To many people Arnold Schwarzenegger is The Terminator. To other Conan. And yet to others he is the former Governor. But one thing is for sure he is an icon. He was an immigrant that realized the American dream. He became an action star and even after he years in public office he returned to action movies yet again.
Now we could talk about his amazing action films, but that has been done over and over again. This time I want to talk about the times he made us laugh in some of the most absurd ways possible. Yes this time we are reviewing a collection of comedy films on DVD.
Our Rating System:
**** = Don’t Miss it!
*** = Worth a look.
** = An Ok way to spend an evening.
* = You haven’t missed anything.
Twins (1988) A genetic experiment, brings forth fraternal twins Julius (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Vincent (Danny DeVito) are separated at birth. Vincent, is a street hustler while Julius, is a scientist (Tony Jay), grows up humble, intelligent and strong, but very naive about the larger world. When Julius learns of his mother and brother, he heads to Los Angeles to find his family. (1 Hour 47 Minutes) ***
Kindergarten Cop (1990) A tough an nails cop John Kimble (Arnold Schwarzenegger) poses as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars. (1 Hour 30 Minutes) ***
Junior (1994) Dr. Larry Arbogast (Danny Devito) and Dr. Alex Hesse (Arnold Schwarzenegger) have invented a fertility drug designed to reduce the chances of miscarriage. When the plug is pulled on the research Dr. Arbogast has a brilliant idea. Have Dr. Hesse become the world's first pregnant man in order to test a drug. (1 Hour 52 Minutes) **
All of these films were directed by Ivan Reitman. He is the mind behind some amazing comedy films such as Ghostbusters 1 & 2, Stripes, Meatballs, Animal House, Beethoven, the original Space Jam and many more.
Now what an amazing idea to take this icon action star and put him in comedic situations. Kindergarten Cop is amazing and Twins is pretty fun as well. Junior is just so absurd that it's laughable. Seeing these films for the first time I was highly entertained. And I will be re-watching them again later done the line.
I should note that while these are comedy films there is a lot of adult language and situations in these three films so these are not for the kids. I do highly suggest parents check these films out first before showing them to the kids.
Now for this DVD release. All three of these Junior is given it's own disc, while Twins and Kindergarten Cop are found on a two sided disc.I wished each was given it's own dedicated disc. Each film is presented in widescreen format in 1.85:1 aspect ratio with audio on Kindergarten Cop and twin in 2.0 mono and Junior in 5.1. Each film has the option for English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Sometimes you just need to escape the cares of this world and travel into the world of the absurd. And this collection will do that for you. You will laugh, shake your head and you may even shed a tear. And with the range of emotion, it makes this collection worthwhile to me.
So if you would like to see Arnold Schwarzenegger pregnant, his twin brother Danny Devito and The Terminator face off against his biggest foe Kindergartners... this collection is an absolute must. You can get a copy of this DVD set by heading over to Amazon.com today.
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