Strange Wilderness looks acceptable on Blu-ray. Considering it's a modestly budgeted comedy, the 1080p high definition transfer serves it well. With serviceable cinematography to begin with, there's no reason to expect a wondrous visual experience. Same goes for the audio, which is presented in 5.1 Dolby TrueHD. The dialogue is loud and clear, but the surround speakers aren't given much of a work out. Not that the mix feels lacking in any department, the soundtrack is adequate for a film of this kind.
The special features are highlighted by a generous selection of deleted scenes. They're worth a look, though none would have especially benefited the movie and were wisely trimmed. "Reel Comedy: Strange Wilderness" is a promo piece with some standard issue cast interviews. Also included are a few short featurettes, one of which focuses on the aforementioned wild turkey sequence. While nothing found among the features is essential, fans will enjoy the content.
It's hard to find a critic that liked Strange Wilderness, and based on box office returns (it grossed less than seven million) apparently it wasn't popular with moviegoers either. Extremely low expectations probably played a part, but I honestly enjoyed the movie for the brainless romp that it is. The R rating was earned for "non-stop language, drug use, crude and sexual humor" and if that sounds like your kettle of fish, by all means dig in.
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