| | | Nothing's More Dangerous Than Some Nice Guys...with a Little Time to Kill.
Features: Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Spanish, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
The criminal anarchy is hilarious when a foursome of full-time hit men looking to score extra cash kidnap the boss' goddaughter. And when beleaguered wise guy Mel is set up to take the fall, underworld antics and domestic absurdities collide for a working weekend no one will soon forget. Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Bokeem Woodbine and Antonio Sabato, Jr. star in thisexplosive action comedy.System Requirements:Run Time: 91 minutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC
"The last word in good-time mayhem." Jay Carr, Boston Globe
"One of the funniest movies to come along in awhile." San Francisco Examiner, Craig Marine
"...stylishly efficient...." USA Today
Editor's Note
Mel (Mark Wahlberg) is a neurotic, overworked hit man working for two crime bosses--Cisco (Lou Diamond Phillips) and Paris (Avery Brooks). He has a demanding fiance (Christina Applegate) with parents he's trying to impress and a gold-digging mistress (Lela Rochon) to occupy his scarce free time. Cisco proposes that stressed-out Mel kidnap Keiko (China Chow), the young daughter of Jiro Nishi, a wealthy Japanese industrialist. Mel captures her, but unfortunately Cisco is unaware that she is the goddaughter of Paris, who promptly puts a separate crew out to find and destroy Keiko's captors---and Paris is unaware that Mel is the man they are looking for. This unique and violent blend of action and comedy was executive produced by John Woo
| Features | Audio Commentary With Director, Producer & Screenwriter Che-Kirk Wong | | Audio: English PCM 5.1 | | Audio: French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Deleted Scenes | | Dubbed: French | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai | | This Is A Blu-Ray DVD Made For Blue-Laser Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture And Sound |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 9/19/2006 |
| Original Release Date: 1998 | | Catalog ID: 15415 | | UPC: 00043396154155 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French (unspecified), French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...Stylishly efficient....The stunts whoosh by like a Roadrunner cartoon..." -- 3 out of 4 stars 05/29/1998 p.4EEntertainment Weekly
"...It's like a hyped-up Bruce or Arnold thriller directed by the Coen brothers for Troma Films....It may be some sort of junk landmark: the first studio thriller that's all guilty pleasure." 05/08/1998 p.51 ReelViews 7 of 10
The Big Hit exhibits many of the same characteristics as the most over-the-top entries into the Hong Kong action/comedy genre, which shouldn't come as a surprise considering that the director (Che-Kirk Wong) and executive producer (John Woo) made their reputations overseas on those kinds of films. The Big Hit is as irreverent as parodies come, and exhibits a great deal more energy than the tired, pun-filled Naked Gun clones. This movie isn't afraid of venturing into the realm of bad taste -- in fact, it revels in it. - James Berardinelli
Chicago Sun-Times 5 of 10
Hollywood used to import movie stars from overseas. Then directors. Then they remade foreign films. Now the studios import entire genres...The movie has the Hong Kong spirit right down to the deadpan dialogue...Cars explode. Cars are shot at. Cars land in trees. They fall out of trees. Remember those old serials where someone got killed at the end of an installment, but at the beginning of the next installment you see them leap quickly to safety? That trick is played three times in this movie. Whenever anyone gets blowed up real good, you wait serenely for the instant replay. - Roger Ebert
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