I love the Blu-ray format, and I appreciate the studio enthusiasm put into certain titles. We’re still trying to figure out what to do with the format all things considered, so they’re not all the way there yet. And so perhaps it’s good that some of the most interesting things are being done with shitty films.

Such is Mark Stephen Johnson’s Daredevil in either cut. Ben Affleck stars as the titular blind superhero, who falls for a girl named Elektra (Jennifer Garner), and butts heads with the Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan), who hires Bullseye (Colin Farrell) to kill Elektra’s father and then Daredevil.

Mark Stephen Johnson has proven to no be a particularly good director, and in the wake of the superhero renaissance of the last couple years, time has only made this film look worse. Unfortunately the DVD only has the director’s cut, which is longer for no greater purpose, and features Coolio in a part that adds little to the proceedings. The only thing that makes the film palatable is the performance of Farrell. It’s a showcase role, and it’s still one of his finest, and brings this long turdy thing to life from time to time. Affleck isn’t bad so much, as that he’s leaden in the film, and for serious, Johnson just doesn’t bring it to life.

But the Blu-ray is fucking impressive. The film comes in both DTS 5.1 and Dolby digital with a commentary by Johnson and producer Avi Arad. The film comes with a branching points icon which will take you to special effects breakdowns with multiple angle featurettes, with angles for pre-viz, the visual effects elements, and an effect composite angle, with commentary, or show you the making of (59 min.) in clips. You think that’s some shit? There’s also a fact and fiction trivia track, that making of, at least one Easter egg of bloopers (6 min.), Jennifer Garner’s screen test (3 min.), a piece on Michael Clarke Duncan’s Kingpin (2 min.), HBO’s first look special on this film (25 min.), “Moving through space: A Day with Tom Sullivan” (8 min.) follows a very active blind man who works on the film as an advisor, “Giving the Devil his Due” (15 min.) goes into the post process and the longer cut, there’s Raw dailies in multi-angle format (3 min.), three trailers, three music videos with a soundtrack promo, five still galleries, and then, to top it all all off a section on comic books. “Men without fear: Creating Daredevil” (59 min.) talks to Stan Lee, John Romita Jr., Frank Miller, Brian Michael Bendis, and Kevin smith among others, while “Shadow World Tour” (6 min.) shows Daredevil-vision, while “Modeling sheets offers a five page encyclopedia on the main characters. Jesus, that’s a lot of DD related stuff.

Deception is easily the worst film I’ve seen all year. Hugh Jackman plays Wyatt Bose, an corporate climber who meets Jonathan McQuarry (Ewan McGregor), and Wyatt introduces Jonathan to a sex club, where he gets the chance to sleep with Maggie Q, Natasha Henstridge, Charlotte Rampling and Michelle Williams. When he develops feelings for Williams’ S (you’re not supposed to exchange names), trouble develops as then Wyatt, who was not as he appeared to be, then blackmails McQuarry to steal some shit for him.

When the title of your movie is Deception, you’ve announced your intention. There will be twists and turns. And the audience, possibly having seen the trailer ahead of time, or just having seen more than three movies, know shit’s coming. The role of a director and writer is to then make it more twisty and turny than you might expect. Nothing surprising happens, there’s no topper, there’s nothing that once the ball’s in motion you can’t get ahead, and the film never puts you behind the eight ball. It’s  big pile of failure for that.

But the Blu-ray comes widescreen (2.35:1) in 5.1 DTS, and features a commentary by Marcel Langenegger. The film also comes with a PIP version of the film, though all that content can be viewed by the 14 moments they appear. “Exposing Deception: The Making of the film” (19 min.) talks to the makers about the making, while “Club Sexy” talks about sexual proclivities. There’s also three deleted scenes (6 min.) with optional director commentary, and bonus trailers for What Happens in Vegas and Street Kings.