7 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
A Lady (Olivia De Havilland) gets trapped inside a home elevator after the electricity goes out. During a hot summer day, while she presses a button inside the elevator to summon help from the alley, she unknowingly attracts looters who in turn try hurting her and steal all her personal belongings.
Starring: Olivia de Havilland, James Caan, Jennifer Billingsley, Jeff Corey, Ann SothernHorror | 100% |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Drama | 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: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)
BDInfo & PowerDVD verified. All 3 (Mono, 5.1, Stereo) are set-up options on disc.
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
1964’s “Lady in a Cage” is a take-no-prisoners kind of movie, with Paramount Pictures trying to shake up the norm in thriller cinema with this offering of nastiness. They’re successful with shock value, and director Walter Grauman is completely committed to creating a jolting viewing event featuring a cast of characters who lack all sense of decency and restraint. “Lady in a Cage” eventually reaches an obnoxious level of hysteria, but the ride to overkill is something to see, with the material making room for awful things to happen to awful people, bravely creating a home invasion tale where there’s nobody to root for.
The AVC encoded image (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation is sourced from an older scan of the feature, delivering softer detail during the viewing experience. There are a lot of sweaty, soiled faces to study, and some skin particulars are appreciable. Hairiness as well, especially on James Caan. The household setting is sufficiently dimensional, and decorative additions are decently textured. Delineation is satisfactory, and B&W cinematography remains comfortably balanced throughout. Grain is heavy and film-like. Source is in decent condition, with some speckling detected.
"Lady in a Cage" is presented in 2.0 DTS-HD MA mono and 5.1 DTS-HD MA (another 2.0 DTS-HD MA track is included). The 5.1 offering is certainly more powerful, delivering decent dialogue exchanges with these loud, unrelenting performances. Some mild wavering is detected, but nothing severe. Scoring cues are appealingly defined, with decent instrumentation.
"Lady in a Cage" eventually wears out its welcome, but fans of home invasion movies are sure to get a little more out of the picture, which doesn't go soft for a moment, leading to an unexpectedly shocking conclusion, sustaining the nightmare mood Grauman is working hard to create.
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