6.7 | / 10 |
Users | 4.5 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
A group of exotic dancers get their revenge on wealthy, drunk and abusive clients by maxing out their credit cards after they've passed out.
Starring: Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili ReinhartThriller | Insignificant |
Crime | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: Dolby Atmos
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
English SDH, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
Digital copy
DVD copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 1.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Director Lorene Scafaria's (The Meddler, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World) Hustlers tells a true-life story of the intersection of sex, scandal, scam and the greed and the sense of power and self-worth, whether real or imagined, that comes from all of it on the two ends of the stripper-client relationship. The story interweaves a larger sociopolitical narrative as well, covering the street-level impact of the 2008 "Great Recession" on the ground floors and back rooms of life. It's a film with the potential for disaster if not focused properly but it's actually more mentally stimulating and generally entertaining than it is sexually titillating. The film has it focuses in the right places and rewards audiences with a surprisingly smart and fairly sophisticated journey through the ebbs and flows and rises and falls of several women in the pre- and post-recession era.
Universal releases Hustlers to Blu-ray with a picture-perfect 1080p transfer. The presentation is exquisite, digitally sourced and brought to life on the 1080p format with flawless textures and colors. The highlight is unequivocally the characters, who are revealed with fine-point intimacy in close up where natural skin formations, densely applied makeup, and even glittery accents are revealed with unflinching clarity and visual delight. Even in low-light club interiors, whether the more expansive main floor or the more intimate back rooms, the transfer presents the structural details and furnishings with appreciable accuracy and definition. Some of the more well-lit locales, particularly the high class and costly apartments in which the girls live later in the movie, enjoy commendable clarity to all furnishings and construction details. The Blu-ray picture never falters, and neither do the colors, which are bold and brilliant from the top down, from intensely crisp whites to perfectly refined shadow and low light detail in the clubs and in barrooms. Clothes dazzle, accents shine, and every tone is full and flavorful. The image never exhibits source noise to bothersome levels and compression issues are nowhere to be found. This is a first-rate Blu-ray from Universal.
Hustlers arrives on Blu-ray with a wonderful Dolby Atmos soundtrack. It's an efficient presentation with a musical highlight. Club beats are deep and immersive. The track always creates a tangible atmosphere around the strip club, with heavy, intense low end engagement and crowd din that spills from seemingly every channel. The overheads don't offer explicit, discrete presentations, but they do help create a larger, more purposeful environment that proves to be a critical cog in creating the larger story as it evolves throughout the film, from stage setting and character intros and well deep into the story's and characters' centers. The track offers some additional environmental supports along the way, all nicely detailed and finely and seamlessly folded into the larger experience. It's very capable and agreeable in all aspects. Dialogue is clear and presents in the center with faultless clarity. Prioritization is always spot-on. Narration rises a little higher and presents a little more sharply in support.
Hustlers' Blu-ray is surprisingly bereft of the usual barrage of Universal mini-featurettes, gag reels, and deleted scenes. Instead all that's
included are a couple of trailers and a director's commentary track. A DVD copy of the film and an iTunes digital copy code are included with purchase.
This release ships with an embossed slipcover.
Hustlers tells the story of economic downturn but marks an upturn for Jennifer Lopez, who shines in a role that challenges her to merge glamour and greed, sex and scam in the same performance. The movie is focused and entertaining, smart and savvy, and boasts quality efforts from all involved. Universal's Blu-ray is surprisingly short on bonus content but the video and audio presentations are of extremely high quality. Recommended.
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