S.I.S. – Special Investigation Section (2008/Sony DVD)

 

Picture: C     Sound: C+     Extras: D     Telefilm: C-

 

 

Playing like a pilot for a TV show no one was prepared to really greenlight, S.I.S. – Special Investigation Section (2008) is yet another police procedural with boring action, again offering a “special” subdivision that really gets the action because they are so good.  Too bad their scripts are not.

 

This takes place in Los Angeles (again!) where you would think the majority of U.S. crimes take place if you watched all the bad TV shows on the subject, especially since the 1980s.  The cast of unknowns are interchangeable, especially because the writing is weak and makes the British hit The Professionals look like Masterpiece Theater.  This is just processed product with nothing memorable about it and was not believable for a second.  It is odd, though, yet feels too long at 82 minutes.  Maybe they should call Ghostbusters instead.

 

The anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image looks much weaker than expected with softness throughout, poor video black and detail issues that have little to do with anything like style.  Color is also poor often and for sunny L.A., looks artificially overcast all of the time.  The Dolby Digital 5.1 mix is the default highlight and it has music that outdoes its dialogue in fidelity all the time, plus has location audio limits.  There are no extras.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo