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Straight To Hell / Death And The Compass [DVD] [1987]
enlarge	Director: Alex Cox Actors: Dennis Hopper, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello, Kathy Burke, Peter Boyle Studio: Bfi Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £8.99 as of 22/3/2010 11:42 GMT details You Save: £11.00 (55%) New (12) Used (1) from £6.25 Seller: Amazon.co.uk Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 36503 Format: PAL Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 2 Running Time: 166 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5035673007013 ASIN: B000B8TJBW Theatrical Release Date: 1987 Release Date: October 31, 2005 Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours


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Customer Reviews: What Tarantino SHOULD and probably WANTS TO be September 1, 2009 Mr. S. Mclean (UK) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Ok, first this is solely a review of Straight to Hell, as I still have to watch the second helping of Cox that is Death the Compass. br / br /The inclusion in this film of a conga line of bandits and assorted miscreants dancing to a song about hot dogs should be enough to give a reasonable impression of what to expect. General film making statutes and expectations are hysterically blown assunder, more so than the likes of Tarantino, and others who still work within Hollywood confines despite their protestations of 'originality' would dare. OK the general absurdity of this maelstrom of unravelling chaos may border from a homage to Spaghetti westerns into a parody of them, but let us remember the film title. This IS a plummet right into Hell, as only Alex Cox could maybe envisage: a 'Lord of the Flies' grown up where all the misfits and outcasts or society converge and live in their own 'Mad Max' style world - amidst some gorgeously barren and ruined scenery. Strangers are viewed as threats, then welcomed, then distrusted again, often resulting in being randomly shot. Yet striving through it all is a ridiculous humour highlighting that films, like life itself, contains the improbable, impossible and the insane. br / br /What else would you expect from a film starring The Pogues?

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