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The film presented here on this DVD is really good. Shaolin Master Killer is a Gordon Liu classic, and it's one that fans of the genre should not miss.

However, the DVD isn't so great. Non-anamorphic, with a print that wasn't in great shape, the video quality of this disk is just ok. And the audio isn't terrible, but it's nothing special.

Recommended for this film.

The classic Gordon Liu flick is by far shaolin master killer, aka 36th chamber of shaolin. The training sequences are by far the deepest and most copied scenes in martial arts movie history. Amazing story, amazing acting, and lets not forget the amazing dubbed track, such classic elements make this the must have kung fu dvd in everyone's collection

Seems like a lot of people are confusing this with other movies. The description in the review and titles listed @ allmovie.com should help clarify... anyways, this will be a review of the MOVIE not the DVD... if i were to rate the dvd, it would be a 2... dubbed only? has some extra features.

Luckily, I was able to see this an imported dvd release of this (and the subtitles were pretty decent), which is definately one of the best Shaw brothers related films. Of course it's a very good looking movie, and it incorporates a number of well nuanced yet inventive editing techniques for scene transitions and fights. Both the action and story are top notch, although both are prototypical hong kong fare. Even the training sequences, often a bore in actioners, are entertaining. The biggest problem is with the characters, who aren't given depth and are used more as game pieces (training sequences = trading pawn for queen).

I will wait in hope of a region one release with the original vocals, but this is a movie any action or hong kong martial arts fan will want to see, dubbed or not.

It is NOT spelled GOVERMENT, the correct spelling is GOVERNMENT. Thats that.

/M

This DVD is all live footage for those looking for his videos, I bought it hoping for a video or two as I dj a club. However once I sat down and watched it I can say I enjoyed it. I have always enjoyed Manson even though its cool to hate Manson in the whole Goth Scene, screw em =p

I have never had a chance to catch Manson live, however after watching this I don't think I will be missing them the next time they come though. The video footage is well shot and the sound quality is good and Manson and the rest of the band all put on a good performance.

I would suggest buying this if your a Manson fan, if your looking for videos this is not what you are looking for.

I just saw Marilyn Manson on July 15th during the 2003 ozzfest and he was great!!! his performance really keeps your attention(something I can not say about Chevelle or Disturbed)and he is great in this dvd.The best thing though would probably be the thirty minute documentary.

I don't own this DVD but based on the reviews I will not be purchasing it. I orginally taped this concert when it was on MTV years ago. Because my TV was a piece of junk at the time, the sound quality was terrible but I still have the tape. I ended up buying the official VHS tape when they released it but found that they had edited out some of the things that were shown on MTV when the concert first aired. Overall the VHS release still kicks... but I was somewhat disappointed. Now it sounds like they have edited out even more for the DVD. I am writing because I would like to see a multiple DVD un-edited version of this concert in it's entirety. I don't care what it costs. Put everything in there. People will buy it.

I originally recorded this concert live using a few VCR tapes off of MTV. With that I got too many commercials and poor quality audio and video. I was hoping this was going to replace my tapes. It might have replaced one.

The footage shown would be awesome to any Queen fan. The DTS (if you have the capability) puts you right there in the crowd. But it's ONLY the last part of an entire day of music.

I was really hoping for the entire concert and if that ever comes out, that'll be the one to own.

As a HUGE Queen fan, I was disappointed there wasn't more!

I was born in 1951 and this is not my kind of music but I've enjoyed the VHS version of this concert again and again for many years now. In this video, the fans are the stars - the crowd is wonderful -10s of thousands of happy-as-can-be fans and all entertainers are at their peak and prime - there's no oldies here! This is real rock and roll; turn up the volume! All the performances are excellent, its a beautiful summer day, the sound and technical aspects are perfect - and it's almost 3 hours long! This is definitely one of the finest concert videos of all times!

Not sure what all the fuss is about Norah Jones! I rented this DVD after listening to her album a few times and feel that one viewing is enough (as another reviewer also stated). She comes across very nervous on stage, and there is very little talking from her. There are some added bonuses on the DVD including "Tennessee Waltz". Now, I really love this song - but no-one does it quite like Eva Cassidy.

I really enjoyed this DVD. I have Norah's album and think she is a talented singer, but, based on some live performance downloads from her web site, I prefer the way she sings live. The album songs are more slickly produced but she is SO laid back; live she loosens up a little. Some reviews have compared her to Diana Krall but personally, I would much rather listen to Norah. DK is an excellent musician and performer, but her style seems to be more for the jazz purist, which I am not. In addition, she is rather cold and steely in here singing. Norah, by comparison has a warmth that I really love and her lack of stage banter seems to suggest that her show is about music. Had I come for banter, I would have sought out a comedy show. This early in her career, it's hard to tell whether she will be able to sustain this level of excellence, but I hope she does. I also like her band, which had a minimalist touch that is perfect for her light, breezy, eclectic style. I cringe at the thought that whe would adopt slick gowns and string sections as some reviewers seem to suggest. It's been a number of years since I was so enthusiastic about a new singer.

I purchased this DVD without ever having heard Norah Jones, or at least I thought I hadn't. After playing it, however, I did recognize two of her hits. I bought it because of the genre and because I was hoping she would be similar to Diana Krall, which is one of my favorites.

The two artists are similar in many respects, the most obvious being that they are both vocalists, pianists, and have a similar style.

I do like this DVD. Norah Jones is a great talent. But she's not yet up to par with Krall. Compared to Diana Krall's "Live in Paris" concert DVD, Jones's lacks polish and class.

Although her music is fine, the overal performance seems almost like a practice session. Primarily, her accompanyists are not nearly up to par with her singing ability. The drums sounded like a cheap toy set. And, compared to Krall's full orchestral accompaniment, Norah Jones's accompaniment was a tad sparse.

Krall's sleek black dress, suit-clad musicians, and polished style contrasts sharply to Jones's casual attire, garage-band musicians, and relaxed demeanor. Their respective pianos are metaphors for their shows. Both are Steinways, but Krall's is brilliantly polished and reflective while Jones's is dull.

Not having a large number of accompanying musicians, it is not surprising that the Norah Jones DVD's 5.1 surround sound does not have enough separation. It is basically in stereo, with the surround speakers being relegated to applause from the audience.

Still, Jones is an excellent pianist with a great Blues quality to her voice. I did enjoy the DVD as I'm sure all Norah Jones fans will. Though not as polished as Diana Krall, the concert was still entertaining.

I just got this DVD about a week ago and i love it.
it has new songs from her album "fever" (can't get you
out of my head etc.) as well as some old favorates
(i should be so lucky, shocked etc.) you also get to see kylie
"wiggle it 4 daniel and nick". the only thing that kept me
from giving it 5 stars was the fact that "GBI" was a little
weird. but anyway, if you can't get kylie out of your
head you really should get this DVD.

I am a huge fan of Kylie Minogue. I also have a very huge crush on her. I bought this DVD when it first came out, and I thought it was so awesome. The songs from her Fever album are all really good songs. The dances were all cool, the costumes, and everything else. This is a great DVD to own if you are like me, and absolutely love Kylie. I highly recommend this to anyone who is a Kylie fan!

Kylie Minogue is the most beautiful woman in the world and she has also an excellent voice, so much true female power. She wears also great clothes. There's seven parts in the show, 20 songs. It's great to hear the songs "On a Night Like This", "Loco-Motion", "Love at First Sight", "Better the Devil You Know", "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (in some reason it was marked "Can't Get the Blue Monday Out of My Head), "In Your Eyes" (my favourite track!!! She is so hot!), "Shocked". She also moves her bu?tt in front of the audience...what more we need? Well, there was a time when I wasn't interested in Kylie's music. I just thought that "Spinning Around" is very s*exy video but the track is OK. Now I like her music...this was my first released by Kylie I bought...and I'm planning to buy more...at least live in Sydney and Greatest Hits 1987-97 DVDs. By the way, Spinning Around is permorded with Clockwork Orange clothes and in the beginning there's Beethoven's 9th... If I I have to say one negative thing: Lucky (I Should Be So Lucky) was too much dance version, well somebody may like it but I like the original one more. This is a great DVD...the extras are brilliant! There's four remix "videos" and 30-minute interview/document about Kylie. This was a shock for me...I love this DVD...and you will sure love it too! Kylie may have the most beuatiful voice in the world...at least she is the most beuatiful woman in the world...if I had a chance I would marry her.

This DVD is really good. It"s very informative. It features great interwievs. You will find out whatever you want about her. And there are also all good songs from her first album. You will see: Genie In A Bottle(2 times), What A Girl Wants. I Turn To You, So Emotional. Come On Over (All I Want Is You), When You Put Your Hands On Me, At Last(Etta James" cover and from her christmas album The Christmas Song. As a bonus part there are two great vides (too bad she didn"t add Reflection video), and great photogallery. Very enjoyable DVD!

This is a brillant dvd. Its got all of her best songs from her 1st self titled album. This is fdar better than britany spears dvd. I give this 5 stars well worth the money. If you dont believe me check it out yourself.

if you're not one, then why would you watch it? Well, I'm getting used to the newer Christina now, but it's still nice watching her when she still had that teenie bopper look, one thing about her, if you look at her diary, you realize that she really hasn't changed a bit. She's grown much, but she's still really cute. This dvd consists of some songs from her 1st album, self-titled, including Genie In A Bottle, What A Girl Wants, When You Puts Your Hands On Me, I Turn To You(video wasn't released at the time) and So Emotional. They final product is put over the live so she can have different shots during the video, more stuff, less exciting. Also, the Etta James song she always sings, At Last, the only one that's live, crappy quality though, and The Christmas Song in a beatiful room with candles and a guy playing the piano. The dvd is 1 hour and 14 minutes long, almost as long as a short movie. We see her grow up as a child and learn many facts about her. She actually never had any singing lessons before she auditioned to Mickey Mouse which to me, is unbelievable. Amazing girl, with extrodinary vocal talents, buy this today!

Here it is, the 25th Anniversary Special Edition of D.A Pennbaker's film of Bowie's final '73 concert as his alter ego Ziggy Stardust film July 3, 1972 at the Hammersmith Odeon. Bowie's backing band at this stage includes Trevor Bolder- future bassist for Uriah Heep.
For it's re-release the film has been remixed in Dolby Digital, greatly improving on the muddy sound of the original VHS edition giving it a rawer, more rockin' feel. Though Leonard Maltin only gives this one and a half stars out of four, this is actually a pretty good concert: I'm far from being a Bowie fanatic, so devoted fans will easily give this a 4 or 5 star rating. Even though Maltin's one of the most respected film critics out there, its still just one man's opinion so its not like anything he (or anybody else) writes is gospel.
Songs include the rockin' HANG ON TO YOURSELF (which will blow your mind when you crank up the volume), CHANGES, SPACE ODDITY & SUFFRAGETTE CITY, as well as a cover of Lou Reed's WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT.
The DVD package also features a warning about strobe lighting FX (esp. during the song THE WIDTH OF A CIRCLE), so if you are sensitive to this you should take the necessary precautions before you make the decision to view this.
DVD extras include Director's commentary, DVD ROM features with screensaver, photos, weblinks etc.
I do have ONE complaint: the long, lingering close-ups of teenage girls crying over Bowie. How sappy can you get? Maybe they had premonitions about the TIN MACHINE album? I don't know. This is still a must for your DVD collection. Check it out.

Famously, but incorrectly, touted as Ziggy Stardust's "retirement gig" this legendary concert was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon on 3rd July 1973 (it was actually after the 1980 Floor Show, on 20th October the same year that Ziggy bowed out). In common with the Sex Pistols 100 club gig, if everybody who claims to have been there actually was, then there must have been 100,000 in attendance.

By no means well recorded - it's taken 30 years of mixing to get "right", and in my opinion the drum sound is now even worse - it remains the definitive live Bowie recording. The Spiders were a wonderfully tight band and just the right side of messy. For those of us lucky enough to have heard the original recording, with Ronson's guitar overpowering everything, including, occasionally, Bowie's voice, this is a bit of a letdown. However, Bowie's voice is wonderful, with an effortless clarity that's missing from subsequent live recordings such as DAVID LIVE and STAGE.

The video is by Pennebaker, famous for his Dylan fly on the wall documentary "Don't Look back". Shaky camera work, and out of focus zooms, more often than not result in Bowie looking like a grainy red blob amid a sea of blackness. However, in my opinion this actually adds to the mysterious aura that Bowie built around Ziggy. It looks like the film had to be pushed quite hard to get anything out of it at all - this could possibly be the first grunge video! The Odeon looks like a huge, heaving cavern. It's a million miles away from the polished Glass Spider and all the better for it. Considering the state of the original print I was dubious as to whether it could be improved for this DVD release. It couldn't.

Previously unreleased additions include the complete "Width Of A Circle", some between song banter, and commentary by Pennebaker and Visconti. Unfortunately the additions are not what fans have waited 30 years for. Disgracefully, The Jean Genie/Love Me Do, on which Jeff Beck joined the Spiders onstage to play guitar is STILL missing. Whether this is down to a royalty dispute or Beck's embarrassment of his glam rags, I don't care, but the omission seriously undermines this release. It was, in many an opinion, the highlight of the show.

Until the complete show is released, Bowie Fans will continue to feel short changed. Come on Mr Beck - sort it out!

I loved this DVD. Bowie's energy on-stage is great and he is a daring, theatrical, artistic performer. Plus, the songs sound great and his costumes are works of art (nevermind a few of them make you want to cringe). Mick Ronson is an annoying presence with neverending guitar solos - thank god for fast-forward.

I'd recommend this DVD for serious Bowie fans only. If you don't love him, then well, he kind of looks like a freak, and this video won't change that impression. If you're a fan already, and particularly of the 70s songs in the vein of Cracked Actor, Width of a Circle, etc, then it's worth watching.

Here it is, the 25th Anniversary Special Edition of D.A Pennbaker's film of Bowie's final '73 concert as his alter ego Ziggy Stardust film July 3, 1972 at the Hammersmith Odeon. Bowie's backing band at this stage includes Trevor Bolder- future bassist for Uriah Heep.
For it's re-release the film has been remixed in Dolby Digital, greatly improving on the muddy sound of the original VHS edition giving it a rawer, more rockin' feel. Though Leonard Maltin only gives this one and a half stars out of four, this is actually a pretty good concert: I'm far from being a Bowie fanatic, so devoted fans will easily give this a 4 or 5 star rating. Even though Maltin's one of the most respected film critics out there, its still just one man's opinion so its not like anything he (or anybody else) writes is gospel.
Songs include the rockin' HANG ON TO YOURSELF (which will blow your mind when you crank up the volume), CHANGES, SPACE ODDITY & SUFFRAGETTE CITY, as well as a cover of Lou Reed's WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT.
The DVD package also features a warning about strobe lighting FX (esp. during the song THE WIDTH OF A CIRCLE), so if you are sensitive to this you should take the necessary precautions before you make the decision to view this.
DVD extras include Director's commentary, DVD ROM features with screensaver, photos, weblinks etc.
I do have ONE complaint: the long, lingering close-ups of teenage girls crying over Bowie. How sappy can you get? Maybe they had premonitions about the TIN MACHINE album? I don't know. This is still a must for your DVD collection. Check it out.

Famously, but incorrectly, touted as Ziggy Stardust's "retirement gig" this legendary concert was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon on 3rd July 1973 (it was actually after the 1980 Floor Show, on 20th October the same year that Ziggy bowed out). In common with the Sex Pistols 100 club gig, if everybody who claims to have been there actually was, then there must have been 100,000 in attendance.

By no means well recorded - it's taken 30 years of mixing to get "right", and in my opinion the drum sound is now even worse - it remains the definitive live Bowie recording. The Spiders were a wonderfully tight band and just the right side of messy. For those of us lucky enough to have heard the original recording, with Ronson's guitar overpowering everything, including, occasionally, Bowie's voice, this is a bit of a letdown. However, Bowie's voice is wonderful, with an effortless clarity that's missing from subsequent live recordings such as DAVID LIVE and STAGE.

The video is by Pennebaker, famous for his Dylan fly on the wall documentary "Don't Look back". Shaky camera work, and out of focus zooms, more often than not result in Bowie looking like a grainy red blob amid a sea of blackness. However, in my opinion this actually adds to the mysterious aura that Bowie built around Ziggy. It looks like the film had to be pushed quite hard to get anything out of it at all - this could possibly be the first grunge video! The Odeon looks like a huge, heaving cavern. It's a million miles away from the polished Glass Spider and all the better for it. Considering the state of the original print I was dubious as to whether it could be improved for this DVD release. It couldn't.

Previously unreleased additions include the complete "Width Of A Circle", some between song banter, and commentary by Pennebaker and Visconti. Unfortunately the additions are not what fans have waited 30 years for. Disgracefully, The Jean Genie/Love Me Do, on which Jeff Beck joined the Spiders onstage to play guitar is STILL missing. Whether this is down to a royalty dispute or Beck's embarrassment of his glam rags, I don't care, but the omission seriously undermines this release. It was, in many an opinion, the highlight of the show.

Until the complete show is released, Bowie Fans will continue to feel short changed. Come on Mr Beck - sort it out!

I loved this DVD. Bowie's energy on-stage is great and he is a daring, theatrical, artistic performer. Plus, the songs sound great and his costumes are works of art (nevermind a few of them make you want to cringe). Mick Ronson is an annoying presence with neverending guitar solos - thank god for fast-forward.

I'd recommend this DVD for serious Bowie fans only. If you don't love him, then well, he kind of looks like a freak, and this video won't change that impression. If you're a fan already, and particularly of the 70s songs in the vein of Cracked Actor, Width of a Circle, etc, then it's worth watching.

This DVD should not be sold. First of all, all of the videos advertised on the DVD package are not there. You cannot navigate this DVD like a normal DVD. On top of that, videos and songs are cut so short you can't enjoy them, case in point, the video for "Regulate" cuts off before the end of the video and Rage's live performance of "Afro Puffs" is cut short. What irks me the most is some of the promised videos just aren't there dude. This is plain old false advertsing. Maybe they are there and I just couldn't find them because I have never seen a DVD in my life where scenes repeat-I am not lying, you watch a video and a life performance in one point of the DVD and then it starts over to the same live Dogg Pound performance. There is some rare snoop video footage that I enjoyed, and the adult version of "How Do You Want It," but other than that this DVD is just plain terrible.

This is so bad that I don't even know where to start.
I'm a big fan of DEATH ROW's EARLY WORKS, Tupac is myfav. rapper of all time and I love Snoop & Dogg Pound

The songs are cut short, some are only 20 seconds long and when they aren't playing short videoclips they have 3 haters who's riding around the city talking....
Plus the fact that they disrespect TUPAC by having Suge's friend THA REALEST who also appeared on CHRONIC 2001 STILL SMOKIN rappin and tryin to be Pac
I am truly surprised that some people has written that they like this item, I believe that SUGE paid them to say this or something however any normal Human being will not enjoy this.

THIS IS THE PROOF THAT DEATH ROW WILL NEVER RISE AGAIN

Suprised to find this on Amazon. The nude videos were great. I didn't know this was an adult store

After reading all the hype I went and bought this title and honestly, I hope I can sell it to some other chump. The other low rated reviews pretty much reflect my feelings about the movie. To sum it up boring, watching a bunch of average 70's junk cars run into each other, I don't get it? The Elanor chase scene should have been 10 minutes not 40. No other cars worth looking at get any screen time besides the Mustang. The Cannonball run movies were better than this and the newer movies like the remake of Gone in 60 and The Fast and the Furious while exaggerated are way more entertaining. Maybe it's nostalgia for other reviewers but PLEASE take my advice and RENT THIS BEFORE YOU BUY!!!!!!

Okay all of you people who say "I can make a movie better than that!" here's an example of someone with no film making experiance tries to make a movie.Don't give me that "What about Quentin Tarrantino." stuff.That's one out of a million.But you've gotta hand it to H.B. "Toby" Halicki,he had a good concept for an action movie:A car thief has to steal 50 cars without getting caught.However,Toby's inexperiance shows.Though he had some good ideas about sub-plot(Talking about settling down with his girlfriend),he didn't have the experiance to focus the story enough.The film fluxuates in between action,comedy,and documentery(Some of the scenes that explain the art of auto theft were actually real methods at the time).Still,in the end,the film's climatic car chase with "Elenor",is the only reason worth giving the film a look.It is,as my review title suggests,like watching "World's Scariest Police Chases".One of the DVD's perks is the audio commentary by the lead cameraman and the editor of the film who provide some interesting insights into the movie(It also helps to pass the first 50 some-odd minutes untill the big chase).

Yeah yeah, everyone has seen the new Gone in 60, with the car chase that could be separated into separate stupid scenes like the rainwater wash, construction yard, and the completely unrealistic bridge jump with obvious computer generation. Few have seen and appreciated a chase like this. I consider it like the Bullitt chase with Steve McQueen, except longer. In GI60S all the crashes were real too. In the part where Eleanor hits the lightpole on the freeway, Halicki wasn't planning on hitting it, but decided to leave it in the movie, and never did tell the city who actually knocked it down! Great movie, don't expect big budget garbage.