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The 1:85.1 anamorphic/progressive transfer shows signs of healthy grain structure, but a low bitrate on a single layer disc more-or-less destroys the benefit of its presence. For the most part, finer detail just "blocks" away as the bargain encoding fails to retain it. Still, the disc looks much better than previous video incarnations. The German disc looked ripped from a poor Laserdisc while the Italian looked worse than a tape. The only other issue about the Optimum, aside from the theatrical trailer as its sole extra, is how the framing seems too tight on the top border (as seen in the third cap below). I'm unclear if the transfer is actually "wrong", only shows up at times, or just a case of sloppy inherent composition. The exact runtime is 1:38:48 (considering 3% PAL speed-up).
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Ah, good times - I used to like this flick alot... although I remember very little about it now, strangely enough.
A forgotten classic for sure. Reminds me of what a frickin' talented director Renny Harlin really was. It's such a shame that there hasn't been a single import of this title. :(
I found myself surprised by the quality of this film. But when I realized the director of Die Hard 2: Die Harder directed this, it all made sense. Meant to review it years ago but never met pen-to-paper.
-mAQ
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