Product: Run, Lola, Run [VHS] (1999)
Rating: 5.0
Still running... on BD
Using the 'Multiple lives' concept, 'Run Lola Run' tells the story of Lola, who has 20 minutes to find the money needed to save his boyfriend's live if he does not pay it. The movie shows 3 alternate realities (or 'runs') which all start with Lola receiving a phone call from Manni (his boyfriend) asking for help, she leaves her house and start running to help him. Each 'run' while following the same path presents different situations according to Lola's timing while running with different results each time.The transfer to BD is simply stunning, featuring video 1080p HD/1:85:1, the colors are vibrant and Lola's hair never looked better, the video quality is such that details not noticeable in the DVD can easily be spotted on Bluray. For example, there is a scene where Lola is laying down on a street, in that scene is quite visible that the color of her hair was achieved by coloring over the film as you can see areas of her hair not colored equally. There are also some scenes that were recorded with a grainy filter (like the scenes at Lola's father's office). The detail and the grain was not that noticeable in the DVD compared to the rest of the film not using that filter.If you have seen this movie before you should know about how great the soundtrack is and how well it fits with the story being told, well, the German Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track included does justice to the incredible soundtrack. Portuguese and Spanish 5.1 are also included, though even with the small annoyance of subtitles, I rather watch the film in its original language.Same as the DVD counterpart, this release does not include many extras but the movie alone and its excellent transfer are very well worth the upgrade.