6 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
In the 1880s western "Traded", a father must leave his ranch for Dodge City to save his daughter from an old enemy, putting his reputation as the fastest draw in the west to the test.
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Trace Adkins, Michael Paré, Tom Sizemore, Martin KoveWestern | 100% |
Period | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.35:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 1.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
In what amounts to a 19th century take on some of the underlying plot mechanics of Hardcore, Traded deals with a distraught father named Clay Travis (Michael Paré) who sets out to find his errant daughter who has run away from home and who has subsequently gotten involved in prostitution (the timeframe is obviously a bit too early for pornographic films). Traded sports a formulaic but intermittently involving story, and it has some good turns in character parts by the likes of Tom Sizemore and Kris Kristofferson, but this is an effort that seems to want to combine so-called “mumblecore” proclivities with more Peckinpah- esque moments of extreme violence. It’s an odd combination, to say the least, and Traded suffers from a lurching pace and lack of a clear through line.
Traded is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Cinedigm with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 2.35:1. This is a very nice looking presentation for the most part, one that exploits the kind of burnt sienna and brownish ambience of the American west, while supporting good levels of fine detail, especially in close-ups. Director Timothy Woodward, Jr. and cinematographer Pablo Diez like to catch glints of sunlight bouncing off of various items, often choosing backlighting gambits that can tend to deprive the image of some fine detail. The palette looks natural, if subdued, and there are no issues with image instability or compression anomalies.
Traded sports a workmanlike DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track, one which offers requisite surround activity in elements like shootouts or even horses galloping across the plain. Samuel Joseph Smythe's score also resides comfortably in the surround channels and helps to support several key sequences. Dialogue is also rendered cleanly and with excellent prioritization on this problem free track.
Traded has some compelling elements going for it, even if it's ultimately too rote to ever work up much energy. Genre enthusiasts may find enough here to warrant a purchase, and for those folks, technical merits are generally strong.
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