The Sand Pebbles 1966
7.203 /10
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
Release Dates
| Country | Release Type | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| CA | DVD | Jun 3, 2008 |
| GR | DVD | May 26, 2002 |
| NL | DVD | Feb 17, 2007 |
| NL | DVD | Jul 16, 2008 |
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Full Cast & Crew
Jake Holman
Frenchy Burgoyne
Captain Collins
Shirley Eckert
Po-han
Jameson
Ensign Bordelles
Stawski
Harris
Bronson
Crosley
Major Chin
Franks
Victor Shu
Maily
Farren
Cho-jen
Mama Chunk
Coleman
Waldron
Officer on San Pablo (uncredited)
Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)
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Avengers Age of Ultron is an excellent sequel and a worthy MCU title! There are a lot of good and one thing that feels off in my opinion.
THE GOOD:
First off the action in this movie is amazing, to buildings crumbling, to evil blue eyed robots tearing stuff up, this movie has the action perfectly handled. And with that action comes visuals. The visuals are really good, even though you can see clearly where they are through the movie, but that doesn't detract from the experience. While all the CGI glory is taking place, there are lovable characters that are in the mix. First off the original characters, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, are just as brilliant as they are always. And Joss Whedon fixed my main problem in the first Avengers by putting in more Hawkeye and him more fleshed out. Then there is the new Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarletwich, and Vision, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Vision in particular is pretty amazing in all his scenes.
THE BAD:
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I can't right much... it's just so forgettable...Okay, from what I remember, I remember just sitting down on my seat and waiting for the movie to begin. 5 minutes into the movie, boring scene of Tony Stark just talking to his "dead" friends saying it's his fault. 10 minutes in: Boring scene of Ultron and Jarvis having robot space battles(I dunno:/). 15 minutes in: I leave the theatre.2nd attempt at watching it: I fall asleep. What woke me up is the next movie on Netflix when the movie was over.
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10/10 because I'm a Marvel Fanboy
If there were not an audience for Marvel comic heroes than clearly these films would not be made, to answer one other reviewer although I sympathize with him somewhat. The world is indeed an infinitely more complex place than the world of Marvel comics with clearly identifiable heroes and villains. But I get the feeling that from Robert Downey, Jr. on down the organizer and prime mover as Iron Man behind the Avengers these players do love doing these roles because it's a lot of fun. If they didn't show that spirit of fun to the audience than these films would never be made.
So in that spirit of fun Avengers: Age Of Ultron comes before us and everyone looks like they're having a good time saving the world. A computer program got loose and took form in this dimension named Ultron and James Spader who is completely unrecognizable is running amuck in the earth. No doubt Star Trek fans took notice that this guy's mission is to cleanse the earth much like that old earth probe NOMAD which got its programming mixed up in that classic Star Trek prime story. Wouldst Captain James T. Kirk of the Enterprise had a crew like Downey has at his command.
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Pretend you're a kid again and enjoy, don't take it so seriously.
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Cast & crew of
The Sand Pebbles
Directors & Credit Writers
Director
Production Design
Costume Design
Producer
Original Music Composer
Stunt Double
Stunts
Stunts
Executive Producer
Cast
Frenchy Burgoyne
Captain Collins
Shirley Eckert
Po-han
Jameson
Ensign Bordelles
Stawski
Harris
Bronson
Crosley
Major Chin
Franks
Victor Shu
Maily
Farren
Cho-jen
Mama Chunk
Coleman
Waldron
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