{"id":11726,"date":"2016-04-12T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T17:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=11726"},"modified":"2016-04-12T10:45:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T17:45:34","slug":"review-exposed-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/04\/review-exposed-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Exposed BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s really a shame that, as with Dying of the Light<\/em>, it\u2019s unlikely we\u2019ll ever see what director Gee Malik Linton\u2019s original movie was like although I have read some have seen his cut. Instead, we get a hodge-podge mess of a film slapped together by the studio and the result was an utter mess of a film.<\/p>\n

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Exposed<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Crime
\nLionsgate | R \u2013 102 min. \u2013 $19.98 | March 29, 2016<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 04\/12\/2016 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman
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<\/u>MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Declan Dale
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Gee Malik Linton (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Ana De Armas, Keanu Reeves, Christopher McDonald, Big Daddy Kane, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rispoli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/u>DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Featurette, Interviews, Theatrical Trailer
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.40
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>41.3 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 1.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Studio interference isn\u2019t anything new but only gets publicity if it\u2019s high profile but getting a wide variety of titles to review, you come across more than a few of the smaller productions and Exposed<\/em><\/strong> is the latest but not the first from Grindstone Entertainment, the company that also took away a film from a director, the last one being Dying of the Light<\/em> by Paul Schrader and starring Nicolas Cage. It was butchered to the point of being a messy pulp and yet by comparison with the hack job Exposed <\/em><\/strong>underwent? Not even close. This was a terrible film from start to finish and the edit job was downright atrocious.<\/p>\n

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Simplified, the story centers on NYPD Detective Galban (KEANU REEVES) as he investigates the murder of his partner in the subway. Hunting down leads and suspects that include a few in the criminal underworld, he believes Isabel De La Cruz (ANA DE ARMAS) has knowledge and with witnesses turning up dead, her life might be in danger.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, we get a glimpse of Isabel\u2019s home life with a husband serving overseas and her close knit relationship with his family. She also begins seeing strange people taken straight out of a Guillermo Del Toro movie and even mysteriously becomes pregnant in spite of her husband being abroad over a year leading to the belief she had an affair while she thinks it Immaculate Conception.<\/p>\n

The film finds various characters coming in and out of the picture from Galban\u2019s police chief boss (CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD) to his partner\u2019s widowed wife (MIRA SORVINO) whom he begins having an affair with, not to mention a couple street thugs suspected of being behind the murder.<\/p>\n

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Exposed<\/em><\/strong> is a vast mess of a movie with horrible editing, lackluster character development (no doubt lost in removed scenes) and half-hearted performances from Keanu Reeves and other supporting actors, though for her part, Ana De La Cruz has the charm and charisma that I would\u2019ve been interested to see the movie writer-director Gee Malik Linton originally intended that focused more on her character\u2019s home life, with a social commentary at its core, while Reeves\u2019 Galban was, from my reading, far more of a supporting role. The studio had other ideas wanting to make this a Keanu Reeves mystery-thriller vehicle and thus swooped in and made a truly terrible movie to the point Linton had his name removed as director, now credited as Declan Dale; Alan Smithee IMO would\u2019ve been a harsher and more obvious slap at the studio, however.<\/p>\n

As with Dying of the Light<\/em>, which by comparison seemed more competently made, Exposed<\/em><\/strong> just shows the dirty side of the studio system and I would hope that between the two they would learn from the experience as both movies bombed, barely receiving a theatrical release, but I\u2019d be na\u00efve to think anything will change…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 1.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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This release comes with a glossy, title-embossed, slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a redemption code for the Digital HD<\/u><\/strong> copy.<\/p>\n

Making Exposed<\/em> (12:08; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is a very basic behind-the-scenes featurette where cast (Armas, Reeves, Sorvino, McDonald) discuss the plot and characters.<\/p>\n

Cast Interviews (TRT 29:18; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 We get some extended interview footage with Reeves, Sorvino, Armas, McDonald, Rispoli and Big Daddy Kane.<\/p>\n

Theatrical Trailer (2:08; HD)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Previews<\/strong> \u2013 Extraction<\/a><\/em>, Knock Knock<\/a><\/em>, Heist<\/a><\/em>, Sicario<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0John Wick<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Lionsgate releases Exposed<\/em><\/strong> onto Blu-ray presented with a 2.40 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer (MPEG-4 AVC codec). The movie itself is dark, and gritty, both in tone and how it was filmed in keeping with the plot. Detail, however, is nice and sharp and the transfer itself is fairly clean, no obvious signs of artifacts, aliasing or other flaws. That said, it\u2019s not the most color film flick so it does lack that certain pop thus it\u2019s not the prettiest looking picture to look at.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The movie was given an adequate if not standard DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track that shows off clear dialogue levels. It\u2019s not the most robust or in-depth track as even the few thriller scenes were a bit lacking and the LFE channel rarely, if ever, kicked in. It\u2019s nothing special yet it does get the job done fairly well.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 1.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Overall, it\u2019s really a shame that, as with Dying of the Light<\/em>, it\u2019s unlikely we\u2019ll ever see what director Gee Malik Linton\u2019s original movie was like although I have read some have seen his cut. Instead, we get a hodge-podge mess of a film slapped together by the studio and the result was an utter mess of a film. The Blu-ray released through Lionsgate is basic with some EPK-like featurettes\/interviews but good video and audio transfers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
\nThese are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n