6.9 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
The year is 1971. Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police must solve a series of unrelated crimes. He is joined by his new deputy, Jim Chee. Together, the two men battle the forces of evil and their own personal demons on the path to salvation.
Starring: Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten, Deanna Allison, Rainn WilsonThriller | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.00:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.00:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
BDInfo verified
English SDH, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Graham Roland's made-for-TV series "Dark Winds: Season One" (2022) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of AMC Studios. The only bonus feature on the release is a documentary on the making of the series. In English and Navajo, with optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles. Region-A "locked".
Out here, pal, your .38 is not your best protection.
Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.00:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Dark Winds: Season One arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of AMC Studios.
Dark Winds: Season One produces some top-quality visuals that easily shine on Blu-ray. This is hardly surprising because all of its six episodes were shot with modern equipment that captures light and shadow(s) with striking precision. So, delineation, clarity, and depth are almost always of reference quality. However, I noticed two examples of light "stuttering" that lasted approximately a second, possibly second and a half. It was as if a few frames struggled to move at a proper speed and had to overlap. I assume that casual viewers will miss what I saw, but I wanted to mention the effect. The more obvious "stuttering" appears at the 0:20.03 mark, where Leaphorn's truck is seen passing by. Colors saturation and balance are fantastic, easily some of the best I have seen recently. There are no stability issues. (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 a standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. Portions of Navajo are used as well. There are optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles and automatic blue subtitles for the Navajo exchanges.
The dialog is always very clear and sharp. I think that balance is excellent as well, though there are some sections that feature whispering where minor fluctuations exist. I thought that the dynamic contrasts could have been better. I am unsure if the fact that Dark Winds is a TV project had something to do with it, but the 5.1 track does not produce a lot of excitement. There are no encoding anomalies to report.
A TV series based on Tony Hillerman's novels about Leaphorn and Chee made primarily with native American actors and produced by Robert Redford sounded like an unmissable project, so my expectations were instantly raised very high. Unfortunately, I found the series quite underwhelming. As I expected, it had some wonderful visuals from beautiful Arizona, but it moves so far away from just about everything that makes Hillerman's novels special that I could not get used to it. To be honest, I think that the writing is not good enough, and Zahn McClarnon, the one actor that handles his character with authority and has a proper grasp of the mood of the drama, needs legit support if he is expected to save the entire project. Hopefully, as Dark Winds: Season Two emerges, a boutique label will manage to put Errol Morris' The Dark Wind, which is also inspired by Hillerman's novels, on Blu-ray. The feature film is quite good.
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