7 Seconds Blu-ray

7 Seconds

 (2005)

Action | Crime | Thriller



Captain Jack Tuliver (Wesley Snipes) is an ex-Delta Force commando leading what should have been a clockwork-perfect armored car heist. Instead, he ends up with a priceless Van Gogh painting - and one of his crew ends up held hostage by the sadistic Russian gangsters who muscled in on the heist. Tuliver's only option: a suicidal rescue mission where enemies become allies, your best friend can be your worst nightmare, and survival is the deadliest art of all.

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Starring: Wesley Snipes, Tamzin Outhwaite, Deobia Oparei, Pete Lee-Wilson, Serge Soric
Director: Simon Fellows

7 Seconds Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


7 Seconds debuts on Blu-ray with a completely uninteresting 1080p, 1.85:1 transfer that always looks as if its covered in a layer of fog. The opening shots of the movie set the tone for what we can expect for the remainder of the film. They are dull, a little soft, and feature slightly subdued colors. Although dull, detail levels are adequate. Nothing stands out as eye-popping or extremely realistic, but the transfer gets the job done by offering a substandard but adequate high definition viewing experience. The image is clearly high definition and offers a better picture than standard definition DVD, but compared to even the most average of Blu-ray disc transfers, this one is a disappointment. The print exhibits some large white or blue spots that appear randomly over the transfer. Black levels aren't spectacular. There is loss of detail in dark scenes, and blacks never hold a true black. Grain is heavy throughout the movie, some scenes exhibiting more than others, but as a rule, it's always there. As a direct-to-video release of a fairly miserable movie, the transfer we see here is par for the course. It's far from being demonstration-worthy, but the transfer is still watchable and adequate for the material.

7 Seconds Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


7 Seconds' audio presentation fares somewhat better than the video transfer. Arriving with a lossless Dolby TrueHD 5.1 soundtrack, audiences will find themselves generally entertained and satisfied with the film's sound design and its presentation on Blu-ray. The music heard over the opening credits has a solid presence that fills the entire soundstage and while it is focused in the front, it comes through the rears as well, and it sounds better than quite a few discs I've listened to this year. Low frequency effects are enjoyable and the subwoofer works fairly hard throughout the movie. It never kicks into overdrive, but the subtle rumble that plays along with the movie makes for a nice action movie atmosphere. In chapter four, the entire soundstage fills up with gunfire. It's heard distinctly in every speaker and the effect is a good one. Dialogue is clear and played at a fine, audible volume. With its fairly standard B-movie action soundtrack, 7 Seconds becomes a slightly more tolerable brainless action flick thanks to a soundtrack that doesn't quit just because the movie it accompanies is lousy.

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