An incredible amount of features are awaiting the keen buyer of Disney’s “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” in a 3-Disc Blu-ray Digital Copy.

When comparing this with the first film? “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” pushed past the amateur acting skills of its leading cast thanks to a dedicated screenplay by South African screenwriter Ann Peacock.  The second film is a darker offering and one unsuited to children. There is just too much violence to recommend that a parent allow their younger children access to this.

 The “Harry Potter” films seem to be in the same rhythm of late; this was started by Christopher Nolan’s interpretation of “Batman Begins” and the recent follow-up “The Dark Knight” which is a gargantuan leap to the dark side since the earlier films.

 Additionally, the screenplay by helmer Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely fails to capture the magic of the C.S. Lewis written “Caspian” that Peacock did so well before.

As I said before, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley and Anna Popplewell, the leading cast from of the first film, have not improved their acting talents and could turn in a few hours with a coach.

An amusing but overall lackluster adventure which misses the mark compared to the first film.

Blu-ray Features:

Feature fans rejoice. There’s a lot to enjoy here.

There are 3 discs included with of course the one being a Digital Copy which a buyer can drop into their computer and watch via ITunes or Windows Media Player.

Disc one contains Circle Vision Interactive: Creating the Castle Raid and BD-Live; both exclusive to Disney and Blu-ray.

There’s also audio commentary with Andrew Adamson as well as the actors.

Disc Two:

Although there may be just a single item available on the menu labeled as “Behind-the-Magic,” you’ll find plenty of interesting features. Here are the features broken down:

-          Bloopers of Narnia

-          Secrets of the Duel

-          Becoming Trumpkin

-          Warwick Davis: The Man Behind Nikabrik

-          Inside Narnia

-          Sets of Narnia: A Classic Comes to Life

-          Big Movie Comes to A Small Town

-          Previsualizing Narnia

-          Talking Animals and Walking Trees: The Magical World of Narnia

-          Deleted Scenes

One can play all with audio introductions by director Andrew Adamson.

They are as follows:

1. Escape
2. Apple Orchard
3. From the Balcony
4. Dryad
5. Aslan’s How
6. Training Archers
7. Leaving for the Raid
8. Breaking in
9. The Nursery
10. Picking Marshalls

Overall. Mediocre film. Hefty features.