6.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
A small group of everyday passengers on a speeding London commuter train battle their warped driver who has a dark plan for everyone on-board.
Starring: Dougray Scott, Lindsay Duncan, Iddo Goldberg, David Schofield, Kara TointonThriller | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Mystery | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080/50i
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: LPCM 2.0
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50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B (locked)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Omid Nooshin's "Last Passenger" (2013) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Kaleidoscope Entertainment. The supplemental features on the disc include an original trailer for the film and standard making of featurette with comments from different cast and crew members. In English, without optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".
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Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080/50i transfer, Omid Nooshin's Last Passenger arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Kaleidoscope Entertainment.
This independent British film arrives on Blu-ray with a 1080/50i high-definition transfer which actually contains progressive frames. This means that there is absolutely no motion-judder whatsoever. To be clear, this is essentially a progressive transfer "locked" inside a 1080/50i encode.
Shot with the Arri Alexa camera and with anamorphic lenses from the 1930s, the film has the appropriate smooth and clean look. If there is plenty of light, detail and clarity are very good. Image depth, however, can fluctuate at times. Generally speaking, contrast levels are stable, but during the second half there are select sequences where minor inherited fluctuations are present. Colors are warm and soft, always looking natural. Encoding and compression are good, but occasionally some extremely light artifacts try to sneak in (see screencapture #15). Regardless, while viewing the film their presence is virtually impossible to spot. Lastly, there are absolutely no stability issues to report in this review. (Note: This is a Region-B "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-B or Region-Free PS3 or SA in order to access its content).
There are two standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and English LPCM 2.0. For the record, Kaleidoscope Entertainment have not provided optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature.
The film's sound design is fairly modest, but Liam Bates' music score and some really strong mixing actually create the impression that it isn't (the sound of the moving train is excellent). Still, you should not expect to experience a film whose dynamic intensity matches that of big-budget action films. The dialog is clean, crisp, and steady. Also, there are no audio dropouts or distortions to report in this review.
If you have seen and enjoyed Joseph Sargent's The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and Andrei Konchalovsky's Runaway Train, I encourage you to seek and see Omid Nooshin's Last Passenger. It is a very well made low-budget British film that will keep you on the edge of your seat literally until the final credits roll. Kaleidoscope Entertainment's technical presentation of Last Passenger is very good. RECOMMENDED.
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