6.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
After their son is murdered a couple raise a second son to avenge him.
Starring: Aleksandr Pan, Valentina Te, Lyubov Germanova, Oleg Li, Maksim MunzukForeign | 100% |
Drama | 83% |
History | 4% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
Russian: LPCM 2.0
English
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
DVD copy
Region B (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 1.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Yermek Shinarbayev's "Mest" a.k.a. Revenge" (1989) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Eureka Entertainment. The only supplemental feature on this disc is a short video introduction by director Martin Scorsese. In Russian, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked."
"Where is the murderer?"
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Yermek Shinarbayev's Revenge arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Eureka Entertainment.
Recently restored and screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Revenge looks beautiful in high-definition. Because the film was shot with different filters, color temperature and contrast levels often fluctuate to enhance the unique period atmosphere and highlight the different flashbacks. (Some of the bleaker sequences from the second half, in particular, easily could have appeared in an Andrei Tarkovsky film). Detail and fluidity are very good. However, because shadow and light are frequently manipulated, some minor sharpness fluctuations are present throughout the film. The large panoramic shots look wonderful (see screencaptures #8 and 5). There are no traces of problematic degraining corrections. Compromising sharpening adjustments also have not been applied. Finally, overall image stability is excellent. Debris, cuts, damage marks, scratches, and stains have been removed as best as possible. Unsurprisingly, the film has a solid and very healthy organic look. (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 is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: Russian LPCM 2.0. For the record, Eureka Entertainment have provided optional English subtitles for the main feature.
Revenge has a very atmospheric soundtrack which mixes elements from traditional Russian and Kazakh music. Where the music is prominent, depth, clarity, and dynamic intensity are very good. Some random nature sounds and noises are also effectively used. The dialog is clean, stable, and easy to follow. Also, there are no pops, cracks, background hiss, audio dropouts or distortions to report in this review. The English translation is excellent.
Kudos to Eureka Entertainment for bringing Yermek Shinarbayev's Revenge to Blu-ray. It is every bit as impressive as Sergei Dvortsevoy's Tulpan and Ermek Tursunov's Kelin. There is a poetic fluidity in this film that also reminds of Andrei Tarkovsky and Aleksandr Sokurov's best work. The technical presentation is excellent. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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