Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

wadechurton Firstly, a note that the 2005 Australia/New Zealand version of the DVD is the original 'Cooper Gang' one and not the 'old movies' re-edit. That said, the 'Cooper Gang' story itself is astonishingly bad. No wonder audiences rejected this boring, overplayed, seemingly improvised and consistently dreadful 'comedy'. Probably great fun to make, but more than a chore to watch. If you want to actually enjoy these segments however, select Alice's commentary and prepare to laugh heartily (this DVD would have been graded seven out of ten were this feature absent). Of course, the meat of the matter is the 1973 concert footage, and it is uniformly excellent. He may have gone all Muppet Show and become a Hammy Horror solo star, but here's what got up Straight America's collective nose about Alice Cooper in the first place. Alice, his music and the taboo-pushing stage show were nasty, funny, sick and sometimes genuinely creepy (the mannequins! The spittle!), but seldom boring. Again, Alice provides a seriously witty commentary to the proceedings, and one can select the 'play concert only' option to excise entirely the 'Cooper Gang' saga.

memery-1 This film shows the Alice Cooper band at its peak -- and unfortunately, during its final tour. The comedy segments where a film director and viking are pursuing the band are very weak, but the concert rocks! All of AC's classics (18, Billion Dollar Babies, I Love the Dead) are represented and rendered expertly. Alice was a major influence on rock and metal, but his crowd interactions are pure punk shtick -- taunting and insulting front row fans. The theatrics are minimal compared to other performances, but the music overshadows the stunts with a guillotine and saliva drenched mannequins. If you're an Alice fan, check this out on DVD -- and play the Concert Only option. Or, if you'r an AC neophyte, prepare to be surprised by a great performance by an underrated rocker.

judex-1 Excellent documentary on the original Alice Cooper BAND. Works in some amusing sidepieces, and features most of the big hits, excellently played and presented. But this was the '70's, so, in the tradition of "Myra Breckinridge" and the like, much of it has been re-edited to provide commentary by contrasting the band with old film clips. Other than the Shirley Temple footage, most of this is pretty weak, and quite distracting from the concert footage. I have heard that a version is out there that does not have all this ancillary footage, but I have never seen one. I've never seen a proper release of this, but it is found at many record shows, and all over the grey market.--Judex.1--

gish1897 This film does a bang-up job at capturing the live feel of the original Alice Cooper group's 1973 "Billion Dollar Babies" tour. In this viewer's opinion, this was Alice Cooper at his prime. Too bad this has never been produced and distributed on video or dvd....it's a great time capsule of the earliest origins of shock rock.