| Picture: The film is presented in a 2.35:1 widescreen transfer, but shows it's age in several places. The print is clean for the most part, but does occasionally show specks and dirt and the stock is grainy and even dark at times.
Audio: The Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Track sounded fine, although there was some issue with the characters going back and forth between English and Chinese. I know many of these films were recorded without sound and had all the dialogue and sound effects dubbed in post-production. As the film is set in San Francisco, there were times when characters would switch back and forth between Chinese and English very rapidly, sometimes even in the same sentence, and I believe that the different languages were dubbed by different actors causing some issue on the audio track. Dragon Fight's evocative "'80s metal" score (think Lethal Weapon) really sets the mood nicely. Due to the Chinese-English transitions, the English subs only appear during the Chinese dialogue portions.
Extras: There are no Extras included on this Disc.
Conclusion: ...With the exception of some minor quibbles (the need for a remastered print and soundtrack; the addition of some extras on the disc) I still say Recommended. |