| Golden Harvest Home Video presents 2002 in it's original 1.85:1 aspect ratio without anamorphic enhancement. Since it's such a recent movie we should expect a good print and that's what we have received. Besides from some softness in indoor scenes, the print is sharp with good detail and black levels.
We get four audio options here. The original cantonese track presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 and the same options in mandarin. It's a pretty good track that uses all channels to great effect, although I would've liked some extra "oomph" to some scenes. Having said that maybe it will sound better in 5.1 (I only have a Pro Logic setup).
The english subtitles are a bit on the small side but always easy to read and with only a few spelling errors. Stupidly enough the subtitles are placed partly on the picture and the black bars, which is a shame for us widescreen tv owners. Traditional and simplified chinese subtitles are also included.
In the extras department we get the theatrical trailer, character profiles and a making of featurette that runs for about 20 minutes. This has only chinese subtitles so it has little value for many of us besides some fun behind the scenes antics from Nicholas Tse, Stephen Fung and director Wilson Yip (check out his cigarette trick) No scene selection is provided strangely enough but the movies is divided into chapters. |