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Dangerous Liasons Remake

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4 Mar 31st, 2001 

11 Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful

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Excellent story, supported by a good all round disc .

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The nature of the film will not test your system .

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Anyone who has seen the 80s classic Dangerous Liasons will know what to expect. This movie has updated the tale to the modern day, and plays out the main characters as rich siblings who manipulate friends and acquaintances.

The plot centres around a wager between Sebastian and Kathryn (step brother and sister), played superbly by Ryan Phillipe and Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy fame. Sebastian has to bed the new girl in town - if he wins then he gets Kathyrn, if he loses she has his sports car.

The film is very enjoyable - plenty of twists and turns keep the audience guessing right to the last. But as with all my dvd opinions, this is a review of the dvd as a package, and not just a spoiler to the film.

So what is the transfer like? The answer is very good - the 1.85:1 frame is crystal clear throughout, and gets a chance to show off during scenes shot in the bedrooms which are finished in superb blues or reds.

The soundtrack is reasonable, although the film is mainly dialogue driven thus not really suitable to show off your surround system to your friends.

The extras are particularly good on the disc, with the following available:

Deleted scenes with an introduction by the director.
A short featurette providing an insight into the making of the film.
A full length commentary that is worthy of a listening.
Music videos (2).

So a region 2 disc does get a good release every now and then, although the region disc does have an extra featurette on the movie.

Definitely worth being part of your collection.
 

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pinkprincesskt 08.09.2002 20:27

It's one of those films you can watch again and again and still cry when the bad guy dies!

rickstar 12.06.2002 13:38

good op. great film

lucybradly 31.03.2001 10:20

good opinion, sounds good, never seen it though, Lucy

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