Caveman`s Valentine (US)
"Jackson is at His Best in a Clever Whodunit!" -US Weekly
Certificate: R
Running Time: 106 mins
Retail Price: $26.98
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
In this spine-tingling and visually stunning thriller, Academy Award®-nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Unbreakable, Shaft, Pulp Fiction delivers a "full-throttle performance" (People) as Romulus Ledbetter, a misunderstood musician turned recluse, hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave.
When Romulus finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree, the authorities - including his police officer daughter (Aunjanne Ellis) - claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by prominent art photographer David Leppenraub (Colm Feore). But how can he prove he`s right when everyone thinks he`s insane?
Directed by Kasi Lemmons (Eve`s Bayou) and from the Edgar Award-winning novel, The Caveman`s Valentine is an "ingenious thriller" hails the San Francisco Examiner, "Samuel L. Jackson is nothing short of astonishing!"
Special Features:
Feature Commentary with Director Kasi Lemmons and Editor Terilyn Shropshire
Deleted Scenes
Cast and Filmmakers
Production Notes
Theatrical Trailer
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
DTS 5.1 English
Subtitle Tracks:
French
CC: English
Directed By:
Kasi Lemmons
Written By:
George Dawes Green
Starring:
Aunjanue Ellis
Damir Andrei
Ann Magnuson
Colm Feore
Samuel L. Jackson
Casting By:
Nadia Rona
Jaki Brown
Soundtrack By:
Terence Blanchard
Director of Photography:
Amy Vincent
Editor:
Terilyn A. Shropshire
Costume Designer:
Denise Cronenberg
Production Designer:
Robin Standefer
Producer:
Andrew Stevens
Tracee Stanley
Stacey Sher
Michael Shamberg
Elie Samaha
James A. Holt
Scott Frank
Mike Drake
Danny DeVito
Michael Bennett
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Weisgal
Julie Silverman
Eli Selden
Samuel L. Jackson
Nicolas Clermont
Don Carmody
Pamela Abdy
Distributor:
Universal Pictures
Your Opinions and Comments
A stupid, incoherent and needlessly hallucinated thriller about an ex-musician (Jackson) living in a cave, who`s haunted by an invisible villain and who`s caught up in a murder mystery.
The video transfer is ok. There are no compression sings, but the transfer does reveal several scratches and dust particles.
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is very good. The surrounds are used quite effectively throughout the movie to enhance the hallucinations.
The menus are still with music.
The extras include about 15 minutes of interviews with the cast.
Bottom line - while Jackson is a very good actor, he cannot salvage this weird and redundant movie.