Action-Adventure 4-Movie Marathon (I Escaped from Devil's Island / The Final Option / Shake Hands with the Devil / Treasure of the Four Crowns)

I bought this because it was the only way I could find TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS, a ridiculously cheesy RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK rip-off that was originally released in 3D. I was happy it had THE FINAL OPTION, which is an outstanding British film based on true events. All-in-all, having both of these movies in my collection makes me a happy camper.

I actually bought this 4 pack dvd collection to get Shake Hands With the Devil about the IRA in the early part of the 20th century in Ireland. I have ever been looking for this movie on DVD and it's hard to find. I was surprised when I found it with 3 other action movies. If your a Cagney fan jump on this. The other 3 I haven't watched yet but consider it a bonus.

I've been waiting for "Treasure of the Four Crowns" to get a proper release for years, and while it's not the best copy possible, I'm just glad to have something that I can show my friends when I try to explain what might possibly be one of the most ridiculously awesome movies of my youth. The audio commentary included is surprisingly informative, but also has some pretty strange humor in it. I couldn't always be sure if the guy doing it was completely sincere in some of his praise (almost as if his serious appraisals of the movie were meant to be a joke), but all in all it was a fun fan commentary track worthy of the film itself.The other three films on this set are pretty decent as well, but as always with multi-film sets like this, your mileage will vary. But at this price this set is worth it for fans of movies that are a little off the beaten path. Highly recommended.

I liked traditional black and white, corny love story, drama, and action film.

Oh well, I received my copy of this DVD collection today. Was it worth it? Kind of.I would like to know what copy a previous reviewer was watching when he claimed” Treasure of the Four Crowns was in near mint condition? Crowns is one of my faves of the cult 1980s films. The print looked liked it was taken from an old MGM VHS tape. There were flecks abound on this title. The added point is a commentary by Russell Dyball about the movie and Cult movie star, Tony Anthony which makes me forgive the not- so- great transfer to DVD.As for the others? Devil's Island is a hoot. In the first twenty minutes, you have cat fighting inmates, a Dustin Hoffman lookalike rabble rousing the inmates, and of course Jim Brown and Christopher George who have been in worse films than this. Hey, the movie is in wide screen , too.The Final Option I had seen before, and was only impressed because cult, star, Ingrid Pitt played one of the terrorists. Wide screen, tooShake Hands With the Devil is a 50s thriller with James Cagney. Though the film is full frame, the print is near perfect, you swear you were in the theater when this first played.So, in a nutshell, a 2.5 rating. Two wide screen titles, two full frame titles, and a commentary on one of my fave cult actors, Tony Anthony. I love you, ya Stranger you. Mr. Anthony, if you are reading this, be cool.

Not only did I find a rare gem in Treasure of the 4 Crowns, a hard to get 3S film, I paid far less than I thought I'd pay and got 3 nifty older rare films for free into the bargain! Who says you can't make a good film w/o well known film stars?

Was chiefly looking for the James Cagney classic "Shake Hands With The Devil", but was glad to see an old favorite from younger days, "The Final Option", was included as well. Both films held up well against my memories of them.

What can I say...this is the only available digital version of Treasure of the Four Crowns. Sure the quality ain't great, but low-fi suits this film. Buy it for yourself, buy it for your friends. Sit back, laugh and enjoy!

Great movie package

An excellent film well worth a watch

Not bad value for the price.

GOOD

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