Blu-ray – Edition FR – Spectrum Films – 86 min – 14 January 2021
Video format
• Resolution: 1080p/24
• Ratio: 2.35
Soundtrack
• Cantonese DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
• French
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WORK – Fraternity with bulletproofness
Jack and Martin do the same job but belong to two rival gangs. In competition but loyal, they prevent the trajectories of their bullets from being telescopic. On a mission to Thailand, the two men were seriously injured and abandoned.
The first official production of the Milkyway Image, this post-modern operatic polar that goes from human drama (the tragic fate of affected characters in their flesh) to bloodbaths (between mexican-standhoff and feverish gunfights) not without irony, exhumes the spirit of the western spaghetti while using stunning staging fireworks. Class, surreal and touching.
IMAGE – Colors and dark atmosphere
While the large uplift of grain in the dark (the car attack) and the lack of finesse in the details (slightly smoothed sometimes) leave no doubt as to the absence of a restoration carried out from the original negative, this HD master still remains satisfactory.
The image is certainly stable, the piqué has progressed seriously since the previous SD copy (never published by us), the calibration of the colors does justice to the beautiful stylization of the photograph (from the illustrious Cheng Siu-kung), the contrasts are balanced (despite rare burnt whites), the blacks enjoy in the darkness and the encoding, robust most of the time, well follows the rhythm.
SOUND – Play us a classic
A clean stereo soundtrack and « stormy » where the dynamic, violent at will, flies as soon as the action manifests itself on the screen. Apart from this singular characteristic, it honours the enchanting music delivered with a beautiful presence and dialogues, particularly spaced, left with great clarity.
CONCLUSION – The inescapable revenge of the fingle-bearers
For anyone who wants a heroic bloodshed with all the codes of the genre, A Hero Never Dies by the aesthet Johnnie To, even though the retrocession of 1997 had just fallen on the former British colony, is a « Master » Representative.
And to perfect this certainty, especially since it's a first in France, getting the present Blu-ray is obvious! In fact, while she imposed herself as one of the most accomplished of her filmmaker, this work had not yet had the honours of a physical publication.
Artistic note
8.5
Video quality
7.5
Audio quality
8.5
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