Ultimate Fighting Championship
Classics Collection, Volumes 5 - 8 (Lionsgate DVD)
Picture: C
Sound: C+ Extras: C+ Main Programs: B-
As the extreme fighting cycle builds, Lionsgate continues
to release programs from their Ultimate Fighting Championship holdings and you can read about the first
box in this series at this link:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/5795/Ultimate+Fighting+Championship+Clas
As HDTV becomes permanent and things increase, you realize
how long this has been around. However,
here is the action early in all of its analog video glory and that there was
always an audience for something tougher and wilder like this versus boxing and
outright martial arts. This one is sure
to be popular and includes its biggest star, Ken Shamrock, but there are many
others.
As before, the 1.33 x 1 image is about as good as you can
expect for its age, which also applies to the barely stereo Dolby Digital 2.0
sound. I was impressed with how
aggressive the shooting ands editing was to give the feel of a real competitive
match, something sorely lacking in most sports broadcasts these days. There are retrospectives on the first two and
double interviews on the latter two volumes as extras.
- Nicholas Sheffo
