6.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
A former US Federal Agent must abandon the witness protection program and come out of hiding when his London home is invaded in error due to a wrong address. When the event ends with multiple homicides, the news triggers those hunting him to send Europe's most dangerous assassin to kill him. Now on the run with his daughter's life in jeopardy, a determined father must get her to safety before the people he's been hiding from track him down.
Starring: Scott Adkins, Stu Bennett, Daniel Caltagirone, James Cosmo, Ty GlaserAction | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH, French, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
UV digital copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A, B (C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 1.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Eliminators is a nuts-and-bolts direct-to-video Action flick that's as basic as the day is long: a father out to save his daughter and a hitman out to get him. It doesn't get more simple than that in movieland. But it works. Against all convention and common sense, Eliminators scrapes by as a decent enough time killer. It's one of those honest movies that plays with no pretenses. It doesn't want to be a life-changing experience, open its audience's eyes, or even rework tried-and-true formula. It sticks to its guns and delivers a satisfying watch-and-forget movie. It's sort of like a shot of whiskey. There's some better, some worse, and various ways to dress it up. Eliminators is just straight-up Jack, time tested and reliable. It gets the job done for a modest budget and a satisfying experience. No frills, no fluffs, just the DTV Action movie as it should be.
Eliminators features a fine, yet fairly basic, 1080p transfer. The digitally photographed movie presents details with commendable complexity. Adkins' persistent five o'clock shadow appears tangibly sandpaper-y, while other facial features, thicker hairs and beards, clothing lines, and general environmental textures hold up nicely and showcase enough intimacy, and with enough clarity, to please. The color platte is the definition of "neutral." Red blood (whether trickles or splashes), environmental highlights, and various clothing colors feature a good sense of lifelike vibrancy. Black levels, fairly critical to the film with its many nighttime exterior and lower light interior locations, hold deep enough. Flesh tones appear accurate. Source noise, as expected, is present but minor. No other debilitating artifacts are evident. This is a rock-solid presentation from Universal.
Eliminators' DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack is reflective of the film's somewhat bread-and-butter production. It's fine, not particularly exciting or memorable but technically sound and capable. Music is heaviest along the front, with the opening titles presenting with no discernible back channel presence and much of the musical elements refusing to drift into the rears. Surrounds capture a little bit of action here and there, but the track is mostly front-heavy. Gunfire and action-chaos are adequate, whether deeper shotgun blasts or a suppressed pistol. That pistol has a nice moment in the final act when a couple of shots spring out from the side with nice, easily distinguishable location. Dialogue is well defined and nicely prioritized with good, basic front-center positioning.
Eliminators contains two featurettes. A UV/iTunes digital copy voucher is included with purchase.
Eliminators isn't the next great Action film, but it's a rock-solid DTV flick that knows its place, plays to its modest strengths, and makes no allusions of wanting to be anything more. The movie is largely routine, but in a good way, never coloring outside the lines and finishing with a nicely attractive example of the wares its genre has to offer. Supported by a couple of good lead performances, there's enough to like about the movie to warrant a watch. Universal's Blu-ray gets the job done. Supplements are scant, but video and audio are fine. Recommended.
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