The Film:
When taken for face value, The Entitled is a movie that should kind of fail on every level. It’s a low budget, direct to video feature starring a few aged stars and a few up and coming ones. Even when looking at the cover of the Blu-Ray/DVD, it just looks generic. After watching it, you realize that this movie is far from a failure. The aged stars; Ray Liotta as Richard Nader, Victor Garber as Bob Vincent and Stephen McHattie as Clifford Jones, do a great job as three rich men who are meeting for a weekend with their kids in a house in the middle of the woods. The young up and comers; John Breger as Jeff Vincent, Dustin Milligan as Nick Nader and the lovely Laura Vandervoot as Hailey Jones are the kids and they, too do a great job. They are believable in their roles,...
When taken for face value, The Entitled is a movie that should kind of fail on every level. It’s a low budget, direct to video feature starring a few aged stars and a few up and coming ones. Even when looking at the cover of the Blu-Ray/DVD, it just looks generic. After watching it, you realize that this movie is far from a failure. The aged stars; Ray Liotta as Richard Nader, Victor Garber as Bob Vincent and Stephen McHattie as Clifford Jones, do a great job as three rich men who are meeting for a weekend with their kids in a house in the middle of the woods. The young up and comers; John Breger as Jeff Vincent, Dustin Milligan as Nick Nader and the lovely Laura Vandervoot as Hailey Jones are the kids and they, too do a great job. They are believable in their roles,...
- 10/13/2011
- by Brad Reiter
- Killer Films
The Movie Pool is richer for having seen The Entitled on Blu-ray!
Blu-ray Specs
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Anamorphic
Running Time: 91 minutes
Rating: R (language, violence, brief drug use)
Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Mono
Subtitles: English for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, Spanish
Special Features: "Behind the Scenes of The Entitled" featurette, Alternate Ending
The Set-up
A group of anti-social college students kidnap three of their rich classmates and hold them for ransom, but things soon spiral out of control.
Director: Aaron Woodley
Written by: William Morrissey
The Delivery
Surprisingly riveting, The Entitled is an entertaining crime thriller that brings an original take on the ransom storyline. It didn't get a theatrical release, and while gong straight to DVD/Blu-ray is usually a warning sign, this is a nice exception. This indie film was obviously shot on a low budget, but it acts and looks like a big budget thriller.
Blu-ray Specs
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Anamorphic
Running Time: 91 minutes
Rating: R (language, violence, brief drug use)
Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Mono
Subtitles: English for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, Spanish
Special Features: "Behind the Scenes of The Entitled" featurette, Alternate Ending
The Set-up
A group of anti-social college students kidnap three of their rich classmates and hold them for ransom, but things soon spiral out of control.
Director: Aaron Woodley
Written by: William Morrissey
The Delivery
Surprisingly riveting, The Entitled is an entertaining crime thriller that brings an original take on the ransom storyline. It didn't get a theatrical release, and while gong straight to DVD/Blu-ray is usually a warning sign, this is a nice exception. This indie film was obviously shot on a low budget, but it acts and looks like a big budget thriller.
- 9/22/2011
- Cinelinx
Canadian director Aaron Woodley, one of the directors of the anthology film Toronto Stories, is preparing an upcoming feature film. This film, which is called Entitled, has been in production since July 5 in Toronto. Filming will be over on August 1rst.
According to the film's production company Foundation Features, the story goes like this:
Paul Dynan (Kevin Zegers) is a decent, intelligent 24-year-old man. But he is also one of the new generation of young people who have played by the rules, working hard and graduated college – only to find that the certainties of the past are gone. With out a job or future, he plans the perfect crime to redress the balance. He will extort a fortune from three wealthy men, all great friends, who typify the ruling class that made their millions when the going was good – he will abduct their perfect Ivy League children.
Over the course of one long,...
According to the film's production company Foundation Features, the story goes like this:
Paul Dynan (Kevin Zegers) is a decent, intelligent 24-year-old man. But he is also one of the new generation of young people who have played by the rules, working hard and graduated college – only to find that the certainties of the past are gone. With out a job or future, he plans the perfect crime to redress the balance. He will extort a fortune from three wealthy men, all great friends, who typify the ruling class that made their millions when the going was good – he will abduct their perfect Ivy League children.
Over the course of one long,...
- 7/10/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Icon Prods. has sold stateside distribution rights to the R-rated crime thriller Butterfly on a Wheel to Lionsgate Releasing.
Directed by Mike Barker (A Good Woman), Wheel stars Pierce Brosnan as a mysterious stranger who arrives in Chicago and terrorizes a happy-seeming married couple (Maria Bello, Gerard Butler) after kidnapping their daughter. Soon it becomes clear that his outrageous demands are not in pursuit of a Big Cash payment.
The film's title comes from Alexander Pope's An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot: "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?"
Written by William Morrissey, Wheel was filmed in Vancouver and Chicago. It was produced by Brosnan, Morrissey and William Vince. Executive producers are Icon's Bruce Davey, Marina Grasic, Beau St. Clair and Dave Valleau. It is an Infinity Features/Irish Dreamtime U.K./Canadian co-production.
Icon Entertainment International is handling worldwide sales; Japan and Italy are the only territories still available.
Directed by Mike Barker (A Good Woman), Wheel stars Pierce Brosnan as a mysterious stranger who arrives in Chicago and terrorizes a happy-seeming married couple (Maria Bello, Gerard Butler) after kidnapping their daughter. Soon it becomes clear that his outrageous demands are not in pursuit of a Big Cash payment.
The film's title comes from Alexander Pope's An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot: "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?"
Written by William Morrissey, Wheel was filmed in Vancouver and Chicago. It was produced by Brosnan, Morrissey and William Vince. Executive producers are Icon's Bruce Davey, Marina Grasic, Beau St. Clair and Dave Valleau. It is an Infinity Features/Irish Dreamtime U.K./Canadian co-production.
Icon Entertainment International is handling worldwide sales; Japan and Italy are the only territories still available.
- 2/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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