{"id":24073,"date":"2020-11-09T10:54:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T18:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=24073"},"modified":"2021-12-30T09:42:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T17:42:43","slug":"review-woman-bluray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2020\/11\/review-woman-bluray\/","title":{"rendered":"The Woman (Arrow Video) Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Woman<\/em><\/strong> features a respectable physical and psychological performance from Pollyanna McIntosh, reprising her role from Offspring<\/em>, the rest of the film is rather predictable.<\/p>\n

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The Woman<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror, Drama, Suspense
\nArrow Video | R \u2013 103 min. \u2013 $39.95 | May 26, 2020<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 11\/09\/2020 |<\/span> Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Director: <\/strong>Lucky McKee
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Jack Ketchum & Lucky McKee (novel, written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Pollyanna McIntosh, Sean Bridgers, Angela Bettis, Lauren Ashley Carter<\/span><\/p>\n

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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Audio Commentaries, Featurettes, Interviews, Deleted Scenes, Galleries, Theatrical Trailer
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes (initial pressing)
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/p>\n

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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>49.30 GB
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>36.37 Mbps
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/span><\/p>\n
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Arrow Video 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<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>The Woman (POLLYANNA MCINTOSH) is the last surviving member of a deadly clan of feral cannibals that has roamed the American wilderness for decades. When successful country lawyer Chris Cleek (SEAN BRIDGERS) stumbles upon her whilst hunting in the woods, he decides to capture and \u201ccivilize\u201d her with the help of his seemingly perfect all-American family, including his wife Belle (ANGELA BETTIS), son Brian (ZACH RAND) and daughter Peggy (LAUREN ASHLEY CARTER). The Cleeks will soon learn, however, they hell hath no fury like The Woman scorned…<\/p>\n

Quick Hit Review: The Woman<\/em><\/strong> is the follow-up to 2009\u2019s Offspring<\/em> and co-scripted and directed by Lucky McKee (who co-authored the \u201cOffspring\u201d novel with Jack Ketchum). I don\u2019t remember a whole lot about that movie, but Pollyanna McIntosh returns as the titular character and takes front and center stage in this entry (there is a third movie called Darlin\u2019<\/em> released on Blu-ray in early 2020). In any case, this is very much a psychological horror-thriller and certainly on the nose with its messaging with the Woman being chained up to be domesticated because of her animalistic nature, yet the real animal is the father of this wholesome on the outside family. Not exactly subtle.<\/p>\n

And also nothing much more to this thinly plotted film either. I suppose Pollyanna McIntosh did her best in the role with minimal dialogue (mostly grunting early on) while everyone else ranged from passable to being close to Community Theater (with all due respect to community theater actors). There were a couple suspense-filled scenes but everything else was predictable and pretty dull\/uninteresting.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t really recommend The Woman<\/em><\/strong> as it hits you over the head with the metaphor (course the tagline is \u201cNot every monster lives in the wild\u201d so guess they weren\u2019t trying to hide it. Beyond that, this is one to just skip which is a shame as does seem like Pollyanna McIntosh gave it her all.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The initial pressing included a slip cover and booklet while subsequent ones is just the Blu-ray with a reversible cover artwork.<\/p>\n

Audio Commentaries:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Director Lucky McKee, Editor Zach Passero, Sound Designer Andrew Smetek and Composer Sean Spillane *NEW*<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Actress Pollyanna McIntosh *NEW*<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Film Critic Scott Weinberg *NEW*<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Director Lucky McKee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Dad on the Wall: Filming The Woman<\/em> (1:15:13)<\/u><\/strong> is a fly-on-the-wall behind-the-scenes featurette that was shot throughout the filming and was shot by the director\u2019s father.<\/p>\n

    Meet Peggy Cleek (19:59)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 New interview with actress Lauren Ashley Carter.<\/p>\n

    Malam Domesticam: The Making of The Woman<\/em> (25:29)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Archival behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of the film produced in\u00a0 2011.<\/p>\n

    Meet the Makers (6:49)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 This is a compilation of six short making-of featurettes originally produced for the cable channel Chiller.<\/p>\n

    American Horror: A Panel Discussion (44:46)<\/u><\/strong> is an onstage chat about the future of American horror cinema that took place at \u201cFilm4 Frightfest 2011\u201d and features Lucky McKee, Andrew van den Houten, Larry Fessenden, Adam Green, Joe Lynch and Ti West.<\/p>\n

    Deleted Scenes\/Outtakes (5:55)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 A mix of deleted footage and outtakes, nothing noteworthy.<\/p>\n

    Mi Burro (6:41)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Animated short film by editor Zach Passero.<\/p>\n

    Music Video (5:01)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 \u201cDistracted\u201d by Sean Spillane<\/p>\n

    Last up is the Theatrical Teaser (1:17)<\/u><\/strong>, Theatrical Trailer (1:40)<\/u><\/strong> and an Image Gallery<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    VIDEO \u2013 4\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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    Arrow Video releases The Woman<\/em><\/strong> onto Blu-ray where, through Moderncine, it underwent a new transfer, taken from a 4K scan of the original digital intermediate, done by the film\u2019s editor and post production supervisor Zach Passero and approved by Director Lucky McKee. I don\u2019t know how this compares with the DVD release, however the picture does look quite good, detail is sharp and well defined throughout and colors are more on the muted side in keeping with the dark nature of the story. Black levels are well balanced where one can discern what\u2019s happening on the screen, such as in the basement where several scenes take place.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    AUDIO \u2013 4\u00bc\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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    The disc comes with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track and it\u2019s not entirely amazing but more than satisfactory, dialogue comes through with some great clarity and the environmental elements make fine uses of the front and rear channels. There were no perceptible pops, hisses or other flaws.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    OVERALL \u2013 2\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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    While The Woman<\/em><\/strong> features a respectable physical and psychological performance from Pollyanna McIntosh, reprising her role from Offspring<\/em>, the rest of the film is rather predictable and the acting from most of the supporting cast was questionable. On the plus side, there a good amount of bonus material including no less than three new audio commentaries.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GL50yBcw5wA<\/p>\n

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