Hot Pursuit (Blu-ray) (2015)

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General		Extras
Category	Action Comedy	Featurette Outtakes Alternate Ending
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Year Of Production	2015
Running Time	87:29
RSDL / Flipper	Dual Layered	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Ads Then Menu
Region Coding	4	Directed By	Anne Fletcher
Studio Distributor	Roadshow Home Entertainment	Starring	Sofia Vergara Reese Witherspoon
Case	?
RPI	?	Music	None Given

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Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 English Descriptive Audio Dolby Digital 5.1 French Dolby Digital 5.1 German Dolby Digital 5.1 Italian Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	2.35:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	1080p
Original Aspect Ratio	2.35:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No
Subtitles	English for the Hearing Impaired French German for the Hearing Impaired Italian for the Hearing Impaired Spanish Dutch Danish Finnish Greek Icelandic Norwegian Swedish	Smoking	No
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	No

    Mismatched buddy comedies are a dime a dozen generally, although few have been a mismatched pair of women, such as in this film, Hot Pursuit. The other recent one I can think of is The Heat, starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. This film brings together two actresses who have certainly been in funny productions, Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon. Unfortunately, despite being entertaining enough this film certainly doesn't hit the heights of great comedy. It feels like a missed opportunity to do something really funny with two quality comedic actresses. Whilst I feel it is great to see a buddy comedy fronted by two actresses this one leaves something to be desired.

    Daniella Riva (Sofia Vergara) is the wife of a drug dealer who has agreed to be a witness against the mob. She and her husband need to be taken to the court where he will testify. Officer Cooper (Reese Witherspoon) is a details obsessed cop who has followed in the footsteps of her father a famous cop. She is not well regarded in the force in which she works as she tends to mess things up, often hilariously. Her boss asks her to team up with Detective Jackson (Richard T Jones) to escort Daniella and her husband to the court. When they arrive to pick the couple up, two groups of gunmen also appear. Jackson winds up dead and Cooper escapes with Daniella. She quickly realises that she can't trust her colleagues necessarily and the pair quickly become fugitives from justice who must stick together to survive. Comedy and action ensue.

    This film was directed by Anne Fletcher who has more credits for choreography than directing. She has directed a few comedies such as The Proposal and 27 Dresses. The actresses try hard and there are some amusing moments but the sum total of this film is that is passes the time but doesn't set the world on fire. I have certainly seen worse films but it is average at best. If you are after a light comedy (although too rude for the kids) you could do worse but you could also do a lot better. Hard to recommend.

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Menu

    The menu features music which gets really annoying really quickly. The menu is simple and still.

The Womance (3:05)

    On set silliness between stars and director.

Hot Pursuit - Say What? (3:46)

    Vergara making mistakes in English, Witherspoon in Spanish.

Action Like a Lady (2:26)

    Quick coverage of some stunts and the driverless bus scene.

Alternate Ending (1:28)

    I assume this would replace the stuff in the final credits as it is post story interviews with some characters. The original is better.

    The Region A version is exactly the same but with less audio options. Region B wins by a nose.

    The video quality is very good.

    The audio quality is very good.

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