The new DVD releases include Resident Evil: Extinction, Shoot 'Em Up and War. In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
January 1, 2008 - New Video and DVD Releases:
Resident Evil: Extinction DVD
Length: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for strong horror violence throughout and some nudity
This video game-derived action horror movie is the follow-up to Resident Evil (2002) and Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), and Milla Jovovich returns as the star. This time around, hordes of rampaging zombies have caused the collapse of civilization. The genetically altered Alice (Jovovich) and a group of uninfected humans travel through the American West as they try to reach safety in Alaska, but they must constantly fight off attacking zombies. Also, an evil scientist (Iain Glen) at the diabolical Umbrella Corporation and his minions are out to capture Alice.
- Widescreen
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Shoot 'Em Up DVD
Length: 86 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for violence, disturbing images and sexuality
Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti and Monica Bellucci star in this darkly humorous, over-the-top actioner likely to offend mainstream sensibilities. Smith (Owen) happens to see a pregnant woman pursued by a gunman. She is killed, but Smith saves her baby, firing a bullet to sever the umbilical cord. He takes the newborn to a lactating prostitute called DQ (Bellucci), and they soon uncover a plot by an ailing presidential candidate to get bone marrow from infants. Giamatti plays the malevolent Hertz, a hit man who deploys a squad of goons to go after Smith and DQ.
- Also Available on Blu-ray Disc
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Tagline: "Vengence is the ultimate weapon."
Length: 103 minutesMPAA Rating: R for sequences of strong bloody violence, sexuality/nudity and language
Jet Li and Jason Statham star in this action movie that features hand-to-hand combat, shootouts, chases and explosions. Set in San Francisco, the story involves a turf war between Japanese Yakuza and Chinese Triads. In the middle of this is an assassin known as Rogue (Li). But FBI agent Jack Crawford (Statham) is determined to avenge the death of his partner, and he blames Rogue. The plot is convoluted, but it eventually winds its way to a showdown between Crawford and Rogue. John Lone and Devon Aoki portray crime bosses on opposing sides. Selected DVD Special Features:
- Widescreen
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Next Page - Additional Video/DVD Releases of Interest This Week