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Dom Robinson reviews

Disturbing Behaviour

Distributed by

Columbia TriStar

Disturbing Behaviour is one of those teen-films where weird goings-on are afoot in a remote part of the US that no-one seems to want to visit. The town in question here is Cradle Bay and while most film schools get by as a combination of dysfunctional characters stick to their own genres, the high-school here is only capable of turning out well-educated kids of the 'jocks' and prom queen variety, who, for the former, turn out in the form of Chug Roman (A.J. Buckley), Andy Effkin (Tobias Mehler) and Trent Whalen (Derek Hamilton) and in the latter, braindead bimbo Lorna Longley (Crystal Cass).

Newcomers Steve Clark (James Marsden) and Rachel Wagner (Katie Holmes) take a while to catch on to the phenonemon occuring, which even the DVD's back cover attributes to as "Stepford-like". Each of the kids who get the treatment from Dr. Caldicott (Bruce Greenwood), who makes Harold Shipman seem like a very nice man, either comes out smelling of roses and brimming with academic qualities, or it goes horribly wrong and they end up in a nuthouse that makes the inmates of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest look A1-sane.

The battle begins for our intrepid heroes to put a stop to the shenanigans when one of their kind, Gavin Strick (Nick Stahl) is brainwashed in the same way, especially when Steve finds out he's next for the op. The police are no help as corrupt cop Officer Cox (Steve Railsback) is on the side of evil, but they may just find a friend in seemingly-demented janitor Dorian Newberry (William Sadler) and his rat-trap machine.

While the plot may be full of holes, the picture certainly isn't. No complaints here and it's presented in its original 1.85:1 ratio and enhanced for widescreen televisions. The average bitrate is an above-average 5.59Mb/s, occasionally peaking above 5.59Mb/s.

As the shocks are delivered to the cast, if not particularly to the viewer, so are the musical cues, causing loud spots to impregnate the quiet moments. The sound is in Dolby Digital 5.1 for English and French, but my only complaint is that the whole thing sounds too quiet when my volume setting would normally pack a punch. That said, I only have a surround sound setup, so perhaps the 5.1 mix has one up on this?

Extras :

Chapters/Trailer :

Columbia have taken a leaf out of Warner's book for this film and given it many many chapters - 36 over the 80-minute running time. The original US theatrical trailer is also included.

Languages/Subtitles :

Dolby Digital 5.1 in English and French, plus subtitles in FOURTEEN languages : English, French, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Icelandic, Arabic, Turkish, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Greek, Norwegian and Dutch.

And there's more... :

Very brief Filmographies and biographies are available for the last four names mentioned in the cast list at the top of this review, but there's not a single mention for its lead actor James Marsden. The music promo for The Flys's Got You Where I Want You is emblazoned on the front of the DVD cover, to which most UK residents will be wondering who they are, but it's not a bad song and plays over the closing credits.

Menu :

The menu is a simple but unadventurous affair, with a snapshot of the key cast members and options to start the film, select a scene, visit the extras menu or set up the audio and subtitle options.

Overall, there's an idea here worth pursuing, but director David Nutter, nutter by name, but is he a nutter by nature?, doesn't take it to its full potential and employs a twist right at the end, but it seems obvious that there's money to be found in leaving the door open for a sequel.

Fans of the X-Files will also want to view this film. It may not behave like an episode of that, but the composer is by the same Mark Snow and director Nutter has lent his hand to episodes of that show plus the other Chris Carter TV experience, Millennium.

If there was a toss-up between this and the Region 1 disc, then the latter has to win as it also includes extras for: 11 Deleted Scenes, a shocking alternate ending, a 4-Page booklet with quotes and insight from the stars and a director's commentary track. 

FILM	 		: **
PICTURE QUALITY		: *****
SOUND QUALITY		: ****
EXTRAS			: *½
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OVERALL			: ***

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2000.

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