Slipstream | | Cast : | Bill Paxton | | Director : | | | Studio : | Bci Eclipse Company | | Format : | Color | | Released Date : | January 01, 1989 | | DVD Released Date : | March 16, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | NR (Not Rated) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 05, 2005 | | Summary | All of the Actors Pictured are in the Movie! | Content
 | I guess that reviewer on March 26, 2005 is really not familiar with American and British actors. Bill Paxton, Mark Hamill, F. Murray Abraham and Ben Kingsley are all in the movie and play important parts. Bill Paxton is the main actor but each of the aforementioned actors do appear, if somewhat briefly for some of them. I bought this DVD in 2004 and if nothing else, I enjoyed the scenery in the flying scenes. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 02, 2005 | | Summary | Slipstream | Content
| Although it isn't great sci-fi, it's a fun and interesting movie to watch. Mark Hamell is larger then we're accustomed to (we Star Wars fans) Bill Paxton has more hair and is cuter (lets face it, we were all cuter years and years ago). I've been a fan of both for years and look out for anything they are in. I enjoyed the movie very much and got a kick out of seeing both actors at different stages in their lives. Its really Bills movie because Mark isn't shown that much, but it was still fun seeing him post Star Wars (loved the beard). The VHS is closed captioned for we hearing impaired but I don't know about the DVD, it isn't listed so there's no way to tell for sure by the website here. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 26, 2005 | | Summary | Slipstream is misleading | Content
| While I felt this movie was decent on its own, it should be noted that it is misleading and should be held accountable for false advertising.
Ben Kingsley and Mark Hamill are not in it. I'm not sure who Bill Paxton is, but judging from the picture on the cover of this DVD, he isn't in it either.
I'm also not sure who F. Murray Abraham is, but since the others aren't in it, he likely isn't in it either.
The movie is good enough to watch, as it had a fairly decent science fiction story and some pretty good acting, although it is really a B movie, but trying to sell it by claiming there are movie stars in it that simply aren't there is a crying shame and should be illegal.
I can't believe I bought the claims on the DVD cover that are so misleading and even in the credits at the end of the movie, they make the same claims over again.
If you want to watch an o.k. science fiction B movie, this is one to see. But if you are as angry as I am at the lies and deceit the distributors of the film engaged in, then don't see it. They should pay for their obvious fakery and lies and boycotting this film is the first step in doing that.
They are frauds.
As for the actors who do play in this movie, they are pretty o.k. and this is a quality B film as I said, but obviously their true names aren't shown since they are claimed to be these famous movie stars.
I wonder what Ben Kingsley and Mark Hamill would say about this outrageous fraudulent use of their names and pictures on the DVD cover to sell this movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 20, 2005 | | Summary | Future Shlock... | Content
| In the future, Bill Paxton (Near Dark, Aliens, Titanic) will have long, hipster hair, and everyone will fly around in ultra-light airplanes and balloons! Mark Hamill (Star Wars 4, 5, and 6) will be a rogue cop, on a mission to track down and destroy android Bob Peck (Jurassic Park). The earth will be a scorched world, inhabited by small bands of survivors and wind-worshipping cults. The SLIPSTREAM will blow and blow (much like this feature), killing any who dare enter it on foot. This is the general story of SLIPSTREAM, a dull, lifeless tale of post-apocolyptic hijinks. Ben Kingsley and F. Murray Abraham got their paychecks and ran far away from this dog-log! Robbie Coletrane (Hagrid from the Harry Potter series) sits in a hot tub with a plastic lobster and gets shot. Mind-freezingly slow and incoherent, SLIPSTREAM rolls along like the mastodon turd it is, before finally (blessedly) plopping into the tarpit. Beware! May cause flashbacks and / or coma! ... |
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