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I’m not going to talk too much about the main movie, as it’s the Unrated Cut that Mike Noyes reviewed here.
With that there are two reasons you’ll get this movie. Either you absolutely love Reno 911 and want to buy up everything regarding them you possibly can or you want the digital copy of the movie that you get with the “More Busted Than Ever” cut of the movie.
This isn’t the same Unrated Cut as the one Noyes did; the main film is, but the thing that supposedly made 20th Century re-release the movie this time is the “Lost Version” of the movie that is included. The Lost version is introduced in another extra, and the introduction may be funnier than the actual lost version. In the intro they basically say the only reason to watch the lost version is if you’re stoned. I disagree, if you watch it stoned, you’ll have even less of an idea what going on. The normal version you can watched stoned, but I’d straighten up before attempting to watch the lost version.
By now you’re probably wondering what the “Lost Version” is. It’s really quite simple, when they filmed the movie, they had enough footage to make the movie last about 3 hours. Then the editing took place and they chopped it down to about 83 minutes. The “Lost Version” is all the stuff they cut out to get it down to 83 minutes. There are couple of scenes that overlap, and a couple scenes that play out differently. But it is mainly an 80 minute deleted scene. Now, I’m not saying that it’s bad, it’s just completely useless.
The story line plays out the same way, they start in Reno talking about their jobs and then they get invited to a police convention. The bus ride is extended to show more of the antics from the bus. In the regular version most of the antics are the night time shenanigans, while in the lost version it’s more of the day time happenings. When they get to the convention they find out their tags have been lost, then all the other police get contaminated and it’s up to the Reno Sheriff’s department to keep the city of Miami safe while looking for an antidote.
And if you thought they didn’t pay much attention to trying to find an antidote in the regular version, they spend even less time looking in the second version. The lost version is basically parties and 911 calls and hey look we’ve got the antidote.
This version of the movie also comes with a digital copy for PC, Mac, or IPod. I moved it to my Vista running PC and the movie looked and ran fine. It’s the unrated cut of the movie and not the Lost Version, thankfully. It’s not too difficult to get the video from the disc to your computer. The menu should pop right up when you put the disc in. For PC it converts it to a WMV format and takes up about 970 MB.
The audio and video are both fine. They’ve been through all the post production, so it’s not grainy footage with the time code running at the bottom.
Reno 911!: Miami More Busted Than Ever cut is presented in 1.85:1 Widescreen with 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound.
Pretty much the same as before. Directory commentary with Garant, Lennon, and Kenney-Silver. The Introduction to the Lost Version and the Lost version. Then even with the Lost Version they still have some more extended scenes with Commentary. They’ve got 2 full length versions of the movie and they still have extended scenes, what should that tell you about the quality and usefulness of these extended scenes? There are also a couple new Public Service announcements including “Talking During the Movie”, “Cell Phone Etiquette”, and “Join the Reno Sheriff’s Department”. There’s also a hilarious blooper reel. The funniest one is when someone actually stops them to report an assault.
If you already own any version of Reno 911!: Miami, you do not need this. It’s useless and brain killing. If you do not yet own any copy of Reno 911! Miami, this is as good of version to get as any, you don’t have to watch the Lost Version and you get a digital copy to play on your computer or IPod, however it is not currently compatible with Microsoft Zune or Sony PSP. But it’s still a nice to have a digital copy of the movie.
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20th Century Fox Presents Reno 911!: Miami (The Lost Version). Directed by Robert Ben Garant. Starring Carlos Alazraqui, Mary Birdsong, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Niecy Nash, and Cedric Yarbrough. Written by Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, and Kerri Kenney-Silver. Running time: 83 minutes. Not Rated. Released on DVD: September 23rd, 2008. Available at Amazon.com.
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