yukichigai
Mar 2005
Video Tech Geek
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I should have stopped watching this, but I couldn't
This is the typical low-quality crap you've come to expect from silvers anymore. It's sad that some release groups openly rely on silvers for their sources, but at least it's been cleaned up a little.
Video - 6: As far as cams go this has loads of issues, but it's at least watchable. The motion blur is off the charts on this just like any other CAMERA release due to the 15fps source. There's also a lot of noise, but not enough to obscure the screen. Most everything is visible, albeit somewhat fuzzy and speckled. There were two occasions that come to mind when I was unable to really understand what was going on visually, but beyond that not so much.
Audio - 8: Cammer must have been positioned well, 'cause the sound is pretty good on this one. The occasional laugh and other audience noise is heard, but a lot less than one might expect. No background hum from the cam itself though, and none of the speech is hard to hear. Overall, pretty decent quality for a cam.
Movie - 9: This could have been the greatest gun-based action flick ever if they'd laid off two things: the heavy-handed (and slightly confusing) political message about guns, and the pace-killing capture/interrogation/escape portion of the third act. Other than that it was a wholly enjoyable movie, in the same vein as Crank: minimal plot, maximum action. I'll probably pick this up on DVD once it's out.
Bottom Line: It's a CAMERA release, so that should say something in itself. Within that it's fairly good quality given the range. It's watchable and listenable. Since the movie is so good it might be worth picking this release up, especially if you're an action fan, but if you don't absolutely have to see this movie now just wait until a better source comes around.
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