5.7 | / 10 |
Users | 4.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.8 |
The Legion to Ensure Total Harmony and Law (L.E.T.H.A.L.), is tracking a criminal mastermind known only as The Warrior. While investigating his combination diamond smuggling/art theft/porn production industry, the agents discover that he has cracked their secret database and has stolen the files on all of their agents. With the help of their martial arts intructor Fu, agents Tiger, Willow and Cobra take on the case
Starring: Cristian Letelier, Julie Strain, Julie K. Smith, Marcus Bagwell, Raye HollittErotic | 100% |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Adventure | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Digital copy
Region A, B (C untested)
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
Andy Sidaris had a rather interesting career in both television and film, having won a (shared) Emmy Award for his contributions to ABC’s coverage
of the 1968 Summer Olympics before setting off for assumedly greener pastures in the world of film. Sidaris’ cinematic output prominently
features what might be thought of as another kind of athletic activity, one which a sixties’ film title jokingly referred to as being Man's Favorite Sport?, namely sex, and a
dozen of films either written, directed or produced by Sidaris offered one of Sidaris’ stocks in trade — former Playboy Playmates and/or
Penthouse Pets in starring roles. Mill Creek Entertainment has been releasing Sidaris’ so called L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies films, and is
now bringing out the last two in the series.
Previous releases in the series can be read about by clicking on the following review links:
Malibu Express Blu-ray review
Hard Ticket to Hawaii Blu-ray review
Picasso Trigger Blu-ray review
Savage Beach Blu-ray review
Guns Blu-ray review
Do or Die Blu-ray review
Hard Hunted Blu-ray review
Fit to Kill Blu-ray review
Enemy Gold Blu-ray review
The Dallas Connection Blu-ray review
Day of the Warrior is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Mill Creek Entertainment with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1. The back cover of this release touts that the film is "available for the first time on Blu-ray from a 4K widescreen restoration". This is a generally very pleasing looking presentation that offers a secure accounting of the film's rather nicely varied palette, as well as good detail levels in close-ups if perhaps slightly less so in some midrange shots. There are occasional signs of age related wear and tear that made it through whatever restoration gauntlet was set for the restoration, with flecks, small nicks and scratches and dirt showing up from time to time. While the grain field resolves naturally most of the time, there are some kind of random spikes where things look considerably grittier (see screenshots 16 through 19 for some examples).
Day of the Warrior features a DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track which capably supports the film's often lunatic dialogue, as well some of its explosive sound effects and driving score. Dialogue is rendered cleanly and clearly throughout the presentation, and I noticed no issues at all with regard to damage, dropouts or distortion.
Day of the Warrior is just flat out silly, or perhaps, considering the curves on display, not all that flat out silly, but that's part of what makes this unabashedly goofy enterprise so much fun. I can't in good conscience give it more than 2.0 stars as a film, but for those who might get a kick out of seeing scantily clad (and more than occasionally naked) women kicking butt as kinda sorta secret agents, Day of the Warrior should suffice quite nicely. Technical merits are generally solid and the supplemental package enjoyable for those who are considering a purchase.
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