The special features included here are bordeline stupid, but at least there's something. The 2 commentary tracks are the highlight and feature Tim Zinnemann with Paul Glaser on track 1. Commentary 2 features the executive producer Rob Cohen going solo. The other extras are spread across the 2 discs. The first 25 minute documentary is a look at the government in a post 9/11 world. It covers the patriot act and features various people speaking about how they are completely taking over our lives. It comes off as a paranoia piece and has very little to do with the movie itself. Censorship was never the movies main focus.
Disc 2 takes a look at reality TV and how it has affected our culture. The 23 minute spot features various Survivor players, Real World producers, etc while they. talk about how it became such a phenomenon and even offer some behind the scenes facts. A few parallels are drawn to the Running Man, but it still offers no insight into the movie itself. The only other feature is a "Meet the Stalkers" text based menu which offers up various facts on the movies funniest chracters. There are no documentaries of any type on how the film was made and that's a huge dissapointment. Also, this most likely would've been a single disc release but the inclusion of the pathetic full screen version was obviously too much for one disc. Note that no commentaries are available for the full screen version.
This is a classic flick for those who are able to just sit back, relax, and have a great time with their movies. It's got Arnold in his prime doing what he does best, a great backstory, and lots of people getting killed. How can you go wrong? Hopefully, we'll eventually get treated to a DVD that actually covers the movie extensively and not just boring filler material.
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