Malevolent (paintball film)

Malevolent is a 2011 tournament paintball film produced by DerDer Productions, documenting the 2010 professional season of Paintball Sports Promotions (PSP) in the United States. The film combines tournament highlights with commentary from professional players and was distributed on DVD and Blu-ray.[1][2]

The production has an advertised running time of approximately 60 minutes, excluding bonus material.[1]

Content

Malevolent documents professional tournament paintball during the 2010 PSP season, combining match footage with commentary from competitors.

Tournament coverage

The film features footage from four PSP events held during 2010:[1][2]

Phoenix Open
Chicago Open
Mid-Atlantic Open (MAO)
2010 Paintball World Cup

The production focuses on professional X-Ball competition, presenting tournament action alongside interviews and commentary from players competing during the season.

Featured players

The original promotional description identifies commentary from the following players:[1]

Additional players also contributed commentary to the production.

Bonus features

The DVD includes two instalments of DerDer Productions' recurring comedy and behind-the-scenes series On the Short Bus:[3]

On the Short Bus, Episode 8
On the Short Bus, Episode 9

Additional teaser videos feature:

Oliver Lang discussing the Los Angeles Ironmen.
Alex Goldman discussing San Diego Aftermath.
Billy Wing discussing the lack of coaching in professional paintball.

These features were documented in a September 2015 archive of DerDer films and their original promotional descriptions.[3]

Soundtrack

DerDer Productions published an official trailer for Malevolent on 16 October 2011 through its YouTube channel.

The trailer's description identifies three licensed recordings used with permission:[2]

Artist	Track
Refused	New Noise
Atmosphere	Shotgun
The Menzingers	Who's Your Partner

These tracks are confirmed for the promotional trailer. Their inclusion in the feature-length film has not been independently established.

A complete soundtrack listing for the DVD and Blu-ray editions has not been verified.

Production and release

Malevolent was produced by DerDer Productions following the 2010 PSP tournament season.

The official promotional trailer was published on 16 October 2011. On 22 October 2011, PaintballBrunei reported that the film was being prepared for digital release on 29 October 2011.[2][4]

The film was subsequently distributed on DVD and Blu-ray, with an advertised running time of approximately one hour.[1][5]

The Blu-ray edition was marketed by Australian retailer Paintballshop.com as the first paintball Blu-ray release. This was a contemporary marketing claim rather than an independently established industry record.[5]

The original retail description identifies four sponsors associated with the production:

Paintball Assassin
Killer Paintballs
Badlands Paintball
RAZA

The film was also offered as a high-definition digital file of approximately 1.39 GB.[1]

Availability

Malevolent is included in the DerDer classic paintball video collection hosted by BKi Paintball. The collection makes several historical DerDer films available to viewers.[6]

A copy of Malevolent was also uploaded to YouTube in September 2015 and linked in the German paintball forum PBHub.[3]

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