Hank & Mike (2008/Magnet DVD)
Picture:
C Sound: C Extras: D Feature: D
Dumb
comedy without comedy is just dumb and the latest one-joke release that defines
that waste of time is Matthew Klinck’s Hank
& Mike (2008) about two burn out friends (Thomas Michael, Paolo
Mancini) who play “blue collar” Easter Bunnies and suddenly find themselves
unemployed. We can see why Unions have
had troubles in recent years. Then we see
their misadventures on what they do next and could care less.
Why this
was made is a mystery or why Chris Klein and Joe Mantegna would waste their
time, but all I could think of is how bad this was over and over again. It is like a Saturday Night Live skit extended from one of its failed
imitators. At best, the killer from the
two-part Jeffersons Halloween
episode that Louise saw kill someone and was dressed like a rabbit should have
showed up and opened fire on the characters and cameras. However, if you need something to put you to
sleep, this is it.
The
anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is soft and choppy, with bad composition
and editing throughout, while the Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo mixes show
how poor the audio really is. The
equally dumb extras include auditions (!?!), stills, alternative posters, audio
commentary, bloopers/outtakes (as if we could tell the difference), three
“featurettes”, extended scenes (oh, please), deleted scenes with optional
commentary, alternate ending with optional commentary and (ha???) Easter Eggs.
- Nicholas Sheffo
