DVD Reviews & Video Reviews

Welcome to this month's DVD reviews & digital video reviews. Home video is exploding these days because of one thing: Digital television - especially High Definition flat screen digital televions sets and new DVD and HD-DVD players. With Blu-ray high definition video players now available for under $200.00, there's no stopping them. We plan to include reviews of Blu-ray HD video soon, too. We hope you enjoy our DVD reviews.

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Incredible Hulk

Universal Studios
DVD
Suggested Retail Price: $19.98 or as low as $4.99 from Amazon.com!

Desperate to find a cure for his problem, Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) has hidden himself away in Brazil, only to find himself driven back to America by the evil General Ross (William Hurt). Ross is still trying to find and destroy Banner, in his effort to develop a super soldier. The plot thickens when Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth), a crazed combat veteran who sees the formula as a way to make him young again, turns into a beast himself. Hunting for his anonymous benefactor of a scientist and still under siege by General Ross, Banner turns to his long lost girlfriend Betty Ross (Liv Tyler), the daughter of General Ross. Banner is conflicted because he knows that anyone who is close to him is in danger from the beast that lies dormant within him. Aren't we all? Yes, the story is pretty predictable and even the CGI scenes of The Hulk in action are disappointing. This is a case of "I told you that story to tell you this one". It's all a set-up for the next Hulk movie where General Ross teams up with Iron Man mogel Tony Stark (Robert Downey jr.). So if you're a fan of Marvel comic superheroes, you should see this movie in order to get the background for the next one. Otherwise, don't bother.

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Get Smart

Warner Home Video
DVD
Suggested Retail Price: $19.98 or as low as $4.41 from Amazon.com!

Fans of TV's "Get Smart" are going to be disappointed by this movie. Steve Carell plays the bumbling spy Maxwell Smart ably enough, but he's given little to work with in this mediocre spoof. Set in our modern world, Smart is an errand boy intelligence analyst for The Chief of CONTROL (Alan Arkin) who tells him he's too good at his job to be promoted to Field Agent. But when the forces of evil attack CONTROL headquarters and kill most of the agents around the world, Smart is pressed into service. His teammate, the brainy, brawny Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway), is there to keep him out of trouble. The movie tries to recapture the spirit of the TV series, but never pulls it off. The Maxwell Smart cliches are awkwardly inserted into the dialogue and the plot is too thin to keep you interested in the outcome. The only good thing about this movie is that it spawned a decent sequel: "Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control" starring Masi Oka (Hiro from "Heroes") and Nate Torrence who are two junior scientists in CONTOL. Rent that or see it on Netflix, but skip this clunker.

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