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Thin Line Between Love and Hate, A
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In Short: The usual great work from New Line on the audio/video quality, but not Martin Lawrence's best film.
The Movie:
Martin Lawrence is a gifted comic actor and is certainly talented enough to carry a movie with last Summer's Blue Streak. But this early effort, which he also directed, is his least successful. Lawrence plays Darnell, the owner of a popular nightclub who goes after all the women who pass by. When one resists, in no uncertain terms, he won't take no for his answer in his quest for her to say yes to a date with him. He's an unlikable character, and although he manages to have a few funny moments, it's certainly not his best role.
One wonders why he chose the role, much less chose to direct it. Again, although there are a few funny moments, this film doesn't provide much in the way of comedic possibilities for Lawrence. When he finally gets the girl, he has fun for a little while. Once he decides to go after someone else, he finds that letting go of this girl isn't as easy as he thought. The girl, Brandi, begins to go on the attack (literally) for revenge.
Lawrence isn't bad in the role, but it certainly isn't his best work. The movie feels unfocused and goes in a few too many directions before getting back to the story at hand. It's only a matter of time before a movie has to begin to get to the point, and 25 minutes into "Thin Line Between Love and Hate", I was still wondering where this was planning to go, and that's the movie's biggest flaw. We wait and wait to get to the point and once we get there, there's not much to see.
The DVD
VIDEO:
No new updates in the realm of the work that New Line does. Although their catalog titles aren't quite as feature packed as their new releases, they still put in a very strong effort into the quality of the audio/video. I've taken a look recently at 2 of their catalog titles: In The Mouth Of Madnessand Surviving the Game, and "A Thin Line" certainly keeps up the standard that New Line has provided on those two titles. Images are sharp, but not quite razor sharp and detail is very good. Colors are accurate and nice, but seemed a little bland at times. There isn't anything in the way of pixelation, or other similar artifacts. Aside from a few very minor marks, the print used is completely clean. More of the usual from New Line. A widescreen edition or pan/scan edition can be selected from the main menu.
SOUND: Not too bad in terms of audio, but there really isn't much to be impressed with outside of the nightclub scenes, which have very solid sounding music with some solid bass. Nothing much for the surrounds to do throughout the movie. Aside from the nightclub scenes, the majority of the movie is pretty much dialogue-driven. No problems with dialogue, which is clear and easily understood.
MENUS:: Stylish but basic main menus from New Line that simply take the cover art and film photos to make up the menus. At least their menus are always easily navigated.
EXTRAS:: Informative commentary from producer George Jackson (which I believe was also included on the laserdisc), and the trailer, along with talent bios.
The Movie:
Martin Lawrence is a gifted comic actor and is certainly talented enough to carry a movie with last Summer's Blue Streak. But this early effort, which he also directed, is his least successful. Lawrence plays Darnell, the owner of a popular nightclub who goes after all the women who pass by. When one resists, in no uncertain terms, he won't take no for his answer in his quest for her to say yes to a date with him. He's an unlikable character, and although he manages to have a few funny moments, it's certainly not his best role.
One wonders why he chose the role, much less chose to direct it. Again, although there are a few funny moments, this film doesn't provide much in the way of comedic possibilities for Lawrence. When he finally gets the girl, he has fun for a little while. Once he decides to go after someone else, he finds that letting go of this girl isn't as easy as he thought. The girl, Brandi, begins to go on the attack (literally) for revenge.
Lawrence isn't bad in the role, but it certainly isn't his best work. The movie feels unfocused and goes in a few too many directions before getting back to the story at hand. It's only a matter of time before a movie has to begin to get to the point, and 25 minutes into "Thin Line Between Love and Hate", I was still wondering where this was planning to go, and that's the movie's biggest flaw. We wait and wait to get to the point and once we get there, there's not much to see.
The DVD
VIDEO:
No new updates in the realm of the work that New Line does. Although their catalog titles aren't quite as feature packed as their new releases, they still put in a very strong effort into the quality of the audio/video. I've taken a look recently at 2 of their catalog titles: In The Mouth Of Madnessand Surviving the Game, and "A Thin Line" certainly keeps up the standard that New Line has provided on those two titles. Images are sharp, but not quite razor sharp and detail is very good. Colors are accurate and nice, but seemed a little bland at times. There isn't anything in the way of pixelation, or other similar artifacts. Aside from a few very minor marks, the print used is completely clean. More of the usual from New Line. A widescreen edition or pan/scan edition can be selected from the main menu.
SOUND: Not too bad in terms of audio, but there really isn't much to be impressed with outside of the nightclub scenes, which have very solid sounding music with some solid bass. Nothing much for the surrounds to do throughout the movie. Aside from the nightclub scenes, the majority of the movie is pretty much dialogue-driven. No problems with dialogue, which is clear and easily understood.
MENUS:: Stylish but basic main menus from New Line that simply take the cover art and film photos to make up the menus. At least their menus are always easily navigated.
EXTRAS:: Informative commentary from producer George Jackson (which I believe was also included on the laserdisc), and the trailer, along with talent bios.
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