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| Metro |
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Genre:Action Adventure
Reviewed In Issue 26 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, Michael Wincott, Carmen Ejogo & Denis Arndt |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Touchstone Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
10436 AS |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.99 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
117 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1997 |
| (LD Release Date): |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Thomas Carter |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Randy Feldman |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Steve Porcaro |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
William Elliott |
| (Visual Effects): |
NA |
| (Costume Designer): |
Ha Nguyen |
| (Editor): |
Peter E. Berger, ACE |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
George Watters II |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Mark Lipsky & Riley Kathryn Ellis |
| (Co-Producers): |
George E. Perkins, Ray Murphy, Jr. & Randy Feldman |
| (Producers): |
Roger Birnbaum |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
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| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
2.32:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Digital Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
SDDS & Dolby Digital |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Eddie Murphy stars as Scott Roper, a wisecracking hostage negotiator who comes face-to-face with a psychotic killer in Metro. When his partner is killed in what seemed to be a simple theft investigation, Roper is reluctantly teamed up with a rookie sharpshooter (Michael Rapaport). But Roper soon learns his new partner is an asset when the relentless Korda (Michael Wincott) leads him in a personal game of cat-and-mouse. Filled with non-stop action, fabulous chase scenes and Murphy’s rapid-fire humor, Metro is one sure-to-please action extravaganza.
LaserDisc Picture:
The 2.32:1 picture exhibits superb quality that is sharp and detailed with excellent color fidelity. There is no apparent noise or artifacts.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital discrete 5.1 soundtrack sometimes sounds dramatically spacious with effective split surrounds compared to the slightly centered matrix PCM version. Dialogue sounds virtually identical on both versions and often exhibits an unnatural ADR-produced quality. The music is dynamic with superb bass extension, often reaching below 25Hz. Surround is often effectively aggressive and enhances soundfield envelopment.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
Yes |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
Yes |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
Yes |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
Yes |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
Yes |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
Yes |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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