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When an alien fugitive crash lands into a local puppy farm and begins turning people into machines that feed on puppy flesh, Dylan and her BFF Eddie have to decide whether or not to take on the SheBorg menace, and save the world.
Starring: Daisy Masterman, Whitney Duff, Emma-Louise WilsonComedy | Insignificant |
Adventure | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: LPCM 2.0 (48kHz, 16-bit)
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 2.5 | |
Audio | 2.5 | |
Extras | 1.5 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
Writer/Director Daniel Armstrong's Australian film Sheborg (or Sheborg Massacre) epitomizes today's micro-budget, genre wishlist fulfilling landscape. The film has it all, or perhaps better said it has almost nothing: a nondescript story, cut-rate practical and digital effects, poor pacing, repetitive scenes, crude acting, and so on and so forth. The film can be tedious and tiresome, banking on blood and guts and self-awareness to carry it to success. But even when it's working in its zone, it's difficult to get past the amateurish construction. Many filmmakers have proven that budget doesn't really matter, and that remains true today. Sheborg is rough around the edges, but its budget or lack of polish aren't the real problems: instead it's the relative absence of essentials like characterization and purposeful plotting that hurt the movie. It just can't stand up for a full 80-some minutes without many essential foundational building blocks working for it. Conversely, there's an innate charm at play, a happy-go-lucky, caution-to-the-wind glee with which Armstrong crafts the film, which revels in fan service and bloody chaos. It's certainly a genre lover's picture and not a serious film, so potential audiences will have to weigh the pros and cons of what they expect from a movie to decide if they'll enjoy it or not.
I am She of Borg.
That Sheborg's 1080p Blu-ray presentation lacks in several key areas is not a surprise. The film's budget roots and lower grade digital construction almost guarantee a less-than aesthetically pleasing image. Wild Eye's presentation struggles to take command of detail, leaving the various cyborg bits and pieces, natural environments, character faces, and clothes all lacking the precision intimacy that is usually found on superior presentations sourced from higher end productions. Still, core detailing is fine, and the image certainly bears the fruits of the 1080p resolution, allowing for a generally more clear and well defined presentation overall. Colors are likewise less than ideal, appearing decently saturated but not really excelling. Red blood is the standout, which is critical considering just how much of it there is to see, but character hair of various colors, natural greens, and clothes, when not soaked in blood and slime, at least, enjoy a fair level of punch and depth. Black levels are a little raised but skin tones appear fairly accurate. The image suffers from some level of noise and macroblocking in most every shot, unsurprising to see given the production's limitations. The film looks fine for what it is, but potential buyers should not expect something on the same level of a large production from a major studio.
Sheborg features an LPCM uncompressed 2.0 soundtrack. The presentation is fairly paltry, conveying the essentials without much care for detail. Like the video, the relatively subpar presentation traces back to the source, not any real flaws in the sound encoding. The lack of surrounds keep the action from encompassing more of the stage or creating a more dramatic atmosphere. Music, effects, and dialogue all linger around the front-center portion of the stage, the former two failing to stretch all that much to the edges and the latter at least settled where it's supposed to be. Clarity is never a highlight. Most everything comes across in some way imperfect, to some degree of muddy, tinny, and/or scratchy. The track does well enough to create a basic sonic signature but cannot accomplish much more than that.
Sheborg's Blu-ray contains a behind-the-scenes featurette and a music video. No DVD or digital copies are included. The release does not
appear to ship with a slipcover.
Sheborg is very crude, about as rough around the edges as a movie can be. It lacks in all the key areas except for heart, and it's obvious Armstrong pours all of his into the movie. It's not a good movie at all, but if one can look past its critical shortcomings there's a fair bit of fun to be had, though even then the film's tempo is not at all a help. Wild Eye's Blu-ray is fine given the obvious technical limitations inherent to the production. A couple of extras are included. Worth a look for die-hard fans of low-budget schlock.
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