Overweight porn star Ron Jeremy also makes an appearance as a nightclub
compere.
Presented in the original 2.35:1 ratio and anamorphic, there are no problems with
day or night scenes. Colours are bold and strong and the encoding is spot-on.
The average bitrate is 5.43Mb/s, occasionally peaking over 8Mb/s.
The sound is in Dolby Digital 5.1. Good use of effects, plus music from
Santana, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Golden Earring and, of course, Kiss,
meant I couldn't really have my amp (Sony STR-DB 930) over a fifth of the
way round without disturbing the neighbours!
Extras :
The front cover proclaims over 79 minutes of extras as well as multi-angle
shots.
First up is a 2-minute Theatrical Trailer and then Cutting Room
Floor comprising of four deleted scenes (11 mins) - which are more like
extended scenes rather than whole new ones and all are in non-anamorphic
2.35:1 and Dolby Pro Logic - and multi-angle concert footage of the KISS
song used in the movie, for which you can watch one of four different stage
shots, or all four together (5 mins).
There are 2 Music Videos (7½ mins) from Everclear and
The Donnas, Cast and Crew info and filmographies,
a 37-minute Behind the Scenes featurette containing plenty of chat
from the cast, crew and KISS and 2 Audio Commentaries, one from
the director and one from KISS themselves. I make that a total of
62½ minutes, but that's not taking into account the audio commentaries.
The only thing we seem to be missing, according to the
Internet Movie Database,
is a third audio commentary from the cast and crew.
Much derided upon its cinema release, I really enjoyed it and there's plenty
of extras supplied which makes it a well-rounded package and a worthy purchase.
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