6.5 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
One con... eight kids... one outrageous journey! Richard Pryor is a desperate ex-prisoner who is hired to drive a bus of special-ed students cross-country in this fast and funny road movie.
Starring: Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson, George Coe, Bill Quinn (I), Roy JensonComedy | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Oz Scott's "Bustin' Loose" (1981) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the disc include exclusive new audio commentary by critic Sergio Mims and vintage promotional materials for the film. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Take the money and run, woman.
Presented in an its origin al aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Bustin' Loose arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The release is sourced from a very old master that was supplied by Universal Studios. Fortunately, it does not have any traces of problematic digital adjustments, which is often the most serious issue on old masters that emerge from the major's vaults. So, density levels range from decent to good, while clarity is mostly pleasing. Detail varies and in darker areas there is noticeably crushing, but there is nothing particularly disappointing. In areas where detail isn't optimal it is just easy to tell that the current master is old. Grain is loose and quite uneven, but this is another inherited limitation. For what it's worth, I'd much rather have this type of appearance on an older master than the smeary and harsh surface of manipulated masters like this one. Colors look natural, but there is certainly room for improvement, particularly in terms of saturation and stability. Image stability is good, but a few light wobbles can be spotted. Dirt spots, minor stains, and a few white specks can be seen, but there are no distracting age-related anomalies. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free player in order to access its content).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.
The current master might be old, but the lossless track is very strong. The audio is sharp, stable, and with a proper dynamic range. I did not detect any age-related anomalies to report in our review. In fact, I was quite surprised to hear how healthy the upper register was even in areas where there is quite a bit of dynamic movement.
The original screenplay for Bustin' Loose should have demanded a looser Richard Pryor facing a bigger number of wacky characters and perhaps then the wild fun that the vintage poster for the film promises would have materialized. As it is Bustin' Loose delivers sweet family melodrama with only a couple of genuinely funny moments of the kind that Pryor's best work is known for, which is why it feels like a pretty underwhelming project. Kino Lorber's release is sourced from an old but decent organic master that was supplied by Universal Pictures. It features an excellent exclusive new audio commentary by critic Sergio Mims, which I would wholeheartedly recommend to any Pryor fan.
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