Features: DVD, 2 Pack
Contains the comedies BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES and THE BROTHERS.BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES: The game is on, and the rules are out as Jamie Foxx, Morris Chestnut, Jennifer Esposito and Gabrielle Union star in this outrageous comedy that rewrites the book of love. After being dumped by his fiancee, aspiring writer Quincy Watson (Foxx) pens the ultimate "how-to" book on breaking up. When it becomes a smash bestseller, Quincy starts giving his cousin, Evan (Chestnut), choice tips on how to win the battle of the sexes. But when Evan's beautiful girlfriend Nikki (Union) gets wind of the plan, it's these players that end up getting played in this sexy comedy of errors about breaking up, breaking through, and breaking all the rules. THE BROTHERS: A fresh and hilarious look at four African-American "Brothers"--lifelong friends who band together to navigate the turbulent waters of love and sex on their way to healthy, happy and committed relationships. Jackson (Morris Chestnut, The Best Man) is a successful pediatrician who is desperate for intimacy, but terrified of commitment. Brian (Bill Bellamy, Love Jones) is a sexy old-school bachelor who fights tooth and nail to protect his independence from women he thinks are undeserving of him. Terry (Shemar Moore, TV's The Young And The Restless) is a renowned womanizer who desperately wants to settle down. Derrick (D.L. Hugley, The Original Kings Of Comedy) is a loving husband and father who always finds time for the boys, despite a demanding wife who refuses to meet his sexual demands. Denise (Gabrielle Union, Bring It On), Sheila (Tamala Jones, Blue Streak) and Louise (Jennifer Lewis, Cast Away) are the "sisters" who teach them that the battle of the sexes is won in the heart in this brazenly comic look at love, honesty and the beauty of commitment.
"[Rules] The game of love just got funnier..." Dean Richards, WGN-TV
"[Brothers] Thumbs Up!" Ebert & Roeper And The Movies
"[Brothers] Blunt and sexy...and just enough nuggets of human truth...to infuse it with genuine heart..." Stephen Holden, The New York Times
"[Rules] Jamie Foxx is hilarious!" Steven Chupnick, WBFF-TV
Editor's Note
BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES: Things are looking bleak for Quincy Watson (Jamie Foxx, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY and BOOTY CALL). His company is firing people left and right and his heartless fiancée Helen (Bianca Lawson) has just taken off for Paris with his best man. What else is there to do but sit around the house in an old bathrobe writing anguished letters to Helen that express just how bad he feels over how tactlessly she broke the news to him? His cousin Evan (Morris Chestnut of CONFIDENCE and HALF PAST DEAD) is a magazine publisher who convinces him to take the letters and turn them into an instructional book about how to scientifically and skillfully break up with someone. When the book hits the bestseller list, Quincy is suddenly regarded as an expert on the subject. Both Evan and Quincy's former boss Philip Gascon (Peter MacNicol of ALLY MACBEAL fame) enlist his help breaking things off with their girlfriends. Quincy even agrees to meet Evan's girlfriend Nicky (the lovely Gabrielle Union of BRING IT ON and DELIVER US FROM EVA) in his place, but Nicky recognizes him from a TV interview about his book and immediately suspects (correctly) foul play. So, she decides to play her own game by introducing herself to Quincy as someone else. BREAKIN' ALL THE RULES is a head-spinning yarn of mistaken identity that has everyone in the movie in a convoluted tailspin. It's a charming, clever, and complicated tale of love, sex, and romance. This comedy of errors has a lot going for it, including an up-to-the-minute hip-hop and R&B soundtrack with some cool Middle Eastern dance grooves and some old school tunes to boot. THE BROTHERS: Dubbed "Refusing to Exhale" by director Gary Hardwick, THE BROTHERS traces the hilarious journey of four African-American men as they take on love, sex, friendship and two of life's most terrifying prospects--honesty and commitment. Smart, successful, and sexy, Jackson Smith (Morris Chestnut), Brian Palmer (Bill Bellamy), Derrick West (D.L. Hughley) and Terry White (Shemar Moore) are "The Brothers"--lifelong friends banded together to weather love's innate terrors and occasional triumphs in this brazenly comic yet painfully true exploration of the battle between the sexes. Amidst the career track, basketball, and bar hopping, "The Brothers" love women, as many as possible, but a shocking revelation tests the foursome's friendship and changes their dating habits forever. In between the fast-quipping one-liners, each of the four brothers faces a challenge that must be overcome in order to mature into full manhood. The strength of THE BROTHERS rests in the emotional variety of these challenges, which range from Brian's tragic relationship with his mother to Derrick's hysterical sexual problems with his wife. And regardless of the tone of each subplot, Hardwick's characters are well rounded, and filled out by the excellent acting of Chestnut, Hughley, and the gorgeous Gabrielle Union in the female lead.
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