7.3 | / 10 |
Users | 3.5 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
When her pleas for help are ignored and cause her daughter's death, a woman seeks revenge on the person she blames.
Starring: Seo Yeong-hie, Ji Seong-won, Hwang Min-ho, Seong-eun Tak, Son Yeong-soonForeign | 100% |
Horror | 40% |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Crime | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Korean: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Korean: LPCM 2.0
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B (locked)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Screened in the La Semaine de la Critique section of last year's Cannes Film Festival, Korean director Yang Chul-soo's "Bedevilled" (2010) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Optimum Home Entertainment. The supplemental features on the disc include the film's original theatrical trailer, TV spot, and a standard making of featurette. In Korean, with imposed English subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".
The sun spoke to her
Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Yang Chul-soo's Bedevilled arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Optimum Home Entertainment.
This rather recent Korean film looks spectacular on Blu-ray. The large panoramic vistas from Geumodo Island, for instance, look incredibly vibrant and crisp; even the nighttime footage conveys terrific depth and clarity (see screencaptures #2 and 5). The numerous close-ups from the second half of the film are also wonderfully detailed. Furthermore, color reproduction is excellent - the variety of yellows, greens, blues, browns, and blacks are remarkably vivid and well saturated. There are a couple of scenes where the camera zooms over the island and captures the sunset that look absolutely stunning. Edge-enhancement and macroblocking are never a serious issue of concern. I also did not see any traces of heavy aliasing and banding. Blown through a digital projector, the transfer also conveys outstanding fluidity and tightness. All in all, this is a very strong presentation of an extreme but nevertheless beautiful film. (Note: This is a Region-B "locked" Blu-ray disc. Therefore, you must have a native Region-B or Region-Free PS3 or SA in order to access its content).
There are two audio tracks on this Blu-ray disc: Korean DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Korean LPCM 2.0. For the record, Optimum Home Entertainment have provided imposed English subtitles (the subtitles cannot be turned off) for the main feature. The subtitles appear inside the image frame.
The audio is exceptionally well mixed. The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track isn't going to test the muscles of your audio system, but there are specific scenes where it truly shines - a couple of the more gruesome scenes have that eerie silence that is suddenly broken by the sound of a heavy object hitting a hard surface that is simply outstanding. There are other random sounds (wind, waves, etc.) that are also very effective. The dialog is crisp, clean, stable, and exceptionally easy to follow. I also did not detect any disturbing pops, cracks, hissings, or audio dropouts to report in this review. The English translation is excellent.
Bedevilled is a very promising debut from director Yang Chul-soo, who has previously worked with director Kim Ki-duk. It is very dark, atmospheric and brutal film, but at the same strikingly beautiful. I liked it a lot. The Blu-ray disc herein reviewed, courtesy of British distributors Optimum Home Entertainment, looks and sounds fantastic. It is, however, Region-B "locked". HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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