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Product: Fallen
Company: Warner Home Video
Review By: Alex Harris

Aspect Ratio Regional Information DVD Disc Details
2.35 : 1
Widescreen
Pan & Scan

2 : UK
NTSC

CC
Closed Captioning: CC
Master format: Film
Sides: 1 (SS-RSDL)
Chapter stops: 32
Average bitrate: 4.0

 

Sound: English French

5.1

2.0 Surround

Subtitles:

   

This is a film I hadn't heard of before, but when I saw the trailer for it on another DVD I was quite impressed by the idea behind it. The story is about a spirit that hasn't found rest yet, a fallen angel. Throughout the film the spirit changes from person to person leaving the person with a sense of amnesia about the events that happened. When Denzel Washington had a notorious killer put to death in the gas chamber he thought that it was all over. It was only after he saw similar murders happen with the same clues left behind does he start to wonder.

How It Grades
Picture Quality: B
Sound: A-
Special Features: N/A
Movie Overall: B+
DVD Overall: C

If you like Seven then this film is a definte must to see. There are strong performances from Denzel Washington and John Goodman. The features in the DVD aren't excessive to say the least, only a trailer and cast bio along with the standard scene access and interactive menus. But with that put aside the story behind the movie almost makes up for it. This is a good film to have in the collection if you like the Seven/X Files genre of film.

Release Date Out Now
Special Features None
Reviewers PC Setup Pentium II 450
Windows 98 Second Edition
128 Meg SD-Ram
Voodoo 2 - 8mb
DirectX 6.1a
SoundBlaster Live! Value
17" LG Electronics Monitor
ATI 8mb XPert AGP Graphics Card
Microsoft Force Feedback Pro
Microsoft Freestyle Pro (USB)

DVD Setup: Toshiba SD-1202 DVD-ROM - 32x
DVD TV Player - Samsung 807

 

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