6.5 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
In this action adventure, the trouble begins when a police lieutenant begins accepting bribes while simultaneously trying to impress his superiors by breaking up a big gang.
Starring: Billy Dee Williams, Eddie Albert, Frankie Avalon, Sorrell Booke, Tracy Reed (I)Crime | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Action | 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, 24-bit)
None
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 2.0 | |
Audio | 3.0 | |
Extras | 0.0 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
Mill Creek has released Director Robert Hartford-Davis' 'The Take,' starring Billy Dee Williams, to Blu-ray as part of a double feature with 'Black Gunn.' The A/V presentation is not particularly great and no extras are included. Read on below for a brief review.
Any Takers?
The 1080p image, as it is reviewed herein, shares a disc with a second film, and the compression issues show. The picture is heavy on macroblcoking and digital processing. It's fuzzy, flat, and unable to find that desirable tightness to detail, that natural filmic presentation. While textures are decently reproduced -- the image suffers from no evidence of significant smoothing -- those compression and encode issues are a killer. Add in the random vertical line and stray speckle here and there, and one can see plenty of room for improvement. Things do not drastically improve in terms of the color palette. The film's 70s-inspired tones lack life. Colors are a bit flat and faded, with uninspiring contrast and dull, somewhat pasty flesh tones. The image is watchable but could have been so much better.
The Take's DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 lossless soundtrack is unkempt but aggressive. The big shoot-out that begins near the 10-minute mark isn't wanting for more volume, but it's certainly crunchy, not entirely indistinct but wanting for significantly more detail and finesse. That basic breakdown follows for the entirety of the movie. When things get moving, the track gains significant aggression but, at the same time, seems less concerned for clarity. Music struggles to hold fine detail. Ambient supports are included, at times, but lack precision placement and clarity. Dialogue does image naturally to the center and vocal clarity isn't terrible.
This Blu-ray release of The Take contains no supplemental content.
The movie is decent and the Blu-ray a good bit below that. Video quality could stand a sizable boost and the audio a bit more finesse. No extras are included. Rent it.
(Still not reliable for this title)
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