{"id":7999,"date":"2014-08-26T23:34:29","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T06:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=7999"},"modified":"2022-01-01T16:16:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T00:16:22","slug":"review-leviathan-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2014\/08\/review-leviathan-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Leviathan Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Kind of forgotten in the wake of James Cameron\u2019s The Abyss<\/em>, Leviathan<\/em><\/strong> is an OK if not uneven sci-fi adventure. The cast is good and some of the creature effects aren\u2019t bad either, but at the same time it comes across as a rip-off of Alien<\/em> sans suspense and compelling storytelling.<\/p>\n

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Leviathan<\/span>
\n(1989)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/strong>Sci-Fi, Horror, Suspense\/Thriller
\nShout Factory | R \u2013 98 min. \u2013 $24.97 | August 19, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nDirected by: <\/strong>George P. Cosmatos
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>David Peoples (story), David Peoples and Jeb Stuart (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Daniel Stern, Ernie Hudson<\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:<\/span>
\nFeatures: <\/strong>Featurettes, Theatrical Trailer
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n

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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), English (DTS-HD MA 1.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>46.0 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PLOT SUMMARY<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On the dark and forbidding ocean floor, the crew of a deep-sea mission rig discovers a sunken freighter that harbors a deadly secret: a genetic experiment gone horribly wrong. With a storm raging on the surface and no hope of rescue, the captain (PETER WELLER) and his team (including DANIEL STERN, ERNIE HUDSON, RICHARD CRENNA and AMANDA PAYS) are propelled into a spine-tingling battle for survival against the ultimate for \u2013 a hideous monster that cannot die…and lives to kill!<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Leviathan<\/em><\/strong>: Monster Melting Pot (40:26; HD)<\/strong><\/span> is a well-made retrospective featurette with new interviews with those in the creature effects industry who worked with Stan Winston.<\/p>\n

Dissecting Cobb (12:35; HD)<\/strong><\/span> is an interview with the Hector Elizondo on his time on the project and his character.<\/p>\n

Surviving Leviathan<\/em> (15:02; HD)<\/strong><\/span> gets the thoughts and recollections from Ernie Hudson.<\/p>\n

Theatrical Trailer (1:51; HD)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Shout Factory (under their Scream Factory line) releases Leviathan <\/em><\/strong>arrives on Blu-ray presented with a 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. Considering some of the shots, especially \u201cunderwater\u201d were filmed on a stage and utilized a blue filter, those don\u2019t look the best but once inside, colors are nice and bright, detail levels fairly sharp and nary a sign of compression, artifacting or pixilation. It also doesn\u2019t appear edge enhancement done on the transfer.<\/p>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The movie comes with two tracks, a 5.1 and 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio tracks and each offers something different. The 5.1 channel one, for instance, is a bit more dynamic spreading the audio across each channel providing ambient noises through the front and rear speakers and keeping the dialogue through the center, but is a bit downplayed and quieter. However, the 2.0 track seems to be in keeping with the original source and this one you have clearer and crisper dialogue.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, kind of forgotten in the wake of James Cameron\u2019s The Abyss<\/em>, Leviathan<\/em><\/strong> is an OK if not uneven sci-fi adventure. The cast is good and some of the creature effects aren\u2019t bad either, but at the same time it comes across as a rip-off of Alien<\/em> sans suspense and compelling storytelling. Still, it\u2019s not a complete bore yet this is not something I\u2019d revisit any time soon…<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/strong>08\/26\/2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kind of forgotten in the wake of James Cameron\u2019s The Abyss, Leviathan is an OK if not uneven sci-fi adventure. The cast is good and some of the creature effects aren\u2019t bad either, but at the same time it comes across as a rip-off of Alien sans suspense and compelling storytelling.    <\/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":[3135,3136,2104,465,3134,3083,2462],"class_list":["post-7999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-amanda-pays","tag-daniel-stern","tag-ernie-hudson","tag-peter-weller","tag-richard-crenna","tag-scream-factory","tag-shout-factory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7999","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=7999"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27919,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7999\/revisions\/27919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}