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Be Cool (a J!-ENT Blu-ray Disc Review)

July 28, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

The sequel to “Get Shorty”, “Be Cool” comes nowhere near the quality of the first film.  But for a popcorn comedy film, “Be Cool” has plenty of stars, plenty of music and for the most part, ends up being a fun film.  If you are looking for a comedy on Blu-ray, don’t hesitate in giving “Be Cool” a try.

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TITLE: Be Cool

FILM RELEASE DATE: 2005

DURATION: 120 minutes

BLU-RAY DISC INFORMATION: 1080p High Definition (widescreen 2:40:1), English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Spanish Dolby Surround, French 5.1 DTS, Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish and French

RATED: PG-13 (Violence, Sensuality and Language Including Sexual References)

COMPANY: Jersey Films/Twentieth Century Fox/MGM

RELEASE DATE: July 5, 2011

Directed by F. Gary

Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard

Screenplay by Peter Steinfeld

Produced by Danny De Vito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher

Executive Producer: F. Gary Gray, Elmore Leonard, Michael Siegel

Associate Producer: Anson Downes

Music by John Powell

Cinematography by Jeffrey L. Kimball

Edited by Sheldon Kahn

Casting by Sheila Jaffe, Georgianne Walken

Production Design by Michael Corenblith

Art Direction by Lauren E. Polizzi, Dan Webster

Set Decoration by Denise Pizzini

Costume Design by Mark Bridges, Betsy Heimann

Starring:

John Travolta as Chili Palmer

Uma Thurman as Edie Athens

Vince Vaughn as Raji

Cedric the Entertainer as Sin LaSalle

Andre Benjamin as Dabu

Steven Tyler as Himself

Robert Pastorelli as Joe Loop

Christina Milian as Linda Moon

Paul Adelstein as Hy Gordon

Debi Mazar as Maria

Gergory Alan Williams as Darryl

Harvey Keitel as Nick Carr

Dwayne Johnson as Elliot Wilhelm

Danny De vito as Martin Weir

James Woods as Tommy Athens

Wyclef Jean asHimself

Fred Durst as Himself

Sergio Mendes as Himself

Gene Simmons as Hismself

RZA as Himself

Joe Perry as Himself

Anna Nicole Smith as Herself

Be Cool is the wildly hilarious tale about a gangster turned music mogul and what it takes to be number one with a bullet. When Chili Palmer (Travolta) decides to try his hand in the music industry, he romances thesultry widow (Thurman) of a recently whacked music exec, poaches a hot young singer (Christina Milian) from a rival label and discovers that the record industry is packin’ a whole lot more than a tune!

With the success of the 1990 Elmore Leonard novel and the 1995 film “Get Shorty”, there was no doubt that Leonard’s sequel would be made.

With many of Leonard’s stories being made to films from “3:10 to Yuma” and “The Tall T” and the TV series “Justified”, the gangster film “Get Shorty” was a box office success and also received nominations in the American Film Institute’s “AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Laughs” but also “AFI’s  10 Top 10″.

To preface a little about what “Get Shorty” was all about, the film focused on a Miami Loan Shark named Chili Palmer (played by John Travolta) who clashes with another mobster. In the film, Palmer meets with an actor named Martin Weir (played by Danny DeVito) to star in his life story.    In the film, Palmer is supposed to collect a lot of money but because of his movie ambitions, people want their money back and end up pursuing each other.

This now leads to “Be Cool”, a comedy film produced by Danny De Vito and directed by F. Gary Gray (“The Italian Job”, “Law Abiding Citizen”, “The Negotiator”, “Friday”) and a loosely based screenplay adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s novel by Peter Steinfeld (“21″, “Analyze That”, “Drowning Mona”).

In “Be Cool”, Chili Palmer (Travolta) has become a successful producer in Hollywood while Weir (DeVito) has become a popular actor.  Seeing how Weir has become a star has made Chili a bit disenchanted with Hollywood and talks about how he may want to return to the loanshark lifestyle.

Meanwhile his friend, music producer, Tommy Athens (played by James Woods) asks if Chili can produce a film about his life of resurrecting a record company through a wonderful talented younger singer named Linda Moon (played by Christina Milian).

Chili feels that before he can even consider a film, he needs to know more about the details.  So, when Palmer goes to the bathroom for a brief moment, someone drives by Athens, comes out of the car and guns him down.

When Chili goes to check out who did it, he sees a man with a toupee.  The man tries to kill Chili, because saw the man’s face but he runs out of bullets and escapes.

Tommy Athens murder leads to a few related storylines.

Chili goes to check out this Linda Moon at a club and learns that she can sing!  When he talks to her, he learns that she signed with Nick Carr (played by Harvey Keitel) and  that her naivety of being a star led her signing a contract and now she is forced to sing in dumps by Carr’s employee Roger “Raji” Lowenthall (played by Vince Vaughn), a white man who talks like a Black man and his muscular gay bodyguard Elliot Wilhelm who desperately wants to be an actor (played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson).

Tired of seeing how Raji treats Linda, Chili tells him immediately that she is no longer with Nick Carr and that she is now being managed by him.  When Elliot tries to fight, Chili tells him that he can help him get an audition and in the process, Chili pretends he knocks out Elliot (which Elliot acts as if one punch to the necks puts him out).  But with Elliot, now he is expecting Chili to hook him up and get an audition.

Due to the change of circumstances of his life, Chili has now decided to get into music.  Chili goes to visit his friend’s widow Edie Athens (played by Uma Thurman), part owner of NTL Records and talks to her about working together and making this singer, which Tommy believed in, a star.

While talking about Linda Moon and what is needed to make her a star, Edie talks about her tattoo of Aerosmith and how at one time she knew the band, especially Steven Tyler.  This gives Chili an idea of possibly getting Aerosmith to help them out.

Meanwhile, as Chili and Edie work on making Linda Moon a star, another storyline develops with gangster/producer Sin LaSalle (played by Cedric the Entertainer).  It appears that Athens owed LaSalle $300,000 and with him dead, he is intent in collecting the money from Edie and NTL Records.  LaSalle and his boys go to NTL Records to collect their money (which Edie has found out, there is no more money) but with quick thinking, Chili tells them that he will get them their money by the end of the week.

In another storyline, Nick Carr (Keitel) is upset that Chili has assumed that he can take Linda Moon away from him and so, they hire an assassin to kill Chili.  Unfortunately, the assassin ends up killing is a Russian mafia member who was planning to kill Chili and now the Russian mafia wants revenge.

With all that’s going on with Chili Palmer’s life, will he and Edie make Linda Moon a star?  And will he be able to get the money and save NTL Records, but most importantly, with people wanting to kill him, will he live by the end of the day?

VIDEO:

“Be Cool” is presented in 1080p High Definition (widescreen 2:40:1).  Picture quality for the film is absolutely vibrant.  There are plenty of colors seen through the film but also detail galore.  Skin tones are natural, black levels are nice and deep.  I didn’t notice any blemishes, artifacting or any problems with the film whatsoever.  The film looks great on Blu-ray!

AUDIO & SUBTITLES:

“Be Cool” is presented in English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Spanish Dolby Surround and French 5.1 DTS HD.  While the film is dialogue-driven, it’s also musically driven and from scenes with Linda Moon singing, to ambiance of hip-hop playing in Dabu and friend’s Humvee’s, Aerosmith playing live in concert to the Black Eyed Peas playing at club, music is what envelops the soundscape and utilizes the surround channels.

There are action sequences with gun shots or an aluminum bat coming into play and other ambiance as Chili and Edie going to a Lakers games but the film will be recognized for its music soundtrack and there is plenty of music being played throughout the film.

Subtitles are in English SDH, Spanish and French.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Be Cool” comes with the following special features:

  • Be Cool, Very Cool Making-Of Documentary – (21:36) Making of the film and cast talking about the various characters in the film and how cool Chili Palmer is throughout the film.
  • Deleted Scenes – (17:31) A total of 14 deleted and extended scenes.
  • Gag Reel – (7:20) Outtakes from “Be Cool”.
  • Music Video” The Rock as Elliot Wilhelm, “You Ain’t Woman Enough To Take My Man” - (4:07) As Director F. Gary Gray would say, things that one would not want to do in music video.
  • John and Uma’s Dance Sequence – (3:35) The making of the dance sequence of Chili and Edie.
  • Close Up: The Rock – (6:01) Director F. Gary Gray talks about casting The Rock as the gay Elliot Wilhelm.
  • Close Up: Andre 3000 – (4:24) Director F. Gary Gray talks about casting Andre 3000 Benjamin (from the hip hop duo Outkast) and giving him a role in the film.
  • Close Up: Cedric the Entertainer – (5:26) Director F. Gary Gray talks about how he wanted Cedric to play a bad, comedy man.
  • Close Up: Christina Milian – (5:26) Director F. Gary Gray talks about how the role of Linda Moon was the most difficult to cast and how Christina Milian got the part.
  • Theatrical Trailer – (2:03) The theatrical trailer for “Be Cool”.

When “Be Cool” came out in theaters back  in 2005, I figured that it would be the 10th anniversary of “Get Shorty” and it would be a pretty dark, comedy about Chili Palmer and the world he lives in.

“Be Cool” turned out to be a comedy which features plenty of stars, many cameos and a storyline that is fun but nowhere near the quality of its predecessor.

If there is one thing that the film does right, it’s the fact that Chili Palmer retains his cool from beginning to end, he is unfazed.  But then the film tries to incorporate so many stars that it tries to capture the Hollywood and Los Angeles lifestyle and like many other films which tries to incorporate a plethora of stars, it becomes the film’s focus and sure, it may work for some people but for those who are familiar with “Get Shorty”, especially those who are familiar with Elmore Leonard’s novel of “Be Cool”, the film becomes less about Chili Palmer and more about everyone else.

We have Vince Vaughn playing a white guy who talks Black, the Rock playing a gay bodyguard who is sensitive of people calling him a queer and yet singing in a silk cowboy outfit “You Ain’t Woman Enough to Take My Man”, you have the Black Eyed Peas in the film to provide Chili and Edie’s dance theme (which does not achieve the same or similar efficacy as their dance scene in “Pulp Fiction”) and characters after characters that are thrown in to the mix to make the film more appealing and cool to different audiences but in the long run, it just doesn’t work.

And now the good news…what I mentioned above, could also be the positive for many viewers.  Forget “Get Shorty” and look at this film as a popcorn comedy film with a lot of talent and stars.  Heck, there is so much music being played in the film, the filmmakers even manage to pull of filming scenes during an actual Los Angeles Lakers game.

And for me, compared to other films that try to throw in a lot of stars like “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” or “Valentine’s Day” that were not that great, “Be Cool” is a much more entertaining film.

When you think about it, you Travolta playing a cool character, Uma Thurman looking fantastic, Cedric the Entertainer as bad boy, The Rock as a gay man and Vince Vaughn trying to be Black, that makes for a fun comedy.  Not a great film but a good popcorn comedy film.

And its important to note that anyone who hasn’t seen “Get Shorty” can easily get into this film.  Watching the original film is not essential but if you do, you’ll see how the original is much better than this sequel.

As for the Blu-ray release, picture and audio quality were pretty solid for this catalog release and the film has a good number of special features as well.

Overall, “Be Cool” comes nowhere close to the efficacy of “Get Shorty” but it does manage to feature plenty of stars, plenty of music and in the end, makes for a fun popcorn comedy film on Blu-ray.

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The Accidental Husband (a J!-ENT DVD Review)

November 3, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

Charming, entertaining and fun!  Uma Thurman shines in her first major romantic comedy “The Accidental Husband”.  A refreshing take on love triangle storyline with the inclusion of South Asian pop culture mixed in.  Also, featuring a solid performance from Colin Firth and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. If you enjoy romantic comedies, give this film a chance!

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TITLE: The Accidental Husband

DURATION: 90Minutes

DVD INFORMATION: English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Anamorphic Widescreen 1:85:1, Subtitles: English

COMPANY: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

RATED: PG-13 (Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13)

RELEASED: November 10, 2009

Directed by Griffin Dunne

Written by Mimi Hare, Clare Naylor and Bonnie Sikowitz

Executive Producer: Bradley Jenkel, Neil Kadisha, Anthony Katagas, Kam Mateen

Producer: Jason Blum, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd, Bob Yari

Music by Andrea Guerra

Cinematography by William Rexer

Edited by Sheila Jaffe

Production Design by Mark Ricker

Art Direction by Ben Barraud

Set Decoration by Rena De Angelo

Costume Design by David C. Robinson

Starring:

Uma Thurman as Dr. Emma Lloyd

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Patrick Sullivan

Colin Firth as Richard Bratton

Sam Shepard as Wilder Lloyd

Lindsay Sloane as Marcy

Justina Machado as Sofia

Ajay Naidu as Deep

Jeffrey Tedmori as Ajay

Nick Sandow as Larry

Michael Mosley as Declin

Brooke Adams as Carolyn

Lindsey Kraft as Lauren

Sarita Choudhury as Sunny

Isabella Rossellini as Greta Bollenbecker

Keir Dullea as Karl Bollenbecker

Firefighter Patrick Sullivan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) finds his life turned upside-down when his fiancée suddenly calls off their pending nuptials per the recommendation of radio love guru Dr. Emma Lloyd (Uma Thurman). Determined to get back at this “love doctor,” Sullivan forges a fake marriage license, “accidentally” marrying him to Emma,who’s already engaged to Richard (Colin Firth). But as Patrick’s charms begin to wear Emma down, she must decide which of these bachelors is her “Mr. Right.” Also starring Sam Shepard, Justina Machado and Isabella Rossellini in this romantic comedy that proves even the experts need to learn a few love lessons now and then.

Charming, entertaining and fun!  Uma Thurman shines in her first major romantic comedy “The Accidental Husband”.  A refreshing take on love triangle storyline with the inclusion of South Asian pop culture mixed in.  Also, featuring a solid performance from Colin Firth and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. If you enjoy romantic comedies, give this film a chance!

“The Accidental Husband”, the romantic comedy directed by actor Griffin Dunne (“Frasier”, “After Hours”, “Duke of Groove”) and features a screenplay by Mimi Hare, Clare Naylor and Bonnie Sikowitz (“Spin City, “Scrubs”), music by composer Andrea Gurrera (“Dada’s Dance”, “Birdwatchers”, “A Perfect Day”) and cinematographer William Rexer (“The Devil Came On Horseback”, “I Think I Love My Wife”, “Fierce People”).

The film that had so much potential but unfortunately, similar to the film “The Maiden Heist”, was shelved indefinitely after the bankruptcy of the distributor Yari Film Group before it was set to premiere in the United States.  The film did manage to get a theatrical debut in the UK.

The film would be the first to showcase Uma Thurman (“Kill Bill”, “The Avengers”, “My Super Ex-Girlfriend”) in her first romantic comedy and star along with Colin Firth (“Easy Virtue”, “Pride and Prejudice”, “Bridget Jones”), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (“Grey’s Anatomy”, “Supernatural”), Sam Shepard (“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”, “Stealth”, “Swordfish”) and Isabella Rossellini (“Napoleon”, “Infamous”, “Alias”).

The film revolves around Dr. Emma Lloyd (played by Uma Thurman).  A well-known radio talk show host in New York City who talks about love and relationships in her program.  She’s dating Richard Bratton (played by Colin Firth) who is a publisher and the two are planning to get married.

Meanwhile, Patrick Sullivan (played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is set to get married to his fiance…until his fiance has second feelings about the marriage after listening to Dr. Lloyd’s radio program and realizes from calling into the show that she is not in love with him and breaks up the relationship.

Patrick hears the program while driving home with his friends after a game of soccer and is shocked that his (ex) fiance really listened to Dr. Lloyd that when he get home.  So, depressed and in anger, Patrick talks to friend/young hacker to cause problems for Emma Lloyd and give her a taste of her medicine by creating a marriage certificate which says that she is married to him.

So, on the day that Emma and Richard are to get their marriage license, they find out that she is married to man she has never met.  Due to the rules, the only way to take care of this is by meeting up with Patrick Sullivan and getting him to sign off on paperwork to end their “marriage” and then get the papers notarized.

Seems simple enough but with Patrick wanting his revenge on Emma, he’s determined to get close to this beautiful blonde by going to her workplace, meanwhile Emma knows she needs these papers sign and notarized so she tries to be nice with him which includes allowing him to go with her to a cake tasting for her wedding and by doing that, both Emma and Patrick must pretend that they are a couple and that is when things start to go awry.  Especially when they discover that they may have feelings for each other.

VIDEO & AUDIO:

“The Accidental Husband” is a beautiful film shot in New York City.  Really beautiful shots above the New York City skyline and various areas in the city.  The film continues Yari Film Group’s incorporation of Indian culture in the film and thus we see Patrick living with an Indian family, his good friend is Indian and we see the culture showcased at an Indian party that the characters attend.

It was very interesting to see New York but that South Asian flair in the film and for the most part William Rexer did a fine job in getting really beautiful shots of the city.  Picture quality was nice and vibrant on DVD and is presneted in 1:85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen.

As for audio, the film is presented in English 5.1 (Dolby Digital).  For the most part, the film is dialogue and music driven.  Front and center channels are clear and understandable and music plays a big part in this film.  Especially Indian music.  Overall, not a film that showcases action, so the soundtrack is quite satisfactory for the film.

Subtitles are in English.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“The Accidental Husband” comes with the following special feature:

  • Matters of the Heart: Making-Of Featurette -  (20:40)  Interviews with the the cast and crew in regards to the making of the film.  Uma Thurman talks about getting the opportunity to play a comedic role and working with Colin Firth and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.  Griffin Dunne talks about the cast and why he cast some of the main talent and more.

“The Accidental Husband” is a charming, fun and enjoyable romantic comedy.  Granted, it’s not the best romantic comedy ever made but the fact that it tries to be different in showcasing the typical storyline of woman is to marry a man #1, woman meets new man #2 and finds magic with man #2 but yet knows she is getting married to man #1.  Sure, we have seen these type of films done many times before but “The Accidental Husband” tries to be different as it incorporates that Indian culture into the film.

In a way this was quite unexpected because this is not a Bollywood film but the addition of Ajay Naidu playing the part of Deep, Patrick’s best friend and Patrick living at his family’s building, there is a good amount of Indian culture featured in the film and also music, despite the main characters being Caucasian.

So, in some ways, there is a taste of Bollywood in this film.  Subtle but yet it gives a refreshing take to a often-used relationship storyline seen in previous romantic comedies and I enjoyed that.  Some may find it disruptive but I found it quite refreshing for a change.

As for the talents in the film, Uma Thurman did a great job of playing Dr. Emma Lloyd.  She mentions in the special features that she’s never given romantic comedy scripts.  Comedy in general and now with this film, she’s given a chance, especially being one of the Executive Producers on the film.  And interesting enough, where she is known for her action-based films such as “Kill Bill” and “The Avengers”, in this film…she actually got hurt (as well as Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and broke her hand.  But despite those injuries, she did a great job and I found her performance to be quite enjoyable but its such a shame that the film didn’t get the opportunity for a theatrical release in the US.

As for her leading men, Colin Firth is always an actor that is enjoyable to watch onscreen.  Such an amazing talent and deadpan humor, although not a tremendous role in the film, his moments in the film are quite hilarious and entertaining.  Jeffrey Dean Morgan is a surprise.  Many of us have seen him playing the patient on “Grey’s Anatomy” but “The Accidental Husband” is his first major role to play a major character lead along with Uma Thurman and Colin Firth.   But overall, solid performances from both men.

Overall, “The Accidental Husband” was a good film and does things much differently than other films similar to it.  The inclusion of South Asian cultural themes definitely gives the film a refreshing spin and for the most part, I enjoyed the talent and definitely seeing Uma Thurman take on a romantic comedy which she did very well.  Romantic comedy fans, give this film a chance!

Gattaca (a J!-ENT DVD Review)

September 27, 2003 by · Leave a Comment 

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GATTACA (1997)
MOVIE COMPANY: Columbia Pictures
CAST: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin, Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgenine and more.
DIRECTED BY:  Andrew Niccol
PRODUCED BY:  Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacy Sher
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119177
TYPE OF MOVIE: Drama, sci-fi, thriller
DURATION:  106 minutes


Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin and Jude Law star in this engrossing sci-fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection.  Hawke stars as Vincent, an “In-Valid,” who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.  however, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect.  With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception, Vincent’s dreams steadily unravel.

DVD EXTRAS:

• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Surround Sound
• Production notes
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• Short featurette
• Deleted scenes
• Full-screen and widescreen anamorphic formats

KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): None at this time

DVD REVIEW:

I don’t know how many movies are left not watched by movie-goers but “Gattaca” deserves to get noticed as an intelligent drama with a plot that can happen in our lifetime.

A story of genetic engineering and what happens to those who can afford getting “superior/perfect” children and those who cannot.  The visuals of this movie is beautiful especially how they invoked the 50′s mentality for the future.  Very interesting.

Although the movie didn’t leave the impression of Wow!  This is the best…it did leave me thinking a lot of how smart and clever this storyline is.  Great acting, visual sets and a smart and awesome storyline that I really enjoyed.

The video was really well done.  Colorful in many areas.  One of the most beautiful scenes are the love making segment…check out that beach and also the sunsets.  The use of color in this movie is brilliant.  The audio is pretty cool.  Some situations used the digital 5.1 efficiently but mainly this drama is a dialogue movie.

Although it’s a sci-fi movie, this one is more like something in our near future.  It’s not Star Wars or Star Trek, it’s about the future of genetic engineering.  How are we going to deal with it or others who don’t make the cut.  That’s why you root for Hawke’s character because you wonder if he will beat the system.

As for the special features, the DVD comes with the trailer, documentary, poster and movie stills.  Plus deleted footage and an outtake.

All in all, if you love movies that make you think, I highly recommend “Gattaca”.  It’s a shame that these movies are bypassed by the majority of the public but then again, sometimes I wonder if the public would really get these types of movies.

THE MOVIE: A
THE DVD EXTRAS:  A-
THE DVD OVERALL:  A

PULP FICTION (a J!-ENT DVD Review)

October 1, 2002 by · Leave a Comment 

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CAST: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arqueete, Harvey Keitel, Ving Rhames and a lot more.
DIRECTED BY: Quentin Tarentino
WRITTEN BY: Quentin Tarentino and Roger Avary
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0110912
TYPE OF MOVIE: Thriller, Crime, Action
DURATION: 154 minutes

The film initiates with two small-time thieves, Honey Bunny and Pumpkin, who spontaneously decide to hold up a restaurant. The film then shifts to the story of Jules and Vincent, who hit men for the well known and feared Marsellus Wallace, who is caught up in a deal gone wrong with struggling boxer Butch Coolidge. (IMDB)

DVD EXTRAS:

• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, HiFi Sound, Surround Sound
• Widescreen letterbox format

KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): None that I know of

DVD REVIEW:

The movie is absolutely marvelous and quite violent.  A slight warning that even though this movie is in many listings as a top movie of all time, if you can’t take watching violence, then pass on this movie.

The screenplay is superb and the movie is just awesome! You probably heard about this movie mentioned many times, so I’ll cut to the chase and talk about the DVD.

Unfortunately, this must be an earlier DVD release (when DVD’s first came out) because there is nothing in terms of special features.  No audio selection but there are English subtitles.  With a special edition VHS version out with deleted scenes and more, I don’t know why they skimped out in this DVD release.  Even for an earlier release, I have seen trailers and other things added, therefore I can’t give the overall DVD a great rating until we get the special edition DVD.  Colors are vibrant, audio is good but this DVD deserves a better release.

If you want to see the movie and don’t care about special features, buy this DVD.  It’s very good!!  But if you are a DVD fanatic, then hopefully you can wait for the special edition.

THE MOVIE: A
THE DVD EXTRAS: F
THE DVD OVERALL: C

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