5.3 | / 10 |
Users | 4.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
On an unsanctioned mission in Africa, a covert team of U.S. Navy SEALs is sent to locate a secret mining operation and prevent the sale of weapons-grade uranium to international terrorists. The stakes are higher than ever-and so is the body count-as Seal Team Eight must fight their way through the treacherous Congo in order to secure the uranium, expose the unknown buyer, and defuse one of the greatest threats the world has ever known!
Starring: Tom Sizemore, Langley Kirkwood, Tanya van Graan, Lex Shrapnel, Eugene KhumbanyiwaAction | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English SDH, French, Spanish
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
UV digital copy
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
Does it really matter why there’s a bunch of shooting and hand to hand combat in Seal Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines? Sure, there’s a hostage, supposedly with top secret information that’s oh, so important not to divulge. And, yes, there’s an evil mastermind with plans for world domination (or something like that). And just for good measure the titular SEALs in the film are manning their rescue mission without official approval, making it all the more dangerous, a danger exacerbated by the fact that should they fail, nuclear apocalypse could well rain down on Mankind. But, really, when you get right down to it, any film like Seal Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines exists pretty much solely to set up its requisite firepower and then to let loose with a maelstrom of explosions, gunshots and improbable action set pieces, most of which this straight to video offering hands to the viewer with a minimum of fuss and bother.
Seal Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1. Aside from some perceptions of softness that go hand in hand with the "jiggly cam" proclivities of the film, this is a really sharp and clear looking presentation, one which boasts excellent contrast and nicely suffused and accurate looking color. The film's dense jungle locations never offer even a hint of aliasing or shimmer and the presentation is similarly free of compression artifacts.
The lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 is expectedly bombastic throughout this presentation, offering a glut of LFE and well placed discrete channelization for the onslaught of explosions and gunfire which are a regular offering throughout the film. Dialogue is presented very cleanly and clearly, and is well prioritized in even the noisiest sequences. Fidelity is excellent and dynamic range is exceedingly wide.
There are no surprises in Seal Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines, with even the supposed "big twist" being completely predictable, but for pure popcorn munching escapism, the film gets it done with a certain hyperbolic flair, if a dearth of actual finesse. Action lovers will no doubt find enough here to warrant checking this out, and the technical merits are surprisingly solid for a direct to video release.
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