“Do you hunt, Dom?”
“No, I don’t, Ivan. I only use a gun to hold up a place, or threaten someone, or rob ’em, or pistol-whip ’em, or scare ’em. But, no, no hunting.”

Dom Hemingway (Jude Law) is a rude, vulgar, self-obsessed safe-cracker who can’t seem to do anything right. After 12 years, he is finally being released from prison, and he immediately makes up for lost time. However, instead of reuniting with his daughter Evelyn (Emilia Clarke), Dom’s first activities are beating up the man who married his (now deceased) ex-wife, meeting up with his best friend Dickie (Richard E. Grant), spending 3 days locked up in a hotel room with two prostitutes, and making plans to get the money owed to him for not ratting out Mr. Fontaine (Demian Bichir). But, since this is Dom, things don’t really go as smoothly as he planned.

The film opens with a shocking monologue from Dom while he’s in prison—a soliloquy about his penis. This really sets the initial tone of the film—Jude Law holds nothing back in his performance of this larger-than-life title character. Throughout the film Dom gives these wild, crazy and often humorous, but sometimes heartfelt, monologues. The first half of the film concentrates on Dom trying to get the money that is owed to him, but it seems like no matter what he tries, things always go wrong. This leads to a lot of hilarious scenes and series of events.

Law’s over-the-top character is perfectly-balanced by the more subdued, straight man humor of Richard E. Grant and Demian Bichir. Grant and Law make a great comedic duo, and their characters’ friendship feels very real. There is also a wonderful blend of danger and humor in the relationship between Dom and Mr. Fontaine.

The second half of the film, while still comedic, takes more of a dramatic turn, focusing on Dom finding himself, and trying to clean up the mess that is his life, and bettering his relationships. Emelia Clark (who is unrecognizable from her Game of Thrones role) delivers a great performance as Dom’s daughter.

At times the film seems to try to be vulgar just for the shock factor, but overall the movie has a lot of great humor, and as despicable as Dom gets, you just find yourself rooting for him, hoping something will actually go right for him!

The picture quality of the Blu-ray looks great. The film has a unique style to it that gives off a 70s vibe. The colors and picturesque scenery are captured beautifully on this Blu-ray. The audio track is also really nice—the dialogue is clear, and the music and sound effects are brought to life in the multi-channel sountrack.

The Blu-ray contains about 15 minutes of promotional featurettes, an interesting feature-length commentary by the writer/director, a production photo gallery, the theatrical trailer and a somewhat useless 30-minute loop of topless twins playing ping-pong. A code for a Digital HD copy of the film is also included.

Overall, Jude Law gives an excellent performance that is both highly comedic and dramatic and definitely worth a look.

What’s Included:

Film: (1:33:24)

Blu-ray:
• 1080p / Widescreen 2.35:1
• Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English Descriptive Audio 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French DTS 5.1, Castillian DTS 5.1, German DTS 5.1, Italian DTS 5.1
• Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French, Castillian, Dutch, German, Italian, Chinese, Icelandic, Indonesian, Korean, Malay, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Thai, Vietnamese

Digital Copy (Redemption Deadline 7/22/2017):

• UltraViolet DigitalHD Copy redeemable via Flixster, Google Play or Vudu

Extras:

• Promotional Featurettes
  A collection of shorts used to promote the film’s theatrical release. These include interviews with writer/director Richard Shepard, cast members Jude Law (“Dom Hemingway”), Richard E. Grant (“Dickie Black”), Emilia Clarke (“Evelyn”), Jumayn Hunter (“Lestor”), Demian Bichir (“Mr. Fontaine”) and Madalina Ghenea (“Paolina”), production designer Laurence Dorman, and hair/make-up designer Wakana Yoshihara.
  • Who Is Dom Hemingway? (2:46)
    The cast and writer/director of the film describe the character of “Dom Hemingway”.
  • The Story (2:39)
    The cast and writer/director of the describe the plot of the film.
  • The Look of Dom Hemingway (3:26)
    The cast and crew discus the unique look of Dom and the film in general. Also includes behind-the-scenes footage.
  • A Conversation with the Cast and Director (4:44)
    The cast and director discuss their experiences working on the film. Also includes behind-the-scenes footage.
• Ping-Pong Loop (30:30)
  30-minute video of two topless twins volleying a ping-pong ball back and forth. (seriously!)
• Audio Commentary by Writer/Director Richard Shepard (1:33:24)
  Richard Shepard, the writer/director of the film provides an interesting running commentary throughout the movie. He talks about his writing process, the filming locations, the story, the characters, the look of the film and more. Throughout the commentary, he also provides a lot of interesting behind-the-scenes tidbits.
• Gallery (5:30)
  Use the remote to step through a series of production photos, or let it auto-advance through the gallery every 5 seconds.
• Theatrical Trailer (2:17)
• Sneak Peek (13:39)
  Play All or select from trailers for The Drop, “Discover Digital HD”, The Grand Budapest Hotel, 3 Days To Kill, Belle, The Bridge, 24: Live Another Day, and Vikings Season 1.

Final Thoughts:

Jude Law gives a wonderfully comedic and dramatic performance playing the larger-than-life title character of “Dom Hemingway”. While the film can get a bit vulgar at times, this helps to define the character and adds to the humor. The Blu-ray picture and audio quality are top-notch, and the disc contains some entertaining bonus features as well as a digital copy of the film. The film is definitely worth checking out for some laughs.