Vengeance (Blu-ray Review)

Nominated for the prestigious Palme d'Or award at last year's Cannes Film Festival, Johnnie To's "Fu chou" a.k.a "Vengeance" (2009) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Hong Kong-based distributors MegaStar. The only supplemental feature on this disc is the film's original theatrical trailer. With optional English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese subtitles. Region-A "locked". ...

Video

Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and grated a 1080p transfer, Johnnie To's Vengeance arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Hong Kong-based distributors MegaStar.

This is a somewhat inconsistent high-definition transfer. Many of the nighttime scenes, for example, look soft, at times even a bit noisy. Contrast levels also fluctuate a bit, especially during the second half of the film. Clarity, however, is mostly pleasing. The film's unique color-scheme - ...

Audio

There are three audio tracks on this Blu-ray disc: English Dolby TrueHD 7.1, English Dolby Digital 5.1 and Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1. For the record, MegaStar have provided optional English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese subtitles for the main feature. When turned on, they appear inside the image frame.

I expected an aggressive English Dolby TrueHD 7.1 track, one that would rival the Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 track found on MegaStar's Blu-ray release of Johnnie ...

Supplements

Trailer - The original theatrical trailer for Vengeance. With optional English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese subtitles. (2 min, 1080p). ...

Final Words

There is definitely more style than substance in Johnnie To's Vengeance, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing. So long as you know what not to expect from this film, I believe you would enjoy it. RECOMMENDED. ......

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Vengeance (Blu-ray Review)