DVD Magnificent Trio
IVL

image

This is said to be a fake (zoomed-in) 16/9 frame, which implies the horizontal borders were removed. Quite frankly this didn't bother me so much, the colours are beautifully rendered, this is spotless as usual, though a bit hazy in the background at times.

sound

Probably better than other releases, as the added sound effects are somewhat less blatant than in other instances. Yet the chirping of the birds is still very fake. The music is a bit overmixed, too, especially the Tchaikovsy bit which sounds very clumsy.

subtitles

Some mispellings in the English subtitles, a bit quick at times as usual.

special features

Poor.

menus

Neat menu.

quality/price ration

This is a good way way to discover the film, but offers no great improvement from the VCD version. Diehard Chang Cheh fans faithful to the original Mono soundtrack should probably wait for the French release.

26 September 2003
VincentP | his/her reviews