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...But I cannot quite put my finger on how to review the film content as highly. There has definitely been a split view out there on how good or bad this story worked in the 98 minutes it was given, and admittedly I felt a little shorted when the credits suddenly appeared. But as a Blu product, this did quite well.

The picture quality throughout was excellent, the night footage showed no grain in any sequence and the overhead city shots were succinct. There was only one sequence of sunlight bleeding the lens, otherwise all of the green screen shots were competent (and only after watching themore… making-of did I realize there were a few extra CGI shots I missed). There was such clean depth to the flesh tones (and there is a lot of flesh in this), that the make-up caking and flaws were unfortunately obvious. As a whole though, I loved watching a great clean picture. As always for a music laden film, I would have preferred DTS, but the TrueHD thumped through adequately and often - and I loved the music choices.

The main supplement is a 15 minute making-of that has some candid material from the cast and crew, and helped highlight some interesting film making tidbits (most of the film was in Uruguay, Billy Bob would not go there to film, the CGI/green screen usages, and so on). The commentary has Jordan's monologue plus two of the younger cast but he dominates the discussions with some good material.

The performances were filled with believable and some more solid than other attempts, and for it being Renfro's last film (died a week later) he showcased a fitting role to that end. For the most part I liked what everyone did, but there just was not enough time for any one role to stand up and take center stage (would have liked to see Chris Isaak and Mickey Rourke a bit more, but with 14 characters being covered, I now realize the much sought after extra forty minute version would be worth the time). Three and a half for the film and Blu clarity, 1/2 for the supplements, but once those credits popped up in that sudden last scene, I could not give it a five.

EDIT: One last thing I remembered, is that this film is actually represented perfectly by the red band trailer - and so few film trailers are accurate to the actual film. If you watch that trailer, and everything about the music montage and brief visuals look appealing, you just saw the film and you will probably like it.

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Movies > Films

Case Type:

DVD

Release Type:

Retail

Language:

English

Region:

R1

Format:

Widescreen

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Cover Info:

Title:

The Informers (2009) WS R1 Retail DVD

Part:

Front

Dimensions:

3240 x 2175 px

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