Decent police procedural set in the then still Soviet Russia. Three bodies found in the park, buried in the snow, all with their faces ripped off. Some gore and the Russian setting give some needed texture to what is generally a mystery thriller with many elements that seem quite familiar. Satisfying third act though helps to leave a more positive, than not, impression. The Soviet setting is actually intrinsic to the characters motivations and plot complications and not merely window dressing, which is another point in the films favor.

"The Silver Surfer sucks!"
From the comic book fonts used for the opening credits, to the stylized cheesy rear projection work, I've always been fond of this one. Yes the original is better in every single way, but I still enjoy Gere's manic energy, and his low wattage thug has a lot of charm (though the character does become taxing well before the run time is up). Not as keen on Kaprisky as I used to be. When I was 16 her sex kitten, eye candy surface appeal was more than enough. Now, not so much.
My enthusiasm started to flag a bit towards the end, but I was still happy to see this again- and thankful that I could finally watch it in the proper AR after all these years. Solid looking disc that renders the pop art colors throughout well.

Very good film bordering on exceptional. Some pacing issues I felt held it back a little, but the cast is packed with talent and the themes and characters rich enough that you can't help but get something out of it. And while I actively avoided this as a kid in favor of the more comic-bookish Universal product, as an adult I find it vastly more engaging than many of those Uni classics now.
Startling to see Edmund O'Brien looking so young and slim here after knowing him only from his 50's noirs and comedies. Looks a little like Jimmy Fallon and Justin Long's love child.
The Blu-ray looks, for the most part, excellent. Some shots here and there are a little dupey, but when it looks good, which is most of the time, it is extremely pleasing.

Never been a big Argento fan. I've never gotten the appeal of Suspiria, and the more slasher-centric stuff just leaves me cold.
This one, however, I've come to really enjoy for all it's batshit loopy charms- the dialogue from someone for whom English is clearly not their primary language; the jarring, heavy metal music cues; the beautiful Swiss Alpine setting; the mash up of tone with the R rated serial killer slasher elements clashing with the PG fantasy of a teenage superheroine who communicates with insects. It may be a flawed movie, but there's really few other things quite like it.
Connelly, despite her young age here, is a charming and very capable lead too.

I've seen people criticize Arrows release but I thought it looked just shy of perfect. Maybe three or four quick shots had some object that displayed a slight electronic edge...but I'm being extremely nit-picky here. I didn't notice any compression related artifacts. Synapse is working on their own release that I'm sure will be good, but I didn't see anything here that made me regret picking it up. Region free, a nearly seamless reconstruction of the longer Italian cut (with subs effortlessly popping up for the undubbed footage), and pretty damn inexpensive dual format release to boot.
And anyone that says this is simply a standard def upscale, doesn't know what they are talking about.