Stars: Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Denholm Elliott

Director: Richard Lester

Summary: A mercenary renews his affair with the manager of a factory in the last days of the Batista regime in Cuba in 1959.

Satire about Cuban dictatorships and revolutions. A cynical British mercenary is dispatched to Havana by the Batista government to try and end Castro's reign. Along the way he meets a number of similarly cynical types as well as an old girlfriend. As the government falls down around them, each realizes a different set of values towards the conflict.

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Ben Stiller originally created the vacuous male model hero of Zoolanderfor the VH1 Fashion Awards. In his big-screen appearance, Stiller's Derek Zoolander is New York's top model and proud creator of the tight-lipped "facial expression" Blue Steel. However, competition comes in the shape of equally empty-headed young buck Hansel (Owen Wilson), who wins the coveted male model of the year award, much to Derek's dismay. When Derek's vapid friends are then incinerated in an unfortunate petrol station incident he is left vulnerable and alone, perfect fodder for fashion designer supremo Mugatu (a brilliantly surreal Will Ferrell) to hatch a plot of Manchurian Candidate-sized proportions in which Derek is brainwashed into assassinating the Malaysian Prime minister at a fashion show. Derek enlists the help of investigative journalist (Christine Taylor) and even Hansel himself in an attempt to thwart Mugatu's devious plot.

Zoolanderworks thanks to the central performances. Stiller is endearing in his one-dimensional ineptitude, Wilson is shallow hippie cool personified, and there are some great cameos by the likes of David Duchovny as a Deep Throat-esque informer, Milla Jovovich as the eastern European sadomasochistic henchwoman and Jon Voight as Zoolander's coal mining dad. A constant parade of other celebs pop up throughout playing themselves. Admittedly it's a one-joke film, but there are some classic scenes along the way and at its best Zoolanderis an entertaining dig at an industry that takes itself far too seriously.

On the DVD:Zoolandercomes to DVD in an anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen presentation that's clear and crisp with strong colours, which perfectly shows off the cartoonish style of the film. The audio is consistently sharp. Extra junkies will find plenty of material: deleted scenes, including an extended "Mine" scene and Winona Ryder trying to pick-up Hansel; amusing outtakes; and a great commentary from Ben Stiller with writers Drake Sather and John Hamburg. Best of all is the original VH1 Fashion Show skits which were the inspiration for the film. --Kristen Bowditch

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1979
Release Date:	April 5, 2004
Runtime:	117 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	10001041
Keywords:	Action, General, Cuba, Adventure
Genre:	Action/Adventure