Anchor Bay Entertainment has done a terrific job with their DVD release of THE CAR , a title that they licensed from Universal Home Video. THE CAR delivers a sharp, well-defined image that reproduces with amazing clarity. There are only a couple of shots in the movie that appear a bit soft in comparison to the rest of the film. Colors are vibrant, with the dusty desert vista looking especially warm and appealing. Flesh tones are very natural rendered and there are no problems with chroma noise or bleeding.
Blacks are very accurate and the image has excellent contrast under various lighting conditions.
THE CAR includes a new Dolby Digital 5.1 channel sound mix that sounds very good. The new mix is a lot of fun and really enhances the presentation of THE CAR . Especially effective are the sound effects for the malicious automobile, which might make one want to duck for cover. Dialogue is cleanly reproduced and always intelligible. Of course, the sound mix won t fool anyone into thinking that THE CAR is a new movie, but the folks at Chase Productions have certainly upped the ante for this DVD release.