6.5 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
It starts off in Vietnam where Norman Hopper gets bitten by P.O.W. Charlie Bukowski who has been infected with some sort of cannibal virus. A few decades later in Atlanta, Georgia, Hopper wakes up from a nightmare flashback of what actually happened back in 'Nam. Hopper then receives a call from Bukowski asking him if he wants to go out for a drink but Hopper refuses remembering the incident in 'Nam. Bukowski has turned into a cannibal and is soon on the run after biting into a woman's neck. He barricades himself in a department store and shoots some folks with a shotgun. The cannibal virus spreads and soon Hopper joins veterans Bukowski and Tom Thompson along with some others to wreak some havoc...
Starring: John Saxon, Elizabeth Turner, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Cinzia De Carolis, Ramiro OliverosHorror | 100% |
Thriller | 5% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.67:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 16-bit)
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Antonio Margheriti's "Cannibal Apocalypse" (1980) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the disc include vintage trailers; exclusive new interview with actor Tony King; vintage documentary on the production history of the film; and more. In English, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
The vet
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.67:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Cannibal Apocalypse arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The release is sourced from a very beautiful new 4K master. The entire film looks very healthy, vibrant, and impressively stable. I projected it and was also very pleased with its very consistent and excellent fluidity levels. (If you can upscale to 4K, do it, and you will get even superior visuals). There are no traces of compromising digital adjustments, such as degraining and sharpening. The color scheme boasts good, solid primaries with very fine ranges of nicely balanced nuances. In fact, this is one of the best grading jobs that I have seen done on an Italian film in recent months. Overall image stability is outstanding. Finally, there are no specks, damage marks, cuts, stains, debris, or other similar age-related imperfections to report in our review. (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 subtitles are provided for the main feature.
The film has a very strong soundtrack that does a lot of good work to enhance its atmosphere. Fortunately, the audio does not show any traces of aging and the music sounds terrific. There are a few action sequences with decent dynamic activity as well, though folks that appreciate the more complex and aggressive modern audio mixes that appear on big-budget productions will be unimpressed. There are no encoding anomalies.
It is pretty easy to tell why John Saxon was not particularly impressed with Cannibal Apocalypse. This film attempts to be a couple of different things -- a cannibal chiller, a horror film with a social conscience, and something of an exotic action thriller on steroids -- but ends up being only a collage of ideas that struggle to coexist and eventually compromise each other. It has its moments, but it feels like it should have been a much more coherent, and possibly even wilder, film. I still think that it could be somewhat attractive if seen in the wee hours of the night, but it is a small film that ultimately only seasoned connoisseurs of Italian genre cinema would appreciate. Kino Lorber's release is sourced from a very beautiful new 4K master and has a nice selection of exclusive new and vintage bonus features. RECOMMENDED (but only to the fans).
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