5.2 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
Rappers Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa team up to create a modern-day Cheech and Chong. Devin (Khalifa) is a nerd who wants to graduate first in his class to keep his girlfriend happy. Mac (Snoop Dog) is a 15-year senior whose weed obsession keeps him from graduating, until he meets a hot new substitute teacher who won't put out until he gets out of high school.
Starring: Snoop Dogg, Luenell, Mike Epps, Affion Crockett, Andy MilonakisComedy | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
None
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 1.0 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
How are you going to watch a moth#&%&(in weed movie without moth#&%&(in weed?
It's not difficult to pinpoint Mac & Devin Go to High School's plot points, but the reason behind it all remains somewhat nebulous. But then
again asking for anything more than a loose story, some catchy beats, and a whole lot of drug usage out of a movie featuring a crudely animated digital
joint might be asking too much. Rappers Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa collaborate on this motion picture about high school, with emphasis on the
former and the latter, with "high" fairly self-explanatory but school as in schooling as in a mostly closed-off teacher's pet sort
of young man
learns the ways of the world from a fifteenth-year senior who's all about getting high and getting some. To delve further into the plot would, well, that
pretty much is the plot, so...
Getting high...again.
Mac & Devin Go to High School features a bright and well defined 1080p transfer. The movie was shot digitally, and it sports that somewhat flat, lifeless, glossy sort of sterile appearance. Fine detail impresses, however, particularly in close-ups where skin textures, varsity jackets, and the like are revealed with pinpoint accuracy and realism. Colors are even, generally, whether the school greens and yellows, Miss Huck's bright pink cleavage-pushing dress, or Devin's blue dress shirt. The image is sharp as a tack, usually, save for some softer edges around a few frames. Light shimmering may be seen on a few school lockers, but there are otherwise no major eyesores to report. This transfer isn't brilliant or blindingly excellent, but it's a solid all-around picture that suits the movie well.
Mac & Devin Go to High School's Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless soundtrack delivers the goods with, generally, a fine presence. There are moments when dialogue seems a little shallow and lost under even music playing at a reduced level, but generally the spoken word plays intelligibly and evenly from the center channel. Music enjoys good, rich clarity and the tunes are supported by a quality low end. It is a bit front-heavy, surprisingly, with the surround use a little more limited than listeners might expect. School atmospherics remain mostly around the front, too, with the din of busy hallways and such never reaching around and totally enveloping the listening audience. Still, this is a satisfying presentation that hits most of the musical notes with the precision fans expect.
Mac & Devin Go to High School contains only an audio commentary track with Director Dylan Brown, Executive Producer/Actor Snoop Dogg, and Actor Wiz Khalifa.
It's a struggle to review a movie that's pretty much about nothing. Mac & Devin Go to High School is pretty much about nothing. Good kid gets mixed up in drugs, and there's a lot of highs and girls along the way. Can he still graduate valedictorian if he's shed his old persona for a new one? Can the squeaky-clean brainiac still make the grade while living like a Rap star? That's the story, but there's no substance to it. Maybe it does watch better while on something, but the fact of the matter is that watching it straight is pretty much a lost cause and a waste of an hour of one's life, and kudos to the movie for being up-front about that from the very beginning. Anchor Bay's Blu-ray release of Mac & Devin Go to High School features acceptable video and audio. The only supplement is a commentary track. Rent it.
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