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(48 Hrs, Another 48 Hrs, Last Man Standing, The Warriors, Wild Bill)
Producers:
Lawrence Gordon and Joel Silver
Screenplay:
Roger Spottiswoode, Walter Hill, Larry Gross and Steve E. De Souza
Music:
James Horner
Cast:
Jack Cates: Nick Nolte
Reggie Hammond: Eddie Murphy
Elaine: Annette O'Toole
Haden: Frank McRae
Ganz: James Remar
Kehoe: Brion James
Rosalie: Kerry Sherman
Algren: Jonathan Banks
Sally: Denise Crosby
Once upon a time,
Eddie Murphy actually used to be funny and was able to crack gags
without resorting to farting endless a la
Nutty Professor.
Although locked up in jail following his involvement in a half-million-dollar
robbery, Reggie Hammond (Murphy), is bailed by tough cop Jack Cates (Nick
Nolte) to help him catch a couple of cop-killers, one of which, Ganz
(James Remar), was working on a prison chain-gang.
It's another mis-match comedy as the two leads spark off each other, but it's
actually funny, unlike any of Murphy's recent output, as Cates wants to put
the baddies behind bars and Hammond wants his share of the loot, plus a
bit of the 'how's your father' since he's been in jail for the last
two-and-a-half years.
Firstly the good news. We are blessed with a remastered Dolby Digital 5.1
soundtrack (English only, while the Germans get Dolby Surround and the
Hungarians have to suffer mono), which really comes into its own during any
gunfights and car chases with plenty of rear-action (oo-er, missus!)
What lets it down completely is a distinctly NOT-remastered picture.
Although in the original 1.85:1 widescreen ratio, there are dropouts and flecks
on the print all over the place and it's not anamorphic. Thanks to that latter
note, some brainiac at Paramount placed the subtitles at the bottom of the
screen, partly in the black bars, so if you want to read the subtitles
AND zoom the picture in to fill a widescreen TV... you can't!
So many DVDs have done this and I really can't understand their thinking.
Do they just not care at all? Even if I had to watch a non-anamorphic picture,
it's less of a bind if they'll just place the subtitles WITHIN the picture
area.
The average bitrate is a high and fairly steady 8.2Mb/s.
Extras :
A three-minute trailer is all we're treated to. Paramount will be
bringing out some more extras for their later releases, but for now there's
slim pickings to be had.
There's plenty of subtitles: English (and hard of hearing), German, Swedish,
Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch and Bulgarian, but scant chapters with
just a mere 15 to its name and the menu is static and silent with a shot
of the front cover and the usual options.
£19.99 is too much for a back-catalogue release with little in the
way of extras and a non-anamorphic picture, although the Dolby Digital 5.1
soundtrack is a bonus and there's no more to be found on the Region 1 DVD
which retails for the same price of $30.
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