The transfer itself looks every one of its twenty one years and more. To describe it as soft is to be a little kind, but on average that is the best way to describe this slightly inconsistent effort. Certainly there is nothing here that is likely to be confused with razor sharp. Detail could at best be described as average but often falls somewhat short of that, and the overall impression here is of a very flat transfer. Shadow detail borders on atrocious nearly all the time, and this is compounded by the darkish nature of the transfer.
Clarity is also at best average.
There is a consistent impression of grain running throughout the transfer. Thankfully there did not seem to be any serious problems with low level noise. The only good thing is that as bad as it sometimes gets, this is a better looking effort than the VHS tape and in many ways there is a lot in the film that can be really seen for the first time. As you can pretty much guess, there is not much in the way of a colour palette on offer here. Dull, matte colours predominate with very little in the way of bright colour to alleviate the dingy look to the whole film.