Everything moves along at a decent pace but it never really grabbed my attention. Still, even two solid performances from its main actors can t salvage this mess of a movie. I couldn t complain about, it s the sharp transfer of the film. At least they got one thing right. The picture is virtually flawless and has minimal on screen grain.
Colours are bright and there s no sign of pixelation whatsoever.
The DVD is presented in an anamorphic format, enhanced for widescreen TVs. The DVD makes adequate use of all the surround sound channels. During the opening rescue attempt, you ll feel as if you re right in the middle of all the whizzing bullets, ducking for cover. The rest of the movie, by comparison, is quite tame but the dialogue sounds quite good. The commentary track by director William Friedkin provides a decent behind the scenes look at the film and reveals how much effort was required to actually shoot the film in the Middle East.