Elvis
& Nixon (2016/Sony Blu-ray)
Picture:
B Sound: C+ Extras: C Film: B
In
1970, Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon) - the 'King', showed up on the
lawn of White House to talk with Richard Nixon (Kevin Spacey), the
President of the United States of America. No one really knows what
they said or talked about but it let to one of the most requested
pictures in the National Archives. However, before he gets to meet
the President Elvis will have to get through army of secret agents,
FBI and White house security. But hey... he's 'The King'.
What
would you do if the King of Rock and Roll showed up at your door? As
we see in Liza Johnson's Elvis & Nixon (2016), Elvis
Presley worried about America's youth and morals decides to talk with
the President that he has an idea to make him a 'Federal
Agent-at-large'. Nixon on the other hand was a paranoid man who at
first didn't want to meet Elvis, but under the pressure of his PR men
and mainly the influence of his teenage daughter he changed his mind.
There they discover the one thing they had in common ...their huge
egos. And you have to question who's ego is bigger and who is in
charge? The King of Rock and Roll or the President of the United
States of America?
It's
the 60s & 70s and you were either into sex, drugs, guns and/or
music. This was an amusing comic drama based on the well-known, but
semi-unlikely pairing. What was amusing wasn't the meeting between
the President and King of Rock and Roll, but what it took for them to
arrange the meeting. Kevin Spacey and Michael Shannon play their
characters well, but they STILL the looked like fake Elvis and Nixon
impersonators. However, could any pair of actors shake these huge
historical personalities? Alex Pettyfer, Evan Peters, Sky Ferreria,
Colin Hanks, Tate Donovan, and Johnny Knoxville also star.
The
1080p 2.35 X 1 digital High Definition image looks good, shot in HD,
with some flaws and enough consistency, while the DTS-HD MA (Master
Audio) 5.1 mix is dialogue based, but clean and just fine for the
film. Extras include a feature-length audio commentary, Crazy But
True featurette and trailers.
-
Ricky Chiang
