5.9 | / 10 |
Users | 2.5 | |
Reviewer | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.3 |
Ten young nobles, decide to wait out the Florentine plague in their country estates, amusing each other every evening with earthy stories of love and adventure.
Starring: Ryan Cartwright, Christopher Egan, Craig Parkinson, Hayden Christensen, Simone SpinazzeRomance | 100% |
Comedy | 30% |
Drama | Insignificant |
Adventure | Insignificant |
Video codec: VC-1
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: Dolby Digital 5.1
None
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (C untested)
Movie | 1.0 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 0.0 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
What better place to preserve a virginity than among other virgins? Or so she thought.
Note to filmmakers: starting a movie with the image of an angel urinating off the edge of a cloud
somewhere up in the heavens doesn't exactly set a very good tone for a movie, but in the case of
Virgin Territory, it proves to be just about the best part of the experience. An excessively
dull,
lumbering, nonsensical, and scatterbrained motion picture that features plenty of young, naked,
and uninhibited nuns; oddball characters; a worthless primary plot; dull swordplay; lame
dialogue;
poor acting; dreadful pacing; and far too many subplots and side characters; Virgin
Territory
is about as poorly-conceived a movie as one can imagine. There seems no point, no rhyme or
reason, no drama, no purpose for its miserable existence save to work as some dreadfully-realized
fantasy about nuns eager to shed clothing for the "deaf and dumb" gardener that "fell from the
sky like an angel." Sure, there's a semblance of a real romantic storyline to
the movie that features various men in pursuit of and fighting for the woman they wish to wed,
but any
notion that plot matters in the least is wiped out by the film's pointless and repeated exercises in
banality and cringe-worthy banter about all things "virgin."
This kiss, this kiss...
Virgin Territory arrives on Blu-ray with a 1080p, 1.78:1-framed transfer. The transfer sparkles in many scenes, with a strongly-rendered color palette that allows every hue to be vibrantly reproduced. Additionally, detailing is exceptional throughout. Building façades and brick-laden streets offer a fabulous sense of texture, and the transfer yields a scrumptious level of high detail in wardrobes and other assorted objects throughout. Environmental detail also excels, particularly in shots of dirt paths, tree limbs, and fallen leaves; only longer-distance shots appear a bit soft and undefined, but close-up and midrange elements are pristinely rendered. Unfortunately, some of the film's darker scenes feature an excess of noise and mushy blacks, not to mention smeary details and an absence of depth. However, flesh tones are not troublesome, and the image is generally pristine and free of distracting artifacts. Additionally, there are no major compression anomalies or other ugly bugaboos to worry about. A solid all-around transfer with only a few flaws, Virgin Territory's 1080p image is far better than the film deserves.
This Blu-ray release of Virgin Territory features no lossless or uncompressed soundtrack; only a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix is included. The track is fairly reproduced but can occasionally sound jumbled as dialogue, music and effects seem to compete with one another for listener attention, making it occasionally difficult to sort out every syllable of the spoken word from other sources of sound. The track does offer decent ambience; words echo about the soundstage when spoken from within the cavernous walls of a church, for instance, and a few environmental effects work their way into the track as well. Various sound effects are nicely implemented; dueling swords near film's end, for instance, deliver crisp, precise clanking effects as metal meets metal during a climactic confrontation. The film also incorporates a few pop-influenced musical beats and yields a palpable, but not exactly invigorating, accompanying low end. Virgin Territory's lossy soundtrack is far from a standout mix, but it is, generally, suitably good for what's required of it and, of course, for the quality of movie it accompanies.
Virgin Territory offers no supplemental features.
Suffice it to say, Virgin Territory is a miserably aimless picture with no redeeming values. Shallow characters, dimwitted dialogue, no structure, an absence of drama, and a mockery of morals serve only to repeatedly slap viewers in the face, the picture serving not as entertainment or enlightenment but instead an example of pointless filmmaking at its worst. Virgin Territory does earn a couple of halfhearted and unenthusiastic points for fair production values and decent set and wardrobe design, but otherwise, this miserable picture is best left unwatched and long forgotten. Starz/Anchor Bay's Blu-ray release does, however, sport a solid 1080p transfer and a decent lossy soundtrack, but no extras. Unfortunately, and despite a decent technical presentation, there's no reason to even give consideration to this one. Pass.
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