A fairly well done biographical piece about the second Native American Olympic gold medal winner, Billy Mills, at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Being Native American, there are obviously some racial issues Billy had to struggle through which makes for interesting viewing, but if you have seen other sport dramas there isn't much surprising here by way of plot. The racing scenes though are done well, and having watched the real thing, the upset victory is quite accurate to what occurred in '64, where Billy beat favourite, Ron Clarke. The film never reaches real high points though, and sometimes it moves too quickly without completely establishing relationships and characters. Recommended though to fans of track & field, particularly for the story of one of the biggest underdog victories in track and field history!

Parts of this are too uneventful and uninteresting for an action movie of this kind, and the action in the last half of the movie isn't great enough to redeem it. While not expecting much, the character development is poor, Arnie's dialogue at times sounds like it is being channelled by the T-800 and it isn't as comedic as I expected either. I also found parts of the fight scene at the movie's conclusion to be badly directed. Hopefully, Arnie's move back into film gets better from here. An average action movie overall.

Warren, like his close west coast friend Snoop Dogg, couldn't back up a memorable debut with a valuable follow up. There are alarm bells from the opening song 'Annie Mae'. Like on 'Regulate... G Funk Era', Warren teams up with Nate Dogg and it isn't terrible but it is absolutely nowhere near 'Regulate'. The next few songs come and go. On 'Young Fun', my mind that has been tarnished by society, always waits to hear "cum" instead of "fun" on the hook. It begins to improve a little bit with the following songs as more featuring artists appear, with 'We Brings Heat' being the first song to catch my attention with its vibey laidback beat. 'Transformers' uses the Transformers theme as the inspiration for its hook which is worth noting. I have the version with 'What's Love Got to Do With It' which was originally only on the 'Supercop' soundtrack. Like 'I Shot the Sheriff', thanks to the memorable chorus, both of these songs are standouts. Erick Sermon's remix is also dope, offering a very different feel. The second half is definitely stronger than the first and there are some good songs, but most of it comes and goes. Warren isn't the greatest rapper and more often than not needs something special in the production department for it to be an excellent track. Best Tracks: We Brings Heat, Back Up, What's Love Got to Do With It, I Shot the Sheriff/Remix

All fans knew Michael Jackson could entertain and from seeing this film nothing had changed. What this documentary does give a bit more insight into though is his creative process and how well he knew his stuff. From his conversations with his musical directors and others there is now no doubt that he did have a lot of musical input with his albums/videos after seeing this film. I notice another reviewer mentions that he thought that when MJ was talking to his team that he thought he was treated like a delicate child, and maybe I did get that a bit. But more so I felt it was a professional who wanted everything to be perfect. If something wasn't right during a concert it would have reflected on him and as with everything MJ did with his music he wanted it to be as great as possible. Other than that and the direction and critiquing he does with the music, the clips that would have been played before and during a song during the concerts were great and looked pricey. We also see some brief interviews with the dancers that mention what MJ has meant to them and their careers. Lastly, some of the slight musical changes to songs like extra horns added to 'Jam' gave the song another dimension and were great as were all the songs with the cinema surround sound. Other than those things there isn't a huge amount to take out of this film if you have seen any of his concerts. However, you do see him a bit more intimately than his old concert videos and there ain't a doubt that these FIFTY! concerts would have been great and no doubt reignited his career. Obviously, if you love his music and are interested in what the concerts would have been like then this is worth seeing.

I like both leads in this. Winslet is a female favourite and Carey a classic in some of his film ventures, but this never engaged me. I didn't get the connection between Clementine and Joel at all. Yeah, opposites attract and all that, but Clementine seemed like an annoying dill, Joel a depressing sad-sack and I couldn't see the relationship working. So when there are problems in the relationship from the jump I'm meant to care as the viewer? The plot about removing memories and such was interesting, and the subplot links nicely in with the main characters' issues but nothing is that special about it and some scenes felt somewhat disjointed. 3-2.5.