Product Details

• Actors: Dokken
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Rhino
• DVD Release Date: March 13, 2007
• Run Time: 81 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000M5KBJS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,557 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Dokken: Unchain the Night includes a cluster of music videos augmented by footage of the heavy metal group on tour a couple decades back, all of which comprised the band’s 1986 home video, Unchain the Night. There’s also a handful of extra videos and an entertaining, 2006 interview with Don Dokken and Mick Brown as they recall funny anecdotes from glory days. In fact, almost everything about the 1986 production, including the music performances and videos, is obsessed with touring: the sacrifices, the loneliness, the madness of it all. There are exceptions, such as "Into the Fire," with its wintry, romantic look, but most of what’s here is more like the unsettling "The Hunter," which presents the image of a touring rocker as a lone wolf, looking for sanctuary but dogged and captured by malevolent forces. "Break the Chains" is partially shot in a crazy, long hallway with the band banging into lanterns, but then weirdly includes the super-imposed image of a girl quoting from a letter the song denounces as insincere. "Alone Again" is another of those between-gigs visions of woeful isolation on the road. It all would be wearing if it weren’t for the obvious wit and intelligence of Dokken and Brown, both then and now. New videos include the interesting "Heaven Sent," which has a certain dream logic to it. --Tom Keogh

Product Description

UNCHAIN THE NIGHT - DVD Movie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice transfer to DVD, with bonus features, March 13, 2007

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Concerned One "Thrashfan" (IA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dokken: Unchain the Night (DVD)

If you are a fan of 80's metal, then Dokken was probably near the top of your list. This is a great DVD of thier home video release Unchain The Night, a long time coming, and worth the wait. This contains the original 7 videos Into the fire, Just got luck, breaking the chains, alone again, the hunter, In My Dreams, and It's not Love sandwiched between goofy shots of the band behind the scenes. Bonus videos include Walk Away, Dream Warriors, Heaven Sent, and Burning Like A Flame, all surrounded by intro's from Don Dokken and Mick Brown. Also their is a 30 minute video of Don and Mick reminiscing about the Video, the past, and what the future holds for dokken. The quality of transfer is good, and well worth the investment for 80's fans. Sure, the style of big hair and spandex is dated, but the songs remain great.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rockin' with Dokken!!, April 22, 2007

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J. Barksdale "JB" (Coral Springs, Fl United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dokken: Unchain the Night (DVD)

I stumbled across this DVD at Walmart and was in complete shock that it had finally been released in this format. I had this video back in "the day" and absolutely loved it! Forgot what a funny guy Jeff Pilson is. Some of his dialogue in this DVD is hilarious! Great videos, soundbites and interviews from the 80's, along with bonus videos for the DVD release. The new videos include "Walk Away," "Dream Warriors," "Heaven Sent," and "Burning Like A Flame" with "informative intros./commentaries" before each new video by Don Dokken and Mick Brown. There are also new interviews with Don and Mick which make this release even better! Kudos to Rhino and Dokken for taking the time to put this together. Dokken has always had a strong FANBASE and this is an absolute STEAL for under $10.00. I would have paid a lot more. Great memories!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Remember when videos were played on TV?, April 9, 2007

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Mary M. Thumm (Upstate NY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dokken: Unchain the Night (DVD)

Okay, I have to admit, I was a late teen when MTV came on the scene, and I remember seeing some of the videos on this DVD then. But to have them on one DVD, is nice. If you are a Dokken fan, like I am it's "Heaven Sent".
The best part of this DVD, is the added interviews with Don and Wild Mick, and the videos that did not make regular MTV rotation. Without giving too much away, they tell their recollections of making the particular videos, and some of the stories will make you laugh or cry.