Chicago – The Round-Up is back with a quintet of standard DVDs that may have gone unnoticed in your latest Best Buy circular. There’s at least one very good movie in here and a few unique independent offerings that you might want to take a peek at. We wish we had time to cover these titles in more depth, but here are the details - synopsis, cast, features - that you really need to know.
“Horsemen” was released on July 14th, 2009.
“Bad Lieutenant,” “Bart Got a Room,” “Big Man Japan,” and “The Great Buck Howard” will be released on July 28th, 2009.
“Bad Lieutenant: Special Edition”
Photo credit: Lionsgate Synopsis: “Harvey Keitel is a nameless New York cop, hopelessly addicted to drugs, gambling, and sex. As he makes his way to various crime scenes, he is concerned only with taking bets from his fellow cops on the outcome of the ongoing National League playoffs.
“Horsemen” was released on July 14th, 2009.
“Bad Lieutenant,” “Bart Got a Room,” “Big Man Japan,” and “The Great Buck Howard” will be released on July 28th, 2009.
“Bad Lieutenant: Special Edition”
Photo credit: Lionsgate Synopsis: “Harvey Keitel is a nameless New York cop, hopelessly addicted to drugs, gambling, and sex. As he makes his way to various crime scenes, he is concerned only with taking bets from his fellow cops on the outcome of the ongoing National League playoffs.
- 7/27/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
For every single thing Horsemen does kinda right, it does something kinda wrong. There are very few superlatives in the positive or negative directions to be used in describing the film, everything about it walking the fine line between subpar-thriller motif and above-par-thriller motif. And unfortunately, when the surprisingly relevant big reveal hits, most audience members will find themselves put off by the sloppy handling of an original concept. It’s upsetting when a strong foundation to a story is tossed to the wind by mediocre writing, acting, and directing.
First, the bad. The bad is the writing. The writing is pretty bad. Characters talk way too much, and way too explicitly. Dialogue is force-fed to us by the greasy handful and most of it isn’t all that great to begin with. Occasionally there’ll be a line or exchange that sticks out as simply horrible. Whatever merits the...
First, the bad. The bad is the writing. The writing is pretty bad. Characters talk way too much, and way too explicitly. Dialogue is force-fed to us by the greasy handful and most of it isn’t all that great to begin with. Occasionally there’ll be a line or exchange that sticks out as simply horrible. Whatever merits the...
- 7/16/2009
- by Saul Berenbaum
- JustPressPlay.net
Examining the ritualistically mutilated corpse of a murder victim in Horsemen (out on Lionsgate DVD this week), a coroner makes a point of saying this wasn’t a torture killing. The m.o. involved actually seems pretty agonizing, so perhaps the line is there in an attempt to separate Horsemen from the “torture porn” subgenre. If that’s the case, it’s surprising that when the theological inspiration for the film’s slayings is explained, along with the forthcoming number of murders the cops can expect, nobody pipes up with, “But this isn’t another SE7EN knockoff.”
At least director Jonas Akerlund (like SE7EN’s David Fincher, a music-video/commercials graduate) doesn’t imitate the monochrome/bleach-bypass look of so many serial thrillers from the past decade. His approach is more naturalistic in both the colors (sharply replicated in the disc’s 1.78:1 transfer) and visual storytelling, though there are...
At least director Jonas Akerlund (like SE7EN’s David Fincher, a music-video/commercials graduate) doesn’t imitate the monochrome/bleach-bypass look of so many serial thrillers from the past decade. His approach is more naturalistic in both the colors (sharply replicated in the disc’s 1.78:1 transfer) and visual storytelling, though there are...
- 7/13/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
The Platinum Dunes-produced Horsemen , which got a raw deal in its release , is coming to DVD via Lionsgate Home Entertainment on July 14th. Special features include deleted scenes and an audio commentary with director Jonas Åkerlund and Eric Broms (cinematographer). The film stars Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Clifton Collins Jr. and Patrick Fugit. For a trailer, stills, clips and more click here . Update: Here's the DVD package art...
- 4/22/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Lionsgate issued the first DVD details on the original(!) Platinum Dunes film Horsemen today, and we've got the lowdown on what to expect.
Official Synopsis
At home, hardened police detective Aidan Breslin (Quaid) has grown increasingly distant from his two young sons since the death of his wife. At work, he finds himself thrust into an investigation of perverse serial killings rooted in the Biblical prophecy of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: The White Horseman, a master of deception and the unexpected leader hell-bent on conquest; The Red Horseman, a sharp-witted warrior intent on turning man against man, with an innocence that hides a burning rage within; The Black Horseman, a manipulative and dark tyrant, unbalanced but always one step ahead; and The Pale Horseman, an executioner with disarming strength, determined to spread death through surgical precision. As Breslin grapples with each new revelation in the case, he slowly...
Official Synopsis
At home, hardened police detective Aidan Breslin (Quaid) has grown increasingly distant from his two young sons since the death of his wife. At work, he finds himself thrust into an investigation of perverse serial killings rooted in the Biblical prophecy of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: The White Horseman, a master of deception and the unexpected leader hell-bent on conquest; The Red Horseman, a sharp-witted warrior intent on turning man against man, with an innocence that hides a burning rage within; The Black Horseman, a manipulative and dark tyrant, unbalanced but always one step ahead; and The Pale Horseman, an executioner with disarming strength, determined to spread death through surgical precision. As Breslin grapples with each new revelation in the case, he slowly...
- 4/20/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced a DVD date for its serial-killer thriller Horsemen, and passed the DVDetails on to Fango. The movie, directed by Spun’s Jonas Akerlund and starring Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang and Clifton Collins Jr., arrives on disc July 14.
Horsemen, which had very limited theatrical release earlier this year, stars Quaid (pictured) as a detective who discovers his own connection to a series of bizarre murders modeled on the Biblical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Dave Callaham, who wrote the new Tell-tale, scripted the film, with special makeup by Knb Efx. The DVD will present the movie in widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, plus audio commentary by Akerlund and cinematographer Eric Broms and deleted scenes. Retail price is $27.98; cover art is coming shortly.
Horsemen, which had very limited theatrical release earlier this year, stars Quaid (pictured) as a detective who discovers his own connection to a series of bizarre murders modeled on the Biblical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Dave Callaham, who wrote the new Tell-tale, scripted the film, with special makeup by Knb Efx. The DVD will present the movie in widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, plus audio commentary by Akerlund and cinematographer Eric Broms and deleted scenes. Retail price is $27.98; cover art is coming shortly.
- 4/20/2009
- Fangoria
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