6.6 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
Mark Adams is a federal agent assigned to infiltrate and break up a crime syndicate in California.
Starring: Broderick Crawford, Scott Brady, Kent Taylor, Keith Andes, John CarradineDrama | 100% |
Crime | 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
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 2.5 | |
Audio | 2.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
Note: This film is available as part of Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection.
Disc Five of The Masterpiece Collection , as with some other discs in this set, offers an aggregation of two films that share at least some of
the same footage. The Fakers, which is listed that way in this set but which actually offers a Smashing the Crime Syndicate title
card in the film itself, apparently hails from around 1968, though almost all online data simply conflates this film (whatever you want to call it) with
the second film on this disc, Hell's Bloody Devils, which appeared in 1970 and included scenes from the earlier film along with newly filmed
biker material obviously added to cash in on the then trendy Easy
Rider craze.
Hell's Bloody Devils is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Severin Films with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.85:1. This film has a much rougher opening than The Fakers, with tons of green scratches, occasional jumps and just a generally very damaged appearance. All of the biker material is almost devoid of color, as can be made out in some of the screenshots accompanying this review. When things get to the footage previously utilized in The Fakers, things improve substantially, but even some of this material doesn't offer quite the same levels of clarity as in The Fakers' presentation, though the palette often looks about as robust as it did in that version.
Hell's Bloody Angels features a DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono track that has at least some of the same damage exhibited in the video presentation. This has a somewhat more rock inflected score (with the Nelson Riddle penned "The Fakers" still used as a title song, weirdly enough, albeit this time with some pretty significant jumps like a skipping record). There are pops and cracks throughout this presentation, and actually missing nanoseconds of soundtrack, frequently tied to substantial damage in the video. As such, this is a less consistent presentation, but with the help of the optional English subtitles (available via the button on your remote), you can decipher most of the dialogue.
(Still not reliable for this title)
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