MOVIE |
I first saw this Bruce Willis action flick a few years ago when it came out on
video and I would consider it one of his better action flicks. Willis plays Tom Hardy a
Pittsburgh cop who has ratted his cousin into internal affairs and is on the wrong side of
the police department because of it. During the course of all this he is also
investigating a serial killer called the 3 rivers killer. On the way to the yearly police
ball with his father, the killer is spotted dumping a body and the usual car chase ensues.
Now I have to say this is one of the better car chases I've seen on film in a while,
anyhow the climax of this chase is that the killer and Willis and his father end up in a
car accident, Willis survives, his father gets shot by the killer and he gets away to
boot. 3 years pass and now Hardy is a water cop, patrolling the waterways of the city and
now bodies are starting to turn up along the shores of the river, Hardy believes the
killer is dumping the bodies for him to find. Who is the killer, why does the killer want
Hardy to find the bodies? Watch & see.
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VIDEO |
Yet again, another high quality Columbia Transfer. While not as good as some of
the other Columbia discs, it's still very high quality. There is the occasional MPEG
artifact in the print but this is minor. The transfer itself is sharp and shadow detail is
superb and the colors were very lifelike.
Striking Distance is framed at 1:78:1 and is 16:9
enhanced.
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AUDIO |
There are a couple of audio formats on this disc English Dolby Digital 2.0 and
French Dolby Digital 2.0, I listened to the English soundtrack. The soundtrack is of
generally high quality. The surrounds get the occasional use when needed and they don't go
over the top, for 90% of the movie the surrounds are used by ambient music but when a
scene uses some good surround effects the rear channel is used nicely.
The dialog was easy to hear to hear for about 80% of the
movie, there was the occasional scene where it was hard to hear dialog when there was a
lot of ambient noise.
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EXTRAS |
Your standard set of extras from Columbia/Tri-Star. You get the theatrical
trailer which is framed a 1:85:1 16:9enhanced with a DD2.0 soundtrack. There is also a
Dolby Digital City Trailer and Filmographies on rear slick of the cover. I won't knock the
score of the extras too much as this is the standard with CTHV even though they are
getting better.
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FINAL THOUGHTS |
This one is at least worth a rental, grab it only if your a Bruce Willis fan. |
16:9
ENHANCEMENT |
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 May 2000 21:28:26 +1100
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Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
No of
Discs: |
1 |
OFLC Rating |
M15+ |
Running
Time: |
98
Mins |
Case
Type: |
Keep
Case |
Release
Date: |
2/2/1999 |
Catalog
Number: |
D18642 |
List
Price: |
$34.95 |
Distributor: |
Columbia/Tri-Star |
Disc
Format: |
PAL |
Disc
Type: |
Label
Only |
Disc
Format: |
SS-SL |
Chapters: |
28 |
Macrovision: |
Yes |
Manufacturer: |
DVCC |
Aspect
Ratio:
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1:85:1 |
Anamorphic: |
Yes |
Film
Format: |
35mm |
Dolby
Digital:
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2.0 Surround |
DTS: |
None |
PCM
Stereo: |
None |
Other: |
None |
Languages:
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English |
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: |
None |
Production
Notes: |
None |
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