Lee Asher is a talented card magician. This is a great video and is set up as a spy movie as Lee Asher secret agent hunts down The Crimp. This is very entertaining in its own right. The magic on this video is fantastic, but it is really challenging. Ambitious explosion and Silver Surfer are both great utility moves for an ambitious card routine. Silver Surfer is really knacky and takes awhile to get down. Thunderbird is a really cool production. The item i use the most is Sibling. This a great sybil cut that is a quick and usable flourish.

I have the VHS version on 5 Card Stud. I must admit for the price you don't get enough. The only trick I use is the Ambitious Explosion, plus the contents show it like they are all tricks, slap happy for example is just a move in the ambitious explosion, so's the silver surfer. Most of it isn't explained well, like the silver surfer or the DL he uses. I agree this is a funny DVD to watch but there are not enough quality effects and the teaching is very basic.

This is a cool DVD. Very entertaining, which is odd to say when speaking about a magic DVD. It's a film, a real film(with a good plot too). Within the film, Lee has flashbacks and visions in which he teaches the magic.

Some of the teaching is a little quick, but it's video- watch it a hundred times if you need to. Anyone should not be watching the instructions just once anyway! Lee is detailed in the descriptions of each trick, so that makes it great.

I would recommend it, I really enjoyed this as my first Lee Asher Product, and I have purchased more since. I do not think you will be disappointed in this. You learn some great material that is sold separately for almost half the price of the DVD alone, so it's well worth it...and you get to see a nice film along the way!

James Bond Meets Magic Meets B rated movies... In this cleverly produced, albeit low budget, DVD you will meet Asher, Lee Asher The Five Card Stud, and you will experience a day in the life of this card slinging secret agent.

Filmed in the style of a spy movie, Agent 005 fights of ne'er-do-wells with card tricks. You'll pick up some extremely visual and quite startling card magic on this production. By virtue of flash-backs to Agent 005's early childhood we are taught the secrets to the effects by a toga-donning Lee Asher playing the role of the young agent's mentor.

I found the film itself very funny and clever... a bit cheesy, but that's part of the charm. The magic is incredible... some of the best stuff I've seen in a long time. How 'bout a four ace production that you can do naked (and he does) with no deck in site, just a bare-handed production of four aces.

The only negative feedback I have is regarding the production quality and part of the explanations. The production, as I mentioned, is pretty low budget. A lot of stuff filmed outside, and so the lighting was pretty bad which, unfortunately made some of the explanations hard to see.

Also, on the "Silver Surfer" move, no explanation was given other than, "...just do the Silver Surfer move." The move itself is a very disarming handling of a double or triple card. I just couldn't quite figure out the specific handling, yet the video jacket claims that this move will be explained.

Don't let that last paragraph scare you off. It's an incredible DVD. We need more like this out there in the market, so thank you Lee.

I would just like to start of my review by saying lee asher is one of the greatest magicians in the world. This DVD is hilarious, very entertaining and the tricks are great. sure theres only 5 effects but there really good. heres a review of the tricks.

ambitious explosion: I do this all the time it is a killer ending to an ambitious card routine.

Thunderbird: This is the best barehanded 4 ace production there is. This is the effect oz pearlman based starry eyed surprise on

Joking around: It is a very nice way to reveal a card

Sibling: A beautiful card cut that i do all the time

5 card stud: This is the only effect thats kinda lame but the rest of the tricks are wicked

This is a great DVD and is worth the money.

Buy it, you wont be sorry.

Lee is one of the most creative magician in the world.....he's really a very hard working guy~~~~~he's trick is straight forward, every trick of him uses a different handling and moves. So, you can learn a lot of useful things from his video to suit your repertoire~~~~Trust me~~~~
There's one bug in this video, and that is, Lee, you should teach us how you do the cool double lift~~~I'm really interested in that~~~~it's really a cool and deceptive multiple lift~~~~

Good job Lee!!! Waiting for your [5 Card Stud II]!!!!!!

Highly recommended to beginner as well as pro!!!!

The effects are good but not the absolute best. The entertainment value from this video is far better than any other magic video I've seen. There is actually a plot with action scenes.

its funny. the tricks r allright...

the only thing i didnt like was lee ashers hair. look @ the demo when he does the ace production @ the end.

anyhoo.

haz

I have a couple Lee Asher DVDs. So bad I cannot bring myself to watch them again or even tell anyone I own them!

I would be embarassed for someone to know I have something as bad as this. The tricks are okay, but an entire DVD for about 5 tricks! C'mon! Then you have to put up with a Plot! For card tricks?!? It is even worse than high school home movies! If you cut out all the garbage, you have about 4 minutes of video worth keeping. The rest is pathetic! The worst video that is supposed to be on magic I have ever seen comes from this guy.

The Five Card Stud DVD is bad. Really bad. The tricks are lame, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.