7.2 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
Young black man teams up with a Chinese kung-fu expert to fight a drug ring.
Starring: Timothy Brown, Alan Tang (I), Aldo Ray, James Hong, Al RichardsonMartial arts | Insignificant |
Crime | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.84:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 3.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 0.0 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
Note: This film is available as part of Jessi's Girls Blu-ray
review.
Disc Ten of The Masterpiece Collection finds the ever resourceful duo of Al Adamson and Samuel M. Sherman starting to move into so-called
Blaxploitation territory, though kind of interestingly, they quite quickly start to offer at least a smattering of kung fu as well, in a perhaps instructive
example of how attuned to the general cinematic zeitgeist Adamson and Sherman could often be.
Dynamite Brothers is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Severin Films with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.84:1. Fans may get their hopes up when they see a virtually undamaged Indepedent International masthead, but that optimism may falter at least somewhat when a lot of the following credits suffer pretty badly. The palette once the film starts is generally very good, though there are occasional variances in clarity and some slight flicker can be discerned. Grain occasionally looks gritty, something that's probably most noticeable against bright blue skies. Some day for night material is skewed toward blue (with blacks verging on purple). There's typical speckling on display, but nothing major. My score is 3.25.
Dynamite Brothers features a DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono track that occasionally sounds just slightly muffled in the midrange with regard to some of the score. Otherwise, though, effects (especially outdoor ambient environmental effects) and dialogue are presented with good fidelity, though some accents can be a bit hard to decipher. English subtitles are available via the button on your remote.
Dynamite Brothers may admittedly never completely capitalize on its interesting if derivative premise, but it has some fun action scenes and the story moves along briskly enough. Video and audio are both generally solid, if both encounter occasional minor hurdles.
(Still not reliable for this title)
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