The film looks very sharp in its Blu-Ray presentation. The loud, red shirt Bobby wears at the beginning of the movie looks crisp on screen. The scene where Bobby is first asked for help by his family takes place in a Catholic sanctuary. It's well lit and visually pleasing even if it is nothing spectacular. The scenes of graphic violence appear much more graphic with the enhanced resolution and actually look quite good, if you care about that sort of thing.
If you've read this far you might be under the impression that the movie is awful or that I just hated it. That's not true. It's not bad; it's just not very good nor is it particularly original. These three leading men are all fine actors and do their best to make the material hold up. It's to their credit the film holds your interest as long as it does. I paid $5 to rent it at Blockbuster and I don't feel like my money was wasted. I got a chance to finally see a movie on Blu-Ray. Unfortunately that was probably more impressive to me than the film itself.
Article comments
1 - El Bicho
Very nice job. looks like we'll see more of you in Video and Gaming now.
2 - Josh Hathaway
Thanks, El Bicho. I'd love to tell you I'll be doing this more often but my track record speaks for itself.
Next up: I'm going to have to wait for Blockbuster to get a Blu-ray copy of No Country for Old Men in stock.