Review: World Without End BD + Screen Caps

World Without End is the typical cheesy sci-fi adventure film from the mid-50s with some impressive enough effects (for its time) and an absolutely forgettable story filled with cardboard cutout characters.

 

 

World Without End
— Warner Archive Collection —
(1956)

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Adventure
Warner Archive | NR – 80 min. – $21.99 | March 28, 2017

Date Published: 04/12/2017 | Author: The Movieman

 

MOVIE INFO: Directed by: Edward Bernds Writer(s): Edward Bernds (story), Edward Bernds (screenplay) Cast: Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates, Nelson Leigh, Rod Taylor, Shirley Patterson, Lisa Montell DISC INFO: Features: None Digital Copy: No Formats Included: Blu-ray Number of Discs: 1 Audio: English (DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono) Video: 1080p/Widescreen 2.35 Subtitles: English SDH Disc Size: NA Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Region(s): A, B, C

 

PLOT SYNOPSIS

Four intrepid astronauts — John Borden (HUGH MARLOWE), Dr. Eldon Galbraithe (NELSON LEIGH), Herbert Ellis (ROD TAYLOR) and Henry Jaffe (CHRISTOPHER DARK) — successfully complete mankind’s first Mars mission, only to run afoul of a warp in space. Tossed centuries into the future, they discover an Earth devastated by nuclear war, where mutant beast-men rule the surface. Underground is a society marked by listless males and lustful ladies. Trapped in a tomorrow they never made, the four astronauts take on the mutant and the malicious while fighting to bring humanity back to the surface.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES – 0/5

No features.

 

VIDEO – 3.75/5

World Without End crashes onto Blu-ray through Warner’s Archive Collection and is presented in its original 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. For the most part, this is a decent looking picture with a nice color array from the bright red in the title to more natural tones in this future earth. I didn’t see any notice instances of dust marks, aliasing or other flaws so it appears to be a clean transfer.

AUDIO – 3.5/5

The movie comes with a DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono track which sounds adequate enough though I did notice, especially with the score, it topped out a few times. Otherwise, dialogue levels were rather clear and there was a moderate amount of depth when it came to the audio effects (such as when the space ship crash landed).

 

OVERALL – 2.5/5

Overall, World Without End is the typical cheesy sci-fi adventure film from the mid-50s with some impressive enough effects (for its time) and an absolutely forgettable story filled with cardboard cutout characters. This Blu-ray released through Warner’s Archive line is basic with no features but sufficient video and audio transfers.

 

 

 

 

Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers.