| Video: Though the image isn't anamorphic it is letterboxed at roughly 1.85.1 and while it's hardly reference quality, it's watchable, but that's where the praise ends. There are way too many mpeg compression artifacts present in the darker spots throughout the movie and it looks like the picture was shot on a digital video camera. There is some edge enhancement and some aliasing but color reproduction is handled respectably well and skin tones look fine. Hardly a perfect effort, and it will suffice but only because it has to.
Sound: Audio options are provided in Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo tracks in the film's original Cantonese language as well as in a Mandarin dub. Burned in subtitles come in both English and Chinese at the same time. Audio quality is alright, even if the English subtitles contain some odd typos and strange phrases here and there. There are a few nice instances of channel separation that add to the fun and the levels are well balanced ensuring that the performers don't get buried by the sound effects or the score.
Extras: Aside from menus and chapter selection, there's nothing else included on this release except a trailer.
Final Thoughts: The presentation leaves a little to be desired, what with the mediocre transfer and the obvious lack of extra features... |
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