In the past, I've written about how I breakdown the individuals involved in a movie. I care much more about who's behind the camera than in front of it. Yes, I realize that actors are an important part of the process, but when I see a new movie poster, I always scan for the director and writer first before checking out who the stars are. Having said that, there are, of course, actors whom I like and others which I don't. This can and has affected by attitude towards a movie. Let's face it, no matter how talented a writer or director is, bad casting can ruin a movie. Today's example is So Undercover, a movie which brings little promise to the table, most of which is squashed by its star.

So Undercover introduces us to Molly Morris (Miley Cyrus), a teenager who assists her father, Sam (Mike O'Malley), with his private detective business. She's become quite adept at following targets and photographing them. She's approached by FBI agent Armon Rand (Jeremy Piven) with an offer. Because of her skills, Armon thinks that Molly would be the perfect person to infiltrate a college sorority to keep an eye on the daughter of a witness who has evidence on a mob boss. Molly accepts the job and after a makeover, she emerges as Brook and finds herself living in the Kappa house, looking after Taylor (Alexis Knapp). Molly begins to investigate the other sisters and some others on campus to try and learn who may be a mob plant. But, while doing her investigation, she begins to like college and specifically, a boy named Nicholas (Joshua Bowman). However, when the imposter is revealed, Molly must have her wits about her if she wants to survive.

So Undercover is certainly a botched film which gets no help from its star and I can't begin to imagine who Jeremy Piven angered to wind up in something like this. I get the feeling that this one has been on the shelf for a while, but it did open in the Middle East before making its home video debut here. One of the biggest questions about the movie is the target audience. It's a bit too PG-13 for Miley's tween fans, but older viewers while find this too trite to enjoy. The game supporting cast and the last minute plot surprises help to keep this movie from being awful, but it's still something which I can't recommend.

So Undercover has more than its fair share of lame sorority speak on Blu-ray Disc courtesy of Millennium Entertainment. The film has been letterboxed at 2.35:1 and the Disc contains an AVC 1080p HD transfer which runs at an average of 20 Mbps. The image is sharp and clear, showing no grain and no defects from the source materials. The thing which really stands out about this transfer are the colors, most notably the bright pastels in the sorority house. The image is never overly dark or bright. The level of detail is good, and most shots display good depth. The Disc carries a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio track which runs at 48 kHz and an average of 1.8 Mbps. The track provides clear dialogue and sound effects. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this track and it's clear that someone put some work into the mix. The stereo effects are noticeable and detailed, and we get a nice response when sounds move from the center to the left or right. The surround sound effects work well in a party scene and for the in-film music. The action scenes provide some mild, but appreciable subwoofer effects.

The So Undercover Blu-ray Disc contains no extra features.