| MOVIE |
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I didn't go and see the latest Lethal Weapon movie at the theatre thinking that
after a 5 year absence and this being the 4th movie, the franchise would have run out of
steam, boy was I wrong. The film opens in the usual Lethal Weapon style, Loud and brash.
The opening titles and scenes just ooze demo quality, the opening with the crazy
flame throwing gun toting NRA spokesman making a mess of downtown L.A. Anyhow onto the
story. After a nice evening fishing the boys are interrupted by a run away tanker, after
the obligatory shootout we learn that this is actually an illegal immigrant slave ship.
We learn along the way that the resident bad guy of the movie (Jet Li) is trying to
buy the freedom of his triad forefathers. On the home side of things we learn that Lorna
Cole (Rene Russo) is pregnant with Rigg's child and the are other things going on in
Roger's family as well.
The movie is filled with good action, great stunts one of the best
bad guys I have seen in a movie for ages. The movie also has a great soundtrack by Michael
Kamen & Eric Clapton. Fun Stuff.
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| VIDEO |
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WOW outstanding stuff here on this disc. The picture on this disc exhibits excellent color fidelity. The
colors are rich and warm,
flesh tones look natural and the blacks are as they should be a deep solid black. The
images are very sharp in this movie and the contrast is as superb as the shadow detail.
Demo Quality.
Lethal Weapon IV is framed at
2:35:1, being a laserdisc it is not 16:9 enhanced.
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| AUDIO |
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What an experience. The Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is a complete lesson in
spatial effects. The .1 bass channel is extremely deep and pushed my system to the limit.
The surrounds were used very effectively and the sound steering from channel to channel
was superb. The front channels were also very loud. The only downside to all this was the
fact that some dialog was hard to hear at times.
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| EXTRAS |
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There are a few extras on this disc, first the Dolby Digital trailer, also there
is a 30 minute documentary called Pure Lethal featuring outtakes and never before seen
scenes hosted by a hyped up Danny Glover & there is also a B-Roll that features some
of the scenes taken by a cameraman filming the movie itself.
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| FINAL THOUGHTS |
| This is a great looking laserdisc, well worth the money although the DVD version
will be out soon. |
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REVIEW
EQUIPMENT
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Display:
48" Sony RPTV.
LD Player: Pioneer
CLD515 Laserdisc Player.
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-D508
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Speakers: Accusound speaker
system. |
Copyright © 2000 by [Roger
Ward].
Revised: 09 Oct 2000 23:45:21 +1100
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| Region
Coding: |
N/A |
| No of
Discs: |
2 |
| MPAA Rating |
R |
| Running
Time: |
127
Mins |
| Case
Type: |
Standard
Jacket |
| Release
Date: |
15/12/1998 |
| Catalog
Number: |
16075 |
| List
Price: |
Personal
Import |
| Distributor: |
Warner
Bros. |
| Disc
Format: |
NTSC |
| Disc
Type: |
Label
Only |
| Disc
Format: |
CLV |
| Chapters: |
53 |
| Macrovision: |
None |
| Manufacturer: |
Image |
| Aspect
Ratio:
|
2:35:1 |
| Anamorphic: |
Yes |
| Film
Format: |
35mm |
Dolby
Digital:
|
5.1
Surround
2.0 Surround |
| DTS: |
None |
| PCM
Stereo: |
None |
| Other: |
None |
| Languages:
|
English |
| Subtitles: |
None |
| Audio
Commentary: |
None |
| Theatrical
Trailer: |
None |
| Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
| TV
Spots: |
None |
| Dolby
Trailer: |
Yes |
| Documentary: |
Yes |
| Cast
& Crew Bios: |
None |
| Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
| Music
Videos: |
None |
| DVD Rom
Content: |
None |
| Collectable
Booklet: |
None |
| Scene
Access: |
None |
| Animated
Menus: |
None |
| Production
Notes: |
None |
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