New on DVD: Aug.12

New DVD’s This Week: Aug.
12

A Taiwanese
government agent (Jet Li) and a master thief (DMX) team up to
hunt down some rare black diamonds before they land into the
wrong hands. Also stars Gabrielle Union and Anthony Anderson.

What’s
Cool:

Featurettes: “The Descender Rig,”
“Ultimate Fighting Champions” and “Choreography
of the Camera”
Music video: "X Gon’ Give It To Ya" by DMX
Additional footage: “Rear Projection
on Subway” and “Time Lapse Montage”

	From Our Review:
	It doesn’t matter if Cradle 2 the Grave offers very little in the form of an engaging story. The daredevil sequences, with the ultra-cool Jet Li at the helm, is a wild trip anyway. More. . .

The
Lizzie McGuire Movie

Based on
the hugely popular Disney Channel series, 13-year-old Lizzie
McGuire (Hillary Duff) and her pals Gordo (Adam Lamberg) and
Kate (Ashlie Brillault) pack their bags for a class trip to
Italy. Once there, Lizzie is mistaken for pop star Isabella.
Lizzie is transformed from gawky teen to beautiful pop star,
and as Gordo struggles to understand his true feelings for her,
she begins to falls for Isabella’s handsome ex-boyfriend, Italian
pop star Paolo (Yanni Gellman). Yet in a whirlwind of surprising
events, Lizzie is eventually forced to see the true meaning
of friendship.

What’s
Cool:

Deleted scenes, including a new
alternate ending
“In the Recording Studio with Hillary”:
A sneak peek at the making of Hillary
Duff’s new solo album.
“Lizzie’s Roman Adventure” and “Roamin’
Volare” featurettes.
Music video: "Why Not" by Hillary Duff

	From Our Review:
	This cutesy nightmare of a movie comes across as one long Lizzie McGuire promo and its shameless self-promotion overshadows the key thematic elements prevalent in the popular TV show. More. . .

The
Hunted

In the green
woods of Silver Falls, Oregon, Aaron Hallam (Benicio Del Toro),
a trained assassin AWOL from the Special Forces, executes his
own brand of wildlife justice. After brutally slaying four deer
hunters in the area, FBI Special Agent Abby Durrell (Connie
Nielsen) turns to L.T. Bonham (Tommy Lee Jones), Hallam’s
former mentor–the one man who may be able to stop him. Furious
as he is with his former mentor for ignoring his pleas for help,
Aaron knows that he and L.T. share a tragic bond that is unbreakable.

What’s
Cool:

Deleted scenes
Commentary by director William Friedkin
Featurettes: “Pursuing the Hunted,”
“Filming the Hunted,” “Tracking the Hunted”
and “The Cutting Edge”

	From Our Review:
	While a somewhat fascinating look into the mind of a trained, knife-wielding assassin gone mad, The Hunted ultimately becomes a plodding, tiresome game of cat and mouse. More. . .

Head
of State

Mays Gilliam
(Chris Rock), a Washington, D.C., neighborhood Alderman, is
about to be red-lined out of his job. But after the untimely
death of the party frontrunner, Gilliam is plucked from obscurity
and thrust into the limelight as his party’s nominee–for president
of the United States. Also stars Bernie Mac and Lynn Whitfield.

What’s
Cool:

Commentary by director/star Chris Rock
Deleted scenes
The making of Head of State featurette

	From Our Review:
	With Head of State, Chris Rock and Bernie Mac give audiences a much-needed excuse to poke fun at–but also admire–the way U.S. democracy is supposed to work. More. . .

Still Hot

Bringing
Down the House

Peter Sanderson
(Steve Martin) is a divorced, straightlaced, uptight attorney
smitten with a brainy, bombshell barrister he’s been chatting
with online–or so he thinks. When they meet for the first time,
he comes face-to-face with Charlene (Queen Latifah), a prison
escapee who pretended to be the brainy lawyer in order to get
Peter to help her clear her name. But Peter wants nothing to
do with her, thus prompting the brash Charlene to turn his perfectly
ordered life upside down. In the end, our unlikely pair has
the chance to put each other’s lives on higher ground–if they
don’t end up bringing down the house. Also stars Eugene Levy.

What’s
Cool:

Commentary by director Adam Shankman
and screenwriter Jason Filardi
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes
“Breakin’ Down Bringing Down the
House” featurette
“Godfather of Hop” featurette
Music video, "Better Than The Rest" by
Queen Latifah

	From Our Review:
	In Bringing Down the House, the comedy is broad and the jokes foreseeable, but thankfully Queen Latifah is in it–she steals the show. More. . .

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