Entrapment (1999) |
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Entrapment (1999) |
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| General | Extras | ||
| Category | Thriller |
Main Menu Audio & Animation Theatrical Trailer Featurette-Making Of-The Making Of "Entrapment" Music Video-Lost My Faith-Seal |
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| Year Of Production | 1999 | ||
| Running Time | 108:22 | ||
| RSDL / Flipper | RSDL (61:13) | Cast & Crew | |
| Start Up | Menu | ||
| Region Coding | 2,4 | Directed By | Jon Amiel |
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Studio
Distributor |
 Twentieth Century Fox |
Starring |
Sean Connery Catherine Zeta-Jones Will Patton Maury Chaykin Ving Rhames |
| Case | Amaray-Transparent | ||
| RPI | $39.95 | Music | Christopher Young |
| Video | Audio | ||
| Pan & Scan/Full Frame | None | English Dolby Digital 5.1 (384Kb/s) | |
| Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 2.35:1 | ||
| 16x9 Enhancement |
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| Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
| Original Aspect Ratio | 2.35:1 | Miscellaneous | |
| Jacket Pictures | No | ||
| Subtitles |
Czech Danish English for the Hearing Impaired Finnish Hebrew Hungarian Icelandic Norwegian Polish Portuguese Swedish |
Smoking | Yes |
| Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
| Action In or After Credits | No | ||
Reluctantly Hector agrees and the sting operation is put into action. Gin starts following Mac, and the cat and mouse game soon begins between them. To say much more will start to spoil some of the small surprises that are in the movie, so I'll leave it at that.
I personally found this movie to be extremely entertaining and fun to watch. Sure it's no Dances with Wolves or Shawshank Redemption, but it's a great entertaining piece if you don't take it too seriously and just sit back and enjoy the ride - and the acting. Oh, if you are afraid of heights - watch out, as there are some doozies of skyscraper scenes. Also, it is worth noting some movie trivia, if we can believe the PR machine - apparently most of the gadgets seen in this movie actually exist!
The picture is extremely clear and sharp at all times, with plenty of detail in both the foreground and background. The shadow detail is excellent in the scenes that are meant to have shadow detail. The opening skyscraper scene is quite dark, which was a deliberate cinematic choice rather than a transfer problem. No low-level noise, edge bleeding or excessive edge enhancement was noticed.
The colours were vibrant and deeply saturated, with excellent skin tones - basically perfect.
Pixelization and grain was basically non-existent on my 250cm screen, with only the tiniest amount being seen in the sky around the 0:56 minute mark, but it is pretty trivial, so I wouldn't worry about it.
There were no MPEG artefacts seen. Moiré effects and aliasing occur occasionally, but these instances are always mild and extremely well-controlled. I did not find any of these occurrences overly distracting. Examples can be found at 3:30, 10:41 - 10:46, 16:48 (moiré), 20:40, 30:42, 57:17 (moiré), 67:07, 85:30 and 91:56 - 92:06. Given the nature of the subject material, I feel that aliasing could have been a much more serious problem for this transfer than it was.
There are a reasonable number of small film artefacts scattered throughout the movie, but because of their size I did not find them distracting.
This disc is an RSDL disc, with the layer change occurring mid scene at 61:13. It is very noticeable, but surprisingly it is not overly disruptive to flow of the movie. So, the layer change is acceptable, but its placement could have been a little better.
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The dialogue was clear and easy to understand throughout the movie. There are two occasions where the dialogue sounds distorted; 5:30 - 5:46 and 99:39. These occurrences are far from being severe, but they are certainly noticeable. This distortion was also present in my VHS version of this movie, so it is not a transfer problem. There is also one noticeable instance of poorly integrated dubbed dialogue at 19:15, where the tonal properties of Catherine Zeta Jones' voice change dramatically from one sentence to the next.
Audio sync was not a problem at all with this transfer, and was completely spot on, with only one occurrence of dialogue replacement being noticed at 68:18, but is inconsequential.
Christopher Young's music score is lively and enhances the on-screen action in many scenes.
The surround channels were used frequently for music and ambience, with many subtle and sometimes not so subtle special effects making their way into the surrounds. There are two great examples of split rear channels use which occur at 48:00 - 48:25 (clock striking in left channel) and 53:58. Right from the very opening scene, you are enclosed in a good sound envelope.
The subwoofer is almost continually being used to subtly add bass to most scenes, and is highly active during some of the most dramatic sequences, adding extra kick to these scenes. The opening skyscraper scene is a good example.
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The picture quality is excellent, but isn't quite as sharp as the movie itself. The Making of "Entrapment" is basically an extended promotional piece for the movie, with some behind-the-scenes details, presented in varying aspect ratios.
NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.
R4 vs R1 Special Edition: The R1 Special Edition would be the best version of this disc as long as you can stand the reduced picture resolution and the inevitable 3:2 pull-down artefacts that are associated with the NTSC format.
The picture quality is very good, with no real problems.
The soundtrack is of excellent quality.
The extras are limited, but what is present is of very good quality.
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| Review Equipment | |
| DVD | Sony DVP-725, using Component output |
| Display | Sony Projector VPH-G70 (No Line Doubler), Technics Da-Lite matt screen with gain of 1.0 (229cm). This display device is 16x9 capable. |
| Audio Decoder | Built in to DVD player. Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
| Amplification | Onkyo TX-SV919THX |
| Speakers | Fronts: Energy RVS-1 (3), Rears: Energy RVSS-1 (2), Subwoofer: Energy EPS-150 (1) |