Clean Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		2.5
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		0.0
Overall		2.5

Clean Blu-ray Movie Review

Garbage day!

RLJ Entertainment continues its ongoing wave of Steelbook catalog releases with Paul Solet's Clean, a low-key action-thriller that, like so many others before and since, follows an everyday man whose violent past bubbles to the surface. It's not exactly groundbreaking entertainment but may interest fans of star Adrian Brody, who's usually not known for this type of role but acquits himself decently enough. This Steelbook Blu-ray/DVD combo, a wide release rather than a store-exclusive one, offers identical disc contents to the standard edition; the continued lack of extras is disappointing, but collectable packaging and a "bonus" DVD copy (if that counts as a bonus) might make it worth a look.

Clean Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Details about the 1080p transfer of Clean can be found in my review of the standard Blu-ray.

Clean Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Likewise, see the above-linked review for details about the DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio mix.

Clean Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

This two-disc release ships in standard Steelbook packaging with mostly attractive design elements that don't deviate much from the standard Blu-ray... but rather than a blue and orange close-up of the main character, we've got a more blue-dominant wide shot of him, armed and dangerous, standing in front of his car set against a city backdrop at night. It's a bit text-heavy, but at least there's a bit of bold and reflective contrast to spice things up. The back cover depicts a much more subdued image of its titular character in repose, while the similarly darkened interior splash image shows him aiming his modified shotgun at an unseen threat. (This image is repeated on both discs, which sit in overlapping hubs on the right.) It's a solid enough design overall, though a bit more color would have been appreciated.

Bonus features imitate the standard Blu-ray in that they're nowhere to be found. Bummer!

Clean Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Paul Solet's Clean isn't necessarily a bad film, it's just painfully derivative. We've all seen no shortage of Taxi Driver character studies and Taken-style explorations of dark pasts bubbling up to the surface, but this offers both and little else. That said, it's at least worth a once-over for newcomers, although this Steelbook seems to be aimed at collectors and established fans with a slightly higher price tag than the standard Blu-ray. If you're in either of those camps, its current sale price should prove tempting... but would a couple of bonus feature have been too much to ask?