5.5 | / 10 |
Users | 2.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 2.9 |
A psychological thriller about a young married couple who buys a beautiful Napa Valley house on several acres of land only to find that the man they bought it from refuses to let go of the property.
Starring: Michael Ealy, Meagan Good, Joseph Sikora, Dennis Quaid, Alvina AugustHorror | 100% |
Thriller | 2% |
Psychological thriller | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Mystery | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Russian: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Russian VO, Spanish DTS=Castilian, Spanish DD=Latin American
English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Digital copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
There are some perks, and some pitfalls, to home ownership, but the latter doesn’t usually involve the previous owner creepily sticking around after the funds have been transferred and the keys handed off. Director Deon Taylor’s (Meet the Blacks) Domestic Thriller The Intruder pits a rugged and crazed Randy Quaid against a millennial city couple trying to get on their feet in an idyllic Napa Valley country home. It’s a basic, streamlined experience, a movie that’s been seen before in a genre that’s housed its share of up-and-down pictures (and seems to be a Sony and for Screenwriter David Loughery, who penned both of those linked films as well as The Intruder). This one falls squarely in the middle of the morass, stumbling through predictable plot avenues but saved by quality work from Quaid, Michael Ealy, and Meagan Good.
The digitally sourced The Intruder looks fine on Blu-ray, offering nothing of visual note but everything in good working order. Sony's 1080p Blu-ray is more than capable of translating the movie's basic visual qualities to home video, presenting its visually contemporary conventions nicely enough. The image pushes warm in low light and accumulates a good bit of noise during nighttime exterior and lower light interior shots. Bright daytime exteriors and well lit interiors, particularly with some of the brighter whites around the home, reveal exemplary color reproduction and super crisp details. Facial textures and hairs are very sharp; the film was not released on the UHD format but it's difficult to believe there would be a significant upward movement in definition and clarity over what is found here. The transfer allows viewers to soak in the details both inside the house and amongst the natural world around it. Likewise, colors are appropriately diverse , ranging from various wallpapers, paints, and decorations in the home to the pops of natural green around its exterior. Black levels hold stable and deep while skin tones seem always accurate against lighting and location and the various combinations thereof. There are the typical little bits of aliasing on overhead city skyline shots but the image is otherwise free of major source or compression anomalies. The movie itself doesn't really move the needle for its visual acumen but Sony's Blu-ray presents it well enough.
The Intruder invades Blu-ray with a well-rounded DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack. Music during a lovemaking scene in chapter three finds quality width, modest surround support, and terrific clarity. Large, sharp musical cues additionally enjoy solid stage engagement and detail from the high end all the way to the bottom. Booms of thunder crack with dominance and widespread stage engagement in chapter 10, nearly passing for a larger, more immersive presence than even the 5.1 configuration can offer. There are several other engaging sonic details, like a sudden knock on the door and a ringing doorbell in chapter 12. A few shotgun and rifle shots appear throughout the movie, none sounding more massive than the final of them, offering a tremendous feel for the immediately close and concussive blast. Dialogue is clear and well prioritized, flowing from a natural front-center position.
The Intruder's Blu-ray contains an audio commentary track, deleted and alternate scenes, a gag reel, and a featurette. A Moves Anywhere
digital copy code is included with purchase. This release ships with a non-embossed slipcover.
The Intruder isn't a bad movie. It's structurally stale, but not bad, saved by three more than capable lead performances and a few well-drawn characters. The film would have unquestionably amounted to more with a bit more creativity and polish on the script side, but good performances balance out simplistic story details. Sony's Blu-ray is well-rounded, offering quality video and audio presentations and an appropriate assortment of extra content. Worth a look.
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