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Into the Sun
R2 - United Kingdom - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Review written by and copyright: Samuel Scott (22nd June 2013). |
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The Film
 ***This is a technical review only. For reviews on the movie from various critics, we recommend visiting HERE.*** Action superstar Steven Seagal is back in this nonstop thrill ride! When the governor of Tokyo is murdered, it falls on ex-CIA agent Travis Hunter to track down the responsible terrorists. However, the plot to kill the Governor is only the beginning of a web of corruption and violence. Hunter discovers a plan by a rising Yakuza leader to build an enormous drug-dealing network with the Chinese Mafia. With time running out and the Yakuza determined to see their plan through, Hunter must thwart the operation – and get out alive.
Video
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment present the DTV feature "Into the Sun" on dvd using the original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 which has been anamoprhically enhanced. Despite the low budget, the transfer is solid, if a little dark in some segments. In fact, sometimes the footage that takes place in darker situations is losing detail, most noticeable in hair/clothing, because of this. Still, it has to be said that it really isn't anything to be particularly concerned about. During the feature, I was quite surprised to not notice any edge enhancement, but some minor compression artefacts were indeed present during some scenes. Colours are generally strong, with skintones accurate, giving the movie a very natural look overall - but it has to be said that the reds sometimes come across as being too vibrant, especially when blood is shown on screen. There is a consistent fine layer of grain running throughout, but it never overpowers or compromises the transfer in any way. The disc is PAL, encoded for regions 2/4/5, and runs 92:52.
Audio
Before we get to the meat of the audio, there are severe subtitling problems that need addressed. There is a lot of Japanese dialogue, and unfortunately you must have the subtitles on for the whole film (including the English dialogue), or for none of it at all, making the Japanese dialogue pointless. You could of course try and turn subtitles on and off when relevant, but all you'll succeed in doing is pissing yourself off. This problem has reportedly been fixed for later pressings, but not on my disc which I grabbed in July 2008. The audio tracks available are: - English/Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 - French Dolby Digital 5.1 - Polish Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 For my viewing, I opted for the English/Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 track and kept the English subtitles on for the duration. The track is surprisingly solid and makes good use of the surrounds and the LFE. There are plenty of action scenes to keep the added oomph going, whilst the (boring) score also makes good use of the surrounds. Directionality is very good, and never threw out an incorrect effect to my ears, and dialogue is clear and concise at all times. I noticed no audio dropouts, scratches or background hiss. Subtitles are available in Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, English HoH, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.
Extras
None.
Overall
Although it's a technically strong disc, if you must buy this movie go for the R1 which skips out on the subtitling problem.
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