Release Date: 2/10/2009 Original Release: 2008 Format: DVD Length: 98 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: for pervasive language, and sexual content including nudity UPC: 796019818070 Studio: Genius Productions, Inc.
Comedies, Music (General), Theatrical Release, Soul, R&B/Soul, New York City, Road Movies
Description
Malcolm Lee, director of upbeat family fare such as WELCOME HOME ROSCOE JENKINS and ROLL BOUNCE, takes a slightly raunchier tack for his uproarious buddy comedy, SOUL MEN. The late Bernie Mac gives one of his final performances as Floyd Henderson, a retired back-up singer for a '60s soul act known as the Real Deal. When the group's lead singer, Marcus Hooks--played by real-life soul singer John Legend--suddenly drops dead, the two remaining members of the group, Henderson and Louis Hinds (Samuel L. Jackson), are enlisted to play a tribute concert at the Apollo Theatre in New York City. Hinds, an ex-convict trying his best to stay out of the limelight, is persuaded by Henderson to drive cross-country for the chance to re-ignite his music career. The classic comedic trope of road-trip antagonism reaches new heights as the pair curse and claw at each other for the entire voyage, taking occasional breaks to stage impromptu roadside rehearsals and other, less PG-rated misadventures. Throughout, Mac's formidable skills at slapstick play against Jackson's no-nonsense, tough guy demeanor--a veneer that, at times, cracks enough to reveal some genuinely tender moments between the two. But SOUL MEN's final, most poignant postscript is a cameo by fallen soul legend Isaac Hayes--who, coincidentally, died the same week as Bernie Mac--casting a bittersweet pall over the film's enjoyably comic shenanigans.
DVD Features
Keep Case Widescreen Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Additional Release Material: Featurette: Bernie Mac At The Apollo Behind the Scenes: Boogie Ain't Nothin' Trailers: Theatrical Trailer Audio Commentary: 1. Malcolm Lee - Director 2. The Soul Men: Bernie Mac & Samuel L. Jackson 3. The Cast Of Soul Men
Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes died a day apart back in August; that casts a pall over 'Soul Men', in which they both appear with Samuel L. Jackson, but it also serves as a respectful send-off to two... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
Posted on November 7, 2008
Reviewed by: RONNIE
"Soul Men" In being very brief, this movie was funny however, a little spooky, the spooky part is that Bernie Mac who played in the movie as Floyd and Isaac Hayes who played himself passed away... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
Posted on November 7, 2008
