6.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
A former thief unbeknownst to a dead body in his car drives to a bright future - but the men who planted the body now need it back.
Starring: Michael Madsen, Patricia Arquette, Billy Bob Thornton, Seymour Cassel, Paul Ben-VictorComedy | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
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Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region free
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
In 1993, Michael Madsen was just getting started on an acting career that would find him playing all manner of squinting bad guys, stuck in a cycle of cinematic crime sprees that play to his natural way with brooding intensity. Coming a year after his star-making turn in Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs,” Madsen starts to get comfortable with a loquacious crook routine in “Trouble Bound,” forced to create chemistry with co-star Patricia Arquette for a road movie that’s largely about their softening interplay. Writers Darrell Fetty and Francis Delia go the southwest noir route with the picture, creating a chase between bad guys and troubled people, but they only come up with half-baked ideas, creating a film that spends half its run time trying to be dangerous, and the other half fighting to be funny and flirty.
The AVC encoded image (1.78:1 aspect ratio) presentation endeavors to refresh a largely forgotten crime story from the 1990s, and the upgrade factor from the 2003 DVD is adequate for fans of the picture, but it remains very dark. Listed as a "Brand new 2016 HD Master," the visual experience does what it can to make "Trouble Bound" look presentable, offering a reasonable level of detail to help survey faces and places, including rural Arizona locations, which offer deep distances and natural beauty. Sweaty close-ups also provide textures. Colors are acceptable, best when exploring loud costumes and greenery, and skintones look accurate. Delineation isn't ruinous, but blacks threaten solidification during a few sequences, and the image seems slightly brightened at times. Reel changes are rough, resulting in jumpy frames, scratches, and speckle storms.
The 2.0 DTS-HD MA sound mix isn't powerful, but it handles the essentials of "Trouble Bound" to satisfaction. Dialogue exchanges aren't precise, but emotionality is open for inspection, and performances choices are easy to follow. Scoring is secure, but soundtrack cuts offer a larger presence, contributing adequate instrumentation. Atmospherics are fine during club encounters and outdoor adventures. A few stretches of popping are encountered.
"Trouble Bound" isn't entirely sure if it wants to be crusty or goofy, with comedic relief introduced with the mafia enforcers on the couple's trail. Laughs aren't there, and behavioral extremes tend to monkey with the picture's tone, which never settles to satisfaction. "Trouble Bound" has an interesting set-up, but payoff is difficult to come by, as the feature isn't motivated to do much besides celebrate two anemic lead performances.
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