6.9 | / 10 |
Users | 3.2 | |
Reviewer | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.2 |
Veteran Los Angeles Det. Leo Kessler faces off against a wily serial killer, briefly going down for the count before rising to take vengeance.
Starring: Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens, Gene Davis, Geoffrey LewisHorror | 100% |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Crime | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
Music: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region free
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
Charles Bronson was such a one of a kind actor that some enterprising producer probably could have cast the stone faced performer to recite the phone book on screen, and veritable droves of ticket buying audience members would have probably happily plunked their dollars down to watch the proceedings. Watching Bronson recite the phone book might have made more putative sense than large swaths of 10 to Midnight, a film whose very title seems to have, well, nothing to do with the film (as even producer Pancho Kohner mentions in the commentary including him which is featured on this Blu-ray), and whose “plot”, such as it is, barely skirts with logic as it traffics in some elements culled from the slasher craze (which was in its last throes of cinematic excess) while also positing Bronson as a no nonsense cop trying to bring a serial killer to justice.
10 to Midnight is presented on Blu-ray with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.85:1. This is another title licensed from the MGM vault, and this release is largely in line with other recent Blu-ray releases we've seen from this same catalog. Elements are in generally surprisingly good condition, with very minimal damage and only occasional dust and dirt showing up to dot the image occasionally. Grain is fairly gritty looking a lot of the time, but resolves naturally. There are some recurrent issues with crush in a number of the dark sequences (a lot of the film takes place in dimly lit or nighttime environments). In the more brightly lit moments, the palette pops quite convincingly and naturally, and fine detail is well above average in close-ups (see screenshot 2).
10 to Midnight's lossless DTS-HD Master Audio Mono mix is expectedly narrow and even shallow sounding, but it also lacks a bit of force and amplitude (as a brief toggling between this and the DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 iteration of the score and effects track will show). That said, dialogue is always cleanly presented (which is not necessarily a good thing, considering the dialogue in this film), and is typically well prioritized. I personally found Robert O. Ragland's score overwrought and not particularly helpful at several key junctures, but it sounds fine in this lossless presentation.
10 to Midnight is just so unabashedly wacky that it may actually appeal to certain curmudgeons who might otherwise be less than enticed by the thought of a crazed nudist slashing his way through a number of similarly unclad females. Even those folks may have a hard time swallowing several looming examples of illogic which dot the film, but Bronson is his typically monolithic presence, adding gravitas to a film which is badly in need of it. Technical merits are generally very good for those considering a purchase.
מי מפחד מהזאב הרע / Mi mefakhed mehaze'ev hara
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