Golden Chicken 2: Technical Notes

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Golden Chicken 2
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    by So Good... - Hong Kong DVD Movie Reviews
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Megastar presents the film in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio that has been anamorphically enhanced. Aside from a few specks and slight grain on occasions, this is a detailed and colourful presentation, as to be expected from a recent film.

The Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 track mainly uses the front stage and when spread out, it's for music and score. Dialogue sounds crystal clear. A Cantonese DTS 5.1 and a Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 dub is also included.

The English subtitles feature excellent spelling and grammar. The explanation about the real events in the movie are well-worded, one aspect that needed to be done right. Traditional and simplified Chinese subtitles are also included.

It probably wasn't needed but the extras (none of which come with English subtitles) are reserved for a 2nd dvd . Starting with the text piece called The Story, it actually is a valid extra this time around since this plot synopsis isn't printed on the dvd case itself.

The Making Of can be viewed in 2 shorter edits or the full version, which only lasts for 10 minutes anyway. Nothing much exciting happens here other than some amusing footage of the cast at work and Samson Chiu himself firmly directing how one of the bed scenes should be performed.

3 specially themed trailers (Anti Piracy, Gorilla and All Stars) are up next. In an amusing touch, the first two features exclusive footage for that particular trailer and it's a shame they weren't subtitled. The All Stars clip has English narration and tries to be tongue in cheek but failing rather miserably. Trailers for Magic Kitchen and Elixir Of Love can also be found in this section.

The first of the two Music Videos is your standard movie clip collage set to, to me, an unknown artist and song. Second clip features the cast lip syncing and fooling around to another unknown song from the movie. Obviously the latter proves to be more fun than the former.

Cast & Credit first has a simple 2 page Crew listing, which is then followed by the Bio & Filmo section. Here producer Peter Chan and director Samson Chiu receive fairly informational biographies while Sandra Ng's is sorely lacking on more substantial information. A 17 page Photo Gallery finishes the 2nd disc.




    by HK Film
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Manufacturer: Mega Star

Sound: Dolby 5.1, DTS

Format: widescreen

Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin

Subtitles: Chinese, English

Extras (on second disc): plot synopsis, making-of featurette, trailers, music videos, talent files, photo gallery

A very good DVD, right down to the cool packaging. The only complaint is that, like almost all HK DVDs, most of the extras aren't subtitled. Otherwise, this is definitely one of the better discs to come out this past year.




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