6.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 1.5 | |
Overall | 1.5 |
Two sex-starved friends and a beautiful girl hunt ghosts.
Starring: Carlos Santos (IX), J.R. Villarreal, Fernanda Romero (II), Tony Cavalero, Meghan FalconeHorror | 100% |
Comedy | 27% |
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
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
English, English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
UV digital copy
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 0.5 | |
Video | 3.0 | |
Audio | 3.0 | |
Extras | 1.0 | |
Overall | 1.5 |
If Ghost Team One had aspirations of being the best movie ever made and wanted to achieve that goal in its current form, it would have to exist a universe where it was the only movie ever made, its competition being nothing, nada, zilch, zero, a big empty void where rows of movies never were. Fortunately, the film has no such aspirations. In fact, it has no aspirations, except, maybe, to just ramble on about nothing while it's dressed up as a sex-fueled Parody of the Paranormal Activity franchise. Judging it by its cover, it looks like a Being Human-wannabe made by amateurs. Judging by the content, it's bent on being an inhuman assault on the cinema medium, one of those movies that leaves such a bad taste in the mouth that one never, ever wants to even hear the word "movie" ever again, let alone gaze upon one, and especially one this rancid. A mostly directionless plot, miserably developed and singleminded characters, and an ending that's far too bizarre even for a movie of this style, it's hopefully just Ghost Team One-and-done and try to forget it ever happened.
Please! Make it stop!
Ghost Team One's high definition transfer is sourced from material that takes on a budget, lower-end feel. The opening moments seen through the helmet-mounted camera show a good deal of noise, sloppy details, and unimpressive colors. Things tighten up once "Billy" arrives to take over filming duties. While the image still takes on a "prosumer"-grade appearance, it offers suitably revealing details, particularly on faces and objects around the house. Colors are nice enough, appearing even and balanced throughout. Black levels never stray too far from average, and flesh tones don't betray the characters. The image deliberately breaks up at times, but otherwise there are no major compression issues of note. For what it is, the transfer satisfies.
Paramount's DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack for Ghost Team One sounds fine and even impresses in a few spots. The lower end production values don't allow for truly nuanced and detailed sound, but the track's basic needs are satisfied throughout. There is some nice bass to open and enjoyably deep, heavy beats at the early party sequence, but heavier "haunting" bass devolves into loud rumbles and rattles rather than maintain a tight and focused presence. There are a few quality background ambient effects, such as a steady rainfall in chapter four. Dialogue plays evenly and accurately from the center.
Ghost Team One contains a few throwaway supplements.
Ghost Team One: absent humor and short even a single scare. This is one-track-mind filmmaking at its worst, a picture that feels like it was made in about a day and mostly on the fly. It's not fun, not memorable, and certainly not worth watching again, let alone once. Paramount's Blu-ray release of Ghost Team One features acceptable video and audio. A few throwaway extras are included. Stay far away.
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