| MOVIE |
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Tommy Lee Jones is back in his Academy Award winning role, Sam Gerard. And this
time he's got a new fugitive to catch, Wesley Snipes. Snipes plays a tow truck driver who
we learn is wanted for a brutal double murder in New York City of 2 men in the U.N.
building. He is assigned to be flown back from Chicago to New York with a bunch of other
prisoners. This is where the movie really begins, one of the prisoners is actually an
assassin who has been assigned to kill Snipes and in the process blows a whole in the
window and causes the plane to rip open and begin falling out of the sky. The plane crash
sequence in this movie tries to better the train crash sequence of the original movie and
while it is good I still think the train crash sequence is better. Anyhow, with the plane
crashed it gives Wesley the chance to escape, cue mandatory Man-Hunt, yay. This movie is
filled with some great action scenes and a few good plot twists, it's an enjoyable movie
and only I would only rate it a little below the original and not a waste of a sequel like
most movies.
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| VIDEO |
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This is a very good quality disc for video, granted there are a few artifacts in
the print but nothing too bad. The shadow detail was superb and very well rendered. The
color & flesh tomes seemed a little muted which is a bit of a pity but you get used to
it after a little while of watching.
U.S. Marshals is framed at 1:85:1 and is 16:9 enhanced.
This is a FLIPPER disc and thankfully
there is no need to get up and turn the disc over halfway through the movie. The extra's
and the movie are separated on each side of the disc.
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| AUDIO |
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What a letdown in this department, the English soundtrack is only encoded in
Dolby Digital 2.0, what a letdown. If they can release a discrete 5.1 version overseas why
not here? Anyhow with that gripe aside the sound even though flat still is quite good. The
soundtrack is very immersive and does indeed surround you, the mix does have an aggressive
surround track and good use of the front speakers as well. Sounds that are off the the
left and right of screen really do have a presence and add to the whole effect.
The dialog was very clear and easy to listen to, even
with a lot of ambient sound in the background, you could always understand what was being
said.
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| EXTRAS |
|
There are really not many extra's on this disc, I can't see how they could call
this a special edition. There is no theatrical trailer on this disc, the main extra is a
section called "Anatomy of a plane crash" it's a segmented extra about how they
made the plane crash sequence. The main extra is on Side B of the disc, and although it's
good in the fact that it doesn't interrupt the movie, when you spin up the second side to
view the main extra you have to sit through 2 minutes of annoying copyright warnings in
every bloody language imaginable.
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| FINAL THOUGHTS |
| Not the best disc Warner Bros. have released to date, the video quality is good
so is the actual movie but the lack of Dolby Digital 5.1 sound and the extras that the
Region 1 version has means it shouldn't be called a special edition. If your a fan of the
original movie grab it, if not just give it a rental. |
| 16:9
ENHANCEMENT |
DISC
RATING |
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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: 26 May 2000 00:28:35 +1100
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| Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
| No of
Discs: |
1 |
| OFLC Rating |
M15+ |
| Running
Time: |
126
Mins |
| Case
Type: |
Snapper
Case |
| Release
Date: |
23/2/1999 |
| Catalog
Number: |
15625 |
| List
Price: |
$29.95 |
| Distributor: |
Warner
Bros. |
| Disc
Format: |
PAL |
| Disc
Type: |
Label
Only |
| Disc
Format: |
DS-SL |
| Chapters: |
40 |
| Macrovision: |
Yes |
| Manufacturer: |
WAMO |
| Aspect
Ratio:
|
1:85:1 |
| Anamorphic: |
Yes |
| Film
Format: |
35mm |
| Dolby
Digital:
|
2.0 Surround |
| DTS: |
None |
| PCM
Stereo: |
None |
| Other: |
None |
| Languages:
|
English |
| Subtitles: |
Yes |
| Audio
Commentary: |
None |
| Theatrical
Trailer: |
None |
| Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
| TV
Spots: |
None |
| Dolby
Trailer: |
None |
| Documentary: |
Yes |
| Cast
& Crew Bios: |
Yes |
| Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
| Music
Videos: |
None |
| DVD Rom
Content: |
None |
| Collectable
Booklet: |
None |
| Scene
Access: |
Yes |
| Animated
Menus: |
None |
| Production
Notes: |
Yes |
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