Stars: Ricky Martin

Summary: Footage of Ricky Martin performing live throughout Europe. The tracklist includes 'No Puedo Mas', 'Bombon de Azucar', 'Nada es imposible', 'A Medio Vivir', 'Te Extrano', 'Susana', 'Dime Que Me Quieres' and 'Maria'.

With his thousand watt smile and irresistible rhythms, Latin pop star Ricky Martin almost singlehandely turned Latino music into a mainstream pop trend. this release explores the man behind the phenomenon with more than one hour of candid, personal footage. The viewer gets to see Martin livin' his own "vida loca," as he travels through European on a sold-out tour. In addition, exuberant live performances from that tour are filmed, including "No Puedo Mas," "Susana," and "Nada Es Impossible."

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Ricky Martin may be the undisputed king of Latino pop but this European TourDVD collection presents the star in a wholly uninspiring way. It's the televisual equivalent of a 100 per cent unofficial Ricky Martin annual, packed full of ancient library photos and sneaked pictures of the star. Ricky's live concert performances of his Spanish-language greatest hits are fine but are terminally scarred by the poor picture and sound quality. Throughout the presentation a distracting "RM" logo is displayed in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. The interview and behind-the-scenes footage is farcical, and any interesting information about Ricky uncovered in the interview is ruined by the pathetic visual effects. Equally as awful are the voice-overs, which resemble the style and tone of those used on Channel 4's Eurotrash, but with any irony squeezed out. The translations (from Spanish to English) are decidedly dodgy, with one Spanish female fan saying she likes Ricky because "he has great buns". The majority of the visual material is stretched out of proportion, continually repeated in slow motion and appears to have been shot on an ordinary video camera. Even die-hard fans of Martin are strongly recommended to steer well clear of this release, especially with other DVDs such as the Official Video Collectionand One Night Onlyproviding far better value for money.

On the DVD:As well as the overall poor quality of the feature, there are no decent extras. The bonus video clip of "La Bamba", is a camcorder recording of Martin performing a song on stage with a live recording of the track dubbed over the top. Due to the use of a tiny font, and a flickering typeface the biography and discography are impossible to read. Capitalisation and punctuation also seem to be randomly applied in the biography. Furthermore the feature and bonus material is only presented in standard picture format and in stereo.--John Galilee

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	2001
Release Date:	December 3, 2001
Runtime:	65 minutes
Certification:	Exempt.
Catalogue Number:	W H E 1057
Keywords:	Music, European, Tour, Rock, Pop, Martin, Ricky, Performing, Arts, Popular
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts