Today I'd like to share my review for the Blu-Ray release of the 2013 Hong Kong film Rigor Mortis. Rigor Mortis received a Blu-Ray release by Well GO USA on July 8th, 2014. Blu-ray content wise, the disc was pretty much bare boned. It contained a hand full of film previews along with the film's trailer, but other than that, hosted no other special features or extra content. The film's native language is Cantonese but the disc did have English subtitles and a English dubbed track. As for as the Dubbed track, witch I always prefer over subtitles, it was one of the best dub jobs I've seen (or heard) in some time. For the most part, the mouth movement and audio were close enough in sync not to irritate me during the movie, unlike past horribly off English dubs that bad kung-fu movies are famous for.
For film quality picture and sound wise, the film was beautifully shot. The cinematography was done spot on and although the CG(Computer Graphics) wasn't among the greatest special effects Hollywood has to offer, they where executed quite nicely. I also found myself impressed with the dubbed audio track quality. A large majority of the time when you watch a film on a alternative audio track, you have to cope with a lesser audio quality. Most times, they're not offered in any type of Dolby or surround sound compatible format. This wasn't the case for Rigor Mortis, the English track sounded beautiful on my surround sound system and panned around the room, just as I would expect any Blu-Ray release to.
Movie and plot wise, Rigor Mortis was hard to follow at times and seemed to drag on for the first half of the film at a slow chug. By the time the movie passed the halfway point it all started to gain momentum and build my interest, but I couldn't help but feel that the first half of the film was mostly irrelevant and could have been trimmed down quite a bit to help the flow of the film. To me, even though it took a while to get there, the movie proved to be a fresh breath of air from the typical foreign horror films we've been getting like "The Grudge" for example. Rigor Mortis did an amazing job at blending fast paced, extremely exaggerated fighting, Horror movie elements, and insanely enough a romantic love story to build a film that was definitely a unique watch.
All and all, even though it was hard to follow at times, with a twisting and turning plot line and story including the token let-down of an end, Rigor Mortis was and enjoyable watch. If I were asked, I would recommend the film for viewing even though I feel like it might not be for everyone. Rigor Mortis was far from painful to sit through, although it will most likely stay on my Blu-ray shelf and get little to no future viewing time. One thing that is easy to admit about this Blu-Ray is that, the film both looks and sounds beautiful.
Though I enjoyed the film, some extra features on the disc would have been nice. With the obvious work they put into making the film, a little extra love on the Blu-Ray release would have went a long way. Due to all of the above I would personally rate this Blu-Ray release a solid 3 out of 5.
Keep in mind that these are my own personal views. As always, if you enjoy horror films, make sure to track down a copy of Rigor Mortis and build your own opinions. Happy Haunting.
For film quality picture and sound wise, the film was beautifully shot. The cinematography was done spot on and although the CG(Computer Graphics) wasn't among the greatest special effects Hollywood has to offer, they where executed quite nicely. I also found myself impressed with the dubbed audio track quality. A large majority of the time when you watch a film on a alternative audio track, you have to cope with a lesser audio quality. Most times, they're not offered in any type of Dolby or surround sound compatible format. This wasn't the case for Rigor Mortis, the English track sounded beautiful on my surround sound system and panned around the room, just as I would expect any Blu-Ray release to.
Movie and plot wise, Rigor Mortis was hard to follow at times and seemed to drag on for the first half of the film at a slow chug. By the time the movie passed the halfway point it all started to gain momentum and build my interest, but I couldn't help but feel that the first half of the film was mostly irrelevant and could have been trimmed down quite a bit to help the flow of the film. To me, even though it took a while to get there, the movie proved to be a fresh breath of air from the typical foreign horror films we've been getting like "The Grudge" for example. Rigor Mortis did an amazing job at blending fast paced, extremely exaggerated fighting, Horror movie elements, and insanely enough a romantic love story to build a film that was definitely a unique watch.
All and all, even though it was hard to follow at times, with a twisting and turning plot line and story including the token let-down of an end, Rigor Mortis was and enjoyable watch. If I were asked, I would recommend the film for viewing even though I feel like it might not be for everyone. Rigor Mortis was far from painful to sit through, although it will most likely stay on my Blu-ray shelf and get little to no future viewing time. One thing that is easy to admit about this Blu-Ray is that, the film both looks and sounds beautiful.
Though I enjoyed the film, some extra features on the disc would have been nice. With the obvious work they put into making the film, a little extra love on the Blu-Ray release would have went a long way. Due to all of the above I would personally rate this Blu-Ray release a solid 3 out of 5.
Keep in mind that these are my own personal views. As always, if you enjoy horror films, make sure to track down a copy of Rigor Mortis and build your own opinions. Happy Haunting.