Cougar Club – Unrated (Open Sky/Vivendi)

 

Picture: C+     Sound: C     Extras: C-     Feature: D

 

 

The latest attempt to cash in on the perceived American Pie/National Lampoon audience of mindlessness is a straight-to-DVD disaster by Christopher Duddy called Cougar Club.  Unfortunately, the script was clawed up beyond recognition of any original ideas and the result is a very tired, poor, lame romp with no romp to it.

 

Can two young guys get it on via a phony business with hot older women?  Izabella Scorupco, Jon Polito and Loretta Devine are the few knows among the unknowns who are wasted in this mess.  This is far more hype than substance, like the cat who enlarges its body as a signal to scare predators away.  You should act the same way if you come across the DVD case.

 

The anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is soft and uninteresting throughout, with limited depth and detail.  The Dolby Digital 5.1 sound is very harsh and obnoxious, combining to make for a substandard presentation.  Extras include women going topless in the menus, bloopers, outtakes, deleted scenes and trailer.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo