Customer Reviews

Assassins/The Specialist

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Very disappointed to find these two films have been reformated to fit "your TV!" Not my TV! If you like "full-screen" versions, you will be well pleased. If you collect widescreen videos, don't buy this package!

I too prefer a letterbox (widescreen) transfer over a full screen one because the letterbox format is the way you see the movie in a theater. However unlike the widescreen movies of the 50's & 60's you don't lose any picture for fullscreen versions of recent (70's & after) movies. For the older movies they had to pan & scan the image to fit the screen and you lost part of the picture that way so you buy the letterbox version to get the full image. But today they just open up the matte meaning you see stuff at the top & bottom that you didn't see in the theater. Sure I bought this full screen disc. It was agood way to get two great movies for the one low price. Not all double movie (2 on one disc) sets are full screen. I've bought some (like The Fugitive/US Marshalls) where both movies were in letterbox format. Oh & for these sets they are flipper discs meaning one movie per side of the disc. A great way to get a pair of movies!!

Unlike the other available version of ASSASSINS / THE SPECIALIST (which is full screen only), the twin-DVD set labelled: ACTION DOUBLE FEATURE consists of flip discs that offer both movies in full or widescreen format. THE SPECIALIST also includes its theatrical trailer. There's no other extras on the discs, which automatically start playing the films when they're inserted.

Clean transfers here. Definitely a good deal, especially for Stallone action movie fans.


Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 20 imdb viewer poll ratings.

(5.9) Assassins (USA/France-1995) - Sylvester Stallone/Antonio Banderas/Julianne Moore

(4.9) The Specialist (Peru/USA-1994) - Sylvester Stallone/Sharon Stone/James Woods/Rod Steiger/Eric Roberts

Wow! I can't begin to tell you how thrilled I was to get the movie Assassins, and then to find I could also get The Specialist with it, was a bonus.Both are excellent action movies.
Well, I was so anxious to get them both. And I did, promptly and in excellent condition.
I thoroughly enjoyed them both.
This isn't the first time I found more than one movie in the same set.
Amazon is the best. How can I ever thank you!
JoAnn

I love these movies. They're pure grade B, and absolutely marvelous. Sly blows everything possible up as the Specialist, and seduces/is seduced by the very sexy voiced Sharon Stone.

James Woods villains it up like no other, and entertains massively as he looses his marbles, along with his yarbles ultimately.

Assassins...ohh Paradise found. Seeing Antonio Banderas as the very nutso younger Assassin is a rare treat. He has all the earmarks of a wild-eyed coked up freak, as he determinedly tries to kill the antiquated (in his opinion) Mr. Stallone. Stallone on the other hand manages everything with aplomb; the ultimate vision of cool.

These guys are great together. These movies are great together.

Watch them for sheer entertainment and fun. If you're looking for something to take seriously, you'll be ticked off and will write mean things about this set. Go for the giggles, and the over-the-topness.

if you enjoy action flicks you have to buy this combo of stallone hits its hard to pick the best of the two but i lean towards the specialist because of sharon stone great acting job,

For action movie fans, this is one of the best 2 discs DVD sets you can buy. Each of the 2 discs has the same movie on both sides: one for NTSC and one for Widescreen. Each of the movies has good picture and good digital sound. The films are full of action, drama, and romance. The DVD menus are incredible; each disc is like it's own single independent disc but this is a 2 discs DVD set. 2 into 1; you can't beat that.

Both flicks are excellent - to get them together on one disc is a bonus