GUN – The Complete Six Film Anthology (Tango DVD)
Picture:
C+ Sound: C+ Extras: C- Films: B
Another
release from the Tango DVD Company brings us the exclusive look at the hit TV
mini-series GUN. GUN
is an ambitious 1997 television short film series that has a great deal of star
power behind it to backup the already powerful scripts. What is this star power I speak of? Well the likes of Rosanna Arquette, Daryl Hannah,
Martin Sheen, Carrie Fischer, Sean Young, James Gandolfini, Randy Quaid, Jennifer
Tilly, Kirsten Dunst, and many more all show up in this powerful series. The Emmy nominated series follows the course
of a handgun and how it effectives the lives of everyone it comes in contact
with.
An
amazing team of writers, directors, and actors create an awesome atmosphere of
controlled chaos that grabs on and won’t let go. It is unimaginable that this cast of great
actors came together to make this series; it seems like the only shot at
something even close to this sleeper hit today is something that would appear
on HBO. Each person is affected by the
gun in their own unique way; some simple, some severe, but seemingly never
good. Between observing rocky relationships
that make certain individuals be handcuffed to a golf hole or other scenes
where you watch a terrorist kiss his magic bullet goodbye, it is all fantastic
eye candy that is stunning.
The
anthology presentation is as follows:
Columbus
Day, All the President’s Women [DISC 1]
The Hole,
The Shot [DISC 2]
Ricochet,
Father John: An Article of Faith [DISC 3]
The
technical features are simple at best and tend to get harsh at times in the
areas of picture and sound. The picture
is presented in a 1.33 X 1 full screen that tends to lean more towards color
imbalance and grittiness than should be presented, but is no means as bad as it
could be. The sound at times has an echo
to it and can even get distant in its Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo presentation,
but does in certain action sequences have the correct element of ‘pop’ and
action. The extras are almost absent,
but Tango does offer fans a simple and boring Photo Gallery as well as a
‘bonus’ 8-page booklet that neither thrills nor excites.
Overall,
it is a great, great series that brings together an all-star cast and crew that
will certainly never be together again.
Oscar nominated director Robert Altman heads this mash of talent and
insanity and does so splendidly. Though
it has aged a bit since its 1997 release, if you wish to see a wonderful
presentation of incomparable acting talent and plot direction, GUN is the series for you.
- Michael P Dougherty II
