7.7 | / 10 |
Users | 4.5 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Markus, who has to go home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. It seems like an accident until a mathematics geek, who was also a fellow passenger on the train, and his two colleagues show up
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas BroForeign | 100% |
Dark humor | Insignificant |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Crime | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Danish: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English, English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 0.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Anders Thomas Jensen's "Riders of Justice" (2020) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Magnolia Home Entertainment. There are no bonus features on the release. In Danish or English, with optional English and English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.39:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Riders of Justice arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Magnolia Home Entertainment.
Riders of Justice is a very recent film that was shot digitally, so it should look terrific on Blu-ray. Unfortunately, it does not, although I am quite certain that the existing master that is offered for licensing was overseen and approved by director Anders Thomas Jensen because it is gorgeous. In fact, at times it produces breathtakingly beautiful visuals (see screencaptures #5 and 7). So, what is the problem? Well, a lot of the darker visuals produce old-fashioned macroblocking of the type that materializes because of subpar encoding. On my system, I was able to minimize its harmful presence quite well, but so much of the film takes place at night and in areas with restricted lighting that I felt that I lost some important nuances. You can see examples in screencaptures #13, 14, and 18. I found this very frustrating because the rest of the visuals look fantastic, as they should. Color balance is excellent as well. The entire film looks predicatively healthy, too. So, I think that Riders of Justice should have been placed on a double-layer disc and encoded with the needed optimizations to ensure that all visuals look as good as they should. My score is 3.25/5.00. (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 are two standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: Danish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. Optional English, and English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature. When turned on, they appear inside the image frame.
I viewed the film with the original Danish track and was very impressed with its dynamic potency. There are a couple of sequences, such as the shootout at the end, where dynamic intensity and separation are of what I would consider to be 'reference quality'. Elsewhere there are some very fine subtle dynamic contrasts as well. The dialog is clear, sharp, stable, and very easy to follow. The English translation is excellent.
Most unfortunately, there are no special features on this release.
Life is one long roller-coaster ride with all kinds of unique ups and downs that we learn to anticipate as we age. While the ride lasts, some of us become pretty good at managing our emotions and public appearance the 'right way' and as a result emerge more successful in this guessing game, but some of us don't and further complicate it by making it even more unpredictable. In Riders of Justice, a terrible event brings together a few strangers with utterly incompatible personalities and tests their ability to adapt as they attempt to uncover what initiated it. It is a wonderful film whose unorthodox take on the nature of existence in our wired, devoid of privacy and violent world feels quite accurate. RECOMMENDED.
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