Adjustment Bureau DVD Review

A 4 1/2 Star Romantic Sci-fi/Thriller.

David Noris (Matt Damon: Bourne Identity) is an aspiring New York Senator, but his young age is an issue as are his antics at his school reunion; these lead to his downfall in the election, so he retires to the restroom to prepare his speech. Unbeknownst he is overheard by a mystery woman Elise (Emily Blunt: The Devil wears Prada). They instantly hit off together until his aid Charlie (Michael Kelly: Dawn of the Dead), and the hotel security turn up and spoil the fun.

He doesn't even get her name but this leads to two mysterious hat wearing men meeting him in a park and arranging for David to have coffee spilt on his shirt, (strange but all is revealed later. This is the start of the intrigue). The hat wearing man, Harry (Antony Mackie: The Hurt Locker), puts a lot of effort into trying to spill David's coffee but fails allowing David to meet Elise once again. This is all wrong according to Harry's superior, Richardson (John Slattery: Iron Man 2), but Harry is sympathetic to David's plight and explains the situation to David, that they are never meant to be together, even if he catches the same bus for three years.

Matt Damon and Emily Blunt make for a great couple in this romantic thriller as this is a love film with sci-fi as the thread running through it rather than running it, the balance is good between the two and should stop either partner falling asleep in the cinema, as their is definitely something for both. Thompson (Terrance Stamp: Wanted) makes a rock solid performance as the "hammer" to sort out once and for all that they should never be together leading to the more sci-fi part of the film.

DVD Bonus:

• Deleted and Extended Scenes - 7 mins approx
• Leaping through New York - 7 min 51 secs
• Destined to be - 5 mins
• Becoming Elise - 7 mins
• Commentary by writer /director George Nolfi.

Adjustment Bureau is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.

Adjustment Bureau - new images

After Universal released the trailer and a behind the scenes featurette they have now released a new set of images for the film.

Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? Matt Damon stars in the thriller The Adjustment Bureau as a man who glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue the only woman he’s ever loved across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York.

On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris (Damon) meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt)—a woman like none he’s ever known. But just as he realizes he’s falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart.

David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself—the men of The Adjustment Bureau—who will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path…or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her.

In Cinemas March 4, 2011
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Behind The Adjustment Bureau

Universal has just released a featurette to explain more about the film.  It also explains more about the, classic, Dick theme of Fate vs. Freewill.  How far would you go for the woman you love?

Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? Matt Damon stars in the thriller The Adjustment Bureau as a man who glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue the only woman he’s ever loved across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York.

On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris (Damon) meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt)—a woman like none he’s ever known. But just as he realizes he’s falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart.

David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself—the men of The Adjustment Bureau—who will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path…or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her.

In Cinemas March 4th 2011

© Universal

More Dick please?

  Now that I've got your attention with the title of this post...  Coming to cinemas in March is a new film based on, yet another, short story by the great Philip K. Dick. Universal has released a new poster for the film as well as the trailer.

  I would exprect the usual mix of action, science fiction and paranoia that we have come to expect in film versions of his films.

Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? Matt Damon stars in the thriller The Adjustment Bureau as a man who glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue the only woman he’s ever loved across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York.

On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris (Damon) meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt)—a woman like none he’s ever known. But just as he realizes he’s falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart.

David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself—the men of The Adjustment Bureau—who will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path…or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her.

In Cinemas March 4th 2011

© Universal