Rating summary
| Movie |  | 1.5 |
| Video |  | 3.5 |
| Audio |  | 2.0 |
| Extras |  | 0.0 |
| Overall | | 2.0 |
Silent Rage Blu-ray Movie Review
Reviewed by Martin Liebman January 2, 2021
This Mill Creek Blu-ray release of 'Silent Rage' is available as part of a three-film bundle with 'Blind Fury' and 'White Line Fever.' There is also a standalone release with superior technical specs and a 'retro VHS' slipcover.
John Kirby (Brian Libby) is a deeply disturbed man who one day snaps and murders his wife with an ax. When the police arrive, Sheriff Dan
Stevens
(Chuck Norris) arrives on the scene but is jumped, twice, and barely escapes with his life. Kirby is shot multiple times and rushed to surgery. When
the operation to save him fails, Kirby's doctors, against his psychiatrist's (Ron Silver) wishes, inject him with an experimental serum that not only
increases his strength but also grants him amazing regenerative powers. Wounds heal almost instantly and even gunshots and burns only
momentarily slow the man down. Now, with unspeakable power and blind bloodlust, Kirby hunts down those closest to him, and those closest to his
victims. Stevens is the only man who can possibly stop him.
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Silent Rage Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality
There are a few obvious discrepancies between this bundled release and Mill Creek's standalone issue. First, this edition, which shares a single disc with
two other films, is encoded at MPEG-2 whereas the standalone employs the AVC encode. Second, the average bitrate is substantially higher with the
standalone. Third, this version is framed at 1.78:1 whereas the solo release is framed at 1.85:1. Despite the differences in encode and aspect ratio, the
core image is virtually unchanged between the releases. A-B comparisons show no serious alterations in detail or color. Compression worries are a little
more pronounced with this version, which lacks the bitrate breathing room. The standalone is the superior version, but there are not a lot of superficial
compromises with this one, either. Most of the details in the standalone version's review apply here.
Silent Rage Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality
The most obvious difference with this Blind Fury and the standalone Blind Fury comes in the audio encode. Both are of the two-channel variety, but this
one's a lossy Dolby Digital track whereas the other features a DTS-HD Master Audio presentation. This track images dialogue well enough to the center,
but the problem is that most everything else pushes to the middle, too. Its hopelessly jammed, not at all aggressive, and flat. The DTS track on the
other release is much more generously spaced and offers superior detail. The cut corners do hurt this one.
Silent Rage Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras
Neither this nor the standalone release include any supplemental content.
Silent Rage Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation
As it appears in this three-pack, Silent Rage sports some minor differences in video output and a major difference in audio. No extras are
included on either disc. Unless on a tight budget, pick up the standalone instead; it also ships with a retro VHS slipcover.
