Video:
Mafia Vs. Ninja is presented in a rough but watchable fullframe (pan and scan) presentation that is obviously cropped if the opening credits are anything to go by. The colors are faded and a little washed out and there's some print damage present throughout, but you won't have any real difficulty watching the movie or figuring out what is going on. There aren't any edge enhancement or mpeg compression problems that I noticed -- the film doesn't look so hot because of the elements used for the transfer, not because of the transfer itself. If you've seen Ninja: The Final Duel (and if you haven't, you should) you'll know what to expect.
Sound:
The film is presented in a really goofy English dub in Dolby Digital Mono. There's some hiss throughout and the odd jump in the audio here and there, but like the video, it'll do. For an old martial arts film made on a shoestring budget and not stored under the best of conditions, it sounds okay -- not great, but okay for what it is. The levels are all over the place during the fight scenes and some of the sound effects are a little louder than they should be, but that's par for the course with this type of material.
Extras:
The only extra features on this DVD are a small still gallery consisting of screenshots from the film, and a ‘jump to the fight' option that lets you go straight to the scrap scenes in the same way that chapter selection does. |
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