Road to Perdition (Blu-ray Review)

A masterpiece of sight, sound, and story debuts on Blu-ray as a stunning package from Paramount.

Is one more body going to make a difference?

Road to Perdition is an innately gorgeous exhibit of art moving at 24 frames per second.
The film, as directed by Sam Mendes (Jarhead) and
photographed by Conrad Hall (American Beauty), is
as visually captivating as it is thematically enthralling, a potent combination to be sure...

Video

It's almost criminal to give Road to Perdition's fantastic and wonderfully faithful 1080p
transfer
less than a perfect score, but wobbly opening title credits and some random pops and speckles
over the image prove just enough to knock the total down a half-notch. Don't let those nitpicks
detract from just how gorgeous Paramount's high definition presentation truly is, though. Road
to
Perdition isn't one of those eye-popping, three-dimensional, brightly-colored, and ...

Audio

Road to Perdition's Blu-ray release features a reference-quality DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless
soundtrack. Paramount's latest offering is consistently smooth and seamless in presentation.
Thomas Newman's (Revolutionary Road)
Oscar-nominated score enjoys a warmth and richness that blends seamlessly with the visuals and
seems to float into the soundstage with no effort and with a realism that's hard to top. The tra...

Supplements

Beginning with a brief introduction to the film's Blu-ray release with Director Sam Mendes (1080i,
1:18),
Road to Perdition features a nice assortment of extra content. A feature-length
audio commentary track with Director Sam Mendes is one of the highlights. He offers up a
wonderfully absorbing track,
discussing a string of pertinent thematic and technical issues that frame the picture within a context
of
the difficult and involved work that went into the making of the fi...

Final Words

Every year, there are always a few select films snubbed from contention in the race for Oscar's best
picture. Every decade, there are one or two films that stand out amongst those as the best of the
unjustly left behind. One such picture is Director Edward Zwick's Glory, and another is Sam
Mendes' Road to Perdition. Though not completely overlooked during awards season -- Conrad
Hall won a much-deserved post......

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