2000 AD (2000)
DVD reviewed by Dennis A. Amith
CAST:
Aaron Kwok, Phyllis Quek, Daniel Wu, Francis Ng and more.
DIRECTED BY:
Gordon Chan
HK MOVIE DATABASE URL:
http://www.hkmdb.com/db/reviews/show_review.
mhtml?id=1549
 
DURATION: 104 minutes
TYPE OF MOVIE: Action
NOTE:  Reviewed Universe DVD version with Burned in English subtitles (All Region)

 
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Movie Synopsis:

Aaron Kwok's brother is a top shot computer programmer at a tech company that supplies technology to the U.S. military. The company has created a stealth virus that would allow them to disable or take control of any infected computer systems. Kwok's brother finds out someone has been stealing the technology and he is soon framed for the theft. A rogue CIA agent turns out to be the head of the group stealing the technology. He uses his position to try to frame Kwok's brother by enlisting HK secret service type agents.  Kwok's brother is later killed...and Kwok then begins his quest to find out what really happened and who was trying to frame his brother..


DVD EXTRAS:

  • Photo gallery 
  • Character summaries 
  • Actor Bios
  • Trailers for 2000 AD, Purple Storm, Gen-X Cops
  • Making of featurette.

KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): None that I know of


DVD REVIEW:

I was really impressed by 2000 AD.  The movie has some intense action and each character in the movie are actually characters that you are interested in.  

I think it's also one of those movies that will go on to have more than one movie.  It has a lot of potential.  I also like the fact that they treat Aaron Kwok's character not like a superhuman but a regular guy who doesn't act like an action star.  Because the point of the movie is that Kwok's character is involved because of his brother and he wants to find out who killed his brother.

As for the DVD, the DVD is one of the best from Universe.  The movie is beautiful to watch and the audio is pretty good too.  I wish they released this DVD on DTS though...

Since I don't have a DVD-Rom, I don't know if this movie carries the game, screensaver, and wallpaper like the VCD version does.

As for special features, although HK movies are known to having the typical character bios and trailers, this one has a making of featurette.  Unfortunately, Universe doesn't subtitle the featurettes which sucks and includes the typical stuff that we usually get from Universe.

All in all a very good DVD with a great price!  Recommended! 

THE MOVIE: A-
THE DVD EXTRAS: B-
THE DVD OVERALL: B+

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