| The DVD: IVL, a Hong Kong release, REGION 3 ENCODED.
Picture: Anamorphic Widescreen. Printwise the film looks pretty good. Yes, you'll never doubt it was a 70's film, the age is very obvious in terms of some grain levels and general age wear. Colors, contrast, and sharpness appear decent. While a tad soft and a bit lacking, this can primary be chalked-up to the era and production standards. Technically it has some quirks. The transfer has some slight compression and processing issues, most notably some motion blur that hampers a few scenes.
Sound: Cantonese or Mandarin original Mono soundtracks. Optional English, Chinese, or Bahasa (Indonesian & Malay) subtitles. While the tracks are extremely basic, I'll take them over a remastered track any day. I don't mind the dated sound, the tinny, reverby distortions, and general lack of dynamics because all those things just back up the age of the film and firmly cement it within its era. Sub translation appeared quite good with no distracting grammatical errors or misspellings.
Extras: Remastered trailers. --- Photo gallery & Original Poster. --- Production Notes and Bio's and Selected Filmographies. |