Video: Unleashed comes to DVD in a solid 2.35.1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. Those who have seen the film before know that it was shot using a very muted looking color scheme that is intentionally washed out of all but the faintest hints of the brighter hues. This, along with some grit and grain added to the image, is supposed to give the movie a dirty, rough feeling that suits the storyline. While I didn't personally care for the look of the film, I won't fault this DVD's transfer for reproducing it accurately for home viewing. The black levels stay strong and pretty deep, there's a good level of fine detail present in the movie and while a lot of the movie looks quite soft in spots, it does retain the look that the filmmakers were going for. Edge enhancement and line shimmering are present in a few scenes, you'll notice along car grills and along the sides of buildings, but it's never overpowering and there aren't any problems with mpeg compression. Print damage is never an issue and intentionally altered visuals put aside for the sake of objectivity, this is a fine transfer.

Sound: What the film in either an English language Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound track or a slightly stronger DTS 5.1 Surround Sound track – the choice is yours. English, French and Spanish subtitles are included, as is an English closed captioning option. The surround mixes on this release are great. While the DTS mix gets the slight edge for having moderately stronger bass, both mixes are pretty darn close in quality to one another and both exhibit some very aggressive mixing that does a fine job of brining the action scenes to life without burying the quieter moments that make the film as interesting as it is. There's plenty of distinct channel separation during the fight scenes and the score from Massive Attack and The RZA comes through sounding very nice. Dialogue is always easy to hear and to follow and the levels are balanced properly. There's really very little to complain about here in terms of audio quality - Unleashed sounds great.

Extras: First up is a quick behind the scenes segment entitled The Collar Comes Off. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this is an interesting look at a lot of the work that went into the fight choreography and stunt work used in the film's action scenes. This is an interesting piece, but it covers a lot of the same ground as the second featurette, Serve No Master. Unfortunately, the second featurette uses way too many clips from the film to illustrate its points and doesn't provide us with that much behind the scenes material. Thankfully there are enough interviews with the cast members in here, most of whom discuss their characters and what they liked about them and their experiences on the film, to give this segment some value. When we do get a look at how certain parts of the film were made, these segments are good – sadly, we just don't get enough of it.

Louis Leterrier is on hand for a brief video interview that runs for about five minutes in length. He spends most of the quite interview talking about the interesting contrasts that make Jet Li's character so interesting, how he can be simple and tender and sweet and then turn around and break your neck. He goes into some detail about the origins of the film and how and why Li was cast and ultimately, although this isn't a very long interview, it's worth checking out to get the director's take on things.

Rounding out the extra features are two music videos for tracks used on the soundtrack - Unleash Me by The RZA and Atta Boy by Massive Attack.

Final Thoughts: ...Universal's DVD has very solid audio and video and comes with some keen extra features as well. Highly recommended.