![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 6 - The Nagus / Vortex [1995]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51P4SM131ZL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Avery Brooks
- Cirroc Lofton
- Alexander Siddig
- Colm Meaney
- Rene Auberjonois
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Rick Berman
RRP: £5.99
Price: £8.45
Review Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 6 - The Nagus / Vortex [1995] / Paramount Home Entertainment:From the outset, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about conflict. Producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller challenged the utopian ideals of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe to create something totally different from its predecessors. This meant no familial camaraderie, squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy or beige décor. Instead they wanted interpersonal friction, ruthless enemies (Gamma Quadrant Imperialists-The Dominion) and rebellion at every turn. The DS9 concept was originally facilitated by introducing the Cardassian/Bajoran war during The Next Generation's final days. After a muted first reception fans gradually came to accept the new look, but no one liked Star Trek without a starship and eventually the producers capitulated to viewers' wishes by introducing the USS Defiant (an apt name) in Season 3. Relying far less on technobabble than TNG, DS9 was unafraid to focus on matters of the spirit demonstrating a gutsy independence from its parent shows. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by Babylon 5, improved CGI space battles also became a fan favourite. Throughout the increasingly serialised story arc there were rebellious factions within the different establishments: Kira had belonged to the Shakaar resistance cell; The Maquis was Starfleet vs. Cardassians; Section 31 was a secret Starfleet group; The True Way was a Bajoran group opposed to peace; the Cardassians had their Obsidian Order and the Romulans their Gestapo-like Tal Shiar. [+]Yet for all its constant bickering and espionage (even Bashir got to be James Bond) there was always some contemporary social commentary lurking: the Ferengi were used as a comedic foil to frown on materialistic greed; drugs were looked at via the Jem'Hadar foot soldiers' addiction to Ketracel White. Perhaps Sisko summed up the real heart of things: "Bajor doesn't need a man, it needs a legend". A future vision that retains a place for religion and spirituality turned out to be Deep Space Nine's first best destiny. -Paul Tonks.
![Review MGM Entertainment / Chain of Command [1993]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QCBXF351L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- David Worth
- Todd Curtis
- Keren Tishman
- R. Lee Ermey
- Michael Dudikoff
RRP: £4.99
Price: £24.99
Review Chain of Command [1993] / MGM Entertainment:
![Review Warner Home Video / Batman Returns [1992]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M31VJSBSL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Michael Keaton
- Michelle Pfeiffer
- Danny DeVito
- Christopher Walken
- Michael Gough
- Tim Burton
Run time: 121 min.
Creator: Sam Hamm
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.39
Review Batman Returns [1992] / Warner Home Video:The first Batman sequel takes a wicked turn with the villainous exploits of the freakish and mean-spirited Penguin (Danny DeVito), whose criminal collaboration with evil tycoon Max Shreck (Christopher Walken) threatens to drain Gotham City of its energy supply. As if that wasn't enough, Batman (Michael Keaton) has his hands full with the vengeful Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer), who turns out to be a lot more dangerous than a kitten with a whip. As with the first Batman feature, director Tim Burton brings his distinct visual style to the frantic action but this time there's a darker malevolence lurking beneath all that extraordinary production design. -Jeff Shannon.
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Naked Gun, The: From The Files Of Police Squad [1989]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EGVEJHFFL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- George Kennedy
- Leslie Nielsen
- O.J. Simpson
- Priscilla Presley
- David Zucker
- Ricardo Montalban
Run time: 81 min.
Creator: Pat Proft
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.57
Review Naked Gun, The: From The Files Of Police Squad [1989] / Paramount Home Entertainment:Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker, the creative troika behind Airplane!, scored another hit with this big-screen adaptation of their short-lived television show Police Squad!. Deadpan as ever, Leslie Nielsen revives his TV role of Lt Frank Drebin, the idiot with a detective's badge. The jokes come thick and fast, gathering a momentum that lasts until the final act. Ricardo Montalban is a perfect foil as a villain whose aquarium is invaded by Drebin during routine questioning, and George Kennedy is delightful in a self-parodying part as an earnest but obtuse lawman. There's a hilarious bit when Drebin-wearing a live police wire while going to the bathroom-can be overheard over the loudspeakers at a speech given by a flustered mayor (Nancy Marchand). And yes, that's OJ Simpson as a detective who ends up on the wrong side of numerous Drebin blunders. -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com.
Actors & Directors
- Hiroshi Fukutomi
- Kappei Yamaguchi
- Miki Itô
- Mami Koyama
- Shigeru Chiba
- Shunsuke Kariya
Run time: 54 min.
Creator: Yukito Kishiro
Price: £5.99
Review Battle Angel Alita / Manga Entertainment:
![Review 4 Front Video / Maximum Overdrive [1986]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N0XVQ0MTL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- John Short
- Emilio Estevez
- Stephen King
- Pat Hingle
- Laura Harrington
- Yeardley Smith
Run time: 94 min.
Creator: Milton Subotsky
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.99
Review Maximum Overdrive [1986] / 4 Front Video:"I'm gonna scare the hell out of you" intones Stephen King in the trailer for his sole directorial effort, the much-maligned Maximum Overdrive. While the end result doesn't live up to that boast, this SF/horror tale isn't as awful as it's been described. King's script (based on his short story "Trucks") focuses on the patrons of a North Carolina truck stop, which comes under attack by a convoy of trucks and other machines animated by Earth's passage through the tail of a "rogue comet". King's fans, tired of half-baked screen adaptations such as Cujo and Children of the Corn, expected a horror home run from Maximum Overdrive and instead got an old-fashioned drive-in movie filled with car crashes, cheapjack gore and fart jokes. Needless to say, they stayed away in droves; the film's failure helped ruin producer Dino De Laurentiis's DEG Films and forced King sheepishly to claim that he had created a modern-day Plan Nine from Outer Space. While the film is torpidly paced and often amateurishly acted, it's no worse than any direct-to-video thriller, and King's ear for dialogue occasionally shines through the gloom. Emilio Estevez and Pat Hingle register as a heroic cook and his black-hearted boss, respectively; the cast includes Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson's voice), Giancarlo Esposito and Marla Maples as a victim. -Paul Gaita, Amazon. com.
![Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / To Be The Best [1993]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B7DZF5MHL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Brittney Powell
- Alex Cord
- Phillip Troy Linger
- Joseph Merhi
- Martin Kove
- Michael Worth
Run time: 94 min.
Creator: Michael January
Price: £10.99
Review To Be The Best [1993] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:
![Review Warner Home Video / Demolition Man [1993]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YJTG1FNKL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Benjamin Bratt
- Nigel Hawthorne
- Marco Brambilla
- Sandra Bullock
- Sylvester Stallone
- Wesley Snipes
Run time: 110 min.
Creator: Robert Reneau
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.10
Review Demolition Man [1993] / Warner Home Video:Searching for new directions, Sylvester Stallone starred in this farcical, 1993 SF piece about an ex-cop (Stallone) freed from 36 years of forced hibernation to help catch a criminal (Wesley Snipes) who released himself from a similar incarceration. The futuristic story finds Los Angeles a sea of Taco Bells and enforced peace and within that satiric overview Stallone's character becomes a gun-toting fish out of water. The film plays like a live-action cartoon and while there is nothing particularly wrong with that, Demolition Man is a rather flat experience. The irony of a peaceable society that both requires and despises its bloody saviours has been captured far more profoundly in movies like Dirty Harry. Sandra Bullock costars. -Tom Keogh.
![Review 4 Front Video / Black Eagle [1986]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PM10681AL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Doran Clark
- Sho Kosugi
- Eric Karson
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £10.50
Review Black Eagle [1986] / 4 Front Video:
Actors & Directors
- Joe Vance
- Lisa Anderson
- Anthony Gates
- Cynthia Miguel
- Pamela Dixon
Run time: 90 min.
Price: £4.99
Review Crackdown / Moonstone Pictures:
![Review Cinema Club / Warlock - The Armageddon [1993]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SVTRMYX1L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Paula Marshall
- Chris Young
- Joanna Pacula
- Anthony Hickox
- Julian Sands
Run time: 94 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.95
Review Warlock - The Armageddon [1993] / Cinema Club:
![Review 4 Front Video / The Border [1981] [1982]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X2493MNRL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Tony Richardson|Jack Nicholson|Harvey Keitel|Valerie Perrine
Run time: 110 min.
Price: £5.99
Review The Border [1981] [1982] / 4 Front Video:
![Review 4 Front Video / Flying Leathernecks [1951]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BN5EFV7BL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Robert Ryan
- Nicholas Ray
- Jay C. Flippen
- Don Taylor
- John Wayne
- Janis Carter
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: Kenneth Gamet
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.37
Review Flying Leathernecks [1951] / 4 Front Video:
![Review Kiseki Films / New Fist Of Fury [1976]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EHPSAYKPL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Wei Lo
- Siu Siu Cheng
- Jackie Chan
- Shen Lin Chang
- Ming Cheng Chang
- Nora Miao
Run time: 106 min.
Creator: Lei Pan
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.74
Review New Fist Of Fury [1976] / Kiseki Films:
![Review 4 Front Video / Back To Bataan [1950]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C66GDE5PL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Beulah Bondi
- Anthony Quinn
- Richard Loo
- Edward Dmytryk
- John Wayne
- Fely Franquelli
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £5.95
Review Back To Bataan [1950] / 4 Front Video:
Release date: 1994-03-28
Run time: 60 min.
Price: £12.99
Review Strongest Karate / Moonstone Pictures:
![Review Warner Home Video / Nico - Above The Law [1988]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417GGT821YL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Pam Grier
- Daniel Faraldo
- Sharon Stone
- Andrew Davis
- Henry Silva
- Steven Seagal
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.85
Review Nico - Above The Law [1988] / Warner Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Steve Mack
- Duoo Yong Lee
- Ng See-Yuen
- Bruce K.L. Lea
- Deborah Chaplin
- Anthony Bronson
- Bruce Li
Run time: 180 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.44
Review Bruce Lee - The Man - The Myth / Bruce Lee - Fights Back From The Grave - Double Dragon / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:
![Review Mia Video Entertainment Ltd / Ninja And The Warriors Of Fire [1973]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517JPSHE09L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Julie Luk
- Glen Carson
- Christine Warren
- Jeff Houston
- Peter Davis
- Godfrey Ho
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Thomas Tang
RRP: £6.99
Price: £1.95
Review Ninja And The Warriors Of Fire [1973] / Mia Video Entertainment Ltd:
![Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Mission Impossible - 3 - Operation Rogosh / Odds On Evil [1993]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X14RZGHBL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Steven Hill
- Leonard Horn
- Barbara Bain
- Greg Morris
- Peter Lupus
- Charles R. Rondeau
- Martin Landau
Run time: 96 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.98
Review Mission Impossible - 3 - Operation Rogosh / Odds On Evil [1993] / Paramount Home Entertainment:
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