A Hero Never Dies: Technical Notes

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A Hero Never Dies
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Universe's dvd presentations is soft in intent but the very clean 2.35:1 formatted transfer does come off as a bit too soft and even fuzzy in a few long shots.

The Cantonese 5.1 Dolby Digital audio sounds a bit flat but remains a fairly enveloping experience mostly thanks to the score. A Mandarin 5.1 option is also available.

The English subtitles are partly placed on the print and black bars which makes it zoomable to a pleasing degree for us widescreen owners. Only spotted a few honest errors in an otherwise good subtitling effort. Traditional and simplified Chinese subtitles are also selectable.

Universe has thrown in a few more extras than usual, main one being a Q & A with actress Yoyo Mung. You the viewer selects the questions and we're then given short filmed replies by the actress in Cantonese. Saving grace of this extra is that it comes with optional English subtitles but given the running time of each clip, not much solid info is provided. The last clip is interesting though when Ruby talks about her vision of how to act a particular scene and how Johnnie To saw it (the director was right). Next up is the NG Footage reel that lasts 3 minutes and 7 seconds. Nothing earthshattering here besides a few shots of Lai being frustrated when an action scene fails.

Bland Star's Files for Leon Lai, Lau Ching Wan (billed as Sean Lau in this section), Yoyo Mung, Johnnie To & Wai Ka Fai plus trailers for A Hero Never Dies, Extreme Crisis, Enter The Eagles and City Of Glass finishes off the dvd.




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