6.2 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Colonel Terry Childers is a 30-year Marine veteran: a decorated officer with combat experience in Vietnam, Beirut and Desert Storm - a patriot, a hero. But now, the country he served so well has put him on trial for a rescue mission that went terribly wrong. For his attorney, he has chosen Marine Colonel Hays Hodges, a comrade-in-arms who owes his life to Childers. Hodges is not the best lawyer in the service, but Childers trusts him as a brother Marine who knows what it's like to risk death under fire. Bound by duty and friendship, Hodges reluctantly takes the case, even as he begins to doubt the man who saved his life in Vietnam three decades ago.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Bruce GreenwoodWar | 100% |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080/50i
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
William Friedkin's "Rules of Engagement" (2000) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the release include archival audio commentary by the director; behind the scenes featurette; vintage trailer; and more. In English, with optional 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, Rules of Engagement arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The release introduces an exclusive new 4K makeover struck from the original camera negative. The 4K makeover is also available on 4K Blu-ray. I viewed it in native 4K and then spent time with the 1080p presentation on the Blu-ray.
I have nothing but great things to say about the work that the folks at Paramount did to prepare the 4K makeover. Simply put, Rules of Engagement looks incredibly now -- on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray, too. I have a very old DVD release of this film and never felt the need to pull it out and do comparisons because the quality of the visuals that I was seeing on my system was fantastic. The jungle footage, the embassy footage, and the courtroom footage all looked equally great. Color balance is managed very well, too, so there are no anomalies or areas that could have been managed better. The entire film looks strikingly healthy as well. I mentioned in our review of the 4K Blu-ray release that the embassy footage might be a tad more attractive in native 4K, but the discrepancy is very, very small. If you can only play Blu-ray discs, you will be enormously pleased with the 1080p presentation. (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 release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.
I viewed the entire film in native 4K and then spent time with the 1080p presentation on the Blu-ray. The comments below are from our review of the 4K Blu-ray.
The 5.1 track is incredibly potent, so I suspect that it will test the muscles of some audio systems. During the embassy attack, for instance, there are several segments that produce the type of dynamic intensity you would hear on the 4K Blu-ray release of Black Hawk Down. Mark Isham's score is very effective too. The dialog is crustal clear, always stable, and very easy to follow.
In a situation like the one depicted in the beginning of William Friedkin's Rules of Engagement there is only one possible outcome, which is the only logical one, too. It is this simple. And yet, oddly, acknowledging the obvious is the reason why Rules of Engagement became a rather controversial film. As the drama flourishes, Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson give tremendous performances that should be considered some of their best work. Kino Lorber's release introduces a fabulous new 4K makeover prepared at Paramount. It is also available on 4K Blu-ray. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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