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On DVD: 'The Game Plan'

January 24, 2008 at 9:29PM
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"The Game Plan" (PG) Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson goes the family guy route -- breaking that old Hollywood rule against working with kids and dogs and delivering a hit. Johnson stars as a prima-donna quarterback on his way to the big championship game (for all of Johnson's stardom, the filmmakers didn't work out the rights to call it the Super Bowl) when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an 8-year-old daughter (Madison Pettis). The DVD ($29.99, Disney) and Blu-ray high-definition release ($34.99) have deleted scenes and a batch of bloopers featuring sports commentator Marv Albert. Other extras blur the line between real sports and Johnson's fictitious football career, with ESPN personalities interviewing the actor on how he trained and examining his character's "biography." There's also a making-of featurette.

"Saw IV" (R) Even from beyond the grave, the psychotic serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) manages to lay wicked traps. The fourth movie in the blood-soaked horror franchise picks up after the death of the terminally ill Jigsaw, who before checking out concocted new terrors that test the mettle of a police SWAT team commander (Lyriq Bent). The DVD ($29.95, Lionsgate) and Blu-ray disc ($39.99) feature a deleted scene and two commentary tracks, one with director Darren Lynn Bousman and Bent, the other with the movie's producers. Also included are featurettes on the traps the killer sets and the grisly props he applies to victims, along with a video diary from the director and a music video.

DAVID GERMAIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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