RENTED MOVIE PLAYING TOO SLOW

hi All,
After several million hours (well 3.5) spent downloading a movie (Domestic Disturbance) I play it only to find it is playing very slow and the actions don't match the audio. It is really irritating and impossible to watch. I tried cleaning out my computer to free up space to no avail.
I then put the movie on my external hard drive to play on my other better laptop but when I opened it it would not let me play it saying it was authorized to play on another device...grr
Any advice anyone????

ANYONE?????

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