6.7 | / 10 |
Users | 3.6 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.6 |
A vengeful father escapes from hell and chases after the men who killed his daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, David MorseAction | 100% |
Fantasy | 50% |
Thriller | 37% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
English SDH, Spanish
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Bonus View (PiP)
BD-Live
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (locked)
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Hell is already walking the earth.
Hurry up and call Tarantino; somebody stole a script he wrote back when he was 13. Drive Angry has all the makings of some Quentin
Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez Grindhouse movie, except that it's a failure instead of a success. It's not an
epic
failure, though, just a regular old woulda-could-shoulda been better fail, feeling like the kind of thing Tarantino wrote as a teenager, a movie with all
the
makings of something better but just not quite fleshed out to the point of respectability or, as cinephiles have come to expect from the video store
clerk-turned Hollywood sensation, greatness. Drive Angry, a hard-R action rampage with sex, boobs, and booze
aplenty thrown in for good measure, has its moments and more or less works as a slice of raw off-the-bone entertainment. It wants to be a
sizzling-hot fresh off-the-grill mouthwatering delight, but Director Patrick Lussier, whose most notable work is the competent but forgettable 3D
Remake/Chiller My Bloody Valentine, winds up only playing copycat with his movie,
taking
elements of superior throwback genre pictures and winding up with Ghost Rider on steroids rather than the second coming of Death Proof.
Stand heated.
Drive Angry zooms onto Blu-ray with a gorgeous 1080p Blu-ray transfer that's superior to the 3D release in terms of its general, non extra-dimensional visuals. This presentation is remarkably crystal-clear in every scene. It's naturally sharp and in no way "enhanced" to add a false sense of crispness and stability to the image. Fine detail is extraordinary across the board, from the most intricate facial texture down to the smallest little natural nuance as seen in various exterior and manmade locales alike. Viewers can even make out a small little bruise on Amber Heard's leg at the start of chapter two. Colors are stable and often striking, perhaps even a bit more so than is evident in the 3D transfer. Blue denim shorts, natural greens, neon hues reflecting off of wet pavement, or the warm interior of a country bar are all naturally rendered and precisely accurate. Blacks are wonderfully deep and true, and flesh tones never veer too far from "natural." The digital photography often borders on appearing naturally filmic; this is one of the flat-out best-looking digital films out there, considering the near-absence of that artificially glossy and sterile appearance. Noise, banding, and the like are non-factors. This is a sensational transfer from Summit Entertainment.
Drive Angry's DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless soundtrack is exactly as one would expect of a movie about fast cars and gruesome violence. It's loud, full of energy, and it milks every gun blast and revving engine for all they're worth, and then some for good measure. Indeed, this is very standard stuff in terms of the high-octane, over-the-top sorts of listens. The entire soundstage pounds out one heavy note or effect after another, effectively engulfing the listener in the mayhem of Drive Angry in most every frame. Music is crisp and spills from every speaker with clarity of the highest order and with enough juice to push the best sound systems to the limit. Bass is strong, gunshots are potent, and various action-oriented sound effects inundate the listening area with unparalleled devastation. Imaging and directional effects are as precisely-tuned as the cars in the movie, dialogue never misses a beat, and even a few quieter scenes deliver impressive background ambience that rounds Drive Angry into an exhilaratingly complete listening experience.
Drive Angry cranks out a small but healthy supplemental package for its Blu-ray debut.
Drive Angry is one of those wishy-washy eh, could have been better, could have been worse movies. It's fine for what it is, but at the same time it feels terribly unimaginative. The plot isn't worth the paper it's written on, serving only as a means to an end to get the movie from one action scene to the next. Even with the premise of a baby on the brink of being sacrificed, there's no heart, no emotion, just an admittedly fun but very choppy ride down the same old Action movie highway, except here Drive Angry attempts to detour down Tarantino Parkway but crashes and burns instead of capturing that same kind of magic. Summit Entertainment's Blu-ray release of Drive Angry yields a fairly strong 1080p transfer, an Action movie-typical lossless soundtrack, and an average array of extras. Worth a rental and maybe a buy should fans of these sorts of movies find it on a good sale.
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