Directed by
Frank A. Cappello
USA 2007
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Giving a creepy fantasist everything he has ever dreamed of is the intriguing set-up squandered by this odd and aimless film. When the office punchbag, Bob Maconel (Christian Slater sporting giant specs and a receding hairline), decides to murder his co-workers, he not only fumbles loading the gun, but finds himself beaten to it by the man who sits on the next desk. Maconel then sees his office crush (Elisha Cuthbert) hit the floor, kills the man and is hailed a hero. He even gets the (now paraplegic) girl. The only glitch is that he is still the same psychopathic loner. Slater does well to soften the lines of his no-hoper caricature, but writer-director Cappello steers his film to nowhere particularly memorable. |
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Theatrical Release: March 11th, 2007 - Southwest Film Festival
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DVD Review: Anchor Bay - Region 1 - NTSC
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| Distribution | Anchor Bay - Region 1 - NTSC | |
| Runtime | 1:35:09 | |
| Video | 1.78:1
Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 7.21 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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| Audio | English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0) | |
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A lot of people were quite taken with this film, but I'm afraid it didn't hit me very hard. Something about it seemed even more contrived than its obvious intention. Slater was pretty competent in the role but overall I just wasn't into it for one reason or another. This is not to say others may not get something out of what I determined to be 'surface appeal' - I just thought that it never really dug very deep. But the DVD from Anchor Bay is a good one. Image quality is excellent - as good as this could ever look on SD DVD in my opinion. It had a few camera touches that translated accurately to the anamorphic dual-layered DVD. It's progressively transferred on almost 7 Gig of space and colors seem fairly true and detail is above average. As one might expect for such a recent film it is visually clean and free of blemishes. Audio has two options - a rarely utilized 5.1 offering and a 2.0 channel stereo one. Typical of Anchor Bay - there are no optional subtitles available.
Extras include a decent commentary from helmsman Cappello. He did increase my appreciation a bit - some keen moments of production and actor interaction. There is also a standard 20 minute 'Making of...' featurette and some uninspired deleted/alternate scenes. Overall I'm thankful for the commentary and I have no strong complaints with the DVD at all (well, I do like subs... and the price is kinda high). Great job Anchor Bay for a fairly complete package! NOTE: You may not want to judge the film according to my jaded tastes - one should see it for themselves (if you are keen) as it is fairly lauded. |
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