| Universe presents the film in an aspect ratio of 1.78:1 (outside of some odd moments that opens up the frame to everything between 2.00:1-2.35:1), with anamorphic enhancement. The print is free of wear, transfer replicates the strong colours well and sharpness lands on decent.
The Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 track has crisp front stage separation but dialogue is at times a few notches too low. Both due to poor mixing and original recording on set. A Mandarin 2.0 Stereo dub is also included.
Occasionally the English subtitles feature some poor grammar but nothing that any viewer won't be able to sort out. Traditional and simplified Chinese subtitles are also available
A few extras has made its way onto this Universe disc, none of which have any English subtitles. Starting with the short making of (2 minutes, 57 seconds), on display are brief interview bites, brief behind the scenes footage and presumably brief info. Gala Premiere (5 minutes, 2 seconds) as per many of these in Hong Kong is not as formal as it sounds. Actors gets introduced, briefly interviewed before audiences and true to the content of the film, they even do some drink mixing on stage, with less embarrassing results than you would think. The program ends with post-movie viewer reactions.
Star's Files are available for a high number of cast & crew, namely Ng Kin-Hung, Race Wong, Bobo Chan, Herman Yau, Endy Chow, Lawrence Cheng, Candy Lo, Derek Tsang and Eric Kot. Only Bobo and Eric gets combined short biographies and filmographies while the remainder are simple listings of the latter. A waste. A 15 page photo gallery consisting of high quality movie stills finishes the disc. The theatrical trailer is strangely enough not included. |