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Extreme Action 4 Film Favorites (Eraser / The Last Boy Scout / Passenger 57 / Point of No Return)

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

WARNER's EXTREME ACTION offers four examples of early to mid 1990s action films, including two by a couple of the genre's biggest stars: Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

SYNOPSES--

ERASER-- Witness Protection specialist with unorthodox ways is set up as the "bad guy" by corrupt co-workers. Arnold benefits from an excellent supporting cast.

THE LAST BOY SCOUT-- Ex-Secret Servicman turned detective buddies up with a former football QB whose girlfriend is murdered; a woman the private eye was hired to protect. Authored by "Lethal Weapon" scripter Shane Black, the film's last scene suggests a sequel-- perhaps the lack of on-screen chemistry between Willis and Wayans precluded that from happening.

PASSENGER 57-- Terrorist and his cohorts hijack a plane carrying an undercover security expert. (Originally intended as a Stallone vehicle.)

POINT OF NO RETURN-- A female drug addict condemed to die for a violent crime is recruited as a government assassin.


SYLVESTER STALLONE: 4 FILM FAVORITES is the ideal companion to this action movie 4-fer.


Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.

(5.8) Eraser (1996) - Arnold Schwarzenegger/James Caan/Vanessa Williams/James Coburn/Robert Pastorelli/James Cromwell

(6.1) The Last Boy Scout (1991) - Bruce Willis/Daman Wayans/Halle Berry/Bruce McGill

(5.5) Passenger 57 (1992) - Wesley Snipes/Bruce Payne/Tom Sizemore/Bruce Greenwood/Elizabeth Hurley

(5.6) Point of No Return (1993) - Bridget Fonda/Gabriel Byrne/Delbert Mulroney/Anne Bancroft/Harvey Keitel/Michael Rapaport

You are considering this DVD because you are an action lover.

Stop reading and buy it used. You won't be disappointed.

All 4 of these films are anamorphic widescreen presentations on 2 flipper discs. The picture quality is the same as the individually released titles. Zero special features, but you do get 4 great 90's action flix in 1 bundle, saving me much needed room on my already overflowing DVD shelves.

If you like action movies...you'll love this DVD. I wanted it for the Last Boy Scout (which is terrific) and Passenger 57 (just 'cause I like Snipes); but was surprised by Point of No Return (pretty good). I'm not a big Arnold fan (but a good throw in).

You should enjoy it!

The reason I am giving this a 3 and not a 4, is because two movies come on the one DVD, so you have to flip it over to see the movies, and the writing is so fine, you have to search to ensure you are about the play the correct movie.

DVD's are cheap enough, they could have placed the movies on their own DVD

Great pack. Good entertainment. Last Boy Scout is a must for Bruce Willis lovers. Good movies.

The quality of the prints of these movies was very good for what I normally get on double sided discs.

Each movie is basically a fast action thriller that did reasonably well at the box office, the movies still don't dissapoint.

Be ready to sit through, or fast forward past way more trailers that are usual, a small price to pay for four high quality releases around $10.

Acting accross the board gets either 4 or 5 stars.
Set quality, hard to fault.
Storylines, believable for the most part. Entertaining? certainly.
Special effects, excellent, the only obviously "not real" I caught was one scene of "'57"
Entertainment value, as an overall package, 5 stars.

I'm glad I bought them, not too much blood and guts, we'd call them all PG, meaning the youger ones can watch them.

Buy and enjoy, I did.

Warners has released four films in a two DVD pack that are all in their original widescreen a/r and enhanced for 16X9 screens.Both are DDD's,Dreaded Double-sided Discs,so be warned and be on the look out for scratched or scuffed discs.On the bright side you get some quite decent action films all in one package and bound to delight most everyone into that genre.
First is the Ahhnold Schwarzenegger film Eraser(June/96),co starring Vanessa Williams,the former "disgraced" /84 Miss America who did a great job in her part in her very first acting role.Arnold works for the witness protection program and is responsible for seeing that his charges get their life"erased",so to speak,enabling them to live a totally new and safe one.Williams has some important information and must be protected.Arnold takes charge of her,erasing her current life,but surprisingly there is a hit put out on her.His boss played menacingly by James Caan is as seemingly stunned at the turn of events as Arnold but we soon learn it is Caan who is the mole and Arnold and Vanessa must play a running game from him and his hired guns.Only when they have solid proof of Caan's involvement,do they finally seek out the help of the top man in the organization(the only one Arnold will truly trust)played by James Coburn.In the end the corruption is exposed and eliminated.Three and a half stars.
This movie is b/w The Last Boy Scout(Dec/91)and it finds Willis as a down and out private eye who hasn't had a decent case in quite some time.A"friend" of Willis gives him a lead onto a job to look after a stripper played by a young Halle Berry in her 8th film;to be a kind of a bodyguard.Before Willis can get too far on the job he finds his "friend" has been having a "time" with his wife.As his friend leaves,his car gets blown up.Willis is questioned by the cops but let go.Willis assumes his job as bodyguard,attending the club Berry works at but her boyfriend misconstrues Willis' intentions(played by Daman Wayans).The two get into words and when Willis steps outside he is kidnapped.Meanwhile Berry and Wayans go home in separate cars and Berry gets shot to death along the way.It turns out Berry and Willis`kidnappers have something in common.Willis was kidnapped by the owner of a local football team who is trying to get gambling legalized and it is Berry who found out about this and was quieted.Now the owner is attempting to frame Willis for a set up to shoot the Governor.At a football game the Governor attends,Wayans and Willis work together and bring the bad guys to justice.3 and a half stars.
The second DVD contains Passenger 57(Nov.92).This film stars Wesley Snipes as the newly hired head of security for an airline.While on a flight,the plane is hijacked(watch for a very plain looking Elizabeth Hurley as one of the hijackers).Basically the rest of the plot revolves around Snipes trying to regain control of the aircraft and trying to subdue the hijackers,which he ultimately does.Three stars.
This film is backed with Point of No Return(Mar.93),starring Bridget Fonda.As the film opens Bridget is part of a group of guys hopped up on drugs who break into a drug store.She ends up killing a cop and goes on trial.She is sentenced to death and we even see her funeral.However she has really been taken into a secret agency specializing in assassination.She is a diamond in the rough and with the help of agency personnel played by,among others,Anne Bancroft(lessons in manners) and her mentor played by Gabriel Byrne,she becomes a top notch assassin.Sent out into the real world to do her business she soon meets and falls in love with someone.Her job and her private collide continuously and in the end she is let go from the organization by a sympathetic Byrnes.Two and one half stars.
Eraser and the Last Boy Scout are the best movies in this pack,while Passenger 57 is about average with Point of no Return running in fourth place.The Last Boy Scout is the film I would say needs a remastering the most as it can get quite grainy at times.The others are much more acceptable,though not perfect.
All in all not a bad package of action films starring some top notch stars of today and yesterday.Get out the popcorn and enjoy.

A real non-stop action collection of movies, very good price, great movies and most important thing that they come in one small box, 2 CD's two movies each. Love it!

This is a must DVD to have if your an action movie fan. I think Last boyscout is one of Bruce Willis's best films. Point of no return is action packed. Passenger 57 and Eraser are also good movies.