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First Born
Released in VHS Tape by Paramount Studio (29 April, 1992)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Teri Garr and Peter Weller
Average review score:

good movie
when i watch this movie i go back in time the eighties are so cool christopher collet was good corey haim also was good just the way the film was made i dont know this is a very good movie i will always have it

Realistic enough to be a quiet classic
I would recommend this movie to Peter Weller and Terri Garr fans alike. Corey Haim gives a good performance as well, but it is far from the flippant teen idol roles he's favored for later. 'Firstborn' is a realistic look into many lives disrupted by divorce and adolescence. While it won't fit everyone's experience of these, it doesn't gloss over the issues. It's about a woman who is searching for emotional healing after her husband announces he is remarrying, two sons who are trying to deal with what they knew as 'family' dissintigrating, and a loner, small time drug dealer. But each character has one thing in common. Each person is trying to fit into life, and find where his or her life fits in with the rest of the world. You have a lonely, hurt divorcee, a boy who is almost a man, who has to be the man in the family suddenly, and a young boy who is confused by his father's abandonement, and his mother's sadness. Then comes the drifter who promises stability and affection to the family. Only problem is, the oldest boy (who feels the urge to protect his family) figures out real fast that the man offering the missing piece to the incomplete family is not what he seems. The mother, desperate for love and companionship is reluctant to see the man for what he is, bringing violence and drug use/selling into the house. Hollywood often portrays drugs as great entertainment, and the traffic of it profitable and empowering. 'Firstborn' shows the other side. It doesn't always make fast money and good friends. The boys also react in a very realistic way. They are at the age when self-examination and rebellion become a part of school, social life, and family. Further disruption and danger amplify the behavior, and is realistically exaggerated by threat, abuse and lies.

Weller Nailed The Part
Peter Weller was superb as the low-life riff-raff boyfriend in this film, from the first hung-over moment he appears on the screen to his nonchalant comment, after the kids later catch him and the mom with cocaine, "Life goes on." Living in apartment complexes during the first half of the 1980s, I saw this same guy again and again, preying temporarily on single women, leeching off them for awhile, leaving their lives in varying degrees of shambles and abruptly moving on. Weller was so good in this movie role, you could almost smell it on him.

Intimate Stranger
Released in VHS Tape by Paramount Studio (29 April, 1992)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Allan Holzman
Average review score:

Talking Dirty with Deborah
One of the more frustrating aspects of being a Deborah Harry fan is supporting her acting career. Though she's a decent actress and captivating screen presence, too often one has to suffer through 90 minutes of dreck to catch the two or three wonderful moments Deborah is on screen. For every "Videodrome" or "Hairspray" in her filmography, there are twice as many wastes of celluloid like "Drop Dead Rock" or "Forever, Lulu." This made-for-cable thriller isn't a great movie, but it's entertaining solely for Deborah's star turn as a phone sex operator who "witnesses" a murder over the phone. The cops, of course, don't believe her. Street cop James Russo overhears her being laughed out of the police station and decides to do some amateur sleuthing in hopes it'll help him get promoted to detective (like I said, not a great movie). It's pretty much a by-the-numbers, mediocre thriller, with Deborah getting stalked by the killer as she tries to discover his identity. Suspense fans will be disappointed, but Deborah Harry fans will be in heaven as they listen to her talk dirty to strangers in her flat, deadpan voice ("My eyes are blue--blue like the California sky," she breathes in the same tone of voice used to open the Blondie song "X-Offender"). Better still, Deborah's character is also a struggling singer, so she gets to sing a couple songs, the best being a forlorn cover of "Piece of My Heart."

One other group that'll love this movie: smoking fetishists. There's barely a scene Deborah is in where she's not lighting a cigarette--with matches, never a lighter. Even the opening credits begin with an extreme close up of her bringing a match to the tip of a cigarette. I can't watch this movie without wanting a cigarette myself.

Cheesey, but fantastic movie!
Here's the good stuff; see a sexy Deborah Harry chain smoke, talk really, REALLY dirty, and fight a maniac! Now, seriously, this is one great little movie you got here. If I'm correct, this was a made for TV movie, which would help to explain the look to it. The acting is very good at points, but then seems to fade at others. The maniac, for example, sounds incredibly scary over the phone, but when you see him face to face with heroin Deb, he doesn't seem to be that great. Just a small example. The plot is a little bit thin, but what can you say? It's a cat-and-mouse style movie, which usually doesn't includee much of a plot. The plot, however, doesn't seem to matter here, because the style of it all is great. It has a very eary look and feel to it, and the soundtrack is great (especially the Debbie songs!). So, yes, it may not be the best movie ever made, but it still deserves 5 stars for its creativity and the great sense of horror about it.

COOL PERFORMANCE
FOR BLONDIE FANS, ASIDE FROM THE PLOT WICH IS COVERED BY OTHER REVIEWS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE SHE PERFORMS ONSTAGE WITH AN UNKNOWN BAND IN A SMOKEY DIVE IN GOTHAM CITY & HER VOICE'S GOLDEN ESSENCE IS STARTLINGLY CAPTURED. IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, THESE PERFORMANCES ARE WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION, NOT ON ANY LP'S MIGHT I ADD!

Bittersweet
Released in VHS Tape by Pioneer Video (15 August, 2000)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Luca Bercovici
Samantha (Angie Everhart) has a bright career ahead of her until her boyfriend tricks her into helping him with a burglary that turns to murder. Sam takes the rap, and when she gets out of jail four years later, her life in tatters, she's looking for revenge. Turns out her boyfriend's joined the mob and there's a maverick cop (James Russo) who's going to force her to help him get the Big Boss. The dialog is lame and the plot is ludicrous in this direct-to-video distaff variation on Payback. It's the sort of movie in which Angie sneaks off and shoots a buncha bad guys, so the cop threatens to throw her in jail. She sneaks off again--bang, bang, bang--he threatens to throw her in jail again. This goes on three or four times. Former supermodel Everhart skulks and scowls her way through the picture, but even her greased-up hair and grunged-down outfit can't hide those glorious cheekbones. Eric Roberts phones in another one for the paycheck. Only Joe Penny, as a mid-level mobster, brings any life to the party. All that being said, the film works on its most fundamental level--as the story of a woman grimly seeking revenge because it's the only meaningful response to what life has dealt her. --Geof Miller
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good action movie
I confirm other positive reviews about this work...
The best moments are clearly those where Ms.Everhart is engaged in action shoots (I think that Angie should exploit more this kind of role than those ones played in psycho-thrillers like the most recent The Last Cry... le physique est avec elle... in every sense) yet I'd have liked the captivity part to be a little developed... 5/10 min would have been enough and not have compromised the budget (IMO).

ps: actually I must admit that the first reason for me to rent this movie has been the presence of Angie "Redhot" Everhart but I've not been disappointed... bear in mind that this is the first movie of her I've seen where she has been wearing her dresses... full time... and that's is a compliment by me.

bittersweet
An excellent movie, Angie Everhart was a Refreshing departure from the normal helpless female, a sharp intelligent lady with a lot of positive mental attitude, More of the same Please!!

Detour
Released in VHS Tape by Usa Films (06 June, 2000)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Joey Travolta
Average review score:

Don't Detour around this video!
I won't lie and say this movie was a great movie, but it was worth the money to buy it. I am not sure if this was Travolta's first film that he directed, but he did a decent job. What brought the movie together was the interesting cast. The indestructable Gary Busey, and the scene-stealing Michael Madsen alone make this movie worth watching. If you are a fan of either of these guys, you will not be disappointed.

Detour
Released in VHS Tape by Usa Films (06 June, 2000)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Joey Travolta
Average review score:

Don't Detour around this video!
I won't lie and say this movie was a great movie, but it was worth the money to buy it. I am not sure if this was Travolta's first film that he directed, but he did a decent job. What brought the movie together was the interesting cast. The indestructable Gary Busey, and the scene-stealing Michael Madsen alone make this movie worth watching. If you are a fan of either of these guys, you will not be disappointed.

Exposed (Amazon.com Exclusive)
Released in VHS Tape by MGM/UA Video (20 February, 2001)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: James Toback
Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Rudolf Nureyev, and Harvey Keitel
The ever-beautiful Nastassja Kinski stars in Exposed as Elizabeth, a restless young woman from Wisconsin who moves to New York, gets mugged, becomes a waitress, and is discovered by a high-fashion photographer who turns her into a world-renowned glamour girl. While at a party in Paris, she has a strange encounter with a mysterious man (Rudolf Nureyev) who tells her she shouldn't wear so much makeup. Back in New York, this man follows her through the streets, reciting strange poetry to her, and breaks into her apartment. Naturally she falls in love with him; when she discovers that he's a violinist, she sleeps with him. She follows him to Paris, where she learns that he's not who he said he was and that he wants to use her as bait to capture a terrorist named Rivas (Harvey Keitel). She refuses but ends up pursuing the investigation herself the next day and immediately finds Rivas and his cadre of gorgeous terrorist babes. It turns out Rivas is obsessed with her and has all her magazines... This ludicrous 1983 movie, ostensibly some kind of thriller, features the obligatory "dancing alone in my room" moment made so very popular in movies like Risky Business and Footloose. However, Kinski and Nureyev are both easy on the eyes and went for full nudity in their sex scene. --Bret Fetzer
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freaked me out!
This was an excellent film. I was confused at first, but then it all clicked about thirty minutes in. There were some really intense scenes that made me jump right off the couch. Loved this film!

Freejack
Released in VHS Tape by Warner Studios (14 September, 1998)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, and Anthony Hopkins
Average review score:

CHILLS ON HIGH!!!
Sir Anthony Hopkins, Emilio Estevez, Amanda Plummer, and Mick Jagger. The future is polluted but high tech. If you want to live forever, be rich and able to jack = steal from the past a healthy body from its moments just before death. Excellent Film. When Hopkins says "Welcome to my mind!" I felt Hannibal Lecter chills. Loved it!

"I'm ready for that hit between the eyes...."
Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez) is a race car driver with a beautiful girlfriend (Rene Russo), a good manager (David Johansen), and an up-and-coming career. However, as in most movies,fate moves its huge hands, as Alex is seemingly killed in a crash. End of story? Nope. You see, several tenths of a second before impact, Alex was snatched from the driver's seat and brought to the year 2009 to be used as a new body for a rich guy.
The medical van transporting him is attacked, and Alex escapes. On the run now, Alex must find his girlfriend, now working for a huge corporation, and evade a relentless bonejacker (Mick Jagger) who can collect $7 million by bringing him in.

...Emilio Estevez, Rene Russo, and Anthony Hopkins (as Russo's boss) turn in great performances, and Jagger (in his acting debut) gives a sinister performance as Vacendak, the bonejacker assigned to bring in Alex. The movie is presented in crisp, clear widescreen, with nicely done Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. The extras are sorelym lacking, with the movie's trailer, trailers for other Morgan Creek movies, and a plug for the Morgan Creek website. Two words for this so-called turkey: SPECIAL EDITION!

FREEJACK
(1992, R)

Alex Furlong: Emilio Estevez
Victor Vacendak: Mick Jagger
Julie Redlund: Rene Russo
McCandless: Anthony Hopkins
Mark Michelette: Johnathan Banks
Brad Carter: David Johansen

Director: Geoff Murphy
Writers: Robert Sheckley (Novel "Immortality, Inc.), Stephen Pressfield (story and screenplay), Ronald Shushett (story and screenplay), Dan Gilroy (screenplay)

MOVIE: 5
VIDEO: 5
AUDIO: 5
EXTRAS: 4
MENUS: 4
OVERALL: 5

Original and intirguing
Well casted, great performances from everyone. Totally original concept, I've never seen another film like it, or with Mick Jagger! He can actually act. After all these years since I first saw this film, there are still many scenes that stick in my head.

Freejack
Released in VHS Tape by Warner Studios (27 August, 1996)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, and Anthony Hopkins
Average review score:

CHILLS ON HIGH!!!
Sir Anthony Hopkins, Emilio Estevez, Amanda Plummer, and Mick Jagger. The future is polluted but high tech. If you want to live forever, be rich and able to jack = steal from the past a healthy body from its moments just before death. Excellent Film. When Hopkins says "Welcome to my mind!" I felt Hannibal Lecter chills. Loved it!

"I'm ready for that hit between the eyes...."
Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez) is a race car driver with a beautiful girlfriend (Rene Russo), a good manager (David Johansen), and an up-and-coming career. However, as in most movies,fate moves its huge hands, as Alex is seemingly killed in a crash. End of story? Nope. You see, several tenths of a second before impact, Alex was snatched from the driver's seat and brought to the year 2009 to be used as a new body for a rich guy.
The medical van transporting him is attacked, and Alex escapes. On the run now, Alex must find his girlfriend, now working for a huge corporation, and evade a relentless bonejacker (Mick Jagger) who can collect $7 million by bringing him in.

...Emilio Estevez, Rene Russo, and Anthony Hopkins (as Russo's boss) turn in great performances, and Jagger (in his acting debut) gives a sinister performance as Vacendak, the bonejacker assigned to bring in Alex. The movie is presented in crisp, clear widescreen, with nicely done Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. The extras are sorelym lacking, with the movie's trailer, trailers for other Morgan Creek movies, and a plug for the Morgan Creek website. Two words for this so-called turkey: SPECIAL EDITION!

FREEJACK
(1992, R)

Alex Furlong: Emilio Estevez
Victor Vacendak: Mick Jagger
Julie Redlund: Rene Russo
McCandless: Anthony Hopkins
Mark Michelette: Johnathan Banks
Brad Carter: David Johansen

Director: Geoff Murphy
Writers: Robert Sheckley (Novel "Immortality, Inc.), Stephen Pressfield (story and screenplay), Ronald Shushett (story and screenplay), Dan Gilroy (screenplay)

MOVIE: 5
VIDEO: 5
AUDIO: 5
EXTRAS: 4
MENUS: 4
OVERALL: 5

Original and intirguing
Well casted, great performances from everyone. Totally original concept, I've never seen another film like it, or with Mick Jagger! He can actually act. After all these years since I first saw this film, there are still many scenes that stick in my head.

Freejack
Released in VHS Tape by Warner Home Video (27 August, 1996)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, and Anthony Hopkins
Average review score:

CHILLS ON HIGH!!!
Sir Anthony Hopkins, Emilio Estevez, Amanda Plummer, and Mick Jagger. The future is polluted but high tech. If you want to live forever, be rich and able to jack = steal from the past a healthy body from its moments just before death. Excellent Film. When Hopkins says "Welcome to my mind!" I felt Hannibal Lecter chills. Loved it!

"I'm ready for that hit between the eyes...."
Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez) is a race car driver with a beautiful girlfriend (Rene Russo), a good manager (David Johansen), and an up-and-coming career. However, as in most movies,fate moves its huge hands, as Alex is seemingly killed in a crash. End of story? Nope. You see, several tenths of a second before impact, Alex was snatched from the driver's seat and brought to the year 2009 to be used as a new body for a rich guy.
The medical van transporting him is attacked, and Alex escapes. On the run now, Alex must find his girlfriend, now working for a huge corporation, and evade a relentless bonejacker (Mick Jagger) who can collect $7 million by bringing him in.

...Emilio Estevez, Rene Russo, and Anthony Hopkins (as Russo's boss) turn in great performances, and Jagger (in his acting debut) gives a sinister performance as Vacendak, the bonejacker assigned to bring in Alex. The movie is presented in crisp, clear widescreen, with nicely done Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. The extras are sorelym lacking, with the movie's trailer, trailers for other Morgan Creek movies, and a plug for the Morgan Creek website. Two words for this so-called turkey: SPECIAL EDITION!

FREEJACK
(1992, R)

Alex Furlong: Emilio Estevez
Victor Vacendak: Mick Jagger
Julie Redlund: Rene Russo
McCandless: Anthony Hopkins
Mark Michelette: Johnathan Banks
Brad Carter: David Johansen

Director: Geoff Murphy
Writers: Robert Sheckley (Novel "Immortality, Inc.), Stephen Pressfield (story and screenplay), Ronald Shushett (story and screenplay), Dan Gilroy (screenplay)

MOVIE: 5
VIDEO: 5
AUDIO: 5
EXTRAS: 4
MENUS: 4
OVERALL: 5

Original and intirguing
Well casted, great performances from everyone. Totally original concept, I've never seen another film like it, or with Mick Jagger! He can actually act. After all these years since I first saw this film, there are still many scenes that stick in my head.

Freejack
Released in VHS Tape by Warner Studios (14 September, 1998)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, and Anthony Hopkins
Average review score:

CHILLS ON HIGH!!!
Sir Anthony Hopkins, Emilio Estevez, Amanda Plummer, and Mick Jagger. The future is polluted but high tech. If you want to live forever, be rich and able to jack = steal from the past a healthy body from its moments just before death. Excellent Film. When Hopkins says "Welcome to my mind!" I felt Hannibal Lecter chills. Loved it!

"I'm ready for that hit between the eyes...."
Alex Furlong (Emilio Estevez) is a race car driver with a beautiful girlfriend (Rene Russo), a good manager (David Johansen), and an up-and-coming career. However, as in most movies,fate moves its huge hands, as Alex is seemingly killed in a crash. End of story? Nope. You see, several tenths of a second before impact, Alex was snatched from the driver's seat and brought to the year 2009 to be used as a new body for a rich guy.
The medical van transporting him is attacked, and Alex escapes. On the run now, Alex must find his girlfriend, now working for a huge corporation, and evade a relentless bonejacker (Mick Jagger) who can collect $7 million by bringing him in.

...Emilio Estevez, Rene Russo, and Anthony Hopkins (as Russo's boss) turn in great performances, and Jagger (in his acting debut) gives a sinister performance as Vacendak, the bonejacker assigned to bring in Alex. The movie is presented in crisp, clear widescreen, with nicely done Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. The extras are sorelym lacking, with the movie's trailer, trailers for other Morgan Creek movies, and a plug for the Morgan Creek website. Two words for this so-called turkey: SPECIAL EDITION!

FREEJACK
(1992, R)

Alex Furlong: Emilio Estevez
Victor Vacendak: Mick Jagger
Julie Redlund: Rene Russo
McCandless: Anthony Hopkins
Mark Michelette: Johnathan Banks
Brad Carter: David Johansen

Director: Geoff Murphy
Writers: Robert Sheckley (Novel "Immortality, Inc.), Stephen Pressfield (story and screenplay), Ronald Shushett (story and screenplay), Dan Gilroy (screenplay)

MOVIE: 5
VIDEO: 5
AUDIO: 5
EXTRAS: 4
MENUS: 4
OVERALL: 5

Original and intirguing
Well casted, great performances from everyone. Totally original concept, I've never seen another film like it, or with Mick Jagger! He can actually act. After all these years since I first saw this film, there are still many scenes that stick in my head.

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