Must be the work of guns. Or BET. Damn it all, where’s Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder when you need him?
As I am not overly familiar with the vast majority of Canadian television actors, I really didn’t notice any overly familiar faces. Except Colm Feore, that is. I rather like Colnm, actually — but he gets some real shit thrown at him in terms of projects. Still, he emerges as one of the only halfway-decent actors here (as the big bad gun-runnin’ villain). No, wait, that’s a lie. Truth be told: the other actors in Guns do a pretty good job — it’s just the material they’re working with is tripe, that‘s all. However, I will have to refrain from including top-billed Elisha Cuthbert from that list. She’s absolutely horrible. I guess it’s a good thing that she appears less than any of the other actors. Hmm, must be the work of them guns again.
OK, so back to Guns: it’s bad. Not bad bad — just bad as in will-appeal-to-the-average-television-viewer-who-likes-JAG-bad. There. I said it.
Phase 4 Films and Peace Arch Entertainment are responsible for bringing this mess into the States, presenting the two-parter on DVD as a glorious whole (and long) feature in anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen. The video quality is quite good here, and the English soundtracks (5.1 and 2.0) come through without a hitch (optional Spanish subtitles are included). A few trailers for other Peach Arch titles play at the beginning of the disc. No other special features are to be found on Guns, because it just wasn’t worth it.
The bottom line here: Guns is half-cocked and full of blanks.
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