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Deck Dogz

 

Picture: C+     Sound: C+     Extras: C     Film: C

 

 

The skateboarding cycle of films continues with Steve Pasvolsky’s Deck Dogz, but the twist with this narrative film is that it takes place in Australia.  That change of locale has many interesting possibilities, but unfortunately, Pasvolsky’s script makes this story about three young male skaters try more to emulate bad U.S. productions.  Can they get to a competition far from where they live?  Can they win?  Is there a cliché Pasvolsky forgot?  They did manage to get Tony Hawk for a cameo of sorts, but this is everything we have seen before and even at 86 minutes, this seems much longer.

 

The anamorphically enhanced 1.85 X 1 image is detail-challenged and is not the best definition or color-wise to begin with.  Stylized graphics are also of a purposely degraded nature, so do not expect much visually.  The Dolby Digital 5.1 mix is on the weak side, with limited surrounds, showing the low-budget nature of the production and not much better than stereo and mono narrative and non-narrative works on the subject we have already covered.  Extras include seven featurettes, alternate ending and a deleted scene with Hawk.  For diehard fans only, if that.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo


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