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To Live and Die in L.A. [Blu-ray]
enlarge	Director: William Friedkin Actors: Willem Dafoe, Debra Feuer, Darlanne Fluegel, John Pankow, William L. Petersen Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Category: DVD List Price: ~~$24.99~~ Buy New: $8.93 as of 9/9/2010 03:41 EDT details You Save: $16.06 (64%) New (27) Used (13) from $8.47 Seller: VGT Entertainment Rating: 161 reviews Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Languages: French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed) Rating: R (Restricted) Media: Blu-ray Region: 1 Discs: 2 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Running Time: 116 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 MPN: 027616065483 UPC: 027616065483 EAN: 0027616065483 Theatrical Release Date: 1985 Release Date: February 2, 2010 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Product Description A treasury agent becomes obsessed with destroying a counterfeiter responsible for his partner's death. William Friedkin briefly revived his faltering career with this sleek, bleak thriller of a pair of secret service agents on the trail of a counterfeiter. William L. Peterson is the hotshot protégé of a career agent killed by the ruthless, almost feral counterfeiting genius Willem Dafoe (Platoon). Now Petersen, teamed with the smart but still green John Pankow (TV's Mad About You), is ready to twist arms, lean on criminals, steal, and even murder to exact his revenge. The harrowing chase through the streets of Los Angeles that climaxes on the freeway at rush hour, where Friedkin's brilliant twist sends them heading the wrong way, careening through a sea of cars coming straight at them, is still one of the most breathtaking car chases ever filmed. Friedkin's edgy crime thriller, stylishly shot in steely blues against hazy red and orange skies by Robby Muller (Paris, Texas), paints a very thin line between the good guys and the bad guys, and Wang Chung's techno soundtrack sets the proper mood--jumpy and alienated. It's a cynical and very brutal look into the world of law enforcement (adapted by Friedkin and former Secret Service man Gerald Petievich from his novel) and a cold portrayal of the power games between cops and feds, and cops and informants. John Turturro, Dean Stockwell, and Robert Downey Sr. are featured in supporting roles. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...20 Next » not a 5 star - but good August 23, 2010 J. Mohr I give it a solid 3-3.5 star movie. Good rental - I bought the Blu-Ray, but one watch is good enough for me. The people giving this 5 stars need to get out and watch more movies. Uninteresting Cast of Characters July 25, 2010 Nathan T. (SOMEWHERE) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful Pros of this movie IMO would be the decent action scene, the car chase was the best, good scene loved it. The acting and general scene shots were at expected levels. However, what got me a bit hesitant about letting this movie do its complete run is the fact that the characters all remain indifferently and uninteresting. !!!POSSIBLE MINOR SPOILER WARNING!!! One of the biggest flaw that I saw in this movie is that there was not one single character that had me rooting for them. Usually when you watch a bad vs good guy movie such as a police/FBI/Secret agent movie is that you're usually rooting for one or the other and rarely ever the middle. No real person SHOULD remain neutral throughout a movie, at least a good one. You're usually persuaded based on your own personality to eventually and ultimately pick a side. It gives you something to cheer for, like a sports team, what's the use in rooting for both teams? Most people would like to take side with their favorable character or group of characters, partially if not completely and faithfully. It gives them anticipation in hopes that their pick will somehow meet a happy or satisfying ending. In this movie, you can't really side with anyone because there is no "good guy". Good guy in this situation is put in quotation marks because it does not really represent good, but rather the favorable guy in relation to the eye of the beholder. In the end, you'll find it very hard to root for anyone because no one in particular will stand out or hold favor in your heart because everyone is messed up and the plot and storyline does not assist you in in choosing one. Everyone's character and personality feels a bit indifferent. No one is exceptionally charming, cool, funny, or whatnot. I really dislike the main semi-heroine because of his negative attributes and therefore seek favor towards the bad guy, who in turn after examining throughout the movie, is not much of a better pick. So it left me feeling very passive about the characters. So in conclusion: The major con that made me feel a bit unsatisfied with this movie is that I had no one to root for and all the characters feel boring and lame. Felt like they all came from the same bucket, it was extremely hard to find someone to cheer for. No use watching a sports team that you could care less who wins, same thing applies to this movie. Finally! March 13, 2010 Scott Wilson (Tallahassee, FL USA) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful I've been waiting for this to come out on blu-ray (along with "Heat") since the blu-ray format was rolled out. If you own the dvd version, buy this and donate the dvd to a friend without blu-ray. Some transfers to blu-ray aren't worth the cost to upgrade from dvd, but this one sure is. All time great March 13, 2010 A. Henri (Finland) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful One of my all-time-favorite movies - maybe the best movie ever made. Visually delicious, very entertaining storyline and action packed chases (at the airport, under L.A. multi-level intersections/highways and even a terrorist plot to kill the president) all in the life of secret service agent Richard Chance. Sexually a very liberal view of L.A.: Girls leave guys for other girls, government agents date strip bar workers for sex and information (in exchange for parole). One scene you think the counterfeiter is about to kiss another guy. At another angle it's a woman but I'm still left to wonder because she looks much different than in the first shot. I had this on VHS, then DVD and now Blu-ray. The blu-ray experience was the best yet, since I was too young to see this in theatre when it was released in 1980's. I'm just waiting to buy a HD projector to view this blu-ray to achieve a movie-theater experience. I was very pleased with the HD resolution and I've read that it's very close to 35mm theatre copy in quality and resolution. to live and die in l.a. March 4, 2010 Rondy C. Justice 0 out of 3 found this review helpful if only all your movies were the clear. great great great. thank you very much Showing reviews 1-5 of 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...20 Next »

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