Stealth (Blu-ray Review)

June 22nd, 2008 Blu-ray-au Posted in Blu-ray Movie Reviews | Comments Off

Stealth (Blu-ray Review)

Should ‘Stealth’ be on your Blu-ray radar?

It’s got no heart but it sure can fly.

Ah, to be a ten-year-old boy again. Underage to see this movie, yes, but that never stopped me
(or the theater’s ticket-takers or the video store clerks, for that matter) from seeing those
oh-so-scary PG-13 and even (gasp!) R-rated films. I grew up on the likes of Aliens, The Terminator, and
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Video

Stealth emerges onto your Blu-ray radar screen with a fairly good 1080p, 2.40:1
transfer. This isn’t the best transfer I’ve seen, but it’s in the upper echelon, and considering it’s
status as a very early Blu-ray release, it’s remarkably good. Some of the non-action sequences,
like a discussion between the Lucas and Biel characters in her quarters on the Lincoln,
have a soft
and dull appearance to them with little attention to detail. The film’s effects are slick and l…

Audio

Stealth never vanishes from Blu-ray, sonically. Boasting perhaps the most active and
loudest PCM 5.1 uncompressed mix yet, this disc is sure to put even the staunchest systems and
their listeners to the test. If you
like your soundtracks loud, raucous, crazy, and extremely active, you need to purchase
Stealth right now — go ahead, click on our Amazon link above. I’ll be here when you get
back. You should own Stealth on Blu-ray just to wow your friends, family,…

Supplements

For a special effects-filled extravaganza, one might reasonably assume that the Blu-ray edition of
Stealth would land with several extra features. Alas, such is not the case, and this early
Blu-ray release from Sony comes with only an Introduction to Blu-ray with ‘Stealth’ Director
Rob Cohen
(1080p, 3:56). The title is a bit misleading as we see some shots of what I can only assume is the
premiere of Stealth, a few clips from the film, and some random shots of su…

Final Words

I cannot get the image of Peter Gibbons telling the Bobs that he “just [doesn't] care” out of my
mind (that’s from the 1999 comedy Office Space if you don’t know, and may I suggest
renting that instead of Stealth). I feel the same way about this movie. After the first
act, I found I had absolutely no cheering interest in the characters, the story, anything, except in
cheering on the counter on the front of my BD-30 to inch ever-so-closer to that magical point in
the mov……

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