6 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
When Travis and Wendell are kidnapped while on their way to opening a nightclub in rural Nebraska. The KGB spy Cameron Smith takes them to the U.S.S.R. instead with the intention of teaching KGB agents to be hip like Americans
Starring: John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Arye Gross, Deborah Foreman, James KeachComedy | 100% |
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, 24-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Dave Thomas' "The Experts" (1989) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the release include an exclusive new program with the director and remastered vintage trailer. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Deal
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, The Experts arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The release is sourced from a magnificent new 4K master prepared at Paramount Pictures. Excluding a few areas where I think that minor encoding optimization could have been introduced, the visuals are consistently breathtakingly beautiful. I liked everything that I saw. Delineation, clarity, and depth are often gravitate around what I consider to be 'reference levels', so even on a large screen they can look very, very impressive. The new 4K master boasts an outstanding color scheme, too. All primaries look very fresh and balanced exceptionally well. Supporting nuances are very healthy and equally impressively balanced. Unsurprisingly, the dynamic range of the visuals is terrific. In fact, I upscaled the film to 4K and frequently felt as if I was viewing native 4K content. There are no traces of problematic digital corrections. Image stability is excellent. The entire film is spotless. 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 track on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.
The lossless track is very healthy and in areas where the music is prominent -- like the one where John Travolta teaches the Russians how to properly check out the hot girls while wearing glasses, which is around the 0:58.00 mark -- boasts outstanding dynamic potency. The dialog is very clear, sharp, and stable. So, it is obvious from the get-go that the audio has been fully remastered. I did not encounter any encoding anomalies to report in our review.
John Travolta and Kelly Preston's "dance" is probably the only legit reason to see The Experts, a very unfunny comedy from the 1980s. There is one other reason that surprisingly helps me enjoy this film but this is not how its creators wanted it to work. I find the utterly ridiculous in the film to be quite illuminating and in some ways relevant again. Kino Lorber's release is sourced from a fabulous new 4K master that was prepared by Paramount Pictures.
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