Product Details

• Actors: Sven Garrett, Cerina Vincent, Tony Todd, Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal
• Directors: Nick Palumbo
• Writers: Nick Palumbo
• Producers: Nick Palumbo, Andrew Piersante, Ehrlich Livingston, Herman Goering, Thomas Quinlin
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: January 9, 2007
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000JMK6UI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,471 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Murder Set Pieces" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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MURDER SET PIECES - DVD Movie

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cut to pieces... Avoid like the Plague... Get the Original Director's Cut from Xploited Cinema, February 16, 2007

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dooby - See all my reviews

This review is from: Murder Set Pieces (DVD)

I wasted $20 buying this Lion's Gate DVD from Amazon. Don't make the same mistake. This DVD is the severely mangled, MPAA-sanitized version with 22mins of footage cut out to achieve the required R-rating. There is no earthly reason to buy this R-rated version. Murder, Set, Pieces is not Shakespeare; it is not some great artistic masterpiece; it is a nasty, brutal slasher/gore flick. You are going to watch this for the nastiness and the gore, not for some deep psychological insight. It does deliver the goods but only in the unrated Director's Cut, not in this lame R-rated version which has every element of gore and nastiness painstakingly snipped out. In the end I had to fork out another $29 to order the original Uncut Director's Cut (Fright Flix Productions) from Xploited Cinema. For some unfathomable reason Amazon does not stock the Director's Cut.

Both versions present the film in its original 1.85:1 widescreen. Sadly both version are NON-anamorphic (not enhanced for widescreen TV). The sound quality is very good but there was a problem with the DD 5.1 mix on my Lion's Gate DVD. The audio seemed to skip repeatedly, with glitches and flubs especially prominent during the dialogue sequences. In the end I had to resort to the alternate Dolby Stereo track which was fine by contrast. No problems with the Fright Flix audio. Both versions feature a full-length commentary by Nick Palumbo and actor Sven Garrett, moderated by "Ultra Violent" managing editor, Art Ettinger. However the Director's Cut also comes with a separate video Introduction by Writer/Producer/Director Nick Palumbo. The Director's Cut also includes a Deleted Scenes segment which is absent from Lion's Gate's R-rated release.

Note: The 5-star reviews on this site refer to the uncut version. The MPAA-mangled Lion's Gate version belongs in the garbage bin.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars amazon does carry th unrated, April 25, 2007

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R. Danish "DEAD MIKE" (troy, ny United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murder Set Pieces (DVD)

only buy the unrated... would you buy porn with no sex.... why buy one of the most violent films... cut????

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Do NOT buy the R-Rated Version, May 13, 2007

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constant reader (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Murder Set Pieces (DVD)

There is a UN-RATED version of this title available. If you want the real thing dont buy the R rated. Search other online shops for the other version.