{"id":10700,"date":"2015-11-21T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=10700"},"modified":"2015-11-21T13:10:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T21:10:53","slug":"review-dangerousgame-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2015\/11\/review-dangerousgame-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Dangerous Game BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2015\/11\/review-dangerousgame-bd\/#more-10700\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid #2f4f4f;\" title=\"Dangerous Game Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/2015\/dangerousgame-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><em>Dangerous Game<\/em><\/strong> is an uneven and quite frankly frenetic film that happens to have some strong performances especially from Harvey Keitel that it keeps it from being a complete turkey. The Blu-ray released by Olive Films is rather limited with only a trailer and average-to-adequate video and audio transfers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Dangerous Game<\/span><br \/>\n(1993)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br \/>\nREVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span><strong><a href=\"#movie\"><br \/>\nThe Movie<\/a> | <a href=\"#features\">Special Features<\/a> | <a href=\"#video\">Video Quality<\/a> | <a href=\"#audio\">Audio Quality<\/a> | <a href=\"#overall\">Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama<br \/>\nOlive Films | R\/Unrated \u2013 108 min. \/ 109 min. \u2013 $29.95 | November 17, 2015<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-color: #120b78; border-width: 0px; ; width: 660px;\" border=\"0\" frame=\"border\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"300px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B014L2Y90O\/moviemsguidet-20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 3px solid blue;\" title=\"Buy Dangerous Game on Blu-ray from Amazon.com!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2015\/dangerousgame-bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><b> <\/b><strong><u>MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Abel Ferrara<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Nicholas St. John (written by)<br \/>\n<strong>Cast: <\/strong>Harvey Keitel, Madonna, James Russo<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Trailer<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Copy: <\/strong>No<br \/>\n<strong>Number of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>None<br \/>\n<strong>Disc Size: <\/strong>44.5 GB<br \/>\n<strong>Codec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC<br \/>\n<strong>Region(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\n** <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B014L2Y90O\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Purchase <em>Dangerous Game<\/em> on Blu-ray from Amazon.com<\/a><\/strong> **<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"movie\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CBwndA1.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Dangerous Game\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CBwndA1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PLOT SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cEnfant terrible\u201d director, Eddie Israel (HARVEY KEITEL) is in Los Angeles working on his latest project, a lacerating tale of a crumbling marriage, in what will become a cinematic Rorschach test as on-screen events mirror his own deteriorating marriage and the personal lives of his actors. Eddie will push his jaded leading lady, Sarah Jennings (MADONNA) and her promiscuous co-star, Francis Burns (JAMES RUSSO) to the brink of insanity all while capturing every lurid detail on celluloid.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"features\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The only feature included is the <strong><u>Theatrical Trailer (3:01)<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/9aD1W8z.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Dangerous Game\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/9aD1W8z.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Dangerous Game<\/em><\/strong> arrives on Blu-ray through Olive Films presented with a 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. It\u2019s not a terrible looking picture with decent enough detail but there\u2019s a fair amount of dust marks and scratches littered throughout, heavy grain in many shots and darker scenes are off and not very stark.<br \/>\n<a name=\"audio\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio track offers up OK dialogue levels but with everything centrally located there\u2019s not a whole lot of depth yet it\u2019s no doubt better than anything released before on DVD, so at least it\u2019s a minor upgrade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a name=\"overall\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/AFNyEUC.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Dangerous Game\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/AFNyEUC.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>OVERALL \u2013 2.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, <strong><em>Dangerous Game<\/em><\/strong> is an uneven and quite frankly frenetic film that happens to have some strong performances especially from Harvey Keitel that it keeps it from being a complete turkey. The Blu-ray released by Olive Films is rather limited with only a trailer and average-to-adequate video and audio transfers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published: <\/strong>11\/21\/2015<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain <strong>spoilers<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage-->These are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"imgur-album\" src=\"\/\/imgur.com\/a\/QchJX\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dangerous Game is an uneven and quite frankly frenetic film that happens to have some strong performances especially from Harvey Keitel that it keeps it from being a complete turkey. 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