'Death Trance' -- pre-release thread

[PeterB]

Newcomer Tokyo Shock has announced their debut Blu-ray title:

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/deathtrance.html

No specs yet for the martial arts action flick, but details should arrive over the coming weeks.

MSRP is $24.95, and street date January 27.

[Sky_Captain]

Great. Hopefully it's region free. On a side note, can you image Versus on blu-ray?

[Xtreem813]

It's better to be cynical about Japanese movies because the vast majority are garbage. Also, this movie has Steven Seagal's Japanese son sooooo... yyyyyeeeaaahhh.

Last I heard, Japan and North America are in the same region though so even if it's not region-free you can import any (grossly-overpriced) Japanese Blu-ray and it should work.

[project-blu]

xtreem, yes, Japan is region A.

I too am hoping Tokyo Shock releases Versus: ultimate cut. that'd be awesome as hell. i buy their dvd packs (art of the gun pack w/ the 2 black angels and pistol opera, most recently the trilogy w/ japanese hell, samurai chicks, and another), and while some titles are sub-par, there are some hidden gems.

[cubejunky]

Uh... Doesn't Tokyo Shock hold the US rights to some of Toho's monster movies, I would love to see them in bluray.

[ben1080p]

I wanna be like the kid in Forbiideen Kingdom who acts all asian. I mite actually rent it and see if its a good look for me.

[TheWrathofBambi]

This was an ok action movie.... but the um.... Penis and vagina swords made it a bit weird... id much rather get ultimate versus on blu, that would be a day 1 buy

[CaptainCanuck]

I remember this being pretty boring and i don't think i made it thru the whole thing.
I do wish that Tokyo Shock would release more though because they do great things.

[ZenAmako]

The Female Prisoner Scorpion movies on Blu-ray, please! Or at least the ones Tokyo Shock has the rights to...

As for Death Trance, I'll pass. It has a lot of over-the-top fight choreography a la Versus, but I felt it was very dull (it does mostly lack the gore of Versus). I believe Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters helped pay for it, so that may be why it's being released on Blu-ray.

[Clueless_Monkey]

Did anyone get this?

[ahsoka]

Did anyone get this?

Yes, I got this yesterday. PQ seems OK, muted colors and quite grainy.
Japanese & English TrueHD 5.1/Japanese & English Dolby Digital 2.0. Optional English Subtitles.
MPEG-4 AVC/BD25/Region A Locked.
Extras in SD: Teaser 5:40/Making of Death Trance 10:27/Behind the Action Scenes 14:58/Sakaguchi Goes Abroad 10:44/Character Featurettes 13:07/Trailers (Other Movies) 13:45.

[Sky_Captain]

Yes, I got this yesterday. PQ seems OK, muted colors and quite grainy.
Japanese & English TrueHD 5.1/Japanese & English Dolby Digital 2.0. Optional English Subtitles.
MPEG-4 AVC/BD25/Region A Locked.
Extras in SD: Teaser 5:40/Making of Death Trance 10:27/Behind the Action Scenes 14:58/Sakaguchi Goes Abroad 10:44/Character Featurettes 13:07/Trailers (Other Movies) 13:45.

Fuck sake.