Son of No One (Blu-ray Review)

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Cop drama clichés drown out a potentially interesting story.

Free to forget.

In the grand scheme of things, the world needs another Cop Drama like The Son of No One like it needs thermonuclear war. Or, better stated,
it needs another paint-by-numbers Cop drama like it needs thermonuclear war. The Son of No One is, yes, a dark Cop drama with potential,
but like so many other recent pictures of its kind, its scattered plot line more or less negates a halfway interesting premise. Director Dito Montiel's ( href="http...

Video

The Son of No One might need some work, but its transfer is nearly flawless. Anchor Bay's 1080p Blu-ray is marvelously film-like; only light
banding, seen mostly on shadowy faces, mars this one. Fine detail is exemplary. Faces and clothes yield incredibly lifelike textures, not to mention city
streets, building façades, and even the dented and worn lockers in the department dressing room. Clarity is superb, and a light grain structure enhances
the transfer's details. Colors are

Audio

The Son of No One features a steady and accurate Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless soundtrack. The movie is no action extravaganza but rather a
dialogue-intensive and mood-critical Drama. As such, it relies more on subtle ambience and the spoken word than it does explosions and gunfire, the
former of which there are none and the latter of which there are but a few, which sound reasonably realistic. Music is pretty representative of the
average high-quality sound presentation; it's clear,

Supplements

This Blu-ray release of The Son of No One contains a trio of extras.

• Audio Commentary: Writer/Producer/Director Dito Montiel and Executive Producer/Editor Jake Pushinsky welcome their fans and their
  critics before delving into a pretty standard commentary. They share stories from the set and discuss characters and the actors who play them, the
  work of the crew, shooting locales, the specifics of the plot, and other general

  Final Words

  The Son of No One tells a good story that's not quite ready for primetime. Almost everything is in place -- there's a good cast, including a
  Channing Tatum who finally shows some legitimate acting chops, and fine photography -- yet the story is missing the glue to hold it all together, the
  greater purpose to make audiences care, and the even the greater purpose to truly make it seem like the characters care. The Son of No One is
  a classic
  "go through the motions" sort of ...

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