| Mei Ah presents the film in it's original 1.85: 1 aspect ratio. Very little print damage is seen and the strong colours of the cinematography comes off very well. Sharpness is also very much ok for a Hong Kong dvd. 16: 9 enhancement would've been nice but it's only fairly recently that Mei Ah has begun producing such discs.
The Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 track still sounds better than the 2.0 option (I only have a Pro Logic setup) . The track is better spread out but dialogue tends to be slightly drowned out in scenes with music. The same 5.1 and 2.0 options are also selectable in Mandarin.
The English subtitles doesn't feature many errors but a fair number of strange sentences grammar wise. You can easily follow what's going on though. Traditional and simplified Chinese subtitles are also on the disc.
The Data Bank holds the always useless cast & crew listing plus the plot synopsis from the back cover. There are trailers for Glass Tears and United We Stand, And Swim but disappointingly no trailer for A Gambler's Story. |