DVD: Sunshine

Sunshine stars Cliff Curtis, Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rose Byrne, Benedict Wong, Chris Evans, Troy Garity with the voice of Chipo Chung. Sunshine is directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland.


Eight men and women are on a spaceship known as the Icarus II, to reignite the sun which is dying. On the way towards the sun the long period of time of the group being stuck together is taking there toll. As they reach Mercury they get a S.O.S call from the first Icarus.

The first thing that I was exited for was the cast, the cast who includes some great actors like Cillian Murphy (The Wind that Shakes the Barley), Michelle Yeoh(Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Hiroyuki Sanada (from Rush Hour 3 and The Last Samurai) and others. Its cool to see Cillian Murphy to be back together with Danny Boyle, They worked together back in 2002 on 28 Days Later.

One thing I was reminded of was obviously Stanley Kubrick's great masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. In respects, the most one thing that I was reminded of was the computer of the spaceship Icarus II which is much like HAL in 2001. Also I know for sure I found at least one similar, if not exactly the same shots.

I really liked this movie, but the only thing that bugged me was at the point when Icarus II docked with Icarus I, and when Robert Capa (Cillian Murphy) and Mace (Chris Evans) get back on board their ship. From here the movie turns into becoming a very entertaining Sci-fi movie and switching into a Horror movie with Capt. Pinbacker showing up. At this point I was sort of taken away from the whole thing, but I still thought that It was still entertaining for the most part.

Overall I enjoyed Sunshine while towards the end of the movie it started to end downhill. There was more good in the movie then there was bad in my opinion. I Recommend Sunshine.

DVD

The DVD of Sunshine is packed with two Commentaries from the Director Danny Boyle and the other from a Professor from the University of Manchester named Dr. Brian Cox. Other features are deleted scenes with commentary by Danny Boyle. Along with a Trailer and two Short Films.

Everything on this DVD is a pretty well packed with features. Both Commentaries go with the movie very well, equally they both have some great insight in the movie. The two short films are too much like the movie I thought was entertaining. The DVD of Sunshine is a Recommended Buy.

DVD: Rush Hour 3

Yet once again the duo of Inspector Lee and James Carter are back, this time both of them are fish out of war. They are now in France.

During a conference of a World Criminal Council, there is a attempt assassination on Ambassador Han (Tzi Ma, from Rush Hour)life, and it fails. Lee (Jackie Chan) who is now working as Han's bodyguard chases after the assassin, clues lead both James Carter (Chris Tucker) and Lee to France. When the both of them arrive they get a warm welcome from a Detective named Revi (played by Roman Polanski), they befriend a local taxi cab driver and help a dancer, who maybe be connected with the gang who tried to assassinate Ambassador Han. Much like the other two Rush Hours (the first a Museum, the second a Casino) everything leads to a fight scene on top of the Eiffel Tower.

With the return of our favorite buddy cop duo Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan return to their characters Detective James Carter and Inspect er Lee in over 6 years. I was very, very excited to hear that Rush Hour was going to be back on the big screen once more, because I loved this series and am always looking to see Jackie Chan do his stunts.

As much as I hate to say this but this has to be one of the weaker points of the series. It was rarely funny (It has its times when it is funny), but overall this is the weakest out of the trilogy. The jokes throughout the movie didn't seem fresh to me and some tried to be funny but in the end it really wasn't. One great addition would have to be the cab driver named George (Yvan Attal) he has some of the funny parts, even when there's very few of them.

The real thing that saved Rush Hour 3 was the action that was in throughout the movie. One thing I had a problem with was towards the end of the movie, you could tell when they used a green screen at times which seemed too fake.

If it does happen and they decide to make a fourth Rush Hour (at least get this bad taste out of ending like this) lets have a story that it more focus with Chris Tucker's character. All three Rush Hour have been about Lee's troubles, maybe its time for us to follow James Carter to make it fresh again.

Take away the comedy there is still a decent and enjoyable action movie. While I have it Rush Hour 2 for me was the best then it goes, the first Rush Hour and with the newest installment lead the bottom of my favorites of the series. I would overall have say I barely, but this I would have recommend.

DVD

The DVD of Rush Hour 3 is a Two-Disc set presented in 2.35:1 widescreen with 5.1 Dolby Digital and 6.1 DTS sound. Along with English and Spanish Subtitles. The features include:

• Feature Commentary by Bret Ratner.
• Theatrical Trailer.
• Outtake Reel.
• Deleted Scenes Including Commentary by Director Bret Ratner.
• Makin of Rush Hour 3.
• Le Rush Hour Trols Production Diary.

The features on this DVD is very good in my opinion. The Outtake reels that are on most of every Jackie Chan movie are always very funny. The Deleted scenes were good, I really liked the extended elevator scene and we get to see Roselyn Sanchez character again. The making of Rush Hour 3 is about 1 hour and 30 plus minutes long and I would say it was decent. and a very short Easter Egg of one of the fight scenes look if it was apart of Star Wars. Overall I really liked this DVD. I would say its a Buy.