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DVD
Warner Brothers
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Actors: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Fred Williamson, Vince Vaughn
In Starsky & Hutch the origins of the charismatic crime-fighting duo David Starsky and Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson are explored when these undercover Bay City detectives are partnered for their very first assignment. Ben Stiller plays the tightly wound Detective David Starsky who is thrown together with Owen Wilson's easygoing Detective Ken Hutchinson on a high-stakes case. Platinum-selling rapper and actor Snoop Dogg plays their savvy street informant Huggy Bear. Vince Vaughn also joins the cast as Reese Feldman a smooth-talking entrepreneur with an eye towards the future.Running Time: 100 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 085392840328 Manufacturer No: 28403
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson--dark, wiry, and tense meets blond, lanky, and loose--make a solid comic team (and previously appeared together in Zoolander), but the funniest man in Starsky and Hutch is Vince Vaughn. Vaughn dives into his role as a sleazy drug dealer (who nonetheless buys a pony for his daughter's bat mitzvah) with the offhand zest that he brings to almost every role (from Swingers to Old School) and effortlessly steals every scene he's in. Vaughn has concocted a new and undetectable kind of cocaine, and only two cops who aren't afraid to break the rules--our titular pair--can catch him. But the plot isn't the point; mocking-yet-loving jabs at the '70s, including the homoerotic overtones of Starsky and Hutch's partnership, are what this movie is about. The satire is surprisingly mild but entertaining nonetheless, particularly when Vaughn or Snoop Dogg (as informant Huggy Bear) hold the screen. --Bret Fetzer
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| Ben Stiller, Disco King! Hilarious movie with great action. |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This is one of those rare comedies that makes me laugh pretty much uncontrollably. "Starsky and Hutch" is well written and directed with a stellar cast including Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in the title roles and featuring Vince Vaughan, Jason Bateman, Carmen Electra and a hilarious performance from the great Fred Williamson as the police captain. Some examples of the hilarity: Starsky and Hutch's captain (Williamson) regularly calls the boys on the carpet using hilarious profanity over their misguided efforts at law enforcement. Starsky tries to convince a suspect to confess using a fake game of Russian roulette. What Starsky doesn't know is that there's really a bullet in the gun (and the suspect speaks Korean and can't warn him). Starsky and Hutch go to arrest a suspect not realizing that his kid is a knife-throwing martial artist - the kid's dad keeps yelling to the kid in Korean "throw more knives." And perhaps the most hilarious of all: a disco dance off between Starsky and some overweight king of "Saturday Night Fever". Starsky is high on cocaine, which he thought was sweetener and poured into his coffee. There's much, much more. The 70's setting and music are terrific. The stunt driving and other action is great. I was never a real fan of the series, but I loved this take-off. And yes, the original Starsky and Hutch have a cameo. Oh, and Snoop Dogg is perfect as Huggy Bear. The extras include a fashion show by Snoop, explaining the 70's pimpwear worn by Huggy. Highly recommended.
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| one of my favorites |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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this movie is one of my all time favorites, i can watch it over and over again.
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| More fun that it has a right to be |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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Starsky and Hutch is more fun than it has any right to be, even if it does depart from the series in many ways. Stiller has Paul Michael Glaser's mannerisms down to a tee (he even has Glaser's bizarre run, like a hyperactive duck doing a windmill impersonation, down to perfection) but otherwise is another of his trademark anal neurotics while Owen Wilson takes Hutch even further away as a laid back dude not above a spot of robbery to supplement his salary. But it is funny, good natured and doesn't outstay its welcome too much. The only real bum note is giving the final glory to Snoop's terrible Huggy Bear, a charmless, boring and lazy performance constantly outshone by his own bodyguards.
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| Bacardi and Cola-Do It! |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Hysterically funny, and you might feel dumber after you watch it, but it is a classic!
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| Yet another 1970s remake |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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I can't really say how this movie compares to the popular T.V. show from the 1970s. I was only 6 years old in 1975, and STARSKY & HUTCH came on after my bedtime. I may have seen a couple of episodes, but all I remember vividly is the trademark red Grand Torino with the white stripe.
Insofar as the car is concerned, it has been resurrected for the current movie. I am inclined to believe that the humor of the movie is much more of the slapstick variety than any humor displayed in the T.V. series. There is one curious aspect about this remake, however: unlike most remakes, this one takes place in its original epoch of the 1970s as opposed to being an "updated" rendition that takes place in the present day.
By far & away the weakest part of the movie is the inclusion of Snoop Dog. He is absolutely the worst actor that ever lived; every scene he is in, is like taking the air out of a balloon. Trying to teach him to act is like trying to teach an alligator to be a vegetarian. He is probably the most talentless self-made millionaire the world has ever seen - bar none. I would beg Snoop Dog to kindly disappear from the public eye - the world would be a better place for it.
I am puzzled as to why it went the route of being rated PG-13. After all, nobody under 35 would even be aware that there WAS an old T.V. show called STARSKY & HUTCH. It had some opportunities for gratiutous nudity that would have made it a good old-fashioned "R" Rated slapstick comedy. For some unknown reason, it shied away from this and ended up being a teaser flick.
As for the rest of the movie, it is OK. Nothing great, nothing terrible. For some, it might be nostalgic as it goes back to the 1970s. Other people, including me, will have nightmares about DISCO making a comeback (yikes!). If you pick up this DVD w/out expecting a whole lot, you should be fine.
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