Entertainment in Video
Reviewed by dvdfreak
Published on Monday 03rd October 2005 Last modified on Thursday 19th March 2020, 10:52:22 PM
 | | Label: Entertainment in Video (UK)
| Region: 2 | RCE protection: No | Copyright protection system: CSS / CPPM
| Disc type: 2 x DVD9 (the data occupy 7.68 & 7.55 GB)
| Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:37:27.20
| Video: PAL | Aspect ratio: 1.86:1 anamorphic |
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Bitrate (min / avg / max): 4.98 / 7.67 / 9.17 Mbps
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 Audio: | English Dolby Digital 5.1 / 448 kbps English DTS 5.1 / 754.5 kbps
| Subtitles: | None
| Menus available in: | English
| | Special features: | Disc 1- Commentary by Jeff Most & John Shirley (in English)
- Bonus footage
- Deleted footage (5:12, in English)
- Extended scenes (in English)
- "The Arcade Bombing" (4:00)
- "Funboy's Fight" (2:03)
- "The Shootout" (5:01)
Disc 2- Full-frame version of the film (1:37:19, in English)
- Featurette (16:34, in English)
- Profile of James O'Barr (33:32, in English)
- Brandon Lee's last on-camera interview (6:01, in English)
- Poster art (1:35)
- Production design (0:50)
- Storyboards
- "The Arcade Bombing" (0:45)
- "Funboy's Last Stand" (3:15)
- "Liquor Store Robbery" (1:06)
- "Shootout at Top Dollar's" (3:36)
- "The Skull Cowboy" (3:18)
- DVD production notes (1 page, in English)
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Full-frame version
Reviewed by dvdfreak
Published on Monday 03rd October 2005 Last modified on Thursday 19th March 2020, 10:52:22 PM
 | | Label: Entertainment in Video (UK)
| Region: 2 | RCE protection: No | Copyright protection system: CSS / CPPM
| Disc type: DVD9
| Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:37:19.19
| Video: PAL | Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 non-anamorphic |
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Bitrate (min / avg / max): 1.84 / 5.75 / 9.92 Mbps
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 Audio: | English Dolby Digital 2.0 / 192 kbps
| Subtitles: | None
| Menus available in: | English
| | Special features: | 16:9 vs. 4:3 feature comparison
| Notes: | Only available on "The Crow" DVD. |
Vapet
Reviewed by standa.e
Published on Thursday 06th October 2005 Last modified on Thursday 19th March 2020, 10:52:22 PM
 | | Label: Vapet (Czech Republic)
| Region: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 | RCE protection: No | Copyright protection system: None
| Disc type: DVD9 (the data occupy 7.01 GB)
| Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:37:34.13
| Video: PAL | Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 anamorphic |
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Bitrate (min / avg / max): 0.20 / 5.08 / 8.04 Mbps
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 Audio: | Czech Dolby Digital 5.1 / 448 kbps English Dolby Digital 5.1 / 384 kbps
| Subtitles: | Czech
| Menus available in: | Czech
| | Special features: |
- Commentary by Jeff Most & John Shirley (in English*)
- Featurette (15:04, 1.33:1, in English*)
- Profile of James O'Barr (32:10, 1.33:1, in English*)
- Extended scenes (11:04, in English*)
- Deleted footage (5:14, 1.33:1, in English)
- Production design (0:29, 1.33:1, music only)
- Storyboards
- "Liquor Store Robbery" (1:02)
- "The Arcade Bombing" (0:42)
- "Funboy's Last Stand" (2:58)
- "Shootout at Top Dollar's" (3:22)
- "The Skull Cowboy" (3:03)
*with optional Czech subtitles |
Entertainment in Video / Blu-ray
Reviewed by dvdfreak
Last modified on Thursday 19th March 2020, 10:52:22 PM
 | | Label: Entertainment in Video (UK)
| Region: B | RCE protection: n/a | Copyright protection system: AACS
| Disc type: BD50 (the data occupy 31.03 GB)
| Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:37:28.26
| Video: MPEG-2, 1080i50 | Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 |
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Bitrate (min / avg / max): 14.00 / 34.43 / 45.84 Mbps
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 Audio: | English DTS 5.1 / 1,509.75 kbps
| Subtitles: | English
| Menus available in: | English
| | Special features: |
- Commentary by Jeff Most & John Shirley (in English)
- Featurette (16:35, in English)
- Profile of James O'Barr (33:33, in English)
- Brandon Lee's last on-camera interview (6:34, in English)
- Deleted footage (5:13, in English)
- Extended scenes (in English)
- "The Arcade Bombing" (4:00)
- "Funboy Flight" (2:03)
- "The Shootout" (5:00)
- Poster art (2:50)
- Production design (1:29)
- Storyboards
- "The Arcade Bombing" (0:44)
- "Funboy's Last Stand" (3:14)
- "Liquor Store Robbery" (1:05)
- "Shootout at Top Dollar's" (3:41)
- "The Skull Cowboy" (1:23)
(All extras are MPEG-2, 576i50.)
| Notes: | This being my 1st "new format" review, I hesitate to make any kind of definite conclusions, because, well, after seeing another Alex Proyas film - Dark City - on a region A Blu-ray, I thought it looked pretty neat, but going through this thread @ AVS Forum made me realize I knew very little about HD... Still, I'm going to try to express my humble opinion on the disc at hand. It's simple - I think the Blu-ray uses an upscaled SD master. In comparison, there's virtually no difference between the full-sized HD captures & the ones taken from EiV's DVD (upscaled using AviSynth's Lanczos4Resize). Well, to be fair, I must admit the Blu-ray does look a smidgen sharper, but I don't consider it reason enough for an upgrade. Let's hope a better quality version will surface in region A (which Disney holds the rights for)... After discussing the matter over @ AVS Forum, I stand corrected; as evidenced by the grain structure the Blu-ray displays, it seems it's a genuine HD transfer after all. Still, to my eyes, the improvement over its SD counterpart isn't that great. I'd say if you're not dead set to own "The Crow" on Blu-ray ASAP, wait until someone (Disney?) comes with a proper 1080p / lossless audio version... |
To see the screenshots in glorious , click here. |
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 Geneon Entertainment / Blu-ray
Reviewed by dvdfreak
Last modified on Thursday 19th March 2020, 10:52:22 PM
 | | Label: Geneon Entertainment (Japan)
| Region: A, B & C | RCE protection: n/a | Copyright protection system: AACS
| Disc type: BD50 (the data occupy 35.61 GB)
| Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:41:33.00
| Video: MPEG-4 AVC, 1080p24/1.001 | Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 |
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Bitrate (min / avg / max): 0.00 / 36.38 / 43.65 Mbps
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 Audio: | English Dolby Dolby TrueHD 5.1 / 1,659 kbps Japanese Dolby Surround / 384 kbps
| Subtitles: | Japanese
| Menus available in: | Japanese & English
| | Special features: |
- Commentary by Jeff Most & John Shirley (in English*)
- Behind-the-scenes featurette (15:53, 4:3, in English*)
- A profile on James O'Barr (31:48, 4:3, in English*)
- Extended scenes (16:9, in English)
- "The Arcade Bombing" (4:00)
- "The Fun Boy Fight" (2:03)
- "The Shoot-out at Top Dollar's" (5:01)
- Deleted footage montage (5:12, 16:9, in English)
- Japanese theatrical trailer (1:18, 4:3, in English with on-screen text in Japanese)
- "The Crow: Wicked Prayer" original theatrical trailer (2:11, 4:3, in English)
(All extras are MPEG-2, 480i60/1.001.)
| Notes: | Well, this seems to be based on exactly the same master as the EiV edition reviewed above, but - recalling the conclusion of that review - it IS "a proper 1080p / lossless audio version," so it must be better, mustn't it? |
To see the screenshots in glorious , click here. |
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