6.3 | / 10 |
Users | 4.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.2 |
After a series of bad experiences with men, Shae teams up with her co-worker, Lu, who has a simple, deadly way of dealing with the opposite sex.
Starring: Danielle Panabaker, Nicole LaLiberte, Liam Aiken, Andrew Howard, Michael Stahl-DavidThriller | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English SDH, Spanish
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (C untested)
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 1.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
You want me to kill him for ya?
For any would-be rapist, creep, cheater, or all-around bad guy, take heed: some girls aren't going to just give in and take it. And especially not
these girls. In Girls Against Boys, it's really "wronged females against the guys who hurt them," be that physical hurt, emotional
hurt, or
both. And for one or two really unfortunate souls, it's just "wrong time, wrong place," falling victim to a gunshot to the crotch or a sword slice
to the gut. It's a film of excess violence and a look at how revenge can turn into bloodlust and yield unpredictable results. There's vigilantism and then
there's this, all sorts of nasty doings in which the perp (or victim, or both) is fortunate to get away with a gunshot to the head and not some
other, truly heinous and devilish torture scheme. Girls Against Boys is sort of like Hostel meets I Spit on Your Grave meets Death Wish, an odd combination about revenge -- justifiable, sometimes
-- and the dark road towards depravity.
I'm going to kill you. How does that sound?
Girls Against Boys arrives on Blu-ray with a sparkling high definition transfer sourced from an HD video shoot. While the image takes on that video-smooth and glossy texture, it reveals fantastic details and nearly unbeatable crispness and clarity throughout. The image showcases the finest details of Shea's flowing blonde hair and every freckle on Lu's face. Likewise, worn down and rusted loft details, scraped away paint, and even makeup lines on actors are very clear and well defined. Colors are fantastic; the image sees a nice spread of darker moments, excessively bright scenes, and even gentler green and earthen woodland shots, all of which display Lu's fiery red hair, clothing accents, and other colorful elements with ease. Blacks are deep and flesh tones accurate. A hint of struggling color transitions in the lowest-light scenes are really the only major issue with this one. Girls Against Boys makes for another high-yield high definition transfer from Anchor Bay.
Girls Against Boys rips into Blu-ray with a good but could-be-better Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless soundtrack. The track delivers good, smooth music with gentle surround support. It springs to life in a few club scenes, whether an extended dance/party sequence leading up the mayhem in which the entire soundstage is bombarded with slightly sloppy but environmentally correct bass and sound, and another when Shea arrives at work in a rather well-engineered moment in which she swings open doors, music pushes through the stage, and it fades out in the back as she moves past it. However, bass can be a bit rattly and overly unkempt, an example being the rape scene in chapter four. Gunshots prove rather puny, really lacking power and authenticity. The track does play some fair little ambience, whether inside the police station or out in the wooded area. Dialogue is mostly well delivered from the center with only one or two instances where it sounds a touch shallow. All around this is a good track, but not a great track.
Girls Against Boys contains only an audio commentary track with Director Austin Chick and Actress Danielle Panabaker. The two cover a nice bit of information, including subtle dramatic hints scattered throughout the movie, casting, general shooting stories, editing, the general plot details, filming locales, and more.
Girls Against Boys is sometimes hard to watch, both for its brutality and its promising but ultimately fully undelivered moral side workings. It's a far cry from the best rape/revenge picture or even, simply, revenge of any sort picture, but it's a fair effort that should please fans in search of a film with a little dramatic bone under all the destroyed flesh. Anchor Bay's Blu-ray release of Girls Against Boys delivers great video, fair audio, and a commentary track. Worth a rental for audiences into this sort of thing.
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