6 | / 10 |
Users | 4.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly and her unpredictable client Chelsea Deardon. It seems the least of Chelsea's crimes is the theft of a very valuable painting, but as the women persuade Logan to investigate further and to cut some official corners, a much more sinister scenario starts to emerge.
Starring: Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence StampRomance | 100% |
Crime | Insignificant |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 1.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Ivan Reitman's "Legal Eagles" (1986) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the disc include a vintage trailer for the film as well as an archival featurette. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
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Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Legal Eagles arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The release is sourced from an older master that was provided by Universal Pictures. Fortunately, it is a decent one, at times even looking rather strong.
The best news is that the entire master is free of the harshness and smeary flatness that other such older masters that emerge from the major's vaults are plagued with. Predictably, depth and clarity range from good to very good, plus density levels remain quite strong as well. Some of the indoor/darker footage reveals extremely light black crush, but this is a common limitation. Still, overall delineation is quite good, and on a larger screen there are plenty of smaller nuances that appear nicely exposed. Color balance is good. The primaries do not show any signs of fading and the supporting nuances look quite healthy. However, a proper new 2K/4K master will rebalance the blacks and almost certainly expand the existing nuances. I noticed a few shaky frames as well, so overall image stability can be strengthened as well. My score is 3.75/5.00. (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. When turned on, they appear inside the image frame.
The audio is stable and clean. Perhaps it could be slightly fuller, but I am unsure if a new remaster would produce an all-around better quality because it is pretty easy to tell that at some point in the past efforts were made to optimize it. There are no audio dropouts, pops, or digital distortions to report.
As odd as it may sound, the spirit of old Hollywood lives in Legal Eagles. I actually think that its script is rather rough, but the chemistry between its stars is second to none, and this is essentially what makes the entire film irresistibly attractive. It sounds simple, perhaps even cliched, but if you do a direct comparison between Legal Eagles and any film with 'issues' that you saw last year, you will quickly realize that this is precisely what is missing there -- the truly special chemistry that makes the ordinary look extraordinary. Kino Lorber's release is sourced from an older but good master that was supplied by Universal Pictures. RECOMMENDED.
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