5.9 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Two men meet in a bar in Las Vegas and discover that they have one big problem in common - their wives. They decide to do something drastic about it.
Starring: Glenn McKay, Gail Sterling, Mic Morrow, Yvonne De Carlo, Aldo RayCrime | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 0.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Director Carlos Tobalina is primarily known for his work in adult cinema (helming titles such as “Champagne Orgy” and “Sexual Kung Fu in Hong Kong”), but there was a moment in his career where he wanted to try out some professional legitimacy. 1985’s “Flesh and Bullets” doesn’t contain any hardcore material, but it might as well, with Tobalina treating the “thriller” with the same kind of attention most throwaway X-rated endeavors receive. That’s not to suggest the movie isn’t a wildly entertaining junk food viewing experience, but “Flesh and Bullets” is no display of creative focus from Tobalina, who sticks to what he knows, only dialing down graphic content.
"Flesh and Bullets" isn't exactly crafted with care, but the AVC encoded image (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation remains inviting, maintaining a clear view of the picture's wacky incidents, finding the limits of the original cinematography. Detail is superb with close-ups, which offer a textured view of skin care and wispy hair. Locations retain depth, and signage and set decoration are open for study. Hues are strong, helped in part by period style, which favors bold primaries, offering bright blues and yellows. Blood reds are also powerful. Delineation is sharp. Grain is filmic. Source is in fairly decent shape, with only a few blips of damage.
The 1.0 DTS-HD MA is perhaps most notable for all the inner monologues it has to juggle, managing restless thoughts from the characters and actual dialogue exchanges, which fight outside elements and technical limitations, but remain understood. Scoring is thin but inherently so, supporting the action as intended. Again, there's not a whole lot of polish here to engage the listener, but the essentials are satisfactory for this level of filmmaking.
There is no supplementary material on this disc.
"Flesh and Bullets" isn't a good film, but as low-budget, no-quality ridiculousness, it's quite fun to watch, easily qualifying for "so bad, so good" status. The production is open to non-sequiturs, including brief cameos from senior stars (Yvonne De Carlo, Cesar Romero, Cornel Wilde, and a nervous looking Aldo Ray appear), also offering up laughable special effects, broadly masculine confrontations, and a cartoon sense of homophobia, which buttons the feature. "Flesh and Bullets" appears to be on the prowl for traditional cinematic tensions emerging from crime and improper romance, but everything here is so clumsily executed, it's a wonder there's even a movie at all. Deeper analysis of Tobalina's choices might inspire an aneurysm, so it's best to settle in and allow the effort's magical stupidity to take control.
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