Dead Space: Aftermath (2011/Blu-ray
+ DVD/Anchor Bay
Entertainment/Visceral & EA Games)
Picture:
B/B- Sound: B/B- Extras: C Feature: A-
This is
aftermath to the game 'Dead Space’ and
the prequel to ‘Dead Space 2’, Dead Space: Aftermath is a narrative
animated feature made to fill in the gaps.
After the
destruction of the USG Ishimura
and the lost of the Aegis 7 colony, a Marine Battleship is sent to rescue the
survivors after they lost contact with the investigation ship, the O'Bannon. After they dock with the O'Bannon they find a
sea of mutilated bodies and only four survivors. As they journey home to the Sprawl, the chief
investigator is told by the Overseer to find out what happened to the O'Bannon
and its crew and to get that information by any means possible...
The
O'Bannon and it's crew was sent stabilize a destabilizing planet Aegis 7, but
that was only the cover story, secretly they were collect any remaining
shards of the Alien Marker that was found Aegis 7. By the time they got there the planet was
already too far gone and it was only a matter of time before the planet
exploded. The crew managed to accomplish
its mission and recover a piece of the Marker, but not without heavy losses and
crippling their ship. That was only beginning,
and those who died were the lucky ones, with the ship's engine down, the shard
causes the remaining crew to hallucinate, become psychotic killers, and
reanimates dead flesh into mutated monsters. Soon the ship becomes a real living hell; the
crew learns the true horror of taking on this job...
From the
people who brought you the video games Dante's
Inferno and Dead Space 1
& 2, they done it again, another chapter in survival horror
story. This film is definitely
not for kids, it has violent action, mayhem and mature themes, sex and brief
nudity. It is film is told from the view
points of the four survivors characters, as the investigator tortures each one
to find out what happened, each one recounts their tale. Like the animated Dante's Inferno, it features a different
animation style for each one of the different tales. It really makes you ask what real horror is
and which is the worst monster, the mutant killer monsters or political
figures and their secret agendas.
The 1080p
2.35 X 1 digital High Definition image is very representative of the uneven
look of the transfer and the animation, which is better than the anamorphically
enhanced DVD counterpart, but neither could look much better for their
formats. The Blu-ray has a Dolby TrueHD
5.1 track that is warm and good, but somewhat limited in soundfield, so the
Dolby Digital 5.1 mix on the DVD is closer to it than you might think, but
still not as good.
Extras include trailers and Dead
Space 2 game trailer.
For more Dead Space, try my link to the
previously reviewed Downfall DVD:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/7807/Dead+Space:+Downfall+(Anchor+Bay
- Ricky Chiang
