'The Raid' - High-Def Digest Review

[Attebery]

Luke has just reviewed 'The Raid.' Find out why he says this is one of the best action films of all time.

Full review here:
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/7249...edemption.html

[taygan315]

WOW!! Going to have to check this flick out with review scores like that! Most probable blind buy for me.

[Boston007]

WOW!! Going to have to check this flick out with review scores like that! Most probable blind buy for me.

Me too but I will wait for a price drop.

[Rich86]

Another cinavia infected Sony title - so it will be a rental one of these days.

[kemetblk]

Grreat, great movie but the disc is a let down for two reasons. I wonder what equipment was used by the reviewer (he's not listed in the gear section) because the PQ was a 3 at best. I also saw this in theaters and while the lack of detail on this disc is on par with the theatrical presentation, there are most definitely compression artifacts. Plus Sony chose to go with dubtitles rather than the original and much more accurate subtitles. Disappointing for sure, but still worth owning.

[meezookeewee]

Blind bought this on Tuesday. Glad I did. Incredible movie. I know this is cliche, but Iko Uwais could very well be the next greatest Asian action star, not only because of his moves, but he's also a decent actor, which couldn't be said for many martial arts actors. The fight scenes are some of the best I've ever seen.

[SilentBob]

Got to watch my disc, but us Canadians got some good and bad with the release. The good thing is that we got the original art work for the release. The bad is that we only got the one DTS-HDMA track and i don't know which track we got, and no commentary track

[Julian]

They actually dubbed this movie, as well? There's an English track? Ack, what a travesty! I hope nobody watches that. Anyway, excellent movie all around. Well worth the watch! Blind buying won't hurt you (just your wallet).

[Naiera]

I ordered this upon learning that it also has the original score. I'll keep my Danish version cuz of the artwork

[Boston007]

They actually dubbed this movie, as well? There's an English track? Ack, what a travesty! I hope nobody watches that. Anyway, excellent movie all around. Well worth the watch! Blind buying won't hurt you (just your wallet).

LOL

Years ago in Italy I noticed ALL english movies were dubbed. I asked my cousin and he said it's just the way it is. What a travesty indeed!

[cheez avenger]

I'm holding for the anime steelbook from Play.com

[Naiera]

LOL

Years ago in Italy I noticed ALL english movies were dubbed. I asked my cousin and he said it's just the way it is. What a travesty indeed!

Don't watch German tv

It's even worse in Poland. They don't want to hire actual actors, so they have one guy speaking on top of the english language track.

[P.M.]

LOL

Years ago in Italy I noticed ALL english movies were dubbed. I asked my cousin and he said it's just the way it is. What a travesty indeed!

Sometimes it's fun to watch the dub version with subtitles on, things never seem to match up. For a movie like this where it's all action I don't see anything wrong with watching the dubbed version, it's 90% fighting anyway.

[Boston007]

Sometimes it's fun to watch the dub version with subtitles on, things never seem to match up. For a movie like this where it's all action I don't see anything wrong with watching the dubbed version, it's 90% fighting anyway.

That is a very good point

[Luke Hickman]

Grreat, great movie but the disc is a let down for two reasons. I wonder what equipment was used by the reviewer (he's not listed in the gear section) because the PQ was a 3 at best. I also saw this in theaters and while the lack of detail on this disc is on par with the theatrical presentation, there are most definitely compression artifacts. Plus Sony chose to go with dubtitles rather than the original and much more accurate subtitles. Disappointing for sure, but still worth owning.

Can you tell me exactly where you saw artifacts? I want to go back and check it out because I didn't notice a single one while reviewing the disc. I'm not saying that you're wrong, I just want to have another look.

And here's my set-up:
TV - Samsung LN40C650
Blu-ray - PS3
Sound - Onkyo HT-R680 (7.1)