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This documentary is just a collection of selected scenes/stories from the more comprehensive BBC series Life but is fantastic nevertheless even if you have already seen it on TV. For me the one standout was the narration by Daniel Craig and the very subtle music. Here in the US the TV show was narrated by Oprah Winfrey which was a disaster. You might not think of James Bond as a narrator for a nature documentary but Craig really did a great job on this one. He really conveys the astonishment and wonder that you feel watching these animals in his tone of voice but in a very playful way. And the music is very subtle and not too dramatic. In fact the total silence with no music and no narration in the scene with the Ibex climbing down the cliff is more powerful than if there was any. My favorite scene however is the one with the cheetahs on the prowl filmed head on, with the cats walking almost straight ahead towards the camera, it just conveyed a sense of power of the predators on their land. Highly recommended regardless of whether you watched the TV show or not.

I expected a little more from this movie considering that Stallone's last 2 movies were great. Rocky Balboa and Rambo had lots of action but also had heart. I guess because they were such iconic characters that he is identified with and he made those movies with passion. This movie had lots and lots of action and I loved it. But nothing else. Sure all the meatheads from the 80s were there but it was really Stallone and Statham in most of the scenes. I just wish there was little more meat in the story. Every scene was an action movie cliché.. good guys never miss and the bad guys can't shoot straight even though our hero only has a knife. The women are just props. The scene with Bruce Willis and Arnold was just a waste and probably the worst scene in the movie put together simply as a gimmick to get the big 3 in the same scene. Stallone could have explored the CIA drug smuggling connection a little more seriously. Also Jet Li hardly had anything to do. They could have dropped Terry Crews or Randy Couture and given Jet Li the big gun. Think about it, Terry Crews is the crazy guy from the Old spice commercial not a big action star and is nowhere close to the stature of Jet Li or the other stars. Jet Li did have some funny lines though. Having said all that , the action was fantastic. My favorite was Jason Statham on the nose of the airplane firing those guns to destroy the pier and also the fight scene in the tunnel under the palace. If there's anything I would like in the sequel is a stronger storyline and same amount of action.

I must tell you , people who are waiting for this on DVD, DON'T. Grab somebody with you and go see this movie. I haven't had this much fun in years and I mean it. I haven't laughed this much in years. This movie made me laugh my ass off. No comedy movie has ever been made or will be made that will make you laugh as much as this. And its not even a comedy !! It goes well beyond its expectations of "its so bad its good". Snakes are everywhere and they are biting every single body part (male and female) in gruesome detail. Oh it was brilliant. Samuel L.Jackson delivers as expected and the movie just moves along briskly with no apologies, there is nothing like it. Go see this NOW.