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- Robert Harris
I first encountered Robert Mandel's F/X during its original release in early 1986. I loved the film then and continue to love it today. I just think it's one of those two hour, highly entertaining roller coaster rides of a film, that never stops moving.
F/X is a film that just works, on all levels.
Kino Lorber's new Blu-ray, courtesy of MGM looks and sounds terrific. Color, density, black levels, shadow detail (which is important here), are all intact. While the transfer appears to be from an IP, which seems to be the norm for MGM, it has no problems. Occasional minus density, that could have been removed, remains, but there's nothing that looks anything other than what would see on a print.
The reality of minus density or "sparkle," is that the more a negative was run, the more we saw on the screen. Today, when we view an immaculate presentation -- anything that has been properly digitally cleaned -- what we're actually seeing is what the first few prints would have looked like at the time of release. While minus density was lab dependent, it was a part of printing, and just was.
Currently at $18 on Amazon, and for me, this one's a keeper.
Just have fun, and keep following the characters and story line.
Image - 4.5
Audio - 5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Highly Recommended
RAH