However, what started out as a violent support group quickly evolves under Tyler s enigmatic direction into an army of anarchists determined to make serious changes to the very fabric of our society. Director David Fincher is ideally suited to visualizing this type of dark material, as his film SE7EN certainly bares out. The three principals are all perfect in their dysfunctional roles, especially Norton, who has the toughest role to carry off. However, even the darkest scenes are well rendered, with a surprisingly good level of detail. Of course, any portion of the film shot with more lighting delivers a sharp and even better defined image.
Colors never appear over-saturated, but are rendered throughout with excellent fidelity.
Flesh tones that aren t bruised or bleeding tend to look very natural. Blacks are right on the money and contrast maintains an even look, no matter what type of photographic or processing tricks are applied to the image. Dual layer authoring prevents any digital compression artifacts from rearing their ugly heads. This is a demonstration quality soundtrack that makes aggressive use of the discrete nature of the Dolby Digital format. Sounds leap out from everywhere, including the split surrounds, but the sound field always maintains a cohesive, integrated quality.