6 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
After several American and British military personnel are killed in suicide attacks throughout southeast Asia, the U.S. begins to suspect a plot by the Vietnam government. To uncover the truth, the U.S. army calls upon a former commando who is looking for his long-lost son in Vietnam. While his military commanders want to see the commando succeed in his mission, his political overseers have a different set of plans.
Starring: Miles O'Keeffe, Donald Pleasence, Bo Svenson, Kristine Erlandson, Ottaviano Dell'AcquaForeign | 100% |
War | Insignificant |
Adventure | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
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
Italian: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Bruno Mattei's "Double Target" (1987) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Severin Films. The supplemental features on the release include exclusive new program with co-director/screenwriter Claudio Fragasso; exclusive new program with screenwriter Rosella Drudi; and vintage trailers for the film. In English and Italian, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Some weapons are better
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.67:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 10890p transfer, Double Target arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Severin Films.
The release is sourced from an exclusive new 2K master that was struck from the film's original camera negative. On my system, this 2K makeover looked quite incredible. Of course, there are some areas of the film that reveal notable fluctuations in terms of density, delineation, clarity, and depth -- like the underwater stock footage with the shark, or the opening footage from Hong Kong -- but they are inherited. The rest looks really good, often even outstanding. Darker footage, in particular, looked very solid because various shades and nuances are very nicely balanced. Color balance is very convincing, too. In fact, from all of the recent Severin Films releases of Bruno Mattei films that I have seen, this 2K makeover has the best color balance. The primaries are wonderfully saturated but do not appear boosted, while the supporting nuances look healthy and evenly set. Again, I really liked how the film looked on my system. I did notice a few small blemishes, but there are no large distracting debris, cuts, damage marks, warped or torn frames to report. My score is 4.75/5.00. (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 are two standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.
The original audio track for Double Target is the English audio track, which is the one I used. The dialog was always clear and easy to follow. However, it is rather easy to tell that Double Target was made with a modest budget because quite a few areas reveal minor yet noticeable unevenness in the dynamic intensity and even fullness of the audio. I am quite certain that this is exactly how the audio was finalized by the film's producers in Italy years ago, so I doubt any additional remastering work can produce better results.
Films like Double Target were all the rage in Italy during the 1980s and early 1990s. There was a huge audience for them in America as well. I used to rent many of them and have plenty in my library, some even on old and no longer playable VHS cassettes. If you found these films enjoyable a few decades ago, I think that nostalgia will make them even more appealing to you today. I like to revisit them very, very late at night, when I am the only one that is awake in our house, because this is the only time when most of them look good to me. So, if you need a fresh nostalgia fix, pick up Double Target for your library. Miles O'Keeffe looks great in it and Severin's recent Blu-ray release is sourced from a gorgeous new 2K master. RECOMMENDED.
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