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It seems that some of the best and
sometimes worst Directors come from being Cinematographers.
With Jan De Bont I think I'm
sitting on the fence here. He's a great Cinematographer see Die
Hard, Hunt For Red October, Basic instinct, Lethal Weapon 3 or
even this movie for instance. His Directing though leaves a lot to
be desired. This movie as well as Twister are acceptable but then
he made the travesty that is Speed 2 or more recently The Hunting.
Speed is the story of Howard
Payne (Dennis Hopper) he is a disgruntled cop who has already been
thwarted when he tried to get 2 million bucks from the city with
an elevator bombing. Now he puts a bomb on a bus that will explode
if it drops below 50MPH. Jack Travern (Keanu Reeves) is a cop with
way too much testosterone who is the man who is trying to stop the
bus form exploding.
The movie is filled with some
great scenes but and it's a big but YOU MUST!
suspend you disbelief for 2 hours to really enjoy it.
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| VIDEO |
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Speed features a very good transfer
that is very sharp. Shadow detail is great, there are no MPEG
artifacts although there is a little shimmering in some scenes. Film
artifacts are not present. Colors seemed a little over saturated.
Speed is framed at
2:35:1 and is
16:9 enhanced. This disc is a
single sided, dual layer disc. The layer change occurs at 76:17. For
some reason the layer change skipped a chapter on my player and
bypassed the scene at Howard Payne's house. For a little while I
thought the movie was a cut British version. Luckily it wasn't.
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| AUDIO |
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This is a Dolby Digital 5.1 track with a
silent .1 channel, essentially a 5.0 mix but a very good one.
The surrounds are used effectively and a
re well integrated into the mix with good sound steering which creates an
engaging sound field. The dialog was always easy to hear.
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| EXTRAS |
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Standard Fox extras yet again. Theatrical Trailer: Dolby Digital
2.0 mono, 1:33:1 video. A good trailer that is lacking technically.
Subtitles: Closed Captioned,
Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Hungarian,
Icelandic, Spanish.
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| FINAL THOUGHTS |
| An enjoyable movie on
an acceptable disc. |
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REVIEW
EQUIPMENT
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Display:
48" Sony RPTV.
DVD Player: Panasonic A350 Player using S-Video Cables.
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-D508 Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Speakers: Accusound speaker
system. |
Copyright © 2000 by [Roger
Ward].
Revised: 25 Jul 2000 23:21:50 +1100
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| Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
| No of
Discs: |
1 |
| OFLC Rating |
M15+ |
| Running
Time: |
112
minutes |
| Case
Type: |
Clear
Amaray |
| Release
Date: |
12/1/2000 |
| Catalog
Number: |
8638SDV |
| List
Price: |
$39.95 |
| Distributor: |
20th
Century Fox |
| Disc
Format: |
PAL |
| Disc
Type: |
Picture
Disc |
| Disc
Format: |
SS-RSDL |
| Chapters: |
24 |
| Macrovision: |
Yes |
| Manufacturer: |
WAMO |
| Aspect
Ratio:
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2:35:1 |
| Anamorphic: |
Yes |
| Film
Format: |
35mm |
| Dolby
Digital:
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5.1 Surround |
| DTS: |
None |
| PCM
Stereo: |
None |
| Other: |
None |
Languages:
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English
Spanish |
| Subtitles: |
Yes |
| Audio
Commentary: |
None |
| Theatrical
Trailer: |
Yes |
| Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
| TV
Spots: |
None |
| Dolby
Trailer: |
None |
| Documentary: |
None |
| Cast
& Crew Bios: |
None |
| Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
| Music
Videos: |
None |
| DVD Rom
Content: |
None |
| Collectable
Booklet: |
None |
| Scene
Access: |
Yes |
| Animated
Menus: |
Yes |
| Production
Notes: |
None |
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