Christopher Webster [DVD News 01.19.09] movie news dvd



Easily the most interesting DVD release of the week is City of Ember, another underrated flick from Walden Media. One of the most original kids adventures I've seen put to film in a long time, the film is also loaded with smarts. It's brimming with metaphors and cultural commentary while the two, virtually unknown, child leads are superb.

Also out this week is the latest Mark Wahlberg starrer Max Payne which I'm interested in seeing for the film's visual style but hear it's pretty much not that great. The rest of the films out this week on DVD are mostly horror films. The fifth Saw film is out (keep flogging that horse boys), along with Norwegian thriller Cold Prey, Amusement, Dimension Extreme's King of the Hill and one of the honest to god worst films I've ever seen, Repo! The Genetic Opera. Thing is, Repo! is like sour milk. It's terrible, but for some reason you want everyone else to have a taste. By which I mean you should watch it and judge for yourself.

As usual we've got trailers links and film info after the break!


City of Ember
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For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing ... and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker.


Max Payne
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Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.


Saw V
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Detective Hoffman and Agent Strahm clash as they each investigate the apparent continuation of the Jigsaw murders.


Cold Prey
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Jannicke, Morten Tobias, Eirik, Mikael and Ingunn are on a snowboarding vacation in Jotunheimen. They are forced to take shelter in an abandoned hotel when Morten Tobias breaks his leg and their car is too far away for them to reach within nightfall. They quickly discover that the hotel was closed in the seventies due to the disappearance of the managers' son. Unknown to them, someone is still living in the hotel, and getting home, or even surviving the stay, isn't as easy as they believe.


Amusement
Amusement

Three women are stalked by a killer with a grudge that extends back to the girls' childhoods.


Repo! The Genetic Opera
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A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.


King of the Hill
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Quim drives around an isolated rural area through a maze of lanes. When he drives into the woods, he gets lost. Trying to find his direction, he suddenly gets shot from the hill. On his escape from gunshots, he meets Bea, an attractive young woman, who apparently is lost as well. Suspicious of each other, they join forces to run away through the forest, unprotected, cold, hunted...

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