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The cast includes
Dancehall Queen's
'dancehall queen' Audrey Reid as the love interest, Mark Danvers and its bad guy
Paul Campbell. The latter is one of the few who can actually
act, while the rest behave like rejects from the Eldorado School Of
Acting.
Presented in a fullscreen 4:3 ratio, the print looks very good indeed. Free of artifacts and very
colourful, even for scenes that you wouldn't expect to look so good, it's only failing is
the occasional 'processed' look, like when something is shot on video but treated to look
like film. I presume this was shot on film, but that's just the effect it gives. This may be
because I'm watching an NTSC disc, although a PAL version is available in the UK.
The average bitrate is a so-so 5.16Mb/s, occasionally peaking over 7Mb/s.
The sound is a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, which comes alive when the reggae music booms
out, particularly with Sly & Robbie's music, but in other scenes gunfire is a simple
affair and dialogue alone won't task your speakers.
Extras :
Chapters :
There are 18 chapters on the disc over the 98 minutes, which isn't bad, but I never say
no to more.
Languages & Subtitles :
All the dialogue is in English and thankfully there are subtitles (in English
and Soanish). This is necessary as the Jamaican accents are incredibly strong
and I can't always make out what they're saying, even though you can still
follow the basic plot, such that it is.
And there's more... :
The trailers included are a theatrical trailer, plus three trailers for
other Palm Pictures - Dancehall Queen, Thicker Than Water
and Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation, plus an additional short
of Lauryn Hill, from one of the worst bands ever, The Fugees, warning
us against drugs. Hey, they're bad kids!
The Behind the scenes featurette is the standard fare of cast/crew interviews
on location and lasts 11 minutes. The Weblinks section requires a DVD-ROM
drive and links to a number of sites including
PalmPictures.com
Finally, there's a Soundtrack selection of clips from the film including Sly
& Robbie.
Menu :
The menus are subtley animated with clips from the soundtrack over them.
Overall, this isn't the most original film you'll ever see and it all turns out very
predictable - especially when almost everyone dies from one gunshot, but the direction is
competent and the back cover proclaims it's the highest grossing film ever in Jamaica.
I can think of worse ways to spend 100 minutes, but it's not a film I'll be
clamouring to see again.
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