The Illegal Immigrant: Technical Notes

Technical Notes Technical Notes:
The Illegal Immigrant
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    by Far East Films
    www.fareastfilms.com

Region: 3

Distributor: Celestial

Chapters: 12

Picture: While not as sharp colour-wise as the many swordplay films released by Celestial and non-anamorphic, this is still a good remaster that has no signs of age or degradation.

Sound: Mandarin or Cantonese soundtracks with English and Traditional Chinese subtitles (removable). An adequate enough sound-mix that avoids any added effects and serves the film well.

Trailers: 'The Illegal Immigrant', 'My Name Aint Suzie', 'Maybe It's Love', 'How To Pick Girls Up' and 'Let's Make Laugh II'.

Extras: The expected collection of Movie Stills, Original Poster, Production Notes and Biographies/Filmographies on Chung-Yung Cho, Liao Chung-Yu, Wu Fu-Sheng and Mabel Cheung.




    by So Good... - Hong Kong DVD Movie Reviews
    www.sogoodreviews.com



IVL presents Celestial's restored transfer in a non-anamorphic 1.66:1 framed aspect ratio (box claims anamorphic 1.66:1). A low-budget shoot, colours still remain vivid and while the transfer appears soft, sharpness ranks as good overall.

The Cantonese (with some English mixed in) Dolby Digital 2.0 mono track sounds clear, presenting dialogue, music and effects well. Early on some dialogue sounds hollow but that doesn't appear, at least not in a noticeable way, again. A Mandarin 2.0 option is also included.

The English subtitles come with no noticeable errors but appear mistimed for a few moments and doesn't appear at all for a few others. Traditional Chinese subtitles are also included.

The standard Celestial extras turns up, starting with their newly created and subtitled trailers for The Illegal Immigrant, My Name Ain't Suzie, Maybe It's Love, How To Pick Girls Up! and Let's Make Laugh II. Movie Information section holds 10 Movie Stills (one of which is a behind the scenes photo), an image of the original poster (also seen on the back cover), production notes (in fact the plot synopsis) and decent biographies/filmographies for director Mabel Cheung, actors Ching Yung-Cho, Wu Fu-Sheng and Liao Cheng-Yu. They help in giving basic insight into the production of the film and reveals where Mabel Cheung and Alex Law found their cast. The bio's do not go much further into the careers of the filmmakers though.




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