Robert Wagner does another great comic turn as Dr. Evil's right hand man Number Two, plus Rob Lowe does an utterly amazing impersonation of Wagner as the younger version of Number Two. Not to be left out is Mindy Sterling, who is utterly sublime as Dr. Evil's right hand woman Frau Farbissina. Also look for cameo appearances from Clint Howard, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Woody Harrelson, Willie Nelson, Tim Robbins, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Jerry Springer. The virtually perfect image is bright, crisp and highly detailed. Despite the vividness of the other colors, flesh tones are exceedingly natural.
Blacks are right on the money and contrast is picture perfect.
The film element used for the transfer is totally pristine, plus there is no obvious film grain anywhere in the presentation. Digital compression artifacts are a non-issue thanks to first rate DVD authoring. The Dolby Digital 5.1 channel soundtrack sounds very good, but this track has a pretty typical comedy mix. Most out the activity remains in the forward soundstage, with the split surround channels supplying primarily ambience and musical fill to the soundtrack. Still, the sound mix has an incredibly open and effortless quality that keeps everything from the dialogue to the music sounding completely natural.