DVD Recommendations

Pinkchick03

Trying to think of a good action/adventure/thriller film that my mum would like on DVD. She likes racy films with guns, explosions, criminals, etc. can u think of any? A good storyline a must! Cheers

woosaysdan

you cant beat the usual suspects

Sleepy

The Bourne Identity?

Shrimp

Plup Fiction?

Gangsta

Dr. Phil wrote:

Plup Fiction?

what exactly is pulp fiction about, heard so much of it i didnt want to ask coz id be embarressed

Pinkchick03

Gangsta wrote:

what exactly is pulp fiction about, heard so much of it i didnt want to ask coz id be embarressed

here here! I've no idea either Gangsta

woosaysdan

The adventures of a broad cast of characters intertwine in half a dozen storylines that are related in non-chronological order. Two mob hit men, Jules (Jackson) and Vincent (Travolta), work for crime boss Marsellus Wallace (Rhames) and go to lean on some yuppie drug dealers but screw up the showdown, and specialist Winston "The Wolf" (Keitel) has to clean up the mess. Butch Coolidge (Willis), a small-time boxer, is supposed to throw a fight for Marsellus but bets big on himself and wins, then tries to outrun his angry boss, but takes too much time to retrieve a wristwatch that is a family heirloom. Mrs. Wallace (Thurman), a languid and drug-addled babe, needs looking after, so Marsellus orders Vincent to take her out for the night. They go to a club called Jack Rabbit Slim's, where "Buddy Holly" (Steve Buscemi) is a waiter and "Ed Sullivan" emcees, but Vincent ends up having to save Mia from an overdose. Finally, a couple of small-time thieves, Pumpkin (Roth) and Honey Bunny (Plummer) decide impulsively to hold up a diner, and run into the pros, Jules and Vincent.

Blisterman

It's a lot better than it sounds.

gogo

woosaysdan wrote:

The adventures of a broad cast of characters intertwine in half a dozen storylines that are related in non-chronological order. Two mob hit men, Jules (Jackson) and Vincent (Travolta), work for crime boss Marsellus Wallace (Rhames) and go to lean on some yuppie drug dealers but screw up the showdown, and specialist Winston "The Wolf" (Keitel) has to clean up the mess. Butch Coolidge (Willis), a small-time boxer, is supposed to throw a fight for Marsellus but bets big on himself and wins, then tries to outrun his angry boss, but takes too much time to retrieve a wristwatch that is a family heirloom. Mrs. Wallace (Thurman), a languid and drug-addled babe, needs looking after, so Marsellus orders Vincent to take her out for the night. They go to a club called Jack Rabbit Slim's, where "Buddy Holly" (Steve Buscemi) is a waiter and "Ed Sullivan" emcees, but Vincent ends up having to save Mia from an overdose. Finally, a couple of small-time thieves, Pumpkin (Roth) and Honey Bunny (Plummer) decide impulsively to hold up a diner, and run into the pros, Jules and Vincent.

:eek: I would never even have attemped to summarise that film, I'm impressed.

Mossy Monk

Sleepy wrote:

The Bourne Identity?

just what i was going to suggest, wonderful movie

Shrimp

One time I had to summarise plup fiction... did it in one text... well four... but they we sent at the same time.

Beat that!

gandalf

Hero !!!

athena 2000

"Get Shorty"

fade2black

You know what your mum will like....The runaway jury. All mums like this

ando

U can't beat "Barney and Friends, Lets play school"

Shrimp

I dont think thats exactly what she had in mind... Hence the "good action/adventure/thriller film" genre!

haha

Blisterman

Momento's good too. It's about a guy with short term memory loss searching for the guy who killed his wife, but it's told backwards. It's very clever.

tovalee

Lock stock and 2 smoking barrels was a good Guy Ritchie film, Snatch was good too.

monkeyfudge

Happiness!

I watched this in front of my mother once... oh boy... great fun...

Basq

Blisterman wrote:

Momento's good too. It's about a guy with short term memory loss searching for the guy who killed his wife, but it's told backwards. It's very clever.

Yeah, and 'Insomnia' from the same director is very good also.. probably not as good as 'Memento' but very very good!

Can't wait to see what Christoper Nolan does with the Batman film!

EDIT: There's an easter egg on the 'Memento' DVD which allows you to play the film in chronological order... quite interesting to watch!

Blisterman

Yeah, I wanna buy the DVD just for that.

Frank Drebin

Silence of the lambs/ Hannibal/ Red dragon!
My three faves!

Have to saw now; I agree with that suggestion for 'Snatch' and 'lock stock' too.

Khalim

hard boiled - a john woo movie, not really great story but a good action movie.

i've seen it about 5 times already.

other recommendations:
face-off, con-air, the rock

as you can see, I am a sucker for Nicolas Cage's movies.