STUDIO: National/E1 | DIRECTOR: Russell Mulcahy | CAST: Thomas Jane, Ving Rhames, Doug Hutchison, Elsa Pataky
RELEASE DATE: 1/26/2010 | PRICE: DVD$24.98, Blu-ray
$24.98
BONUSES: cast interviews
SPECS: NR | 90 min. | Thriller | 2.35:1 widescreen | Dolby Digital 5.1 | English and Spanish subtitlesRATINGS (out of 5): Movie
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Thomas Jane, the star of HBO’s comedy TV show Hung, is equally manly in this independent film as Malone, a fedora-wearing private detective with an old-fashioned approach to his profession, one that includes talking tough, hitting hard and using a gun whenever the opportunity arises.
At least, that’s what happens when he’s hired to retrieve a missing briefcase and subsequently gets into a bone-crunching fight before the opening credits have even rolled.
Dripping with saturated colors, Give ‘Em Hell Malone dishes up stylishly nasty violence and scenery-chewing but fun performances by Jane and co-stars Ving Rhames, Doug Hutchison and beautiful Elsa Pataky as the inevitable woman in red.
The movie was directed by Russell Mulcahy, who’s no stranger to densely visual, over-the-top films, as can be witnessed in his Highlander, Ricochet and Resident Evil: Extinction.
Overall, Malone is a reasonably fun ride that owes as much to Frank Miller/Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City as it does to the film noirs of yesteryear.
The DVD special features are slim, just some cast interviews.
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