FROM THE HOOD is a very dark film that has had some difficulty being compressed into MPEG-2. Artifacts were noticeable in a number of very dark sequences, however anything well lit appeared fine. The soundtrack is two-channel Dolby Digital, which decodes to standard Dolby Surround. This matrixed soundtrack has a few directional effects, but provides more atmosphere for the film than anything else. Dialogue reproduction was clean, and the rap music on the soundtrack was sufficiently loud.
Subtitles are available in English, French and Spanish.