For his fifth effort as a feature-film director, one-time cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld brought his cartoonish visual style and darkly humorous sensibilities to this adaptation of, appropriately enough, a tongue-in-cheek sci-fi comic book. Will Smith stars as James Darrel Edwards, a New York City cop with an athletic physique and a flippant, anti-authoritarian attitude toward law enforcement. After chasing down a mysterious perpetrator one night who turns out to be an alien, James is recruited by "K" (Tommy Lee Jones), a veteran of a clandestine government agency secretly policing the comings and goings of aliens on planet Earth. Nicknamed the "men in black" for their nondescript uniform of black suit, shoes, tie, and sunglasses, the agents are assigned to recover a bauble that's been stolen by an intergalactic terrorist (Vincent D'Onofrio). It seems the item is none other than the galaxy itself, and its theft has plunged humanity into the center of what's shaping up to become an interstellar war, unless K and his new wisecracking partner, now renamed "J," can stop the bad guy. On their side but somewhat in the dark is a pretty, unflappable city medical examiner (Linda Fiorentino) who has been zapped one too many times by K's ingenious memory-sapping device. The disc gets the first-rate superbit treatment which maximizes the quality of both the picture and the sound.

As part of the Franchise Collection, the Problem Child Tantrum Pack comes to DVD from Universal Studios Home Video. This two-disc box set contains the comedies Problem Child (1990) and Problem Child 2 (1991). Each film is presented with a standard full-frame transfer and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound in English. Subtitles are available in French and Spanish. The only special features are theatrical trailers and a French-dubbed language track for the first movie.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's action hit Eraser comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that faithfully reproduces the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Extra features include cast and crew biographies and a theatrical trailer. The film is solid if less than inspired, much like this disc. This disc will appeal to Schwarzenegger fans and genre enthusiasts.