STACK Aug #154

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New roads ahead. THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS

Release Date: 02/08/17 Format:

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The Cuban Spirit In the Family Car Culture All About the Stunts Extended Fight Scenes Feature Commentary

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Since its humble beginnings back in 2001, the high octane franchise has evolved to include modern day tech and spec-ops to rival those of even a Michael Bay film. F8 opens with Dom (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) on their honeymoon in Cuba, where things quickly spiral out of control after Dom meets Charlize Theron’s Cipher – the world’s most powerful

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hacker. She’s got a motive that will force Dom to join her team and leave behind the one thing that matters most to him – his family. Naturally, Dom’s clan don’t take kindly to his betrayal, and when he steals an EMP the team worked together to retrieve, they set about hunting him down. Longtime fans of the franchise might scowl at Dom abandoning his ‘family’, but in true

F&F fashion, there’s one hell of a reason behind it, and it’s gonna take plenty of beautiful cars and absolutely insane stunts to get to the bottom of it. Paul Walker may be gone, but F8 doesn’t completely write him out of the plot, which is a nice touch. Throw in an amusing cameo by Helen Mirren, and you’ve got an F&F film that rates among the best of the lot. AK (See page 34)

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The path to paradise begins in hell. ALIEN: COVENANT

Release Date: 16/08/17

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Commentary by Ridley Scott Deleted and Extended Scenes Featurette: Phobos

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Master Class: Ridley Scott Featurettes: - Meet Walter - The Last Supper - The Crossing - Advent 12 Deleted and

Set ten years after the events of Prometheus , the Covenant is a colony ship carrying two thousand pilgrims and a bank of embryos to a new world. After an energy wave disables it and awakens the crew from hypersleep

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early, a strange transmission from a nearby planet warrants investigation. What they find is a habitable world where we discover what happened to Dr. Elizabeth Shaw and the synthetic David after they took off in search of the Engineers’ homeworld at the end of Prometheus . We also find out how the Engineers’ bioweapon ultimately becomes the iconic, projectile-jawed and acid-blooded Xenomorph. Alien: Covenant continues to explore the philosophical themes of playing god and the nature of creation raised in Prometheus, before

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kicking into high gear as a fully fledged Alien movie. There’s a computer called Mother, an “express elevator to hell” dropship descent, scuttling facehuggers, some cool – and very bloody – variations on the chestburster, a synthetic that can’t be trusted, and an alien loose aboard a starship. In other words, everything fans love and want from the franchise. SH (See page 36)

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Prometheus

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