13 - November 8, 2011 (Statham, Rourke)

[Adrock]

13 Blu-Ray

13 Blu-Ray Review

'13' has received a release date of November 8, 2011, courtesy of Starz/Anchor Bay.

A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.

'13' stars Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Sam Riley, Curtis Jackson, Alexander Skarsgård, and Ray Winstone. The film is directed by Géla Babluani.

[Adrock]

I decided to pick this up today and give it a try. Ray Winstone is the man, and I am a sucker for Statham. The review was actually somewhat surprisingly positive, at least more positive than I had anticipated when I had originally heard about this film. We'll see how it goes!

[Sky_Captain]

HAHA! Mickey Rourke looks huge on that cover.

[hidef al]

I was at Walmart today and notice that this release has two different cover arts. Even the spines were different. Anyone know why

[Todd_Gaines]

Originally Posted by hidef al

I was at Walmart today and notice that this release has two different cover arts. Even the spines were different. Anyone know why

the cover in Adrock's pic is the original cover. It was recalled according to Shin's source. I think the cover with the unknown lead in the middle was suppose to be the right cover but they put supporting role J.S. in the middle to sell more BD's. (I think)

so if you collect "rare" BD's. Might be a good idea to pick up the cover with J.S. in the middle.

[hidef al]

I don't go by shin's source. He is usually wrong anyways.

[Agent Bond]

Another movie I never heard of with a good cast!

[Adrock]

I enjoyed this movie. It was pretty tense, and that feeling carried through a majority of the latter half of the film. It's kind of like watching the scene from 'The Deer Hunter' where DeNiro and Walken are forced to play Russian Roulette, except that it lasts for much longer, with many more rounds, and many more players.

It is an obviously fairly brutal movie, but I found it to be much better than I had anticipated. I had gone in with fairly low expectations, but was pleasantly surprised.