ipkevin

Here are the features on the US Columbia Tristar release of Crimson Rivers starring Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel. It's a Seven-type mystery thrilller with really great cinematography and loads of atmosphere (takes place in a mountain university). There's even a kung fu scene!

Anyway, I'm very happy that they're including a director & cast commentary given the foreign language origins of the film. Excellent.. I hope both Reno & Cassel are on the track.

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Aspect Ratio(s):
Widescreen anamorphic - 2.35:1

Discographic Information:
DVD Encoding: Region 1
Layers: Dual
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Available subtitles: English, French

Edition Details:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Commentary by director and cast
• Production notes
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• Isolated Score With Composer Commentary
• Featurettes: "Book to Feature Comparison," "The Art of Crimson Rivers," "Recording the Music"
• Storyboard Comparisons: "The Avalanche," "The Corpse," "The Fight," & "The Pursuit"
• Deleted Scenes
• Widescreen anamorphic format
• ASIN: B00000F527

axolotls return

No 5.1 French. Sacre Bleu!!!

Tyler_Durden

What the hell??!! Where's the original audio track?

I smell a petition.

Aghama

Err, right after the English one?

Graf Zahl

SCREW YOU, COLUMBIA!

This was on my must-have-list. Not including the original language in the best available form is simply not acceptable! Without a French 5.1 track this is of no interest to me!

mdX

they should definitely swap the English DD5.1 track for a French DD5.1 track. I'm not going to not-buy though since I can't get it in any other region with french DD5.1 and english subs.....

Matt Stevens

This must be a mistake. I cannot believe they'd do this when they released it in 5.1 FRENCH and subtitled in theaters!

nemein

I can't say it really surprises me the Columbia decided to do it this way Also, if you really want to be picky about it the IMDB page mentions DTS Does anyone know if Jean does his own dub though?

mdX

I just wanted to confirm that the French track on this disc is indeed a DD5.1 track, and not a DD2.0 one. not to mention it's a great movie. two thumbs up

edit: Jean Reno does do his own dub, but I didn't listen to it long enough to determine how good/bad it is.

Matt Stevens

IS IT UNCUT!!??

Or did they do some digital erasing, like they did with BROTHER.

takayamaRyuji

To get off track of Crimson River for a moment (sorry), could you go into more detail about the "digital erasing" they did in Brother?

mdX

Matt,

there's nothing to indicate it has been cut, and no review sites mention that is has been, so I'd guess that it's not

Matt Stevens

I hope not.

To get an R for BROTHER, in addition to numerous cuts, blood splatter was digitally removed from numerous scene. They just CGI'd it out of the frame.

takayamaRyuji

Thanks for the explanation. It's just ridiculous, though-- reminds me of when the ultra-violent Fist of the North Star animation came out, and they were digitally blurring the scenes of baddies' heads exploding.

To get back on Crimson River(s?), I saw it when I was still in Japan, and the cut I saw didn't have any digital hocus-pocus that I could tell... there wasn't even anything that gruesome, as I recall.

Grimfarrow

Ugh, no it's not. The film can't decide if it wants to be an action film or a suspense film. The ending really sucked - as if we need more Vertical Limit/Cliffhanger knock-offs in this world. Not to talk about the "Fight!" scene - I was horrified at how incredibly cheezy it was. I give it a 5/10.

I've also heard the US dubbed version, and it's atrocious. It makes the film completely unwatchable, IMO, especially since Reno and the other casts' English was so bad. Sorry, but having the original actors doing the English dub is just a stupid idea, since all it does is make the dialogue incomprehensible due to the thick, thick accents.

Go watch Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Cure" instead. It's a much better film.

pum

is Cure released in dvd already? i didn't know...

i'm not impressed with CR either, but the french disc is so nice that i want to buy..if it has english sub...

benedict

This type of discussion can sometimes go out of control because of the subjective nature of personal opinion.

I am posting this gentle reminder to all members to remember what is at issue and to respect the opinions of others i.e. no threadcrapping* and no flaming please!

Thanks to all for their understanding.



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ScreachingWeasel

It was available in Japan, but I think it might be out of print. I never tried Amazon.jp, so if you want it maybe try there. I ended up buying mine off of Ebay.

takayamaRyuji

Cure on Region 2 DVD w/ English subs is available from sazuma