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The Disc
The disc now in stores from our friends at Kino Lorber is pretty bare bones, but with a fresh 2K transfer in a crisp DTS-HD 2.0 audio track it all looks better than it really should as we see the obvious visual influences that it borrows from with films like Subway & La Femme Nikita. The special features are pretty minimal but there is a feature length commentary track from director Jean-Marc Piche which ends up being complementary of his experience while making it, but also pretty dry. There are also trailers for The Minion and films like Avenging Force, An Eye for An Eye, Revenge of the Ninja, Steele Justice and Assassination.
Final Shot
Unless you have a family member who worked on The Minion there’s no reason for this to be remotely shelf-worthy but it’s good looking film that actually highlights how far our nation’s film industry has come in the 21 years since its release.
we see the obvious visual influences that it borrows from with films like Subway & La Femme Nikita
While I wouldn't necessarily say THE MINION really is influenced by those Luc Besson films (from his best era), it's interesting to note that director Jean-Marc Piché told me what he wanted to try with the rock/guitar-heavy score was to go in the direction of Besson's composer Eric Serra and ROMEO IS BLEEDING's music by Mark Isham.