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The Prodigy (Unrated)
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List Price: $24.99
Our Price: $24.99
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Fireside Releasing, LLC.
Starring: Holt Boggs, Matt Beckham, Diana Lee Inosanto, Lawrence Varnado, Mirelly Taylor
Directed By: William Kaufman
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0185454000926
Format: Color
Label: Fireside Releasing, LLC.
Manufacturer: Fireside Releasing, LLC.
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fireside Releasing, LLC.
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-11-06
Running Time: 112
Studio: Fireside Releasing, LLC.
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Dark, disturbing, but strangely powerful.
Comment: I bought this DVD on a whim, thinking it might be a decent shoot-em-up if nothing else. Instead, I watched a disturbing, yet riveting film about a consumate hitman searching for someone to follow in his footsteps. The ghost-like assassin tests the man he has chosen as replacement. Unknowing and unwilling, the replacement tries desperately to foil him and protect his love-interest and friends. The assassin kills them all to "free" the "prodigy" of the things that would hold him back from his destiny.
There are no silly car chases or unrealistic shootouts. It is the tale of a sadistic, yet cerebral killer playing a deadly game with another human being to make the younger man worthy of becoming his replacement.
This was certainly *not* my kind of movie. Having said that, I was impressed by the power this film had to capture my attention and hold it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Born To be Bad!!
Comment: This movie is a little indi treat. The budget was low, so you won't get all of the bells and whistles you will with similar big budget fair, but this movie lacks for nothing. With an engaging plot line, fine acting and smart cinematography PRODIGY has met and raised the bar for indi actioners.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Just OK
Comment: This movie was average at best. The acting and some of the action scenes are not bad, however the story does drag and the ending is very weak. Do yourself a favor and rent it if you must see it and save yourself the money... Luckily i bought a cheap pre-viewed copy!
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Summary: Go into this Movie with Absolutely No Expectations
Comment: When I first read the reviews on this page,
they led me to believe I had found my new "Professional"
Suffice to say, the reviewers here hyped it up waaaaaaay too much.
It was a good flick, don't get me wrong,
and it would have been dynamite if I had no expectations,
or had just discovered it on HBO or Showtime.
But as it stands, Leon is still the king of the hitmen.
(And will be for quite some time)
The first line of this flick is great.(excellent in fact)
But the following twenty minutes or so, play out like very other action movie ever created.
A deal goes south, and the lead starts flying.
(When exatly do deals go as planned in these movies)
Enter a mysterious masked hitman,
who single handedly takes out every cat in the joint,
and you got yourself a typical action flick.
After this mundane madness, the real movie starts.
There isn't much in the way of blood & gore or extreme action.
But boy does the tension more than makes up for that.
This flick WILL keep you floating on edge of your seat.
(I can't stress this point enough)
The rest of this flick is reminiscent of a serial killer/police melodrama.
With the disgruntled gang members running around in circles
while our masked marauder leaves them plenty of bodies & clues to follow.
But it's all a game,
He wants a prodigy,
someone to continue his grisly work.
Most of the characers in the film are very like-able,
MOST of them.
The main-character (however) is the dullest in the film.
His psycho friend, on the other hand, is quite a hoot.
And while the acting doesn't deter from the experience,
it does little to enrich it either.
Essentially the acting leaves much to be desired.
If it were better, I might have been deeply immersed in the plot.
But it wasn't.
So I wasn't
MORAL OF THE STORY:
When the bullets are flying,
and the bodies are dropping,
you know school is in session.
Ding Ding
Customer Rating:
Summary: SPOILER
Comment: i gotta admit this movie surprised me with that kind of action for an unknown blockbuster rental. This movie kicked so much booty. However, the plot was a dissapointment(especially the BIG twist at the end). Although,the first 15 minutes of the film was nonstop action (shooting and martial arts)the remainder of the film went downhill. Usually, i'm very picky in movie selections but i took this one home for keeping. Overall, i recommend this movie for those of you who are tired of the mainstream theatrical U.S. movies out there.
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