River of Death / Brenda Starr - 2 DVD Set (.com Exclusive)This 2 disc collector's edition features the splendor and terror of the Jungle. Brooke Shields stars in Brenda Starr as the comic strip heroine.River of Death - An adventurer (Hamilton) decides to go in search of the lost city in the jungle. A motley crew of other people with reasons of their own decide to join him for the wealth of the lost city. But to their horror they find out that they have bit off more than they can chew. What with a Nazi doctor still doing his experiments on people in the same place.Brenda Starr - Mike is a struggling artist who draws the 'Brenda Starr' strip for the papers. When Brenda comes to life in the strip and sees how unappreciated she is by Mike, she leaves the strip. To get her back, and keep his job, Mike draws himself into the strip. In her world, Brenda Starr is the Ace Reporter for the New York Flash. She is talented, fearless, smart and a very snappy dresser. The only competition she has is from the rival paper's top reporter Libby Lipscomb. Brenda heads to the jungle to find a scientist with a secret formula which will create cheap and powerful gas from ordinary water.
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Great buy!
Brand new and two great movies for the price of one! Great buy!
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Brenda Starr is a Guilty Pleasure.
Brenda Starr is a Guilty Pleasure. Follows the comic strip. Haven't viewed River of Death.
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River of Death
It's really nice to have River of Death on DVD. It's one of Micheal Dudikoff's 80's era Cannon films. Like a lot of people who grew up in the 80s, I'm a big fan of both Dudikoff and Cannon. While River of Death isn't a great film, it has that unmistakeable Cannon charm. Not only that, it has an extremely interesting cast, interesting plot twists, great score, great cinematography, and eye-grabbing scenery. It's a real treat for fans of 80's Action/Adventure cinema. I'm glad to see it on DVD. Now if we can just get Platoon Leader and Avenging Force on DVD.
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Biowar Leak Leads to a Secret Nazi Base
River of Death is one of my favorite Alistair MacLean adaptations. I found the concept very interesting as a guide and his two clients are jumped by South American headhunters with uniformed Nazis as back-up. He becomes separated from them and gets back to civilization. With help, he returns to track down the missing professor and his daughter and the source of a disease that is ravaging the Amazon. One of the allies is L.Q. Jones being a weasel and the ever-popular Donald Pleasance, revealed in the opening scenes as an ex-Nazi with his own agenda in hunting down the bad guys, led by ex-Nazi scientist Robert Vaughn at his most reptilian. It's a dangerous odyssey through jungle and along the Amazon that turns even worse at the end of the trail. Love to see Nazis get killed off. Based on one of MacLean's popular novels. Other adaptations included Where Eagles Dare and Ice Station Zebra. Never watched Brenda Starr and it looks nuts...desperate guy loses Brenda in her own comic strip and goes into the comic strip to help. I sat through 15-20 long minutes. River of Death gets the five stars, Brenda Starr gets zero.
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dorie
I thought Timothy Dolton would do a better movie than this . This movie was a bit corny. The story line was not that great. I am a bit disappointed because I think Timothy Dolton is a great actor in his other movies.
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Comic book stuff... young Brooke Shields is ...
Comic book stuff...young Brooke Shields is breath taking!
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Five Stars
First movie River of Death is crap. Brenda Starr is great!
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Trust Your Own Judgements On Films
This double movie DVD is living proof that no movie is all bad or all good. One reviewer loved "River of Death" and hated the Brenda Starr" film. Another reviewer loved the Brenda Starr flick and hated the "River of Death film. So it goes to show you, you can't go by anybody's particular taste. That's why I don't pay too much attention to people's opinion on movies. Including the professional critics.
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