| New Video and DVD Releases | |
| Part 1: This Week's New Releases on Video/DVD |
by Ivana Redwine
There are some interesting video/DVD releases slated for March 4, 2003, including "Half Past Dead," "Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie," and "The Ring." Let's take a look at these movies on DVD and video, along with some additional releases of interest. In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
March 4 - Video and DVD Releases
"Half
Past Dead" (2002)
Tagline:
"The good. The bad. And the deadly."
Length:
98 minutes
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for pervasive action violence, language and some sexual content
This is a Steven Seagal action movie that also stars Morris Chestnut and Ja Rule. Seagal plays Sascha Petrosevitch, an undercover FBI agent who poses as an inmate at the reopened Alcatraz while trying to bring down a huge crime organization. Nick (Rule) is an actual inmate there, and Donny (Chestnut) is a corrections officer. The prison also holds a man named Lester who knows where $200 million in stolen gold is hidden. Donny and a commando group, known as the 49ers, parachute onto Alcatraz to try to force Lester to reveal the location of the $200 million and end up taking a visiting female U.S. Supreme Court Justice hostage. Sascha and Nick team up to try to rescue the Justice and bring the 49ers under control, which results in martial-arts fights, shoot-outs, and explosions.
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Jonah:
A Veggie Tales Movie" (2002)
Tagline:
"Fresh fish. Mixed vegetables."
Length:
82 minutes
MPAA Rating:
G
In this children's animated film, talking vegetables tell a version of the
Biblical tale of Jonah and the whale. The Veggie Tale series has been around
on video for several years, but "Jonah" is the first to be released
theatrically. The intent of the series is to teach kids good moral values,
but to do so in an entertaining way. In "Jonah," some vegetables
are driving to a pop concert when they end up in a strange restaurant, where
a tale of compassion and mercy is told in flashback: God orders the prophet
Jonah to go to the evil city of Nineveh, but Jonah can't face it. He disobeys
God's command and goes out to sea on a ship that runs into a huge storm.
Jonah ends up being swallowed by a whale, and the prophet fears he'll die
in the beast's belly. But God intervenes and gives Jonah a second chance.
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"The
Ring" (2002)
Tagline:
"Before you die, you see the ring."
Length:
115 minutes
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for thematic elements, disturbing images, language and some drug references
This horror movie is an American remake of the Japanese film "Ringu." The premise of the story is that if you watch a certain mysterious videotape, the telephone will ring, and you will die seven days later. In "The Ring," Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) is a newspaper reporter and single mom raising a young son (David Dorfman). After some teenagers watch a videotape and die, Rachel decides to look into the matter, recruiting her friend Noah (Martin Henderson) to help her. Rachel and Noah watch the tape and see frightening images. Then spooky things begin to happen, and Rachel and Noah fear they may be doomed. They set out on an investigation, which takes them to a strange island where a weird man (Brian Cox) resides. As their seven days pass, Rachel and Noah try to figure out what's going on.
Selected Special DVD Features:Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
Next Page - Additional Video/DVD Releases of Interest This Week
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