However, even the darkest scenes are well rendered, with a surprisingly good level of detail. Of course, any portion of the film shot with more lighting delivers a sharp and even better defined image. Colors never appear over-saturated, but are rendered throughout with excellent fidelity. Flesh tones that aren t bruised or bleeding tend to look very natural. Blacks are right on the money and contrast maintains an even look, no matter what type of photographic or processing tricks are applied to the image.
Dual layer authoring prevents any digital compression artifacts from rearing their ugly heads.
This is a demonstration quality soundtrack that makes aggressive use of the discrete nature of the Dolby Digital format. Sounds leap out from everywhere, including the split surrounds, but the sound field always maintains a cohesive, integrated quality. Dialogue is sharp and completely intelligible, but is not always locked into the center channel, like most sound mixes. The bass is low and deep, certain to give you subwoofer a workout. The film s music by The Dust Brothers makes to most of the Dolby Digital encoding, lending even more octane to this high power sound mix.