The Dukes Of Hazzard UMD-Video For PSP Review

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Title: The Dukes Of Hazzard

Region: One

Genre: Action Comedy

Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Sean William Scott, Jessica Simpson, Burt Reynolds, Willie Nelson, Joe Don Baker, and Lynda Carter

Writer: John O’Brien

Based On A Story By: John O’Brien and Jonathan L. Davis

Director: Jake Chandrasekhar

Feature length: 104 minutes

Languages: English and French Language Stereo Sound

Subtitles: French, Spanish, and Norwegian Language Subtitles

Packaging: Keep Case

Chapter Stops: 29

Sound: Stereo Sound

Year of Theatrical Release: 2005/UMD Release: 2005

Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers Pictures

Home Video Distributor: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Reviewer: Mark A. Rivera

I think the success of comedies like “Smokey And The Bandit”, “Any Which Way You Can”, and “Every Which Way But Loose” had a profound effect on the American primetime broadcast circuit in the late 1970s and early 1980s with memorable TV shows like “B.J. & The Bear” as well as “The Dukes Of Hazzard” garnering large television audiences all over the country. It did not matter so much if you were a person from an urban megalopolis like New York City or some suburban hideaway where the only thing in common one might have with the characters was the necessity of having a car to get from one place to the next and lots of tree lined roads, it was the fantasy of being a good hearted minor outlaw of sorts rubbing corrupt lawmen down to size or getting a case of booze across the border that appealed to viewers. I mean you don’t have to ride a horse or visit the old west to enjoy a western do you? The Dukes of Hazzard County were sort of like twentieth century Robin Hoods on wheels with the corrupt Boss Hogg and bumbling law enforcement officers standing in for Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham and so forth. At the time “The Dukes Of Hazzard” was released as a feature film, there was some controversy over allegations that the film had too much sexuality in it while the series was more of a “family program.” The TV series was a family program, but not one adult male or female thinks about family when they hear the term “Daisy Dukes.” I mean there is a reason why the term “Daisy Dukes” has become a part of the American pop culture lexicon and it is because in the TV series they looked sexy and they still look sexy on women who can pull the look off, which Jessica Simpson certainly can. One also has to take into consideration that the audience who went to see the film was probably either not even born when the TV series was on the air in first run episodes or was too young to remember it anyhow. So I think the intended audience for the film was not so much for fans of the TV series as people from a new generation although there obviously has to be some nod to the show that inspired the film since fans of the TV show did see the movie.

Is “The Dukes Of Hazzard” a great film? No, but I don’t think anyone who rents or buys this film in any format is expecting something great, especially after some of the theatrical reviews that were broadcast and or published. Yet in spite of what critics might have wrote or said, the film was a hit and you can bet that everyone involved will continue be working for awhile to come though I doubt we will see a resurgence of this type of genre film being made over and over again for the big screen and personally I’m glad since I feel we desperately need something new and inventive as a opposed to recycling old ideas over and over again.

As one would expect from a recently released theatrical film on home video, “The Dukes Of Hazzard” is sharp and has no visible defects to note, especially on the tiny 16 by 9 widescreen display of the Sony PlayStation Portable. The English Stereo Soundtrack can be remixed artificially to a surround mix quite easily and comes off even better whether it is through Dream Gear’s I, Sound Pro Docking Station or an attachment that lets one run the sound through composite audio inputs found on a home video receiver with multiple DSP modes. A French Language Dubbed Stereo Soundtrack as well as French, Spanish, and Norwegian Language Subtitles are encoded onto the UMD as options, but there are no English Captions for the hearing impaired encoded at all. There are also no added value bonus features. The main menu is animated with the main characters standing around the General Lee while the subsequent menus are all standard interactive still frames that are easy to navigate.

“The Dukes Of Hazzard” is available on UMD for PSP now at retailers on and offline courtesy of Warner Home Video.

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