Dead Space: Downfall Blu-ray

Dead Space: Downfall

 (2008)

Anime | Horror | Sci-Fi



A feature-length prequel to the Electronic Arts' video game, this animated sci-fi horror adventure follows a group of space miners who uncover evidence of humankind's creators then unwittingly release a violent alien race from within a faraway planet. Now it's up to a special team of miners and space crew to stop the most ruthless, evil alien beings from wreaking havoc on the human race.

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Starring: Nika Futterman, Bruce Boxleitner, Keith Szarabajka, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jim Cummings
Director: Chuck Patton

Dead Space: Downfall Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


Dead Space: Downfall tears into Blu-ray with a nice looking 1080p transfer framed in a 1.78:1 window. The transfer features great colors and mesmerizing blacks. The dead of space looks dark and void, a true black that punctuates the stars and other objects in exterior space shots. The animation offers nice looking detail around the ship and planet, and the Blu-ray brings out all of the finer nuances. Lines are smooth and sharp, though many background images become hazy and soft. An appreciable sense of depth accompanies most shots. The bread and butter of the film, blood and guts, look great; various shots of shredded and otherwise mutilated bodies bring out all the details and hard work the animators poured into the movie. All in all, this is a solid visual experience that won't disappoint viewers.

Dead Space: Downfall Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


Dead Space: Downfall's Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless track is the highlight of the show. One of the film's opening shots on the planet features an incessant, chilling presence that permeates the soundstage and adds a nice and creepy atmosphere to the sequence. Dialogue is focused up the middle, clear and precise. Interior shots of the ship feature a fantastic yet subtle rumble in the background as the engine works to keep the ship moving. There is a fine sense of space about the track; the mix spreads out and never feels cramped or focused in one tiny part of the listening area. Bass rattles in accompaniment of several scenes, and sound effects come through with hard-hitting yet precise clarity. Some discrete effects find their way around the soundstage, an example being a chorus of voices complaining that they cannot get up close and personal with the relic in chapter five. Gun shots ring out with a more-than-adequate thud, reverberating and pounding nicely throughout the listening area. An action sequence in chapter 8 is perhaps the most robust in the film, featuring plenty of splattering blood and body parts and prodigious use of the lightsaber-chainsaw hybrid doodads that shred the creatures to messy pieces. Dead Space: Downfall's Blu-ray soundtrack is juicy, yucky, and gory horror fun.

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