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Why is this being released so late in the U.S?


We don't get it until May. What's the hold up?! It's kind of like how Celine Dion practices her concerts in Europe before bringing them to the U.S.

"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."-Brooke Shields

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Because studios usually sit on unreleasable turkeys like this and either go straight to video or dump it into theaters on a weekend up against a huge blockbuster. This one is going up against The Avengers, but the executives are hoping guys drag their girlfriends to The Avengers only for it to be sold out so they'll let the girl pick an alternate, and are betting on that she picks this one.
If it bombs, they blame the tent-pole it was up against and drop the Blu-Ray next week.
If it makes any money they call it good counter programming.
For a studio getting rid of a turkey like this, it's a win-win.

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No! No! No! I will not stand for someone calling a movie with Gael GarcĂ­a Bernal a turkey. Why not even a limited release? I know the theater in the one horse town that I'm in wouldn't show it, but I'm sure plenty of people in big cities want to see it. This is even more annoying then when Children of Men was announced to be released only in limited theaters, it turned out to be a turkey for me but still let us have the option.

"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."-Brooke Shields

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This movie was released overseas a year ago. It's been available online for a year.
It's a bad movie. Get over it.

-I'm impatient with stupidity. My people have learned to live without it. -Klaatu

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