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The Great Chicken Wing Hunt (2013/MVD DVD)


Picture: B Sound: B Extras: B+ Film: B+



A Journey to the Heart of America's Greatest Food.


American expatriate, international journalist and upstate New Yorker Matt Reynolds forsakes a successful life in Eastern Europe, compelled by a singular obsession: find the world's best Buffalo chicken wing. Joined by his long-suffering Czech girlfriend, a perplexed Slovak film crew, and a ragtag gang of wing-obsessed misfits recruited online, Reynolds embarks on The Great Chicken Wing Hunt.


After 16 days, 72 stops, 2,627 miles and 284 varieties of wings, the quest ends in the very countryside of Reynolds' childhood, where he discovers that the perfection he has sought so hard to find was right under his nose all along.


The film itself is well produced with impressive graphics, creative editing, and well composed interviews that are mostly improved yet still factual. It was a big winner at several film festivals including Indie Spirit, Indie Memphis Film Fest, and Woodstock to name a few. It's interesting to hear how different wings can really be, it's not something that I put much thought into until seeing this documentary. Each wing stop is hilariously rated on a point system and the ingredients are also noted.


Sound and Picture on the disc aren't bad for DVD and presents us with a standard definition image presented in 16 X 9/1.78 X 1 widescreen aspect ratio. Sound on the disc is a standard, lossy Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo mix.


Bonus features include:

Commentary Track with the Filmmakers

Director Q and A from Woodstock Film Festival

Winning Chef Q and A

Bonus Short Film

Bonus Musical Tracks

Theatrical Trailer

And a Sample Scorecard.


That's a lot of extras for a film of this caliber on DVD! All in all, The Great Chicken Wing Hunt is a fun film to watch if you are interested in food (specifically wings) and you love some good humor to accompany it along the way!



- James Harland Lockhart V

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