Polish DVD review

Poland DVD Review

[Vision] [2:35:1] [Region 2] [PAL] [119 minutes]


FEATURES The Menu system is can be configured to English audio in 5.1 and English 5.1 DTS-ES and English with audio directly dubbed over the top by a single male Polish speaker (The menu option is called 'Lektor Polski' amusingly), unusual to native English speakers but maybe this is the common practice in Poland. There is no full Polish dubbed soundtrack. Subtitles are in Polish only

	Picture Quality The movie itself is the 'Hybrid' version as seen on disc one of the original Anchor Bay release and is presented anamorphically. As far as the picture quality goes, the Hybrid version is an excellent print but the colour balance is different to Michael Mann's preferred scheme.
The menu system is very nicely realised with animated logo's and the soundtrack music accompanying them. The scene selection picture's are actual moving images which is something I like to see.

EXTRAS

The DVD contains the non-anamorphic US trailer with Polish narration and
some brief biographical information on the leads and Michael Mann.. The lack
of Anchor Bay supplements is disappointing. Maybe Vision did not want to
pay to license them and then have to subtitle them into Polish..

Other trailer's on the disc are for Basic Instinct, The Sicilian, Total Recall,
Narrow Margin, Jacob's Ladder, The Producers and Rambo 3 all with Polish
narration.

SUMMARY The best thing about the Polish DVD are the excellent menu system and the packaging which although made of card, is really stylish. From a collector's standpoint, it's nice to own but offers little else in terms of content that isn't already out there.
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