ' s flick , with fast cars and cheesy music , and i wanted to immerse myself in that cheesy deliciousness . unfortunately , that is not what we are given , and it leaves quite a bit to be desired . sure , dialogue is clear and audible , and speaker separation is fine , but i have come to expect more in 2017 . i have reviewed a whole slew of audio mixes like this with a lazy 2 . 0 track , but i think this is the most recent film to get the treatment . it wouldn’t have been difficult to give us at least a 5 . 1 track here , and for that , i can ' t help being more than a little underwhelmed .
the pair become fast friends and over time taylor starts idolizing both varrick and his new life as a car thief , not to mention the extras that accompany it including spending time with varrick’s sister . the line between upholding the law and crossing it into the underworld subculture soon become very blurred , when taylor finds himself in his own no man’s land considering just what side he should be on . that being said , the whole plot is a pretty classic , but well worn one since the beginning of storytelling time , that of the outsider seduced by a subculture . fast cars , fine women , over - priviledged kids , and cops crossing over the thin blue line are at their cliched best . and probably not treated as well again until the fast and the furious , which almost seems to be a clone of this film , only substituting japanese hondas and toyotas for german porsches .
this is the greatest late - 80 ' s car - chase movie ever . with sheen in his heyday , and other classic elements that made this movie thee porsche movie of all time . the chases were not clumsy miami vice style don ' t - hurt - the - ferrari fare , but intense , throttle & corner ; , jumping , flying and ramming with the sweetest porsches of the 80 ' s . add the backdrop of
less than zero
production similarities and late - night 80 ' s escapades , woo - hoo ! this is the genre for gen x probably , but you may enjoy it otherwise . it ' s a timeless piece and thoroughly watchable for action fans . many years ago i ordered the vhs of
no man ' s land
only to receive some skiing documentary . horrified , i learned it was gone ,
out - of - print
. i don ' t know when it was produced last , and it may not be again so if your a collector it ' s something to consider .
ben affleck ' s $ 19m la mansion is surrounded by moving trucks . . . as it ' s revealed girlfriend lindsay shookus plans to spend more time on west coast
more clearly than any later film , the inky weegee - inspired visuals display the director ' s roots in photography , while the location filming on the streets of new york offers the last chance to see the director working in his birthplace before his travels began .
no man ' s land benjy taylor ( d . b . sweeney ) is a rookie cop who goes undercover to nab a gang of car thieves in this routine crime drama . taylor salivates over the lifestyle and money enjoyed by ted varrick ( charlie sheen ) , the smooth operator who leads the porsche pilferers , and he reports back to lieutenant vincent bracey ( randy quaid ) , who is convinced ted is a cop killer but needs more proof . taylor joins the gang and begins to justify car theft and the money it brings as gathering evidence . soon his reasoning is clouded and the rookie cop gets in deeper when he actually begins to like ted and the suspect ' s sultry sister ann ( lara harris ) . ~ dan pavlides , rovi
an ode to liberated speech and to the power of words ,
those one speaks to others , those one speaks in silence
, alain tanner ' s third film is inspired by a poet and a poetic text which deeply affected him as a young director .
released in 1987 and starring charlie sheen , the storyline is one that has been imitated in other films such as point break and fast and the furious . a cop goes undercover to catch a bad guy and becomes seduced by the lifestyle . i’ve seen it many times but it still holds up after all these years .
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if you honour kubrick ' s wish to disown fear and desire , then killer ' s kiss becomes his debut proper , and while it ' s an obvious leap forward , it ' s still dwarfed by the brilliance to follow . the narrative – in which a down - and - out boxer ' s romance with his neighbour is threatened by her sadistic nightclub boss – is strictly b - movie , but kubrick uses it to perfect his style .
chris hemsworth kicks off filming for the star - studded men in black spin - off as he cuts a sharp figure in london . . . 21 years after the first film hit screens
16 i have always wanted to make such “american” film , admitted the director ( a . wajda , kino i reszta świata , znak , kraków 2000 , p . 162 . ) .
42 it is not surprising then that andrzej wajda called the man full of life energy a lyrical capitalist ( a . wajda , o polityce , o sztuce , o sobie , introduction , selection and editing m . malatyńska , prószyński i s - ka , warszawa 2000 , p . 194 ) .
in other words , 49 years since its release and 18 since its maker passed away , this is one puzzle that still invites solving – playful , preposterous and pioneering . whatever you think of the film ' s wtf ending , this was never about the destination but the journey , as indeed was kubrick ' s whole career : an attempt to reshape cinema at every turn .
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83 see a . wajda , moment deziluzji . spotkanie z andrzejem wajdą , rozm . t . sobolewski ,
kino” 1991 , no . 7 , p . 2 - 7 .
the good news is that this is a pretty solid transfer . there ' s still a lot of dirt and debris on the print ( particularly during the opening credits ) , but color reproduction is great , details are impressive throughout , and there ' s still a healthy amount of grain on the print , an indication that any dnr use on the image was mild , at best . black levels are far from inky - deep , but they ' re good enough that shadow delineation and noise aren ' t issues in the dark and / or nighttime sequences of the film . this is by no means a fantastic transfer , but as kino lorber releases go , this is one of the better ones i ' ve seen and viewers should have no major complaints .
though randy quaid , as benjy ' s boss , gives a perfunctory lecture about the difference between right and wrong , the film ' s heart is clearly with the enticing ted . as he drives off in a porsche owned by someone with hopeless , easy - listening taste in music , he tosses a jack jones cassette out the window and says , ' ' they deserve it . ' '
it is impossible to separate a clockwork orange from the furore that erupted upon its release and kubrick ' s subsequent decision to withdraw the film from circulation , at least in britain . the notoriety has made this a transgressive classic , but it has to be said the unavailability certainly helped its reputation .
two young women from very different backgrounds journey into the countryside seeking respite from unsatisfactory lives and relationships , but ultimately find that there is no way back to . . . see full summary »
and who is his more charismatic but criminal counterpart ? who is the patrick swayze to sweeney’s keanu ? charlie sheen is ted varrick , the leader of our carjacking gang , and i have to say he does a pretty damn good job selling this here . in this role , you see why he was so highly regarded when he was younger , because at the time he actually brought a lot to his roles . he is the only actor in no man ' s land who has any onscreen presence . if stealing dvd players was a ridiculous criminal act for vin diesel , then a garage owner by day , carjacker by night is equally ridiculous for sheen . but like diesel , sheen handles the material with heft and charisma . sheen carries the relationship of ted and benjy on his back , and it seems a little more believable when they are sharing the screen together .
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the car chase scene between the silver porsche and the blue camaro contains many inconsistencies . the porsche ' s left rear passenger window disappears and reappears between shots before the scene where the camaro passenger destroys it with a shotgun . before the climax of the chase , the camaro ' s front end is damaged , but there are no scenes showing how it got damaged during the scene . see more »
antp wrote i found the dvd , so i ' ll complete this one . . . . . and i was just about to add the film trailer . ! ! ( . . only kidding . ! )
d . b . sweeney plays our lead protagonist as the incredibly bland benjy tayler . he ' s a cop that happens to know everything about cars , so he is a perfect choice to take down a gang of mechanics who boost cars in their spare time . if that seems like a silly version of a popular plot device , don’t worry , that is the least of the problems here . sweeney doesn’t have the presence of a keanu or even paul walker , and that is saying something . though he is still working in the industry today , he has the screen presence of a block of wood here . absolutely nothing that happens in no man ' s land causes sweeney to let go of the soulless look on his face . at this point in his career , sweeney should be playing a couch potato smoking a dooby , not in this role , to the detriment of the movie .
love this movie , so quintessentially 80’s ! urltoken the whole movie is on youtube [ / url ] .
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77 kalina jędrusik’s eroticism , who was identified with lucy zucker , caused a scandal ( see d . mi -
59 according to ewelina nurczyńska - fidelska ( op . cit . , pp . 118 - 126 ) the entire film was based on the convention of a romantic thriller with elements of gangster cinema . the author recognises in the film archetypical protagonists of this narration : a gangster and his gang ( karol , moryc , maks ) , usurer ( wilczek ) , assassin ( bum - bum ) , femme fatale ( lucy zucker ) and lyrical beauty ( anka ) .
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the only audio track ( other than the commentary track ) on this release is an english 2 . 0 dts - hd master audio track , and it ' s surprisingly decent given the stereo limitations . there ' s a good amount of separation and distinctness between the two speakers , with a lot of back and forth playfulness with both the movie ' s synthesized soundtrack ( by composer basil poledouris ) and with some gunplay that takes place in the movie . dialogue is clear ( if not always crisp ) , and viewers / listeners should have no issues discerning the spoken word . all in all , a solid aural presentation .
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50 j . ellis , visible fictions , routledge & kegan paul , london 1982 , s . 47 , quoted in s . neale , masculinity as spectacle . reflections on men and mainstream cinema , in : screening the male . exploring masculinities in hollywood cinema , eds . s . cohan , i . rae hark , routledge , london - new york 1993 , p . 17 .
in his third film , kubrick established himself as a vital new voice in cinema – and given how epic his running times would become , the killing ' s leanness remains startling . this tale of a daring racetrack robbery is noir stripped to the bone : a terse , tense heist picture defined by the fatalism of its looping chronology , forever repeating the action until the characters become trapped in the grooves .
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if you like films like gone in sixty seconds and the fast and the furious you will love this classic 80s film . the plot in a nutshell is charlie sheen is a guy who runs a porsche garage and steals them to add to his collection and wealthy and extravagant lifestyle . he unknowlingly befriends an under cover cop who takes up a role fixing porsches in sheen ' s garage to get closer to sheen . the friendship grows but the cop must take sheen down . full of drama and a great chase scene this film is very watchable . although the porsches are very dated by today ' s standards that doesn ' t matter if you are a sports car fan as they still look good and if you are a porsche fan too . good picture and sound quality from this dvd recording . well worth buying in my opinion .
12 j . l . douin , „le monde” : “katyń” – przejmujący i bolesny film dla wajdy , trans . j . kawa , “gazeta wyborcza” 14 . 04 . 2009 ; see polemice of a . michnik , narodowość pluszowego misia , “gazeta wyborcza” , 14 . 04 . 2009 .
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37 this mechanism was characterised by christopher caes , analysing speed : when women appear in the film or when somebody talks about them , they perform a specific function , namely their presence or just a mention about them arouses male desire but then they disappear quickly or their absence is strongly underlined , depriving the desire , already aroused , of its traditional object ( widowiska katastroficzne : trauma historyczna i męska podmiotowość we wczesnych filmach andrzeja wajdy , trans . ch . caes , z . batko , in : filmowy świat andrzeja wajdy , ed . e . nurczyńska - fidelska , p . sitarski , universitas , kraków 2003 , p . 149 ) . in wajda’s work this mechanism may be seen not only in speed , but also in other films , including the promised land .
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in a decision that would define his subsequent career , kubrick insisted on shooting this very american road movie entirely in england , a flaw that the film never quite overcomes . nonetheless , it ' s a squirm - inducing comedy of cringe , with a never - better james mason locating the pathos in
pathetic
as he battles not only his own poisonous feelings but also a shrill , monstrous shelley winters and sleazy peter sellers .
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[ i ] ”on a related note i remember years ago watching an australian movie about a kid that steals a porsche 911 turbo and takes it on a road trip across australia . can’t for the life of me remember what the film was called ? anyone have any ideas ? ” [ / i ]


mee-shee : the water giant is an anglo-german family film shot in new zealand and released in 2005 .

it stars bruce greenwood , rena owen , tom jackson ( north of 60 , shining time station ) and daniel magder .

the film is based upon the canadian folklore water monster known as the ogopogo .

this folklore began with aboriginal peoples in canada , and while the film was in production complaints from one aboriginal chief about cultural appropriation caused the film and its titular monster to be renamed " mee-shee " .

these complaints and the renaming drew media attention and generated controversy .

the film itself received some good reviews .

some critics praised the performances , although evaluations of the special effects were mixed .

in canada , mee-shee was only released on dvd and never played in theatres .

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magic in the water aka , glenorky . 1995 director : rick stevenson mee - shee : the water giant . 2005 & loch ness . 1996 director : john henderson
mee - shee : the water giant was released in the year 2005 , some songs of the official soundtrack are do you find by pol brennan . listen the soundtrack online !
unfortunately , for the dramatic impact , mee shee and family look like animatronic sea creatures and rubbery rather than real – a bit like giant ets .
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mac , a fun loving nine - year old , will have the adventure of a lifetime when he uncovers the world ' s biggest secret : mee - shee , a loveable water giant . together , mac and his enormous new friend will have to outsmart a team of evil hunters who threaten to take mee - shee away forever . with incredible monsters and amazing special effects from academy award ® winning jim henson ' s creature shop , mee - shee the water giant will swim into the hearts of your whole family !
mee - shee has been created by the academy award - winning jim henson ' s creature shop in london .
families can talk about how mee - shee seems to instinctively know who the
good guys
and
bad guys
are . how does mee - shee protect and rescue people ? how does mee - shee defend those same people against the movie ' s villains ? why is it important that the young boy not broadcast the fact that he has seen mee - shee ? how does the film handle environmental issues , such as animal protection and the oil industry ?
he has travelled the world filming all manner of creatures and characters - be it a giant sea monster for
mee shee the water giant
; a talking pig for the live action film
animal farm
; a little nutcracker boy for
the nutcracker : the untold story
; and puppeteering real - time animated football stars for the 2014 world cup .
the author , upon spotting what may well have been the giant monster currently living in the thames .
on the plus - side , kids aren ' t going to care enough about the quality of effects to enjoy mee - shee any less .
mee - shee : the water giant - production - naming controversy . . . leaders supported using the name
ogopogo
in the film . . . renamed the creature
mee - shee .
the aboriginal who did not want the name
ogopogo
used was stewart phillip , a penticton chief . . . phillip asked that the names
ogopogo
and
okanagan
not be used because
it ' s an international concern among indigenous people about the exploitation of spiritual entities and being and . . .
shot in new zealand , the scenery is pretty and the cast adequate , but the shoddy effects and plethora of superior movies aimed at kid audiences will drown out mee shee’s roars .
when the feds have already gagged the experts , where do we turn ? you have to follow the voices that won ' t be silenced – the people who aren ' t afraid to speak up . so i reached out to the offices of john henderson , director of both the 1996 film loch ness and the straight - to - dvd mee - shee : the water giant , to have him cast over eyes on the footage .
mee - shee the water giant is an anglo - german coproduction set in canada , filmed in new zealand , and originally released in 2005 . it ' s full of actors you ' ll have seen in other places , directed by john henderson ( who also helms bbc2 ' s hyperdrive ) , and is the scriptwriting debut of barry authors .
while his dad ' s at work , he decides to find out once and for all whether there ' s any truth to the rumours about the mythical mee - shee .
the bad guys say
crud
and
sugar
, and die at the end when mee - shee ' s mother returns . mee - shee , of course , is a youth , and intervenes when its friends are threatened by its parents . the cambells vow to move to the area , and there is a ' joke ' about local property prices .
mee - shee : the water giant is a family - friendly movie that should delight kids with its compassionate lake monster , nifty submarines , and scenes of adventure in the remote canadian wilderness . meanwhile , its sensitive portrayal of the relationship between a father and his young son provides some tender moments . the movie sinks occasionally due to some overacting by minor characters , but overall it ' s entertaining and fun to watch .
a cool movie with special effects from the jim henson creature shop . before the waterhorse , there was mee - shee . i wish there was a bit more scenes in which the creature is actually shown though . a better movie than
magic in the water
by far . worth owning if you have children .
parents may need a little magic water of their own before subjecting themselves to either film .
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mac ' s dad ' s assistant neilds is very funny , especially when things start to go wrong , and the scenes where the baddies come face to face with mee - shee for the first time are well worth the wait .
some suspense is lost by revealing mee - shee too quickly , but this may work better for younger viewers . a gargantuan combination of walrus , dinosaur , and dolphin , mee - shee is a little scary at first , but proves itself to be friendly , curious , and even playful . the movie features a number of suspenseful scenes - - underwater and on dry land . and sean and mac ' s experiences with mee - shee help them grow closer , probably more than a trip to disney world ever could .
mac , a fun loving nine - year old , will have the adventure of a lifetime when he uncovers the world’s biggest secret : mee - shee , a loveable water giant . with incredible monsters and amazing special effects from academy award ® winning jim henson’s creature shop , mee - shee the water giant will swim into the hearts of your whole family ! director : john henderson 2005 stars : bruce greenwood , daniel magder , rena owen from the jim henson ' s creature shop . rated pg family . fantasy . adventure . watch more free movies at popcornflix . com , or on the popcornflix app available on mobile devices , roku , xbox , sony , playstation and many more ! # popcornflix , full length free movies like us on facebook : urltoken follow us on twitter : urltoken popcornflix is owned / operated by screen media ventures , llc .
i am ! i think i just saw it swimming further along by the docks , so i ' m following the water .
our family really likes lake serpent stories . we enjoyed the director ' s loch ness movie , but mee - shee was just fabulous . mee - shee herself had a lot of screen time and interacted with the human characters . the animation was beautifully done , and the special effects were great . good performances all around , lovely scenery , touching story . lake serpent fans will be well pleased with the surprises toward the end . mee - shee is based on the real - life canadian lake serpent ogopogo . we saw this movie twice at the tribeca film festival and hope that it finds a north american distributor . creating sea animals that are truly believable is a very difficult task , but the creature shop deserves special kudos for both the imagination and the care that has gone into the realization of mee shee . credit must also go to the excellent cast , which performs with distinction opposite the animal co - star . bruce greenwood brings a valuable degree of warmth to the role of the father without going overboard . indeed , the entire cast manages to make the film truly heartwarming without crossing over the line into manipulating the heartstrings .
hot on the trail , i noticed a man clambering out of a thames tour boat .
excuse me ,
i said ,
have you seen a giant sea creature anywhere out on the water today ? i ' m trying to report on it .
mac ' s new friend pawnee is a great character who stops the film getting too serious , but there won ' t be too many people who see this film without developing a soft spot for mee - shee .
a typical gentle giant film about a large creature living in a deep canadian lake . adored by the locals with potential earth shattering ramifications for scientific community , mee - shee is a water bound et . it has all the elements of a good film for the kids under 11 , and only kids under 11 that are not use to the normal breakneck paced , borderline porn , of today ' s ' family ' films . the main character is mac ( magder ) who searches for mee - shee as the locals try and convince him not to tell his scientist dad about the ' monster ' . the cgi is ok , and the cinematography is good . seasoned actors keep the film from being a real bore due to lack of action and a well worn plot . it accomplishes its goal of being a clean family film for the very young to enjoy .
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the monster munch gobbled up within seconds , there was no doubt i was in the presence of the beast . my gaze tracked the surface of the water until it met with something for a brief moment : the eyes of our temptress . before photographer tim could get the camera on it , the feds rushed onto the bridge and shut the operation down .
eventually we ' ll have that same scene of the family gazing upward with golly - shucks wonder at the cgi enhanced muppet that we wait forever to see . that all the
good
characters are dewy - eyed enamored of the sweet dear giant animal ( s ) gets most mawkish after they ' ve just seen the grendel ' s mother version of mee - shee kill the bad guys & an extra person ( helicoptor pilot ) not actually proven to be bad . ahhh , cute murdering creatures , ahhhh .
two kids , mac & pawnee ( daniel magder & jacinta wawatai ) get to hang out with the tuskless but otherwise walrus - like puppy - faced friendly lake monster in a cavern by the canadian lake . the original script called this creature ogopogo , but by the time it was filmed , it ' d become mee - shee .
ashley first got to know orky the not - an - orca by leaving oreos ( perhaps that should be orkeos ) at the end of the dock . orky eats the middle out & leaves the cookie outsides for ashley to find as evidence of the creature . how did a giant thing without fingers managed to eat just the middle out ? who the hell cares .
pepe was a kindred spirit : woke , generous with the cigarettes . we spoke and watched the water . something lurks in there , my friends . i felt it . pepe felt it .
an oil company has dispatched engineer sean campbell ( bruce greenwood ) to canada to retrieve an expensive drillhead at the bottom of a lake using his specialized submarine . sean and his son , mac , learn of a water monster that ' s said to inhabit the lake , and is called mee - shee by the native americans . mac , who wasn ' t thrilled over going to canada because he missed a trip to disney world , decides to look for mee - shee . what he finds is that the creature is a guardian angel of sorts , rescuing people from drowning and instinctively protecting them from two villains who arrive in town . indeed , a threat looms over the area when a rival oil company hires two thugs to foil campbell ' s attempts to salvage the drillhead , and the men will stop at nothing to achieve that goal .
when you discover that a young boy is disappointed that his father is breaking a promise to go with him on holiday because he has to go to the lake to recover an expensive oil drill , you can’t help thinking that the boy is going to find mee - shee and they are going to become friends .
ere ' s a decent family adventure movie in the spielbergian mould . bruce greenwood plays an oil engineer who comes to a beautiful lake in the canadian wilderness to rescue a lost piece of machinery . it ' s rumoured to contain a nessie - type beast : the mee shee . he ' s a widower and he brings his sad little boy with him , and naturally the boy is the one to make contact with mee shee ; he ' s the only human trusted by the mighty mythical beast . the cgi effects aren ' t quite top - of - the - range , but this is an exciting story with a heartfelt pro - environment message . john henderson directed greyfriars bobby recently , which i thought was a terrible old mutt . but this is pedigree stuff .
i don ' t mean to alarm you , but a giant , unidentified creature has been caught on camera swimming in the thames . look . look at that fucker . what is that fucker ?
battling the gales swooping across the surface of the water , i kept my eyes alert for movements . i couldn ' t believe it : on the horizon , a large figure briefly surfaced before rushing away from me . i packed my bag and gave chase .
after a helicopter crossing over canada oddly malfunctions and crashes into lake okanagan , the crew are mysteriously saved by a unseen lifeform which helps them to safety . soon after troubleshooter widower sean cambell is sent along with company employee neilds to locate an arctic drill that was on board the helicopter when it splashed down . . . and is now somewhere in okanagan ' s vast depths . despite his promise to his only son mac that they were going to disney world . new york ' s alaskoil oil business orders sean to go . . . canceling father and son ' s holiday trip and forcing sean to grudgingly bring his sulking offspring along for the ride . on arrival to the lake mac soon finds something even better than fun rides , when he discovers that the folklore of fabled water - giant mee - shee is not only real but dwelling in an inlet cave . sadly alaskoil competitors snead & watkins also find out about mee - shee and after our lake dweller spoils their plans to sell the drill on the open market , they both set out to capture / kill the unique prehistoric beast .
i ' ll never change , i ' ll stay the same i ' m not so bad , i ' m dr . strange my broken heart , i have to face my broken heart , hell ' s on its way my time to start , procrastinate i feel alive , i fucking hate there ' s nothing left , there ' s nothing right if there ' s no point , why do we fight ? welcome to my vicious circle trying to escape , break out ! playing with my knife until it cuts me giant walking , no more talking in my way and one way out fighting me forever , i ' ll break the giant down caught between the lines of right and wrong yeah caught between the things that i don ' t know up and down the mountain climbing , climbing drowning in a ocean to find my soul i have to win , i never lose i ' ll have my way , you have to choose war all the time , i ' m fucking fierce war all the time , what do i fear ? the giant walks , the giant eats out of control , the giant beats and breaks you down , with all your might
when you hear that there is a mysterious creature in a canadian lake , you can’t help thinking of the loch ness monster . ( and then we discover that director , john henderson , directed loch ness . ) almost immediately , we learn that this creature , mee - shee is benevolent and saves a helicopter pilot and passenger from drowning .
the odd geographical genesis seems an attempt to simultaneously tap as many funding bodies as possible while avoiding child labour laws . though the script mentions disney repeatedly there ' s no actual involvement from the mouse , though jim henson ' s creature workshop provides the monster . it is wasted in this film . the script makes much of the fact that mee - shee has
big eyes
, and while they are large on the monster they are subsumed within its elephantine face , concealed by narrow , seemingly vengeful eyelids . any need for suspension of disbelief is lost because the rest of the film is so bad .
before joel tobeck appears in the new water horse movie , he is a mean greenpeace member that is trying to delay drilling in a canadian lake , and then trying to capture mee - shee for profit . the absolute beauty of british columbia comes forth in stunning beauty on my new tv , and i don ' t even have the hi - def hooked up yet . i really wanted something to show me what i can expect , and i certainly wasn ' t disappointed . bruce greenwood ( double jeopardy , i ' m not there ) cancels a vacation with his son to find a drill bit . daniel magder plays the son , who discovers magic in the water in the form of a strange looking creature . it is a slow moving picture notable not for action , but for beauty . luanne gordon ( king kong ) manages to be the impetus for greenwood to decide to slow his life down and enjoy the beauty of bc .
in this gentle tale of boy befriends creature , the legend of the loch ness monster is transposed to the lakes of the canadian outback .
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as usual in the films though not in the original legends , the water critters live in a cave , this time beneath the castle , where the cast gets to interact with muppetry that this time isn ' t even slightly well done . pet the big muppet ! it won ' t bite , pet it ! the cavern scenes in all these films allows for indoor soundstage work . has nothing to do with being logical or a story well told .
strolling back and forth , watching the waves wet the tips of my toes , i wondered why i ' d invested so much into this crazy dream . was the captain of duck tours right ? was i merely looking for my own jobless , childlike reflection in the water ? could i be the monster ? then , as the surf washed over me , my quest was once again justified : i had been offered a hunk of the leviathan ' s flesh .
i enjoyed mee - shee , except when the lame and talentless child actor called it mishee . you ' d think he ' d be able to pronounce the name of the movie correctly but , honestly , he is so bad maybe that ' s not something he can do . loved bruce greenwood , as always . and as usual , he it too good for the material and his poker - faced co - star . ( the new zealand scenery , filling in for canada , makes me crazy to want to go there . ) whenever i see a child actor this bad i always wonder which of the producers he belongs to . the kid never changed expression , even when facing down a water
monster ,
as far as he knows . i really recommend everybody see this film just so they can catch probably the worst child actor ever . the little dude didn ' t even try . this could have been much better without the kid who played the kid .
the family gets to squat down in the cavern & gaze up in wonder . then the camera cuts to the lake creature ' s puppyish sweet face . eventually the kids even hug the unyielding plastic prop with the barely mechanical eyeball . surprisingly enough , the acting ain ' t bad & the kids are especially effective in their performances , but the earnestness of hugging a plastic head with a crappy robot eye just made the goofiness goofier .
among the greatest films of the 1980s , but not scorsese ' s best .
the muppet meeshees are nice enough looking though not well integrated with the human characters . there ' s way too much
cut to mee - shees
sort of editing reminiscent of old jungle movies when people point & look intensely all in the same direction , then cut to some group of animals from south america .
mee - shee is a decent film . the great part about this movie is it opens the minds of people again about lochness , nessie , and champ and the probability that perhaps there is a creature out there while adding some efforts and hints to protect not neccesarily
sea monsters
but all aquatic animals that may be on the verge of extinction . the actors are not magnificent but there not too bad either . the little boy and girl probably could of done better , but they were okay for there ages . the film takes the legend of a sea monster to the extreme and goes a little to far at times , but it ' s a nice movie for kids to watch . my nephew really enjoyed it and that was enough for me too .
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parents need to know that although this movie is geared toward kids , it does include some frightening scenes where the titular water creature attacks the movie ' s two villains and destroys their submarine with a flick of its tail ; it ' s understood that both men don ' t survive . also , these two villains are quite dangerous and don ' t seem to care about harming others who get in their way . they kidnap a boy , vandalize property , attack a boat full of people with a grenade launcher , and harpoon the monster . the movie also touches on a boy ' s loss of his mother , establishing that she died two years earlier and her death still affects both father and son . finally , mee - shee is essentially a friendly monster , but it may appear scary at first to younger kids .
sent to find lost drilling equipment , oil company employee sean cambell ( bruce greenwood ) and his young son mac ( daniel madger ) hit the water . what follows is a formulaic family movie involving money - grabbing bad guys and an aquatic beast - part dolphin , part dinosaur , part oap - saving the day .
we go to the thames and find out what the fuck is going on , for we are the woke generation . we are generation truth . we must have the answers .
on closer inspection , the flesh had a dense , sponge - like texture . fascinating but what is a discarded piece of flesh when you have no host ? yes , it 100 percent belonged to the sea monster captured on camera , but how could i prove it ? desperate to go one step further , i rushed over to my toolkit and cast my rod into the water once again .
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the cinematography is in general bland , losing an opportunity with the canadian wilderness . the script per se is just unimaginably badly written . still , due to the presence of good - enough kid actors & the muppetiness of the smily - walrus - creature , little kids are going to love
we don ' t get the usual indian shaman or shamenness for local color because it ' s scotland , but we do get a scottish crackpot
water bailiff
( ian holm ) who knows what he knows . it has the requisit child ( kirstey graham ) , single male ( danson ) , & love interest ( joley richardson ) . it is in general better acted than the script merits .
poor casting , intermittent periods where the film treads water with overlong pictures of the scenery , and a lack of anyone in the cast to empathise with , render this a dreary experience . edited with no sense of timing and with unmemorable music laid on with a trowel , the performances are unable to engage or sustain one ' s attention . the biggest drawback is that there is nobody one likes - the hero is the american equivalent of a shop dummy in a cecil gee window , the son is blank faced except when he is petulant . custer is inscrutable and a boring character . the villains are cardboard cutouts , and the mad woman of the hills is alarming and repellent . custer ' s daughter is the only bright spark in the film , and acts everyone else off the screen , not that that was hard to do . the henson creature shop shut up shop in london shortly after this film was made ; maybe they had lost heart when they saw it . one to miss .
he has been on the streets of buenos aires , argentina and wellington , new zealand , operating the honey monster , the mascot of the famous breakfast cereal , sugar puffs . he was on the beach at copacabana in rio operating
snuggles the bear
for america ' s
snuggles fabric softener
, the suburbs of vancouver , operating the baby rockchewer for
the neverending story iii
, or a secret location outside stockholm , sweden , for
abba - the last video
.
film director james cameron said the offered rebates , coupled with the local workforce and skills was a major incentive for basing the films in new zealand .
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the premise of mac campbell ' s character is based on a neglected child who has lost his mother recently . his dad ( bruce greenwood ) has unintentionally ignored his son by burying himself in work after his wife died and has decided to make it up to mac by taking him to a theme park . the boy is devastated to find out that his dad ' s plans have changed as a result of an emergency trip to canada . mac , played by daniel magder plays an angry , somewhat stoic , curious , brave yet emotional young man . i believe he pulled it off beautifully . in fact he adds a touch of humor to his character in a non funny situation when speaking under his breath about pawnee , his new found friend . my kids have seen him in
life with derek
as
edwin
and he portrays a totally different type of character showing his versatility . ( they ' ve coaxed me into watching a few episodes ) . mee - she the water giant is great for kids but i think it could have been simplified for the benefit of the younger viewers . that being said , i recommend renting it or purchasing the film . i purchased the film and my kids have seen it many times .
after many aborted attempts , sean campbell ( bruce greenwood ) has finally cleared his relentlessly busy schedule to take his son , mac ( daniel magder ) , on an oft - delayed trip to disney world . unfortunately , his bosses at arctic oil have other ideas . it seems that a helicopter carrying an extremely valuable drill bit has crashed into a remote canadian lake and that sean is the only person who can recover it . mac , who believes his father places more importance on his work than on his son , is very unhappy about trading in mickey and goofy for a backwoods town with little to offer a young boy . things change dramatically , however , when mac not only hears tales of a mysterious lake monster named mee - shee but actually stumbles upon his hiding place in a secluded cavern . mac is enormously excited , but none of the adults take him seriously . this includes his father , whose attempt to retrieve the equipment is being foiled by the evil watkins ( charles mesure ) and his henchman , mr . snead ( joel tobeck ) , who work for a rival oil company and will stop at nothing to retrieve the drill bit for themselves . things don ' t look good for sean on either a personal or professional level - - until mee - shee manages to change all that .
confirmation of that incentive came with the announcement that the three avatar sequels would be made in new zealand .
scattered moments of rawness aside , the master of the spiritual crisis directs an unbalanced and uncharacteristically unconvincing melodrama .
good for fans of the director but perhaps too heavy going for an afternoon in front of the television .
having made the film loch ness 10 years ago , geordie director john henderson has to look further afield for this sort - of - sequel about a boy ( daniel magder ) who stumbles upon a mythical beastie in a canadian lake . brought to life by jim henson’s creature shop , this seal - like critter is the undisputed star of this wholesome homily to valuing family and respecting nature . sadly , he’s not on screen enough to excuse a witless treasure - hunt plot involving a missing , er , drill bit . with new zealand filling in none too convincingly for ontario and performances so stiff they make the animatronic mee - shee look like brando , this is pretty wishee - washee .
but , this is a genial story of a father ( bruce greenwood ) bonding with his son ( daniel megdar ) and the son bonding , with the help of a young indian girl , with the creature . there are some genial folks at the lake : the local indian , custer , with a sardonic sense of humour , the owner of a dredge on the lake , an attractive female environmental inspector , and the largish , jovial assistant to the father . there is also mrs coogan ( phyllida law ) as the strict but genial housekeeper .
though the similarities are in actuality due to both films ' utter lack of imagination resulting in pretty close to the exact same story developed in the exact same way .
in this padded out family movie , even the scenes above the lake ' s surface feel a bit wet .
the air was bleak and crisp underneath the glass fortress of canary wharf . despite the cold , stormy weather , i wasn ' t surprised to see my comrades out , waiting at the side of the river , deeply inhaling cigarettes and hoping to catch a glimpse of the beast . i noticed one man staring intently at his phone .
producer barrie osborne noted new zealand ' s screen incentives when announcing the movie would be shot around the country .
ms mcsweeney said that had helped with the sustainability of the local industry and more co - productions were targeted .
jack nicholson shines in the film that helped cement his reputation as one of the finest actors of his generation .
the relationship between mac ' s dad and the hot - tempered environment officer , laura , is a bit predictable and doesn ' t really add much to the story .
a mysterious creature was spotted swimming in the thames , but the experts – suspiciously – said it was nothing to worry about . so we went looking for the truth .
the new zealand film commission was unable to provide a figure to the otago daily times on how much those incentives have cost the taxpayer , or any cost - benefit analysis .
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joel tobeck and charles mesure , who each had regular gigs in hercules and xena ( as deimos and the archangel michael respectively ) are the bad guys . they have been to the same bad guy shop as the villains of die hard 4 . 0 , but have come away with a midget submarine with harpoon and torpedo launchers . they shoot the titular mee - shee to allow it to bond with our kid hero in a thorn in a lion ' s paw sort of way , and then to try to steal that elusive drill bit . at one point , when confronted by an environmental protection officer ( and , obviously , love interest / replacement mother figure ) , having threatened said state and provincial officer with a rock , and abandoning a truck , a midget submarine and high explosives on the shore , one cries ,
you ' ve got nothing on me !
and runs off . this is after they escape from a flat - bottomed barge in a submarine by driving it into the shallows , of course .
showing the well - meaning industrialist & super - evil greenies sort of reverses the usual cliche of good greenies & bad polluters , but other than the right - wing approach to who most harms the environment , nothing original comes out of this awful film .
so write a tweet about it , share the photos and spread the word everywhere you can , because i can ' t . i ' ll be in hiding , operating from the darkest reaches of the internet . if you still have questions , you may just be able to find the answers at thamesmonstertruth . new . org .
filmed , or in the case of the last , about to be shot , in twizel , dunedin , methven and tapanui respectively .
at that december 2013 announcement prime minister john key said the three films would pump a minimum of $ 500 million into the economy .
connection to the creature ' s mysterious mind . so the idea that orky does some kind of telepathy is never developed , & the chance for something original in this wet washrag of a film is foresworn .
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this month the otago daily times revealed veteran hollywood actor robert redford will star in the walt disney live action film pete ' s dragon , to be shot in the west otago township of tapanui next year .
the answer is : nobody knows . even the experts from sea life london aquarium and the london wildlife trust – the most expert people alive – are as flummoxed as you . or , at least , that ' s what they want us to believe . they say ,
oh , just forget the incident – ignore the enormous thames monster ; it ' s probably nothing !
but do we just take their word for it and get on with our lives ? or do we go to the thames and find out what the fuck is going on ?
this is a pretty klutzy movie . there is a busy single parent , his ignored kid , the compulsory bad guy , the compulsory love interest , the compulsory native local , the compulsory loch ness - type monster which all gets wrapped up so everyone can go home happily ever after .
small - town values are rocked by the tide of history in porumboiu ' s grimly funny and determinedly slight retrospective on the 1989 romanian revolution .
the second a bullet tore through the back of john f kennedy ' s head ; the mysterious transportation of an aircraft to that top secret area 51 hanger ; man setting foot on the moon for the first time in 1969 . once every so often , something happens that goes on to transfix and define a generation . for millennials , that moment just happened .
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however , leaving that aside if one can , the new zealand scenery standing in for canada is stark and attractive and the story very ‘family - oriented’ .
a refreshing , if slightly baffling , contribution to the battle of the sexes , as well as a beautifully shot celebration of japan ' s seediest underbelly .
along the way we get an actual character who happens to be an indian , pawnee ' s dad with the unlikely name of custer ( tom jackson ) . custer & pawnee should ' ve been the main characters instead of the usual passle bland honkies . but that might ' ve required an indian writer . otherwise native america is just a lovely decoration to spice up the white world .
changing tack , i realised i should try to entice the beast with a small token – the only thing known to adequately ensnare a monster that was also available in the branch of co - op i passed : a monster munch .
if you ' re in the mood for a low - key , pleasant little kid - centric
lock - ness
monster movie , you ' ll enjoy this one . i started watching it in the background while it was on a tv movie channel and quickly got interested in it . the basic premise is as follows : a helicopter carrying an important oil - drilling bit has crashed in a remote canadian lake . the drilling company sends their small - submarine specialist ( who brings his son ) to recover the item . while there , the boy encounters an elusive local resident of the lake . in the midst of all this , a rival drilling company is trying to sabotage the recovery efforts . . . and the story progresses from there . there ' s nothing really special about the plot and the kid - centric aspect can be a potential turn - off for many adult viewers . however , in this case , the story is well done and the characters are well acted and interesting - so it was worth the time . as long as you ' re expectations are for a low - key but well done little movie , you ' ll have a pleasant time .
a young boy is devastated when the planned vacation with his father is cancelled due to an emergency salvage mission at a remote canadian lake . but when he discovers the lake is known as the home of a mythical creature , mac makes it his mission prove there ' s more to the myth than just legend . forging a connection with the creature is easier for mac than getting his father ' s attention until both man and beast need all the help they can get .
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all the lively song - and - dance routines and steamy shots of a scantily clad russell can ' t make up for the crass dialogue and boring melodramatics .
great fun if not quite the great teen pic some believe it to be .
the moments of extreme violence look enough like a video game that even the wee ones probably won ' t be too awfully scared for more than a moment . but parents should be aware that the
sweet
creatures go for vigilante justice .
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for real local color we get the chief ' s widow
crazy norma
( rena owen ) standing in for the wise old shamen . alas norma isn ' t given much of a role ; she just stands on the lake edge & emotes anger or happiness or whatever .
family adventure film , where a young boy befriends a mythical creature who lives in a lake . a young boy is devastated when the planned vacation with his father is canceled due to an emergency salvage mission at a remote canadian lake . but when he discovers the lake is known as the home of a mythical creature , mac makes it his mission prove there ' s more to the myth than just legend . forging a connection with the creature is easier for mac than getting his father ' s attention until both man and beast need all the help they can get .
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on april 1 , 2014 , the new zealand screen production grant ( nzspg ) was introduced , which encouraged more international film productions in new zealand to ' ' strengthen the local industry and provide wider economic benefits ' ' , jasmin mcsweeney , the new zealand film commission marketing manager , said .
raw , ragged , rambling and romantic - if the sound of a furious violin drifting down the alley quickens your pulse , you may find gatlif ' s gypsy drama a seductive and potent experience .
since orky is by no means an orca , who can guess why it was given such a silly name , perhaps so it could rhyme with dorky , kids ' d love that . the actual lake legend of the region calls it ogopogo , & the film should ' ve kept that name .
after exhausting all other options , i turned to urltoken , where scores of commenters were positing their own theories : missjatti saw a
spinosaurus
; qxcontinuim thought they had seen a
sub
; while grimsituation6 warned of the great beasts that have swum the english channel since the roman empire .
i soon found myself alone on a beach , pepe - less , feet wet . there was still no sign of the beast , so i unpacked my box and made the most of every tool i ' d brought with me , putting my hazmat suit on and setting traps along the shore .
ogopogo - in popular culture . . . maclaren which involved a boat called the ogopogo . . . the case itself is also known as
the ogopogo case
. . . in canada ,
ogopogo
has also been a name given to items such as boats and canoes . . .
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it ' s adequate enough but lacks enough bite to take on the summer ' s big hitters .
ted danson ' s character scrooge , er , dempsey , wants to prove nessy isn ' t real . just his bad luck , he discovers it ' s all true . the main plot is about the crabby disbeliever learning not only to love nessy , but to love the inkeeper & her daughter . because the nessy itself is so badly designed we are not subjected to much of it . likely even children wouldn ' t care for this one as much as other versions of essentially the same lame tale , as there ' s too little of the creature & too much of dempsey falling in love .