Let’s change things up, Patrollers! The DVD Patrol has been driving down the highway watching the leaves change color and wonder where the summer went. Your driver, the Toddster, is leading the way with some good ones and the Golden Avenger is here with some friends. I hope everyone enjoyed our Michael Douglas salute last week. Time to go changing!
New on DVD
The Karate Kid - Starting over somewhere new is never easy, but it’s a part of life. Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) is about to learn this lesson the hard way. Dre’s mother (Taraji P. Henson) is about to start a new job in China and he’s not excited about moving to a whole different part of the World. When he gets there, he discovers things aren’t all bad when he meets a young girl named Mei Ying (Wenwen Han). Of course, it’s probably a universal law that there is always someone who’s not so nice. Dre is about to learn another fact an even harder way when he meets up with the tough group in the neighborhood led by Cheng (Zhenwei Wang). Dre tries to make peace with him but it just doesn’t do any good. Now Dre has become a target. After Dre meets the local handyman Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), he’ll have to work even harder than before. Mr. Han is a master of Kung Fu and decides to teach Dre what he needs to make it. Han decides to Dre can only put a stop to the bullying is to fight in a local tournament where Cheng is the local champion. Can Dre win the fight? Sources tell me that a sequel is already in the works for Smith and Chan to reunite. Stay tuned!
Iron Man 2 - The Golden Avenger returns to action. Robert Downey Jr is back as Tony Stark and this time he’s up against a number of new enemies. When we left him, Tony had just revealed to the world he’s really Iron Man. Now not only does the government want to take his armor, someone from his father’s past wants revenge for wrongs committed against them. Anton Vanko (Mickey Rourke) comes on the scene as Whiplash and has appeared to give Iron Man a run for his money. After Shellhead takes care of him, competing businessman Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) takes Vanko away to plan even more trouble for Stark. Also, Tony has to figure out a way to survive when the device that saved his life is also killing him. He’s got plenty of help this time around with his lady love Pepper Potts (Gwenyth Paltrow), his pal Rhodey and War Machine (Don Cheadle), and secret agent the Black Widow (Scarlet Johannsen). Will Iron Man be able to save the day and himself? Downey is on his way to film the sequel to “Sherlock Holmes” but will be returning as Iron Man in “The Avengers” set for release in Summer 2012.
