6.6 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Ten people are invited to go on an African safari, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Frank Stallone, Herbert Lom, Brenda Vaccaro, Yehuda EfroniThriller | Insignificant |
Crime | Insignificant |
Mystery | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (48kHz, 16-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 1.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Alan Birkinshaw's "Ten Little Indians" (1989) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The only bonus feature on the disc is a vintage trailer for the film. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
This isn't the type of fun we came for
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Ten Little Indians arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The release is sourced from a gorgeous new 2K master. Excluding a few tiny flecks and a couple of darker scenes where superior shadow definition should reveal better ranges of nuances, I think that it is as good as it could have been. It has fantastic depth, wonderful clarity and sharpness, and very solid fluidity. The master is also beautifully graded, so there are plenty of terrific primaries and equally nice supporting nuances. There are no traces of problematic digital adjustments. Image stability is excellent. My score is 4.75/5.00. (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 is only one standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (48kHz, 16-bit). Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.
I did not detect any technical issues or anomalies to report in our review. The audio is very clean, sharp, and nicely balanced. It has a very solid range of nuanced dynamics as well, which is a bit surprising because it is very easy to tell that the film was not shot with a huge budget.
Ten Little Indians is a Cannon Group production funded by the legendary producer Harry Alan Towers, which is why it is not quite as good as the other cinematic adaptations of Agatha Christie's classic novel. Is it a disaster? I don't think so because all films funded by Towers that I have seen to date do some very particular things in order to be attractive, and they don't really produce the type of quality that 'serious' films do. This is just the truth. As soon as I saw Towers' name in the opening credits, I knew exactly what type of film I will be seeing, and I wasn't disappointed. Kino Lorber's release is sourced from a gorgeous new 2K master, but the only bonus feature on it is a remastered vintage trailer. RECOMMENDED to fans of the film.
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