All of the actors turn in very good performances, which greatly exceed the scope of the material they are given to work with. Director Janusz Kaminski and cinematographer Mauro Fiore provide impressive visualization, but the script is too lacking to produce anything truly memorable. The image is as crisp and detailed as the processed film elements will allow, which is still very good. Since the majority of colors are so muted, there are no problems with chromatic distortion or smearing. Even the occasional stronger hue is completely stable.
Blacks are pure and the level of shadow detail is reasonably good.
The film s intended look is also excessively grainy, which works well to give the movie an edge that enhances atmosphere. Neither blemishes nor scratches were apparent on the film element used for the transfer. Digital compression artifacts do not affect the presentation in any perceivable way. The rear channels are aggressively deployed with both ambience and split surround effects. Additionally, the forward soundstage has a wide-open sense of presence, with excellent channel separation and clean panning of sound effects.