Action: The Complete Series
by James D. Parriott, Ted Demme, Bryan Gordon, Adam Bernstein, John Fortenberry
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Actor: Will DotterDirector: Adam Bernstein, Bryan Gordon, James D. Parriott, John Fortenberry, Ted Demme
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 299 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-21
Audience Rating: NC-17
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Action: The Complete Series
Movie Review: Now I want to see "Beverly Hills Gun Club"
Summary: 4 Stars
"Action" is yet another one of those great TV series that you've never heard of because it got cancelled almost as soon as it began. The 13 episodes of this series tell the continuing story of Hollywood movie producer Peter Dragon (Jay Mohr) and his attempts to make the seemingly doomed action film "Beverly Hills Gun Club" (the description of which sounds so incredibly bad and trashy that if it really existed I would be the first in line at the cinema to see it) by "selling his soul to the devil one piece at a time".
"Action" is an incredibly funny series. It skewers all of the top names in Hollywood (at the time it was made - 1999), as well as the film industry in general, and doesn't hold back in doing so. Each episode targets a different aspect of showbiz - from actors, to directors, to investors, to writers. No one is spared. The show is completely offensive and is up to its eyeballs in coarse language and sex and drug references, not to mention jokes that are just in plain bad taste - I don't mean gross-out humour, I mean jokes that make you stop and think "I can't believe they just said that", right before bursting out laughing.
The reason why I didn't give this show five stars is because, even though I thoroughly enjoyed this series, the show did start to run out of steam towards the end. The episodes on disc two just aren't as funny as the episodes on disc one, and Illeana Douglas, as child star turned prostitute turned film executive, Wendy Ward (my favourite character in the series, played by one of my favourite actresses) "vanishes" from several episodes on the second disc. Nevertheless, by the time I got to disc two, I was so interested in finding out what the next disaster to befall Peter Dragon would be, that the story kept me going in place of the jokes.
Summary of Action: The Complete Series
Jay Mohr stars as Peter Dragon in ''Action'' the comedy series about a film exec who hits bottom and finds the only person who will help him get his company back on track is ex-child star turned hooker Wendy Ward (Illeana Douglas).System Requirements:Running Time: 299 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating:?NR UPC:?043396075405 Manufacturer No:?07540Immoral, politically incorrect, and fiercely funny, Action: The Complete Series is a timeless comedy focusing on a group of Hollywood insiders whose moral compass has spun out of control. Led by uber-producer Peter Dragon (Jay Mohr), the series' first and only season ferociously lampoons the sleaziness of modern-day Hollywood. Dragon--seemingly the separated-at-birth brother of slimy uber-agent Bob Sugar (also played by Mohr) from Jerry Maguire--is a jerk who pretends to be gay when it's convenient and doesn't understand why Salma Hayek (playing herself) would slap him silly for making inappropriate suggestions during an earlier audition. In Dragon's lair, sexual harassment is an inconvenience, the screenwriter is an afterthought, and a movie isn't a film unless it's got mega-explosions. Mohr and Illeana Douglas (portraying an ex-child star turned prostitute turned studio executive) are a joy to watch. When a sycophantic colleague accuses Dragon of promoting a hooker over him, he calmly says, "She's my prostitute. You're my whore." A subtle difference, yes, but one that makes a world of difference in Hollywood. If there's a plus side to this topnotch series being canceled in 1999, it's that the writers didn't have time to let the show disintegrate into hackneyed clich?s. There is no warm-hearted parable to justify the nasty means--just a lot of quick-witted dialogue and an excellent ensemble cast that makes viewers enjoy the characters despite (or should that be because of?) their numerous flaws. --Jae-Ha Kim
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