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Great Video
Personally, I thought that this movie was really funny... ...I am pleased for all the other fans of this movie who finally have access to it after so long. But it's really good and funny, the two very good parodies of Lorena Bobbit and Tanya Harding. Julie Brown once again gives a great comedic performance and MOST of the material is really good. The reason I took one star off was because some of it was really pathetic comedy which was designed not to be clever or to add anything to the plot, just to be stupid. The other stuff, while, I must admit, not too clever (anybody could have thought of it), did get laughs.

Tonya Harding Lives on!
The scandal and controversy that surrounded the Tonya Harding/Nancy Carrigan ordeal was begging for a parody and Julie Brown delivers it with all the overblown melodrama that it deserves. I think the funniest thing in the entire movie is when Tonya is reading her "death threat" to a group of reporters and uses VapoRub to start crying but instead ends up yelling that "it burns" and then punches her trashy bum of a boyfriend. Though the Lorena Bobbitt portion of the movie is a bit dragged out, it too is a funny parody of a ridiculous story from American culture in the 1990s. Julie Brown is a comic queen and extremely underrated performer. Check this movie out for yourself!

So CLASSIC!
I've seen this vidio like 20 times! Gosh, Acadamy Awards should be givin to the writers alone! Smart, smooth, and razor sharp best describe this WELL-DONE parody. BRAVO!

Hilarious! Now where's the DVD?
This "double-feature" Julie Brown vehicle captures the mid-90s scandals of Tonya Harding and Lorena Bobbitt and hilariously parodies them to great effect.

This movie originally aired on Showtime and I'm glad it's available on video, but I can't wait (and I'm holding out hope for) the DVD. I would love to have Julie Brown's hilarious performance of "Queen of the Ice" blasting out of my surround sound! :)

Get this movie...it's great!

Watch only if you wanna laugh
If you wanna see one of the funniest slapstick/parody films ever made, then look no further. This movie is absolutely hilarious. If you're a fan of laughter and like such movies as Spaceballs, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Naked Gun Trilogy, etc. see and buy this movie. And send a letter to Paramount to bring it to a Special Edition DVD. ... Read more

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Steve Barnett's Scanners: The Showdown
This sequel, also known as "Scanner Cop II," marks the end of the series...or does it?

The rookie cop Staziak is now a plain clothes detective (he must have had one good year). He uses his scanning capabilities to rout criminals and foil evildoers. We also meet an evil scanner (yes, another one) who has escaped from a mental ward and is trying to kill Staziak. It seems he can also suck the "lifeforce" out of other scanners. You see the finale coming as scanner cop and evil scanner do scanner battle.

In the beginning of the film, the scanner cop fools a kidnapper into thinking he is an accomplice, not the cop. He does this by "scanning." The problem is the director uses the exact same special effect from "Scanner Cop," but in a completely different context. Did FX guru John Carl Buechler get lazy this time around?

One complaint I have had about the entire series, and I have now seen all five entries, is that the Scanner power is never really explained. We see scanners command others to do their will, we see scanners getting scanned, but what specifically does "scanning" entail? Reading minds? This question has never been adequately explained, especially when you throw in the fact that machines can be scanned as well.

The good scanner vs. evil scanner plot has been done to death, yet it is still trotted out for this video. This came out a few years ago, without a sequel, but after witnessing the rebirth of movie series like James Bond, Halloween, Friday the 13th, etc., I am not holding my breath. In a complete pageant of unoriginality, every single episode of this film series has had an exploding head, but none of them ever matched the gore of the first film. This showdown is underwhelming, and I cannot recommend it.

This is rated (R) for strong physical violence, strong gun violence, mild sexual violence, strong gore, and profanity.

A Sad Ending to an overall well done series
Scanners: The Showdown (Otherwise known as "Scanner Cop 2:Vlrokins Revenge and "Scanners 5: The Showdown") is a sadimpression of a movie. I'm not sure, but I think that this was made for Canadian Cable TV. While there are some good special effects, the story is almost an exact copy of every Scanners film made. The performances are dull, dreary, and unoriginal. If yo're interested in special effects, or are a fan of the series, see this film. All others, stay away. ... Read more

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Cyborg 3-Recycler
Lucas Wiman in the opinion of the present reviewer should get himself a brain with a little more appreciative intelligence. From his personalia it is obvious that anything outside the extreme of the highly specialised academic nothing else is worthwhile. At 18 he doesn't seem to appreciate that entertainment is entertainment. I found the video presents some unusual facets of life expressed by scenarios that in our present way of thinking or experiencing are just not around. The acting was more than adequate and special effects are there to stimulate which not only adds to the story but also give that extra zing. As entertainment I consider the video is good entertainment and also good value for money.

A study in bad acting
This movie is really, profoundly bad. Not only are the special effects horrible (a given), but the acting is really, really, really, very bad indeed. If you are teaching an acting class, buy this video, show it, and tell your students not to do what those actors did. After that treatment, they should be wonderful. Highpoints include "cytown", the town of cyborgs and the pregant cyborg. Also included are Malcolm McDowell (for about 3 minutes), and the actor who played Jesus in Pulp Fiction.

...I certainly didn't consider this movie a waste of my time! I really enjoyed it. It's my hobby to watch really horrible movies, and I think this one certainly qualifies. Perhaps I'm shallow, but I didn't find any great insights into the human condition in this movie. I did, however, find it highly entertaining. ... Read more

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Steve Barnett's Scanners: The Showdown
This sequel, also known as "Scanner Cop II," marks the end of the series...or does it?

The rookie cop Staziak is now a plain clothes detective (he must have had one good year). He uses his scanning capabilities to rout criminals and foil evildoers. We also meet an evil scanner (yes, another one) who has escaped from a mental ward and is trying to kill Staziak. It seems he can also suck the "lifeforce" out of other scanners. You see the finale coming as scanner cop and evil scanner do scanner battle.

In the beginning of the film, the scanner cop fools a kidnapper into thinking he is an accomplice, not the cop. He does this by "scanning." The problem is the director uses the exact same special effect from "Scanner Cop," but in a completely different context. Did FX guru John Carl Buechler get lazy this time around?

One complaint I have had about the entire series, and I have now seen all five entries, is that the Scanner power is never really explained. We see scanners command others to do their will, we see scanners getting scanned, but what specifically does "scanning" entail? Reading minds? This question has never been adequately explained, especially when you throw in the fact that machines can be scanned as well.

The good scanner vs. evil scanner plot has been done to death, yet it is still trotted out for this video. This came out a few years ago, without a sequel, but after witnessing the rebirth of movie series like James Bond, Halloween, Friday the 13th, etc., I am not holding my breath. In a complete pageant of unoriginality, every single episode of this film series has had an exploding head, but none of them ever matched the gore of the first film. This showdown is underwhelming, and I cannot recommend it.

This is rated (R) for strong physical violence, strong gun violence, mild sexual violence, strong gore, and profanity.

A Sad Ending to an overall well done series
Scanners: The Showdown (Otherwise known as "Scanner Cop 2:Vlrokins Revenge and "Scanners 5: The Showdown") is a sadimpression of a movie. I'm not sure, but I think that this was made for Canadian Cable TV. While there are some good special effects, the story is almost an exact copy of every Scanners film made. The performances are dull, dreary, and unoriginal. If yo're interested in special effects, or are a fan of the series, see this film. All others, stay away. ... Read more

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Madness?
This is based on a story by Edgar Allen Poe. I have not read the story. I am familiar with other Poe tales and this has the moody, dark qualities of Poe. Angela Jones is threatening as Morella. The story is photographed well but they do cover a long period of time and the details are hard to follow. Then the story unfolds from flashbacks and journal entries about the cloning experiments. Lisa Blair is good as young Sarah/Morella. Dabbles in incest and whether a soul is passed through cloning. ... Read more

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I always hated that hat.
This movie tries very hard to be good. And by god I try not to get to heavy on these films because I love them so much. But this is a mixed bag that just seems a little confused. It is almost a Musketeer/pirate cross. The fencing goes from good to terrible, and that is a big shame as Eric roberts is damned good. If anyone has seen By the sword you know what I'm talking about.
The camera work goes from good to terrible. What is good about the film is that it can be watched with kids, it is very swashbuckling in nature, it has Eric Roberts and some of the characters are adoreable even though they are steryotyped. If you like swash and buckle movies give it a watch.

FANTATSIC MOVIE
I've always loved movies with teh whole medieval-plot to it, and this one is acceptionally good! I loved the costumes, and they all were fantatsic actors ; the parts where the two men are fighting over the hat, and the other two men are acting for the princess, the lady, and her escort, really brought some humorto the movie, the swordplay was fantastic. To those who're just worried about the costumes, who cares if they were victorian or somehting?! The actors were fantastic, and the costumes were good enough to fit the movie. I especially liked Katie(female soldier) the captain, the princess , and William(the soldier) but, i loved the whole cats & movie, I reccomend this video to anyone who just wants to watch a action/adventure type movie, with some humor in it.

Fun, Clean Movie
I honestly cannot understand why some of the other reviewers have given this movie poor reviews. This is such a fun movie. It's a storybook tale charged with sword fighting, clean romance and good humor. I'm glad I was able to order one of these before you ran out of stock.

One of the worst movies ever made!
Actually it is THE worst movie ever made. but that exclamation point was because I'm excited! At last i've found it! the only movie in the universe that is so awefull its actually worth watching! so rent it for the kids and watch it yourself, if you like it you have issues, if you dont itsso hilariously bad you can't really say you wasted your money now can you! Its an offer you can't refuse. honestly its [bad] with lame acting, romance, fighting, screenplay, direction (was there any?), and same sex mouth to mouth kissing. this a real [stinker]. deserves to be put above Battlefield earth (which is much better than people say) as the worst movie ever made.

Well, my 10-year-old loved it....
...but he found the story confusing. With some editing to make the movie a little simpler and perhaps a narrator to pull things together, they should repackage this one and pitch it to Disney. My son loved the swordplay and the goofy characters and couldn't stop laughing at them.

The only fun I got out of it was watching Ron Perlman, but then, I could listen to him read the Manhattan phone directory and never be bored. ... Read more