{"id":23425,"date":"2020-06-13T12:44:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T19:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=23425"},"modified":"2020-06-13T12:45:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T19:45:28","slug":"review-dallas-connection-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2020\/06\/review-dallas-connection-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dallas Connection Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Dallas Connection<\/em><\/strong> is another Sidaris movie that doesn\u2019t really stand out over the rest, though having recently also watched Enemy Gold<\/em>, does have a more competent plot, take that for what it\u2019s worth, and Julie Strain is beautiful as ever.<\/p>\n

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The Dallas Connection<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Action, Thriller<\/span>
\nMill Creek Entertainment | R \u2013 94 min. \u2013 $19.98 | May 12, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 06\/13\/2020 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Drew Sidaris
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Drew Sidaris (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Bruce Penhall, Mark Barriere, Julie Strain, Rodrigo Obregon, Samantha Phillips, Julie K. Smith<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurette, Trailer
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>No
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>35.56 GB
\n<\/span>Total Bitrate: <\/strong>38.91 Mbps
\n<\/span>Codecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\n<\/span>Region(s): <\/strong>A<\/span>
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Mill Creek Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>The profusion of weapons of mass destruction by terrorists leads the United Nations to an in-depth strategy for eliminating contraband weapons. Using atomic-age technology, a group of scientists from around the world create a system to seek and destroy such weaponry. The scientists are to meet in Dallas to activate the system. Before the plan can be executed however, a deadly team of stunning beauties \u2014 Black Widow (JULIE STRAIN), Cobra (JULIE K. SMITH) and Scorpion (WENDY HAMILTON) \u2014 terminates the scientists one by one.<\/p>\n

Using a cover as exotic dancers, they take on a crack team of federal agents \u2014 Chris Cannon (BRUCE PENHALL), Mark Austin (MARK BARRIERE) and Samantha Maxx (SAMANTHA PHILLIPS) \u2014 with the same fervor, seducing the men and stealing the invaluable chips to the top-secret system.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: The Dallas Connection<\/em><\/strong> is the tenth out of the 12 movies from Andy Sidaris (who produced, with son Drew writing and directing) and while it\u2019s certainly not great even by the standards of the T&A formula, but I will say, at least in comparison to Enemy Gold<\/em>, had a somewhat competent story and I suppose more scope filming in various worldwide locales including France, China and South Africa.<\/p>\n

For sure, the film still has the fun silliness in the over-the-top action and kills, sex scenes and the absurdity of someone like Rodrigo Obregon (in typical Sidaris fashion, recycling actors in different roles as Obregon played the villain in Enemy Gold<\/em>) portraying a scientist. Sure. But the film also features the lovely Julie Strain as the appropriately named Black Widow, tying up men, having glorious sex with them, and showing off both the \u2018T\u2019 and \u2018A\u2019, before dispatching them with a bullet to the head.<\/p>\n

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As with Enemy Gold<\/em> and all the others before, you know what you\u2019re getting with these but outside of hilarious outlandish scenes in Malibu Express<\/em> and Hard Ticket to Hawaii<\/em>, most of these just blend together, all with basic direction, poor acting and bad dialogue. That said, The Dallas Connection<\/em> <\/strong>was kind of watchable I guess. So\u2026 win?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a Digital Copy<\/strong> code only redeemable on \u201cmovieSPREE\u201d. Features include an Introduction (2:03)<\/u><\/strong> by Andy Sidaris, Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> with Producers Andy and Arlene Sidaris, a Behind the Scenes (38:39)<\/u><\/strong> featurette and Malibu Bay Trailers<\/strong> including The Dallas Connection<\/u><\/em> (1:22)<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The Dallas Connection<\/em><\/strong> comes to Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment presented in the original 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. The picture here looks rather good and certainly better than its DVD counterpart that came before. Detail for the most part is sharp and while the colors aren\u2019t always consistent from looking normal, then washed out and then over-saturated, still there is a boost to the colors. The natural film grain and noise is still present as well, sometimes a bit heavy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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As with the other releases, this comes with an adequate DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track. As with the picture, it\u2019s not perfect as there are limitations with the micro budget production, things like dialogue still comes across with good clarity as does ambient noises while the action elements don\u2019t really pack a great punch. ** Copied from Enemy Gold<\/em> review **<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Overall, The Dallas Connection<\/em><\/strong> is another Sidaris movie that doesn\u2019t really stand out over the rest, though having recently also watched Enemy Gold<\/em>, does have a more competent plot, take that for what it\u2019s worth, and Julie Strain is beautiful as ever, otherwise it is what it is, a movie for fans of T&A.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Check out some more 1080p screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
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The Dallas Connection is another Sidaris movie that doesn\u2019t really stand out over the rest, though having recently also watched Enemy Gold, does have a more competent plot, take that for what it\u2019s worth, and Julie Strain is beautiful as ever.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[6373,4325],"class_list":["post-23425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-andy-sidaris","tag-mill-creek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23425"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23427,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23425\/revisions\/23427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}