Wrongfully Accused Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		2.5
Video		4.0
Audio		3.5
Extras		0.0
Overall		2.5

Wrongfully Accused Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Martin Liebman November 5, 2020

Mill Creek has released Director Pat Proft's 1996 film 'Wrongfully Accused' to Blu-ray. The film is currently only available as part of a two film bundle with 'Big Bully.'

In this spoof of the Oscar-nominated 1993 film The Fugitive, Ryan Harrison is the “Lord of the Violin,” a world-renowned musician who finds himself framed for a murder he did not commit. He escapes following an accident transporting him to prison and finds himself on the run. A comedy of errors ensues as he's pursued by a meticulous Marshall named Fergus Falls (Richard Crenna). While on the run, he has no choice but to discover the truth and clear his name while he has an opportunity to do so.

Wrongfully Accused Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Wrongfully Accused's 1080p transfer is more or less on par with its disc mate, Big Bully, offering a pleasant and capable presentation. Clarity is sound across the board, with some interesting textures while Harrison is on the run, out in the country or inside a fishing shop partway through the film. Clarity is reliable and consistent throughout, the picture looking a touch flat but altogether enjoying workmanlike clarity supported by a fairly pleasant grain structure. Colors are likewise reliably efficient, with good neutral contrast in play and a fair amount of vitality to brighter hues and depth to darker tones. Skin tones appear true and blacks, while not the essence of "deep," hold well enough, such as during a scene in chapter four. As with Big Bully, viewers can expect the occasional errant speckle but the picture is otherwise fine top to bottom.

Wrongfully Accused Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

The provided DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 lossless soundtrack presents the material with proficiency. Music is nicely spaced along the front. Clarity is adequate throughout the range, whether in more aggressive or more reserved score. Some of the heavier sound effects -- the scene when Harrison escapes during the crash, for example -- offer good structural detail and, again, spacing. At times the track does miss the subwoofer channel (police trying to ram their way into Harrison's hiding place in chapter five) but the sound design's otherwise straightforward demands are handled well enough here. Dialogue is clear and images perfectly well to the center.

Wrongfully Accused Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

No supplemental content is included.

Wrongfully Accused Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Wrongfully Accused hearkens back to the days when Parody films were actually funny, not just a string of stale pop culture references. This is admittedly one of the lesser ones; there are too many moving parts and some of the jokes don't hit, but Nielsen hits his marks and plays the part as well as it can be played. This featureless Blu-ray delivers quality video and adequate two-channel lossless audio. Worth a look.