6.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
When a woman is tricked into killing a man she goes on the run pursued by two ruthless women hired to kill her by a crime syndicate.
Starring: Georgina Spelvin, Susie Ewing, Rosalind Miles, Preston Pierce, Kent TaylorErotic | 100% |
Crime | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.84:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 2.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
Note: This film is available as part of
Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection.
Disc Nine of The Masterpiece Collection aggregates three of Adamson's sexploitation efforts, including one with a bonafide (hard core) porn
star, and another with (perhaps even more incredibly) a two time BAFTA nominee (albeit courtesy of the frequent Adamson and Sherman
technique of co-opting a previously released film).
Girls for Rent is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Severin Films with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.84:1. Parts of this transfer look at least reasonably good (more about that below), but this is pretty widely variant in quality. There's more than the usual amount of speckling that shows up pretty much from the get go, but which is especially noticeable against darker backgrounds. Some early scenes show considerable flicker and just look generally fuzzy and ill defined, and some of the later desert material looks pretty badly faded without much saturation. Large flashes of red and green move through the frame intermittently, and some dark material can look skewed toward blues. There is more natural looking color on display here, as well as improved detail levels, and those moments probably rate a 3.0 at least, but there's quite a bit of damage here that brings my score down.
Girls for Rent features a nice sounding DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono track. I have to say my musical geek sensibilities are in overdrive due to what I personally found to be one of the best themes of the entire set in this film, because there's no music credit given and I need to know who is responsible. The theme kind of hilariously sounds like it's joined just slightly in progress in the main version (it sounds a bit better in terms of completeness if not in terms of fidelity in the alternate title sequence included in the supplements, below), but it has a lovely flugelhorn theme and orchestration that kind of reminds me of Paul Mauriat. Fidelity otherwise is fine, with dialogue and effects sounding clean throughout. English subtitles are available via the button on your remote.
Girls for Rent virtually advertises its sleaze factor in its very title, but it turns out to be reasonably well plotted, at times surprisingly visceral, thriller. Those who have perhaps only been exposed (so to speak) to Spelvin in some of her "other" work may find her unexpectedly good both performance wise and as a physical presence here. Video has some issues, but audio is fine, and we all need to start working on who wrote this film's theme. The Sherman commentary is typically worthwhile.
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