Blacks are pure black, plus the image provides excellent shadow detail and consistently smooth contrast. Solid authoring and the use of dual layer technology precluded any visible traces of digital compression artifacts. The Dolby Digital 5.1 channel soundtrack has an effective mix that doesn t overwhelm the material, but the mix does become aggressive whenever it is required. The spacious forward soundstage provides good channel separation for many of the film s low-key directional effects. There is a good deal of ambient sound coming from the rears, plus split surround effects also pop up from time to time.
Dialogue is always intelligible and the actors voices reproduce with a natural timbre.
The bass channel provides a solid bottom end, but the material doesn t really call for the track to reproduce the lowest frequencies. English and French Dolby Surround soundtracks have also been encoded onto the DVD, as have English subtitles. The interactive menus are basic, providing access to the standard scene selection and set up features. A theatrical trailer and short production featurette are included on the DVD as supplement. These few supplemental features are accessible through the menu system.