The Road Warrior [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of The Road Warrior [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: "The Last of the V8 Interceptors"
Summary: 5 Stars
Since I was a kid I loved this movie, the best villains (Lord Humungus), coolest car chase scenes ever, and the movie is down right raw... And now on Blu-Ray, things couldn't be better. Except for some more extra features and stuff, but all in all, 2 thumbs up.Movie Review: finally the best movie ever made comes to blue ray
Summary: 5 Stars
this image was so clear i felt like a blonde half naked man's chopped off fingers were gonna fall into my lap. good thing that didn't happen because, how would i explain that to my mom! R.I.P. dad, i miss you.Movie Review: road warrior-brand new
Summary: 5 Stars
this is a old movie yet on a blu-ray player it looks like it was made yesterday!!to all movie buffs,START COLLECTING BLU-RAYS!they are the clearest movies up to date!Movie Review: Can't beat the visual quallity
Summary: 5 Stars
I am not going to bore you with saying I know everything about quality and imperfections. Enjoy the movie. It doesn't get any better then this.Movie Review: Fun movie, good transfer with caveat
Summary: 4 Stars
Road Warrior is the sequel to Mad Max, though you don't need any knowledge of the first to enjoy the second as they fill you in at the beginning of the movie and honestly, the back story doesn't matter.
Mel Gibson is Mad Max. He's a warrior in a post apocalyptic Australia, fighting for gasoline. He winds up being roped into helping a village of people that have gasoline get away from some of the nastiest guys alive.
Not much more to say about the movie itself. Plenty of action and stuff blowing up.
Now for the transfer to Blu Ray.
The video is using VC-1 in 1080p as should be expected on a Blu-Ray film.
Now for the caveats. There are some issues, mostly minor, with the video. The source material is likely at issue and not the compression used. First up is grain. There are some instances with excessive grain. There are instances of dust/dirt/scratches on the film. And in the single night scene, where Max is leaving the village to get the truck, the video quality is EXTREMELY poor. Overly grainy and lacking in detail. It's blurry and sticks out like a sore thumb for lack of a better comparison. Acceptable, but annoying as you'd hope remastering would fix this type of issue as it is so clearly a problem with the source film. Perhaps nothing better is available? I don't know.
Next is the audio. You can watch the movie in Dolby Digital 5.1 at 640kbps or French/Spanish in Dolby Digital 2.0 at 192 kbps.
The issue here is that there are instances where dialog is difficult to understand. Of note is when Mel is getting the gyro copter/ultra light. His "partner" is darn near indistinguishable from the background noise.
Music, orchestral, is almost nonstop in this film. This is expected in a way, given the lack of much dialog, but it can be overpowering and it's only marginally good.
Over all I'm happy with the transfer to BD and the movie itself. I was hoping for a near perfect transfer, but instead I receive what I'd call an 80% perfect transfer. Worth the money if you like the movie.