RT on DVD & Blu-Ray: Expendables 2 Brings Home the Action

Summary

This may be the week of Thanksgiving and Black Friday, but it looks like home video distributors didn't much care. There is so little coming out tomorrow that we're limiting our selection to just four entries. Thankfully, they're all fairly notable items, so click through to see the full list! Back to Article

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Maalstrom Aran

Tom F

More Ghibli on Blu-Ray!
That Tarantino set looks pretty sweet too.

Nov 19 - 04:55 PM

Justin Kay

Justin Kay

You mean Liam Hemsworth?

Nov 19 - 05:15 PM

rt-ryan

Ryan Fujitani

Good god, you are right. I even "corrected" myself after initially writing Liam. Brain fart.

Nov 19 - 07:17 PM

Dave J

Dave J

Because "The Expendables 2" didn't performed better than it's original predecessor they should go and get a new director! And I can never forgive Michael Cimino for bringing down "United Artists" for directing that awful "Heaven's Gate" movie, I've actually met some people who liked that movie but the thing is that 'sad' films in general are normally the only films they like anyway! And can anyone really trust anything what Cimino has to say these days anyway since he's nothing but a bad investment to films in general for a director should only be granted more money only by how well s/he does on the previous film - Cimino is no Spielberg and Nolan! My feelings about Cimino offering a commentary about his boxoffice flop "Heaven's Gate" is once a narcissist always a narcissist!

Nov 19 - 06:06 PM

King  S.

King Simba

The director wasn't the reason the film underperformed. Sequels thrive on the reception of what came before them (case in point: Hangover 2 raking tons of cash) and the reception for the original wasn't that great. It was a similair case to Valentine's Day of the same year, just replace "all your favorite rom-com stars in one movie" with "all your favorite action stars in one movie". That angle gave the movies tons of hype yet because neither was well recieved by audiences it caused a drop off for their sequels (though at least Expendables 2 didn't drop off as badly as New Year's Eve).

Nov 20 - 11:43 AM

Dave J

Dave J

"The director wasn't the reason the film underperformed" Well, I wasn't talking about "The Hangover" films, I was only talking about "Heaven's Gate" which a book was made about this which was balmed solely on him the director Michael Cimino. I mean if what I said wasn't a fact that the film underperformed then a book wouldn't been made about it called "Final Cut : Art, Money, and go in the Making of Heaven's Gate" written by Steven Bach! Were you even around when the company that originally finances the James Bond movies became bankrupt solely because they invested heavily on Ciminoès vision asa director of Heavens Gate!

Nov 20 - 02:18 PM

King  S.

King Simba

And I wasn't talking about Heaven's Gate, I was talking about Expendables 2.

Nov 21 - 06:54 AM

Dave J

Dave J

Well, in the case of "The Expendables 2", the expectations wasn't as high as it's original predecessor and upon seeing it felt that the director was adapting to what the actors wanted than what made the original one appealing since it dwelled more on "one- liners" than on innovative action! Did you see both "Expendable" films? And what was your opnion about them?

Nov 21 - 01:27 PM

Mr. Bo Ziffer

Arthur Grego

Expendables 2 might be fun. I didn't care too much for the theatrical cut of the first one, but the director's cut changed my opinion of the movie. Might be worth a rental.

I've been curious to see Heaven's Gate ever since hearing about it. ". . . full director's cut of the film, supervised by Cimino himself . . . " Great. If I'm going to see it, I might as well go with the 11-hour version.

And thank you, Rotten Tomatoes, for reminding me I still need to get Jackie Brown to complete my Tarantino collection.

Nov 19 - 06:17 PM

Janson Jinnistan

Janson Jinnistan

This is actually a 3 1/2 hour version (actually 3 minutes shorter than the standard "uncut" version!), but it was supposedly completely reassembled and edited, so it's supposed to be closer to Cimino's vision. On the bright side, I'm sure it'll still have beautiful shots on Montana.

Nov 19 - 08:55 PM

Diego John Tutweiller II

Diego Tutweiller

Tarantino is the man. Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill. Two of the best films ever made.

Nov 19 - 07:09 PM

Jacob H.

Jacob Holmes

Grave of the Fireflies is a sure-fire purchase for me. In the meantime, my buddies will Redbox Expendables 2

Nov 19 - 08:01 PM

Janson Jinnistan

Janson Jinnistan

"Grave of the Fireflies" is a must buy. I'm interested in seeing the reconstructed cut of "Heaven's Gate", although I would have preferred an actual commentary over an 'animated interview'.

I'm stocked on QT (yes, including NATURAL BORN KILLERS, a film still pissing people off 20 years later), and I'm not sure a five hour critic discussion (fun as it sounds) is not worth the box set price. Still, I'll see if I can take a look at the extra discs eventually.

Nov 19 - 08:49 PM

Movie Monster

Bentley Lyles

Grave of the Fireflies is one Ghibli film I need to see but it may be a while until I see it. I heard the subject matter is hard to swallow and the ending has devestated many.

Nov 19 - 09:44 PM

King  S.

King Simba

I've been wanting to see Grave of the Fireflies for ages, so it's great that it's finally on Blu-Ray.

Might check out the Expendables 2 eventually. I'm not expecting Avengers level quality or anything, just something that can offer a lot of dumb entertainment for a couple hours.

It's amazing how the impact of Heaven's Gate can still be felt today. Aside from it bankrupting the studio, it arguably killed a lot of freedom directors used to have with their films and nearly killed the western genre.

Nov 20 - 11:54 AM

Steven Difillippo

Steven Difillippo

when oh when ,DEAR GOD, will we ever get to see see the whole bloody affair,,,ive been dreaming of the house of blue leaves in color for a decade..

Nov 20 - 12:50 PM

Brad and Netflix

Bradly Martin

Grave of Fireflies for me, I loved that film since I was a little boy. I was never a huge fan of the Expendables which is ironic I suppose since I love most the actors 80's work.

I don't know a thing about Heaven's Gate so that could be fun to watch. I allready have these tarintino movies. Is there a movie where a guy builds a time machine to go back in time so he can tell his younger self not to buy certain films so it wont feel like a huge waist of money when the BLU-RAY collection comes out?

Nov 20 - 01:58 PM

dean s.

dean snider

until I looked at the check ov $9936, I accept ...that...my father in law was like actually making money in there spare time online.. there mums best friend started doing this for under 9 months and at present paid for the morgage on their apartment and bought Mercedes. we looked here, cloud68dotcom

Nov 22 - 06:37 AM

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