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Through the Decades 10 Film Collection: 2010s DVD set review

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Mill Creek’s Through the Decades 10 Film Collection: 2010s DVD set presents a sampling of ten films released between 2000 and 2009. Spread over four discs, these movies cover the spectrum from comedies and thrillers to dramas. The ten included films (with synopses from Mill Creek) are:

  • MacGruber (2010) – The legendary MacGruber (Will Forte) faces off against his nemesis Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer), who is threatening to level Washington, D.C. with a nuclear warhead.
  • The American (2010) – American assassin Jack (George Clooney) has one more job to do before he gets out of the game for good. Hiding out in the Italian countryside, he befriends some of the locals, risking their lives and his own in this taut thriller.
  • The Dilemma (2011) – Ronny (Vinve Vaughn) discovers that his best friend and business partner Nick’s wife is having an affair, and struggles with telling Nick (Kevin James) as the biggest opportunity of their career approaches.
  • The Adjustment Bureau (2011) – A simple affair between a politician (Matt Damon) and a dancer (Emily Blunt) unfurls into a thrilling race for the truth behind the mysterious organization that seems determined to keep them apart.
  • Your Highness (2011) – An arrogant and chivalrous prince (James Franco) and his scoundrel brother (Danny McBride) must work together to rescue the prince’s bride-to-be (Zoey Deschanel) from an evil sorcerer (Justin Theroux).
  • The Thing (2011) – The staff of an Antarctic research station are picked off one by one by a ferocious alien organism that can assume the form of those it kills.
  • Contraband (2012) – An ex-smuggler (Mark Wahlberg) is dragged back into the business, trafficking millions in counterfeit bills in order to protect his brother-in-law (Caleb Landry Jones) from a powerful drug lord (Giovanni Ribisi).
  • Safe House (2012) – Assigned to guard a fugitive (Denzel Washington) in a Cape Town safehouse, a rookie CIA agent (Ryan Reynolds) is in over his head when they are attacked by mercenaries and are forced to work together to survive.
  • Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) – As an asteroid hurtles towards Earth, a man (Steve Carell) embarks on a cross country road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart (Keira Knightley) , so he won’t have to die alone.
  • Black Sea (2014) – A former submarine captain (Jude Law) heads an expedition backed by a questionable investor (Tobias Menzies) to search the bottom of the Black Sea for a sunken Nazi sub loaded with gold.

Mill Creek’s 2010s collection’s ten movies are contained on just four DVD discs, so be aware that these are not movies that will have the clarity of an individual Blu-ray presentation and some compression artifacts are visible. If you’re willing to accept that, the presentations are okay.

On the audio side, the movies come with Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks. Subtitles are available for English SDH. Again, because of the quantity of films, these are not lossless tracks but they get the job done.

The collection does not come with digital code or bonus materials.

The Through the Decades 10 Film Collection: 2010s DVD set is a perfect sampler plate for the 2010s, especially if you haven’t seen many of the titles before. Mill Creek’s collections give you a chance to check out some movies from the decade at a very reasonable price per film.