MOVIE FACTS 

GENRE :  ACTION/ADVENTURE
DIRECTOR:  TONY SCOTT
CAST : BRUCE WILLIS, DAMON WAYANS, CHELSEA FIELD, HALLE BERRY
YEAR :   1991
DISTRIBUTOR:  WARNER BROTHERS
RATING :

MOVIE REVIEW ()  

1991 SAW TONY SCOTT’S FOLLOW UP TO DAYS OF THUNDER: THE LAST BOY SCOUT.  IT TELLS THE STORY OF A “DOWN ON HIS LUCK” PRIVITE DETECTIVE WHO TAKES A JOB TO PROTECT AN “EXOTIC DANCER.”  FROM THERE THE MOVIE TAKES YOU INTO FOOTBALL GAMBLING, AN ASSINATION ATTEMPT ON THE PRESIDENT, A SHOOTING DOLL, AND EVEN A DEAD SQUIRREL.  NOW HOW ALL THIS ENDS UP BEING TIED TOGETHER IS PART OF THE FUN OF THE MOVIE.  IT’S A FORMULA MOVIE, AND DOESN’T TRY TO BE ANYTHING ELSE.  BRUCE WILLIS PLAYS HIS BEST EMOTIONLESS CHARACTER IMPRESSION (THINK KEANU REEVES IN THE MATRIX).  DAMON WAYANS DOES HIS BEST TO KEEP UP WHILE PULLING THE DUTIES AS COMIC RELIEF.  THE MOVIE IS FUN AND FULL OF ACTION, ONE OF THE 10 BEST ACTION MOVIES OF THE LAST DACADE.  LOOK FOR A PRE-TAEBO’ BILLY BLANKS IN THE OPENING SEQUENCE.  THE ONLY REASON THIS MOVIE DOESN’T RATE 5 STARS IS THAT IT’S DIALOG IS LACED WITH PROFANITY.  NOW WHILE MANY MOVIES ARE, FOR SOME REASON THE PROFANITY TAKES AWAY FROM THE CHARACTERS AND MAKES THEM MORE 2-DIMENSIONAL. 

DVD REVIEW ()

THE GOOD:  IT’S A DVD.  THE BEST PICTURE THE MOVIE HAS BEEN SEEN IN SINCE IT’S ORIGINAL THEATRICAL RELEASE.  THE DVD HAS A FEW EXTRAS, AND IS PRESENTED IN ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN.  THE BAD:  THE DVD COULD HAVE USED SOME COMMENTARY.  UNFORTUNATELY, IT LOOKS LIKE THE DIRECTOR WASN’T EVEN INVOLVED IN THE DVD TRANSFER PROCESS.  AND EVEN THOUGH THE PICTURE IS GOOD, IT DOESN’T LIVE UP TO DVD STANDARDS.  THE UGLY:  THE MOVIE IS STARTING TO SHOW ITS AGE.  THE SOUND IS TERRIBLE, THE ACTION SEQUENCES SOUND LIKE A BIG MESS UNLESS YOU’VE SET UP YOUR SPEAKERS CORRECTLY.  THE MUSIC IS GOOD, BUT THE DVD TRANSFER WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPROVED TERMENDOUSLY IF THEY HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO REMIX OR REMASTER THE SOUND.  THX IS DESPERATELY NEEDED HERE.  ALL IN ALL, WELL WORTH A RENT, BUT NOT AN ADVISABLE BUY.
 

facts :
RUNTIME :105 MIN

LANGAGES : ENGLISH (DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1), FRENCH (DOLBY DIGITAL 2.0 SURROUND)

SUBTITLES:ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH

REWATCH RATE :2X

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