Web Of Deception [1989]: Technical Notes

Deltamac presents the film in a slightly overmatted 1.88.1 aspect ratio approximately. Oddly enough, the end credits revert to 2.35:1 but there's no sign of the film being a scope production even though Chung had lensed at least one such before. With a movie that relies much on darkness, the disc isn't perfect but features fair black levels and shadow detail. Colours register a bit on the washed out side but it's a look I feel is synonymous with the era, and budget releases. Print has minor speckling throughout but not overly distracting despite the conscious darkness.

The Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 track is free from distortion and handles dialogue competently. A Mandarin 2.0 dub is also included.

The English subtitles occasionally clips letters from certain words but work generally well. 2-3 lines of dialogue, non-crucial, are not subtitled however. Traditional and simplified Chinese subtitles are also included. Only extra is the trailer.

Thanks to White Dragon, Mark and Balzac13 for help with identifying the screenwriting credit.