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Annapolis (Blu-ray)

 

Picture: B-     Sound: B     Extras: C-    Film: C-

 

 

The awful Justin Lin military drama Annapolis (2006) is now an early Blu-ray release from Disney, despite it being one of the poorest and most formulaic live action films the studio has produced in a while.  We already suffered through it on regular DVD, as shown at this link:

 

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/3939/Annapolis+(Widescreen)

 

 

James Franco cannot save the film, Tyrese Gibson is unconvincing as a drill sergeant and seeing and hearing it more clearly makes that all the more obvious.  Not that this looks or sounds so good to begin with, but it feels like a rough cut that somehow got theatrical distribution.  So how does it perform in high definition?

 

The 1080p 1.85 X 1 digital High Definition image is barely more impressive than the tired, color-gutted, semi-monochrome lameness of the regular DVD, while the PCM 16-bit/48kHz 5.1 mix is better than The Dolby Digital 5.1 mixes here and on the old DVD, though it does not make the film Black Hawk Down either. 

 

Extras include a dull audio commentary and deleted scenes with (thankfully) optional commentary, plus the Blu-ray advancements let you go to highlights of the film.  The word “highlights” is obviously stretching it a bit in this case.  Two featurettes were dumped, but you are no missing much, sort of like the film itself.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo


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