On The Run [Mega Star]: Technical Notes

First of all Megastar's dvd is missing the final scene of the movie. It's not as bad as you think though it ends very abruptly... The dvd presentation itself is pretty good though. The 1.85:1 framing looks correct and handles the different colours nicely. Some colour bleeding is present but nothing that will take you out of the movie. Print damage is more present in the beginning but the rest of the movie has only minor defects.

The cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 remix works ok and keeps itself centered for the most time. I had to turn up the center channel quite a bit though since the dialogue felt like it was all over the front soundstage, a fault that was also present on the Return Engagement dvd.

The english subtitles range from being ok to quite bad. Not that the movie has overly complex dialogue but the subs weren't all that grammatically correct at times. Japanese, korean and traditional & simplified chinese subtitles are also included.

When will Megastar provide substanital dvd extras? Never it seems since we again get a plot synopsis, cast & crew listing (with a short biography on Yuen Biao) plus trailers for On The Run, Wheels On Meals, Eastern Condors and Saga Of The Phoenix.