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The film is presented in its original 1.85:1 theatrical ratio and there’s no issues with the print at all, as you’d expect from a modern film, with everything onscreen sharp and details. For the record, I’m watching on a Panasonic 50″ Plasma screen with a Samsung BDP1500 player.
Audio-wise, while the sound is in the usual DTS 5.1, there’s gunfire and the occasional explosion going on as you’d expect. It isn’t a reference disc, but it does exactly what an action/thriller need to do.
The extras are as follows, and are in HD but are not subtitled:
- Making Sabotage (8:26): A short but sweet making-of with clips mixed with chat from key cast and crew members. No alarms and no surprises, here.
- Alternate Endings (9:01): A whole new ending, and sort-of in two parts here, the second one shorter than the first because it shows the alternate ending’s alternate ending… if that makes sense. I rather like the one used in the main feature, although it’s great to have these alternate ones included here.
- Deleted Scenes (16:44): 8 scenes of deleted and alternate scenes, four of which, spread throughout, which build more on Caroline’s character as she looks into another case, and I can see why they were cut as it would slow down the pace of the film although it’s nice to have them included.
I think No.4 in this set of 8 (not the fourth in the aforementioned quartet) would make for a nice addition, but the rest are worth a look and I wouldn’t put them back in as it would slow the main film down.
There are subtitles in English only, a miserly 12 chapters – the same figure a lot of other distributors use these days, sadly, and the menu features a mostly static cover image, but with some clips behind the featured characters, all set to a brief piece of the theme music.
Sabotage is released on September 15th on Blu-ray and DVD, and click on the packshot for the full-size image.
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FILM CONTENT PICTURE QUALITY SOUND QUALITY EXTRAS |
8 10 8 3 |
| OVERALL | 7 |
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 110 minutes
Studio: Lionsgate
Cat.no.: LGB95138
Year: 2014
Released: September 15th 2014
Chapters: 12
Picture: 1080p High Definition
Sound: DTS HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Widescreen: 1.85:1
Disc Format: BD50
Director: David Ayer
Producers: David Ayer, Bill Block, Paul Hanson, Palak Patel and Ethan Smith
Screenplay: Skip Woods and David Ayer
Music: David Sardy
Cast:
John ‘Breacher’ Wharton: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Caroline: Olivia Williams
James ‘Monster’ Murray: Sam Worthington
Joe ‘Grinder’ Phillips: Joe Manganiello
Eddie ‘Neck’ Jordan: Josh Holloway
Julius ‘Sugar’ Edmonds: Terrence Howard
Tom ‘Pyro’ Roberts: Max Martini
Bryce ‘Tripod’ McNeely: Kevin Vance
‘Smoke’ Jennings: Mark Schlegel
Lizzy Murray: Mireille Enos
Jackson : Harold Perrineau
Floyd Demel: Martin Donovan
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