Home Theater Forum › HT Gear & Movies › DVD & Blu-ray › Blu-ray › Presumed Innocent/Frantic (Thriller Double Feature) [Blu-ray] › Presumed Innocent/Frantic (Thriller Double Feature) [Blu-ray] Reviews

Presumed Innocent/Frantic (Thriller Double Feature) [Blu-ray] Reviews

Ranked #16 in the category › Blu-ray Write a Review
Community Rating (1 review)
Overall
Video Quality
The Film/Movie
Audio Quality
Special Features
Presumed Innocent/Frantic (Thriller Double Feature) [Blu-ray]

Presumed Innocent/Frantic (Thriller Double Feature) [Blu-ray]

‹ Back to Item Overview

Featured Review

HTF Blu-ray Review: Presumed Innocent/Frantic - Double Feature

April 3, 2010 at 8:48 am
Michael Osadciw
Reviewed by Michael Osadciw
Pros: excellent video, DTS lossless for 2.0 surround
Cons: original audio sounds dated
THRILLER DOUBLE FEATURE

PRESUMED INNOCENT
FRANTIC



Studio: Warner Bros
Film Years: 1987, 1990
Film Length: 127mins, 120mins
Genre: Thriller

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Colour/B&W: Colour
BD Specifications: 1080/24p

Audio:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Surround
Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0

Subtitles:
English SDH, Francais, Espanol


Release Date: AVAILABLE NOW

Harrison Ford plays in two very good films that’ll keep you thinking “whodunit” all the way through. Teaming up with two great directors (Alan J. Pakula on Presumed Innocent and Roman Polanski on Frantic), Ford delivers an excellent performance in both films – it’ll keep you on the edge of your seat!
 
Ford is an attorney who is a prosecutor of a murder case in Presumed Innocent. Having been involved in an affair with another prosecutor in his firm – who now lies six feet under by murder – Ford’s obsession to uphold the law in this case forces him to run away from it as he becomes the prime suspect!
 
To keep you on the edge of your seat, Ford doesn’t stay still as he searches all over Paris for his kidnapped wife in Frantic. The language barrier is not the only thing he encounters; shady dealers, bureaucracy, and the lowly local prevents this esteemed doctor finds little audience willing to assist finding his wife.
 
 
PICTURE QUALITY: 3.5/5
 
Both images exhibit similar qualities and both please this HD video reviewer. Little to nothing gets in the way of enjoying these films as a film even though I am watching home video. These movies are quite grainy, especially Frantic, and while watching it I felt as if I were seeing everything intended to be seen. These films are a bit softer than others, again Frantic taking the lead with Polanski’s European visual. Black levels aren’t as deep as I expected (away with the expectations!) and Frantic was a bit dim in comparison to the other. Don’t expect new modern day HD video ultra-sharp imagery with these movies. Expect to be massaged slowly into the world of catalogue titles that bring the imagery of film (readjusted to video standards) to the home.
 
This is the first time Frantic has been released on widescreen. Both films are 1.85:1.
 
 
SOUND QUALITY: 2.5/5 
 
I evaluated these soundtracks in two different ways: 1) Unaltered 2.0 through full-range Dunlavy SC-IV/A speakers and 2) DTS Neo 6 Movie/Dolby Digital Pro-Logic II for surround. In both cases, the lossless DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 Surround soundtracks present the audio for what they are: limited-range audio, lacking lower midrange and bass and bright high end. The encoding is not at fault here. Trust me, I want lossless for every soundtrack no matter the original master and number of channels. I prefer everything to be exposed rather than being covered up. It just so happens that these soundtracks aren’t so pretty even when fully engaged. I recall instances of a lot of hiss in these films, maybe a little more than normal. Dialogue is thin, effects in Frantic are dated, and the music is one of the better items in Presumed Innocent. Hitting the re-EQ will calm things down a bit at the expense of resolution. Playing these films with surround modes activated will also alter the audio somewhat with the added benefit of surround envelopment.
 
 
SPECIAL FEATURES: ZERO/5
 
Unless one considers the "double feature" on this disc, no features have been added to these discs. Nothing has been axed from the DVDs for this release.
 
 
IN THE END…
 
Classic Harrison Ford. Double Feature. Great HD video. Lossless audio. Two great films. Need I say more?
 
Mike Osadciw
10.04.03
Post Comment
Home Theater Forum › HT Gear & Movies › DVD & Blu-ray › Blu-ray › Presumed Innocent/Frantic (Thriller Double Feature) [Blu-ray] › Presumed Innocent/Frantic (Thriller Double Feature) [Blu-ray] Reviews