So, after a promising first half-hour, you sit through the rest watching the
obvious happen and wait for the end. It's not the worst way of spending two
hours, but far from an experience you'd want to repeat.
Presented in the original theatrical ratio of 2.35:1 and anamorphic, the
print is mostly perfect, but there's the occasional bit of damage in the
form of speckles. Seems a bit odd for a film made only last year.
The sound is in Dolby Digital 5.1 but it's not a film that makes great use of
the extra channels, even during the musical numbers.
For a rental DVD, there's not much in the way of extras that relate to the film in question.
First up, you get two trailers for other films, Monsoon Wedding and
Charlotte Grey, neither of which look particularly exciting and neither
of which can be accessed from the main menu. These only play, normally,
when you first put the disc in the player, unless you're using a DVD-ROM player
or can access individual titles on the DVD. Also, we have a feature-length
Audio Description track, like having every non-dialogue part spoken
out loud.
The menu that you do get is static and silent and offers just the choice of
English subtitles and 'play movie', but while there are 20 chapters to the
film there's no scene selection menu.
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A Lucky Break
is what Jimmy (James Nesbitt) is desparately in need of after being
captured during an armed robbery of a bank with friend and accomplice
Rudy (Lennie James).
Presented in the original theatrical ratio of 2.35:1 and anamorphic, the
print is mostly perfect, but there's the occasional bit of damage in the
form of speckles. Seems a bit odd for a film made only last year.
