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| Firestorm |
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Genre:Action Adventure
Reviewed In Issue 30 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Howie Long, Scott Glenn, William Forsythe, Suzy Amis |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| (Catalog Number): |
0277385 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
89 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1997 |
| (LD Release Date): |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Dean Semler |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Chris Roth |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
J. Peter Robinson |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Richard Paris & Linda Del Rosario |
| (Visual Effects): |
VIFX |
| (Costume Designer): |
Bruce Finlayson, Carla Hetland & Karin Nosella |
| (Editor): |
Jack Hofstra, ACE |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
Frank Gaeta |
| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Louise Rosner |
| (Co-Producers): |
Douglas C. Metzger |
| (Producers): |
Joseph Lobe III, Mathew Weisman & Thomas M. Hammel |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Panavision |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.40:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
2.30:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Digital Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
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:
Firestorm is a raging action adventure that marks the directorial debut for Academy Award®-winning cinematographer Dean Semler. Howie Long stars as Jesse Graves, a fearless firefighting “smokejumper” who parachutes into the middle of a forest inferno, inadvertently exposing a gang of escaped convicts disguised as firefighters.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture exhibits excellent shadow delineation and contrast. Color fidelity is exceptional with natural fleshtones, rich and vibrant colors and deep, solid blacks. There is virtually no noise or artifacts apparent, except in some scenes with the fires and smoke. Images are sharp and detailed with nicely rendered fine detail and texture. This is a sure-fire winner when it comes to visual quality on LaserDisc. The aspect ratios are framed at 2.30:1.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
| (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): |
Yes |
| (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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Reference LaserDisc: |
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Collector Edition: |
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DVD To LaserDisc Comparison:
This is truly an explosive soundtrack of exceptional holosonic quality. The Dolby® Digital and DTS® Digital Surround discrete 5.1 soundtracks as well as the matrix PCM soundtrack are exciting and won’t disappoint. The DTS Digital Surround version especially is incredibly dynamic surpassing the other two in clarity and resolution. Our dynamic measurements on the Dorrough 6-channel meter bridge have never measured such dynamic intensity in a soundtrack as delivered by this DTS soundstorm. This is one of the most challenging soundtracks in dynamics and low frequency that your system will ever be put through. Caution is advised. Even the surround channels are pressed to deliver below 20Hz at extremely high SPL. While the Dolby Digital is coded from the same source printmaster, the sound is less precise and delineated, especially interchannel separation and low level ambience recreation. The matrix is excellent but cannot match the spatial delineation of the two discrete soundtracks.
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