Product Details

• Actors: Jon Seda, Karen Black, Ed Begley Jr., Paul Rodriguez
• Directors: David Siqueiros
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Vivendi Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: February 17, 2009
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001GXK6G8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #255,216 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "One Long Night" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Trapped in a life he doesn t want. Manipulated by his apparently widowed mother. Denied by his perfect fiancée. Sent on assignment to Mexico City just days before his wedding. Infatuated with a woman south of the border. Abandoned in "hostile territory" by a suspiciously gay manager and chased by a gang leader who wants him dead when he witnesses a brutal crime. That s just the beginning of One Long Night , a film about self-discovery and the challenges of being of mixed heritage. One Long Night is the story of RICHARD MACEDO, a simple, conservative, half Mexican-half Caucasian businessman who ends up kidnapped and robbed by FELIX, leader of a gang he has a run-in with at a local nightclub. After witnessing the gang s murder of a storeowner, Richard escapes only to literally fall into the hands of a pair of drag queens which begins an odyssey filled with misadventure, exotic characters and dangerous situations as Richard tries desperately to get back to what he calls civilization.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A valiant attempt I suppose, but not on BD, February 12, 2009

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Steve Kuehl "SLV Video" (Boulder Creek, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Long Night [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Admittedly, I ordered this for the store for two reasons, a low priced BD and Alison Eastwood. Neither proved to be what I had hoped in value. Alison's role was smaller, and the BD quality was one of the worst transfers I have seen.

The story is reminiscent of a low grade B movie involving a man trying to save himself while traveling to our southern neighbor. The whole "during Pete Wilson's regime" plot feels misplaced for what the story is about, but in the end it apparently gains some relevance. That aside, the acting is below average and not enjoyable.

The quality of the BD is horrendous, including volumes of grain and foreign artifact throughout. I played it in the store for a brief spell (on the BD display) but customers thought I had damaged the display or was showing lowdef broadcast, so it was removed in short order. The sound was mixed to 2.0 quality, and was muddled at best.

No special features to list, so overall not a BD recommendation, and a weak B movie reference at that.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars this is only for fans of paul rodriguez, March 10, 2009

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Juan Catalan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Long Night (DVD)

This movie has no script, the acting is flat, uninspired, one-dimensional, cliche-happy, the cinematography is terrible, although I don't think it will matter to many. If you like Paul Rodriguez you could probably stomach this flick but I can't see anyone paying full price for this.

1.0 out of 5 stars The Worst Looking Blu-ray I have ever seen!, March 4, 2009

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R. Moses "CLAW97000" (ILLINOIS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Long Night [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

First of all, I have a TON of Blu-ray movies, and I'm a huge movie fan in general. I watched this on a 52" Samsung LCD HDTV that was NOT in anyway defective. The picture quality of this movie is absolutely horrendous! I had to double check on my PS3 to make sure it was actually a Blu-ray movie. Sure enough, the video was encoded at a high enough level (over 20 mbps) for me to be safe that I hadn't accidentally gotten a standard def. movie instead. Grain, grain, grain, terrible shadow detail, awful colors. I honestly think this movie was shot on a camcorder and then lazily transferred to a blu-ray disk, with no attempt to improve it what-so-ever. To call this "high definition" is a joke.

On a side note, the audio quality (2.0.) is just about as bad as the video.

Extra side note : Upon further inspection, my TV reports the video image is actually 1080i, not 1080p, so it wasn't even mastered in true high definition.

The story itself? Eh, it was below-average, predictable, not worth anyone's time. I was so shocked by the movie quality I really never gave the film itself a chance, to be honest. If this was a VHS tape I would've been o.k. with it (it really DOES look that bad!) but on Blu-ray it's simply inexcusable.