Directed by: McG
Starring: Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Running Time: 97 minutes
Film: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Extras: 3 out of 5 stars
I have been a fan of the MAD comic strip “Spy vs. Spy” since I was a kid. When I saw this trailer for the first time, I was really excited to see it. When you put Star Trek’s Captain Kirk up against The Dark Knight’s Bane only sweetens the pot. Unfortunately you then throw in Reese Witherspoon, it all goes bad. The teases you with kick ass action in the opening scenes only to make you wait until the last scene in order to get your second helping. The in-between included a few laughs but nothing we haven’t seen from the trailer.
The story follows two covert CIA operatives, FDR (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy), who are also best buddies …that is until they both fall for the same girl Lauren (Reese Witherspoon). They wage an all out epic battle against each other for her affection using their super cool CIA surveillance skills and high-tech gadgetry. It’s Spy vs. Spy and may the best spy win!
This Blu-ray included two cuts of the film, one being an extended cut, which runs about seven minutes longer and also theatrical version. Besides the Blu-ray disc, there is also a DVD disc and a Digital Copy disc included as well. The 1080p video resolution looks good especially during the action scenes…well the two only action scenes. It is also presented with an aspect ratio of 2.40:1. During the action scenes, the audio track also shines with its DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track.
The special features are decent and includes some interesting content. There is a very honest audio commentary from Director McG, usually not a big fan of his but this works. There is an epilogue scene taking place at Lauren’s Vegas bachelorette party. There are six deleted scenes, with optional commentary by McG, which run about 15 minutes. There is also three alternate endings, also with optional commentary. There is an alternate opening concept scene, which would have been taken place in Dubai. There is a funny uncensored Gag Reel. Lastly there is a theatrical trailer.