Pirates action and adventure

Advantages: Johnny Depp
Disadvantages: none

...The first Pirates of the Caribbean film, The Curse of the Black Pearl is a fantastic swashbuckling, action-adventure story that spawned a trilogy of films. This film is about the adventures of rogue pirate, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), a blacksmith, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), daughter of Governor Weatherby Swann (Jonathan Pryce). When Elizabeth is kidnapped by the evil Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and the treacherous crew of the Black Pearl, Will joins forces with Jack, who used to be Captain of the Black Pearl, to rescue her. However they discover the secret curse of the Black Pearl and the role that Will and Elizabeth play in breaking it. Gore Verbinski has directed an excellent film with an exciting and very enjoyable story that will captivate you. The cast are great, especially Johnny...

mozzie76 24.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pirates Of The Caribbean - The Curse Of The Black Pearl (DVD)

Adventure Ahead!

Advantages: excitement, adventure, fast-paced
Disadvantages: a bit dated

...The Valley of Adventure is the third book in Enid Blyton?s Adventure series. This series consists of eight books which follow the exploits of four children, Philip, Jack, Dinah and Lucy-Ann, along with Jack?s parrot Kiki and their friend Bill. These books follow a pattern which is common through many of Enid Blyton?s stories, where children foil the plots of wicked men in a courageous and exciting way. The stories are very plot driven and have the necessary twists and excitement needed to maintain the interest of young readers. The characters of the children are all distinct, but there?s little character development that occurs, either in the individual books or through the series as a whole. The bad guys in these books always seem to be ?wicked men? who look like bad sorts. Fairly often, they?re foreign, while the children and very...

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Review of The Valley Of Adventure - Enid Blyton

What an adventure!

Advantages: Great rides, so much fun!
Disadvantages: Prices

...This is my last of my reviews of American theme parks, and I've saved the best park for last. Islands of Adventure (IoA) is part of the Universal Studios group and was built around 12 years ago (they were just building it the last time I had been to Universal). I was in Orlando with 3 friends so we were keen on theme parks with more exciting rides to offer and IoA did not disappoint. GETTING THERE: IoA is part of the same park complex that holds Universal Studios. As with most Orlando attractions it is fairly well signposted. You just need to get onto the I4, the main road through Orlando, and it is signposted off this. There is a ridiculous amount of parking available. Make sure you remember which character and which number you are parked in otherwise you'll be searching for that rental car for hours! Each section is...

tartlette83 05.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Islands of Adventure

Another Action packed Chan adventure

Advantages: Plenty of action, more of Chans signature comedic martial arts fight scenes
Disadvantages: Plot is somewhat unoriginal, supporting cast are alright but not brilliant

...or was. He spends most of the movie trying to remember what happened. To start with, as he lands in South Africa, he's taken in by locals, who, having asked him who he was (to which he responded by asking the same question back 'who am I?'), call him who am I? (just to confuse!) and make him one of 'theirs' by painting his face with tribal paints and so on. Jackie starts to notice debris from the helicopter crash and wonders if this is a clue and soon decides to travel away, to try and see if he can get his memory back, so he bids goodbye to the people in the village that had taken him in. Its when he gets back to 'normal civilisation' that things get exciting really... and this is yet another good proper action packed movie! What can I say? the usual elements are here, as he teams up with a couple of ladies (who should be fairly...

IzzyS 19.10.2007 (18.10.2007) · Read review
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Review of Jackie Chan's Who Am I? (DVD)

Ludlum's Hard- hitting action adventure

Advantages: Interesting through and through..
Disadvantages: none

...the globe, the deaths seemingly unrelated...brought Together, the only thing that connects Ben and Anna is a secret file, over a half century old , linked to the CIA and marked with the puzzling code name SIGMA... But , as they begin uncovering and discovering truths about Sigma, they realise that their lives have been put into danger and that the enemy or enemies are always one step ahead of them..Ben in the mean time meets his twin brother Peter, who was presumed dead for many years now, under mysterious circumstances. Peter hands over the picture of some influential leaders who have been collaborating with the surviving Nazi leaders, and one of them turns out to be their own Father...within hours of their meeting the assassins track them and .....follows a chase that brings more trouble.. My views The action in this gripping novel...

kiran8 29.07.2008 (16.06.2009) · Read review
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Review of Sigma Protocol - Robert Ludlum

Last Action Hero Film Review

Advantages: Action
Disadvantages: This isn't 'The Terminator'

...explain. Arnie plays Jack Slater, a fictional action star of the blockbuster 'Jack Slater' movies that are being shown on the cinema screens to audiences in the real world. There's an eleven-year-old boy called Danny (Austin O'Brien) who considers himself a bit of a fan of Mr. Slater, and regularly skips school just to go to the movies and see him star in his latest adventure. His obsession actually becomes so bad that he starts fantasizing about the big Austrian playing Hamlet when he's forced to sit through Shakespeare's classic play -- which, I can tell you, is rather hilarious. Danny is later given a ticket by the old projectionist of the cinema, Nick (Robert Prosky). "It's a magic ticket," he proclaims, without really knowing what it does. Soon enough, Danny finds himself being sucked into the movie screen and on to the backseat...

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Review of Last Action Hero (DVD)

A cinematic Adventure

Advantages: Imaginative, Suspenseful, relatively gore-free
Disadvantages: Nothing - honestly, not a thing

...Director: Jon Favreau Cinema Release Date: February 2006 Genre: Children?s Fantasy/Action/Adventure Classification: PG Actors: Jonah Bobo, Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepherd, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins Runtime: 116 minutes RRP: £19.99 Woolworths: £15.99 Amazon: from £6.89 The general Gist of it ****************** Like most brothers, Danny and Walter don?t get along and their teenage sister Lisa rarely registers their existence. With their parents recently separated, it can be a lonely world, particularly for Danny, the youngest. When a squabble results in their father having to leave them to return to the office to print some ruined work material out, Danny discovers an old board game in the basement and pleads with his brother to play with him. Little did he know that by pressing the go button just once, both Danny and Walter...

ally2kc 20.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Zathura: A Space Adventure (DVD)

Set sail for adventure

Advantages: fast-paced adventure
Disadvantages: a bit dated

...The Sea of Adventure is the fourth book in Enid Blyton?s Adventure series. This is a series of eight books that describe the exciting adventures of four children, Jack, Philip, Dinah and Lucy-Ann, along with their friend Bill and Jack?s parrot Kiki. These stories follow the same pattern as a great many of Enid Blyton?s books, in that a group of children will foil the plots of wicked men in a suitably exciting manner. Despite the apparent predictability of that pattern, the books themselves manage to be filled with plot twists that will keep you interested from start to finish. As this book opens, the four children are recovering from measles and have been told that they need to have a break. But Mrs Mannering (Philip and Dinah?s mother) also becomes ill, so she is unable to take them away. The group are surprised by a midnight visit...

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Review of The Sea of Adventure - Enid Blyton

Unleash The Adventurer In You.

Advantages: Vibrant and Warm, Brings out the inner adventurer!
Disadvantages: Expensive in smaller bottles, go large.

...Very Manly, although that makes me sound not so manly, this is the best way to describe this aftershave. The adverts for it actually have Ewan McGregor as the frontman for it, they use the adventurer like qualities he has drawn from the different events he has done around the world such as the motorbike traverses called long way round and long way down. This was one of the first things that lead me to trying it, having seen the adverts it gives you that feeling like it could provide that rugged indiana jones feel just by putting it on. If you too feel like this is something you want to experience then I think it might help, even if it is just in your mind. The fragrance is very back to basics like being out in the elements, there are no boring mixed smells, it is all vibrant and in your face whilst at the same time has that warm...

joerearden 17.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Davidoff Adventure

A good action adventure cartoon

Advantages: Much visual humor and excellent animations
Disadvantages: Not a great plot; a weak movie for disney

...Introduction Over the years Disney have produced some great animated movies ranging from fairy tales to action adventure movies. Their success is unparalleled as many of their movies move from the big screen to Broadway. However, with the advent of computer graphics, many companies are beginning to compete against Disney. Pixus and Dreamworks are both producing excellent animated movies (Toy Story from Pixus and Shreck from Dreamworks. Disney therefore are trying to fight back and produce original and exciting animated movies that combine the humor and skill of Disney with the action adventure that children love in movies of this type. The main plot Emperor Kuzco is turning eighteen and has decided to treat himself to a wonderful new swimming pool. Finding out about a hill that catches the sun perfectly, Kuzco decides to...

Simoncook1 01.06.2001 · Read review
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Review of The Emperor's New Groove (Animated) (DVD)