Fox Home Entertainment has done a nice-enough effort bringing The Siege to Blu-ray. The AVC-encoded 1080p 2.35:1 widescreen presentation is definitely an upgrade over the older DVD releases, but some HD perfectionists may find it a little less-than-perfect. I didn’t have any problems with it, though. The main 5.1 DTS-HD Master Lossless Audio track succeeds in rocking the house. Additional audio options include French and Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1. Subtitles are available in English (SDH), Spanish, Cantonese, and Korean.
Oddly enough, none of the special features from any of the previously-released DVDs are included here, save for a theatrical trailer. The only other bonus materials are a few other trailers for other “action” films like Broken Arrow, The Edge, The Flight Of The Phoenix (a film that was so bad, even Chuck Norris reportedly walked out of the theater), and Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, the latter of which is actually a TV spot. The Flight Of The Phoenix trailer appears to be taken from a promotional source of some sort.
While The Siege holds more weight now than it did back in 1998, it’s still nothing to shout about.
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