Gimme
Shelter (2013/Lionsgate Blu-ray)
Picture:
B Sound: A- Extras: C Film: B
16-year-old
Agnes (Vanessa Hudgens), renaming herself Apple, is on the run from
the past, her abusive mother and to find the father she never knew.
Wishing to break out of the cycle of abuse and the welfare system for
the poor, she is tough, strong, and street smart. BUT that doesn't
help the fact she is also pregnant and can't trust anyone else but
herself... After finding her father, she is forced to run away
again, and after almost getting herself almost killed in a traffic
accident she find herself in a shelter for runaway teenage girls who
are also pregnant like her and meets a priest ...and it is there
where her true journey begins, to learn how to trust others and that
she is not alone in Ronald Krause's Gimme Shelter (2013).
Apple's
mom is a loose junkie, after being physically abused for years and
getting knocked up herself, she decides she wants more for the life
within her than what she had for her life. Problem is, all she knows
is how to steal and betray others, just like her mother. As she
continues from place to place, she constantly gets thrown out, not
realizing half her problem is that she won't take responsibility for
herself or her actions, that is until she finally falls to the bottom
of the rung. There in a shelter with other girls like her she meets
a kind hearted priest and charity woman who begins to turn her life
around and teach her how to trust again.
Not
to be confused with the classic Rolling Stones Rockumentary and
allegedly based on a true story, it is about the poor and homeless
girls that fall through broken homes, abuse, foster homes and
shelters. Hudgens stars with superstars James Earl Jones, Rosario
Dawson and Brendan Fraser in a story about trails, tribulations,
loneliness, sadness, and then hope.
The
1080p 2.35 X 1 digital High Definition image is decent if not the
best we've seen on Blu-ray of late, but the DTS-HD MA (Master Audio)
5.1 mix is recorded very well and impresses throughout. Extras
include making of the film, deleted scenes, commentary and trailers.
-
Ricky Chiang
