This album is the last in Metallica's thrash metal phase and with songs as complex as the ones on this album, it's no wonder. Still, it's solid thrash metal for anyone who enjoys the genre.
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Pretty much everyone knows the singles from this album and almost as many know that this is when Metallica took a hard turn away from thrash. Instead, they play a more hard rock/heavy metal style that is more accessible and melodic.
Enemy at the Gates is not in the same league as some of the classic war movies (i.e. Saving Private Ryan) but the story is still solid and the performances match. It's interesting to watch a movie from the Eastern Front perspective as opposed to the more well known Western Front so you may learn a thing or two.
Bad Boys I and II are featured in this special digitally enhanced collection. Former video director Michael Bay had his first big hit with the 1995 action comedy, which also returned producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson to the big-budget, high-violence movies that they successfully churned out in the '80s. Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are two Miami cops who watch as 100 million dollars in heroin, from the biggest drug bust of their careers, is stolen out of the basement of police headquarters. This puts them hot on the trail of French drug lord Fouchet (Tchéky Karyo), who leaves a trail of bodies in his wake and only one witness, Julie Mott (Téa Leoni), who quickly teams up with our heroes. In the 2003 sequel, Burnett and Lowrey have been assigned to head up a task force to investigate the illegal trafficking of ecstasy into the city. They discover that an underground gang war has been instigated by drug kingpin Johnny Tapia (Jordi Molla). In order to cut off the flow of the designer drug, they have to take down Tapia.
Both Bad Boys movies are pure action fodder so if you're looking for some flicks where you can just turn your brain off and enjoy, this is a solid choice.
If you're looking for a movie that combines amazing special effects and a solid, entertaining story then you should check this out. It suffers from some of the usual origin story exposition overload but other than that it's a great adventure.
Usually, long belated sequels to positively received films are disappointments. However, The Blair Witch Project, while a good film, has an issue; namely, that nothing really happens. It's spooky and all but the lack of any real action hurts it. With Blair Witch, the original film's formula is updated. Sure, jump scares and stupid character decisions get old quick but this film gets more right than wrong. There's still plenty of unseen sounds and such but you also occasionally get the payoff of seeing something. The found footage aspect may be off putting to some but if you don't mind a bit of shaky-cam film making, check this one out.