Fatal Attraction Blu-ray Review

June 9th, Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing a couple more classic movies on Blu-ray for the first time. The Michael Douglas and Glenn Close epic drama Fatal Attraction was nominated for six Academy Awards following its original 1987 film release.

Stylish and sexy, Fatal Attraction took audiences to terrifying new heights with its thrilling story of a casual encounter gone terribly awry. This box-office smash was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (Adrian Lyne—Indecent Proposal, Flashdance).

Michael Douglas plays Dan Gallagher, a New York attorney who has a tryst with seductive Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) while his wife (Anne Archer) is away. Dan later shrugs off the affair as a mistake and considers it over. But Alex won’t be ignored. Not now, not tomorrow, not ever… even if it means destroying Dan’s family to keep him.

You know a movie is a classic when it has inspired movies in a similar vein as well as a few parodies and spoofs including the not so funny combination spoof, “Fatal Instinct”, which parodied Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct together. The Blu-ray release of the movie brings to light again one of the best performances of a young Michael Douglas’ career. Glenn Close is perfectly relentless as the vixen in the story.

Special Features:

• Commentary by Director Adrian Lyne
• Forever Fatal: Remembering Fatal Attraction – Cast & Crew Interviews
• Social Attraction – The Cultural Phenomenon of Fatal Attraction
• Alternate Ending, with an Introduction by Adrian Lyne

• Actors: Anne Archer, Michael Arkin, Jonathan Brandis, Tom Brennan, Glenn Close, Michael Douglas
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Paramount
• Blu-ray Release Date: June 9, 2009
• Run Time: 119 minutes

Blu-ray Review by Neil of Movie Room Reviews