5.7 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
When one of a pair of twin brothers is viciously gunned down, a gang is given free reign until the surviving brother takes justice into his own hands.
Starring: Lee Van Cleef, Jack Palance, Richard Boone (I), Sybil Danning, Leif GarrettWestern | 100% |
Foreign | Insignificant |
Adventure | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 3.0 | |
Audio | 2.0 | |
Extras | 1.5 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
Gianfranco Parolini's "God's Gun" (1976) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the disc include new audio commentary by filmmaker Alex Cox and vintage trailer. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Perhaps I can change your mind.
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, God's Gun arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The release is sourced from a new 2K master. Most unfortunately, this master shares some of the same issues that are discussed in our review of Criterion's upcoming Blu-ray release of The Flight of the Phoenix. (This release is sourced from a recent 2K master as well).
Immediately after the Rovi Film Productions red label disappears from the screen, it becomes painfully obvious that the film has been very oddly graded, which is why there are plenty of areas where the dynamic range of the visuals quite simply isn't right. I will provide specific examples highlighting such areas below, but first I would like to describe what appears to have gone wrong and why.
Particular settings elevate light green(ish) and blue(ish) hues, which then destabilize a wide range of color values and end up producing a very unusual cold/neutral color palette. As a result, proper blues or yellows for instance are nowhere to be seen. However, the big issue is the permanent alteration of the film's native color temperature. Indeed, instead of being lush, vibrant, and hot, the visuals look flat and cold. In fact, they can appear so cold that in different parts of the film there are some pretty big visual anomalies. For example, screencaptures #16-17 are supposed to reveal an unusually hot summer day, but it looks like they are taken from a very cool and pleasant autumn day. Screencaptures #4 and 11 are supposed to reveal an equally hot summer day as well, but instead, the neutral colors leave the impression that the action takes place during a cool, soon-to-be rainy day. There is plenty of darker and indoor footage where balance is off too, so shadow nuances and delineation can be quite underwhelming. I did not encounter any traces of problematic digital corrections. Image stability was good as well. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free player in order to access its content).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.
The lossless track is very problematic. The majority of the exchanges sound as if they come from a large hall with unusually poor acoustics, plus there is some very annoying low-end humming that creates additional issues. Unsurprisingly, if you turn up the volume the audio becomes very thin and it feels like there is a car engine humming along with it. To be honest, I was barely able to finish the film because the humming eventually gave me a minor headache. What is the cause of this flaw? I can think of two options: a) there is a technical defect that was introduced when the Blu-ray disc was authored, and b) the flaw was inherited from an element MGM provided when the new 2K master for God's Gun was prepared.
You will have to try really, really hard to find another spaghetti western that has the same impressive cast and is as amateurishly shot and edited as God's Gun. I actually could not think of one. The overwhelming majority of the material in this film is so bad that it should have ended up on the cutting floor, which genuinely makes me wonder what type of material was junked. It is just sad because the five names that are highlighted on the original theatrical poster for it -- Lee Van Cleef, Jack Palance, Richard Boone, Sybil Danning, and Leif Garrett -- have all been attached to some pretty special genre films. Kino Lorber's release is sourced from a recent 2K master that has video and audio issues, so if you are dying to have God's Gun in your library, I suggest you find a way to rent and test it first. SKIP IT.
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