Picture: Non-anamorphic widescreen. Pretty poor picture quality. It looks like a cheapie import disc, the kind all-region savvy movie buffs buy for $5. The image is compressed and overall is awash in muck making it muddy and unclear. The darker scenes (which are often) suffer because of dull contrast. Colors and sharpness are also not very strong. The hues have a moldy green, sickly pallor.

Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo. Japanese language with default English subtitles. Sound is pretty basic. Dialogue is presented clearly with the fx and music having a decent bass range. The subs have a few minor errors but, unless you are an English professor, not to the extent that it is often or glaring enough to remove you from the film.

Extras: Chapter selections–- TLA release trailers, including Suicide Club

Conclusion: This film had so much potential that is wasted away and vanished with its third act. I cannot think of a film I’ve seen recently that was so neat and interesting and engagingly odd that then crumbles. The DVD isn’t much to write home about- lackluster picture, barebones, basic sound. The film is interesting enough when it works and does provide some good blindsiding shocks, but the ending combined with the transfer quality make it only rental-worthy