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02-08-2002, 12:21 AM
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<h2>HEIST </h2>
Released: September 4, 2002
Roadshow Entertainment
Rating: M 15+
RRP: $ 39.95
<UL>DISC FEATURES AND SPECS:</b></center>
<LI>Theatrical Trailer
<LI>Subtitles: English for the Hearing Impaired
<LI>Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1
<LI>Aspect: 1.85:1 widescreen 16:9 enhanced.
<LI>Running Time: 104.21 minutes.</UL>
<center><b>CAST:</b></center>
Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito and Delroy Lindo
<b>DIRECTED BY: </b> David Mamet
<center><B>FROM THE BACK COVER: </b></center>
<b>THERE IS NO HONOUR AMONG THIEVES </B>
<i>Veteran thief, Joe Moore (Gene Hackman), is a cool pro who has done his last job. Now he just wants to get out of the business and sail off into the sunset. But with his "fence", Bergman (Danny DeVito) holding back on the money from his last robbery, Joe and his team are not going anywhere - not until they pull off the mother of all heists. To ensure Moore and his team do the job his way, Bergman is sending his young, arrogant nephew, Jimmy Silk, to oversee it. With little respect and a thin veil of trust hanging over the job, pulling of the heist is the least of Moore's fears. Suddenly every player in the game has their own agenda - and with the threat of betrayal dangling precariously, the plot is about to take one astonishing turn after another.</i>
<b>"…ultra cool, slick and clever…" - Paul Le Petit, The Sunday Telegraph
"Exhilarating. The cast is brilliant, the plotting ingenious, the dialogue incendiary." - Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune. </b>
<center><b>AUDIO/VISUAL:</b></center>
Audio:
Heist is provided with just the one audio track, which is Dolby Digital 5.1
The most noticeable thing about the audio is the lack of sound from the rear speakers.
This was disappointing as the front sound stage sounds quite good offering a solid and sometimes wide field of sound.
There are moments in the movie such as a couple of explosions, shattering glass and gun shots that come across very well from the front of the room, but had no support from the rears.
The lack of sound from the rears at the start of the movie had me wondering if maybe my rear speakers were somehow disconnected when moving furniture around earlier in the day, but I then remembered that the Dolby Digital Egypt trailer worked fine.
As said earlier, the audio from the front of the room was quite good. Dialogue always had a fine clarity to it and was always easy to understand. Audio sync was spot on.
Music suited the movie well and had a nice presence in the movie, but like the rest of the audio, it was let down slightly by the lack of use from the rear speakers.
There was some good use of bass during Heist and the sub performed well in each occasion.
It's a nice enough audio track, but it's unfortunately let down by the lack use from the rear speakers.
Video:
Heist is presented with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 widescreen and is 16:9 enhanced.
The picture is a very clear and also appears to be very clean. I don't remember seeing any imperfections and blemishes at all during the entire main feature.
Colours were just right, with a good look to them and never appeared to be too drab or show any signs of bleeding. Flesh tones are realistic, with a natural quality to them.
Black levels were quite good, and shadow detail was also of a very good standard. There was never a problem with the clarity and amount of detail on offer, but the picture sometimes has a slight softness to it.
I wouldn't say that the overall quality of the transfer was stunning, but it's still pretty darn good.
<center><B>EXTRA FEATURES:</b></center>
Theatrical Trailer -
Presented in widescreen with Dolby 2.0 sound this trailer for HEIST runs for 2.18 minutes and is a standard theatrical trailer that sells the movie well.
<center><B>OVERALL:</b></center>
Heist is an enjoyable movie that rolls on at a steady pace and provides a couple of twists in the story as it moves along. It's hardly an edge of the seat "heist" movie but there's plenty happening to keeping viewers watching til the very end.
Gene Hackman and Danny DeVito perform well in their roles, but this is no surprise really.
The support cast are also excellent.
The video transfer is quite good and the audio would have also been on par for quality, but the lack of support from the rears lets the audio down. There are no Extra Features provided on this DVD although a single trailer is listed as being the Special Feature. Hmmmm…..
Heist is worth having a peek at, and I'd highly recommend it as a rental.
Heist has a release date of September 4, 2002 and has a RRP of $39.95
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" ALIGN="center" BORDER="1">
<tr><td><B><center>Rating out of 5</b></center> </b> </td>
<tr><td><B>VIDEO QUALITY</b> </td><td><B>4</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>AUDIO QUALITY</b> </td><td><B>3.5</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>EXTRAS</b> </td><td><B>0.5</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>THE MOVIE</b> </td><td><B>4 </b></td></tr>
<tr><td><B>OVERALL</B> </td><td><B>3.5 </b></td></tr></table>
<center>
<h2>HEIST </h2>
Released: September 4, 2002
Roadshow Entertainment
Rating: M 15+
RRP: $ 39.95
<UL>DISC FEATURES AND SPECS:</b></center>
<LI>Theatrical Trailer
<LI>Subtitles: English for the Hearing Impaired
<LI>Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1
<LI>Aspect: 1.85:1 widescreen 16:9 enhanced.
<LI>Running Time: 104.21 minutes.</UL>
<center><b>CAST:</b></center>
Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito and Delroy Lindo
<b>DIRECTED BY: </b> David Mamet
<center><B>FROM THE BACK COVER: </b></center>
<b>THERE IS NO HONOUR AMONG THIEVES </B>
<i>Veteran thief, Joe Moore (Gene Hackman), is a cool pro who has done his last job. Now he just wants to get out of the business and sail off into the sunset. But with his "fence", Bergman (Danny DeVito) holding back on the money from his last robbery, Joe and his team are not going anywhere - not until they pull off the mother of all heists. To ensure Moore and his team do the job his way, Bergman is sending his young, arrogant nephew, Jimmy Silk, to oversee it. With little respect and a thin veil of trust hanging over the job, pulling of the heist is the least of Moore's fears. Suddenly every player in the game has their own agenda - and with the threat of betrayal dangling precariously, the plot is about to take one astonishing turn after another.</i>
<b>"…ultra cool, slick and clever…" - Paul Le Petit, The Sunday Telegraph
"Exhilarating. The cast is brilliant, the plotting ingenious, the dialogue incendiary." - Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune. </b>
<center><b>AUDIO/VISUAL:</b></center>
Audio:
Heist is provided with just the one audio track, which is Dolby Digital 5.1
The most noticeable thing about the audio is the lack of sound from the rear speakers.
This was disappointing as the front sound stage sounds quite good offering a solid and sometimes wide field of sound.
There are moments in the movie such as a couple of explosions, shattering glass and gun shots that come across very well from the front of the room, but had no support from the rears.
The lack of sound from the rears at the start of the movie had me wondering if maybe my rear speakers were somehow disconnected when moving furniture around earlier in the day, but I then remembered that the Dolby Digital Egypt trailer worked fine.
As said earlier, the audio from the front of the room was quite good. Dialogue always had a fine clarity to it and was always easy to understand. Audio sync was spot on.
Music suited the movie well and had a nice presence in the movie, but like the rest of the audio, it was let down slightly by the lack of use from the rear speakers.
There was some good use of bass during Heist and the sub performed well in each occasion.
It's a nice enough audio track, but it's unfortunately let down by the lack use from the rear speakers.
Video:
Heist is presented with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 widescreen and is 16:9 enhanced.
The picture is a very clear and also appears to be very clean. I don't remember seeing any imperfections and blemishes at all during the entire main feature.
Colours were just right, with a good look to them and never appeared to be too drab or show any signs of bleeding. Flesh tones are realistic, with a natural quality to them.
Black levels were quite good, and shadow detail was also of a very good standard. There was never a problem with the clarity and amount of detail on offer, but the picture sometimes has a slight softness to it.
I wouldn't say that the overall quality of the transfer was stunning, but it's still pretty darn good.
<center><B>EXTRA FEATURES:</b></center>
Theatrical Trailer -
Presented in widescreen with Dolby 2.0 sound this trailer for HEIST runs for 2.18 minutes and is a standard theatrical trailer that sells the movie well.
<center><B>OVERALL:</b></center>
Heist is an enjoyable movie that rolls on at a steady pace and provides a couple of twists in the story as it moves along. It's hardly an edge of the seat "heist" movie but there's plenty happening to keeping viewers watching til the very end.
Gene Hackman and Danny DeVito perform well in their roles, but this is no surprise really.
The support cast are also excellent.
The video transfer is quite good and the audio would have also been on par for quality, but the lack of support from the rears lets the audio down. There are no Extra Features provided on this DVD although a single trailer is listed as being the Special Feature. Hmmmm…..
Heist is worth having a peek at, and I'd highly recommend it as a rental.
Heist has a release date of September 4, 2002 and has a RRP of $39.95
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" ALIGN="center" BORDER="1">
<tr><td><B><center>Rating out of 5</b></center> </b> </td>
<tr><td><B>VIDEO QUALITY</b> </td><td><B>4</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>AUDIO QUALITY</b> </td><td><B>3.5</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>EXTRAS</b> </td><td><B>0.5</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>THE MOVIE</b> </td><td><B>4 </b></td></tr>
<tr><td><B>OVERALL</B> </td><td><B>3.5 </b></td></tr></table>