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Phoenix [DVD] [1998]
enlarge	Director: Danny Cannon Actors: Ray Liotta, Anthony LaPaglia, Daniel Baldwin, Anjelica Huston, Jeremy Piven Studio: Cinema Club Category: DVD List Price: ~~£5.99~~ Buy New: £0.75 as of 23/11/2009 01:25 GMT details You Save: £5.24 (87%) New (10) Used (19) Collectible (3) from £0.16 Seller: london entertainment Rating: 4 reviews Sales Rank: 44988 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 102 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5014138292416 ASIN: B00006JY73 Theatrical Release Date: September 4, 1998 Release Date: October 28, 2002 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: A Great Film You've never heard off December 16, 2007 Mr. E. J. Gothard (Portsmouth England) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful I first saw this film in the mid 90's. It was shown on sky once and then I never heard of it again until about a month ago when I saw it on DVD in Portugal. I had to buy it as I loved it when I first saw it and upon re watching it over 10 years later I have to say it's still great. br /It's the story of four cops, two of them work on the side for lone sharks, one of them is addicted to gambling and has huge debts, and one is a strait cop with his fingers in no pies. br /The film shows the total desrtruction of all four of them. I do not want to ruin it for you so I will say no more. Ray Liotta gives a fantastic performance, in fact there is not a bad performance from any of the cast, even Daniel Baldwin is quite good. br /All in all, well worth watching. Somehow it failed to rise from the ashes March 4, 2009 Budge Burgess (Kilmarnock, Scotland) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful An excellent film which somehow seems to have escaped public acclaim. The basic storyline is quite conventional - it's based on the well-known fact that any serving police officer in the United States is necessarily corrupt, venal, violent, sexually promiscuous (not to mention abusive and perverse), frequently drunk, often overweight, and at least borderline psychopathic ... unless their name is Cagney or Lacey (although overweight can apply in this case). Ray Liotta plays a more or less honest cop who has a major flaw - he gambles (on anything and everything) and he is currently on a losing streak which has left him heavily in debt. br / br /Liotta finally realises he has no option but to obtain money illegally, but he'll only steal money from crooks, money which has been illegally obtained - like I say, he's more or less an honest cop. It should come as no surprise that a gambler may not be the best person to assess risk or to plan a robbery when his major worry seems to be whether or not he'll be lucky. He is, of course, not going to be lucky. The heist, when it happens, does not go altogether smoothly - which doesn't diminish the fact that this is one of the best, most memorable hold-ups on camera. br / br /It's a well shot film, neatly edited, with excellent performances from the entire cast. Liotta is rugged and charming, delivering a convincing portrait of a man obsessed with the nature of luck and the need to try to capture it, challenge it, beat it. He's a man with morals, and with the absolute conviction that you have to honour luck, that you can't welsh on a bet, or a debt. The film has a noir feel to it, though shot in colour and in far too sunny an environment. br / br /If there is a weakness, it might be the setting - the action takes place in Phoenix, Arizona, but you rarely get any sense of place; there are a couple of shots of cactus to remind you it's in a desert, there's a neat panoramic view of the city with mountains in the background, but really, it could just about be anywhere. The city is anonymous, the action finely paced and the plot given a mounting dynamic. It is a much underrated film, certainly better than average, and deserving of a wider audience. br / br /Translation to DVD is fine - though you do get the sense the odd establishing shots of desert and wide open spaces would be much more impressive and effective on the wider screen. br / Cool cult movie December 24, 2003 3 out of 8 found this review helpful Phoenix is a production from none other than Ray Liotta, who also stars in this film. A great piece of film that should not be overlooked. Great screenplay. cheap quality May 25, 2009 Robert Stryszyk (Berlin) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful This Film is very low budged, the picture and sound quality are not good. The story and the acting are too bad. Very very cheap movie

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