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JCVD Blu-ray
Peace Arch Trinity | 2008 | 96 mins | Rated R | Apr 28, 2009
JCVD(2008)Comedy | Crime | Drama     Movie hero Jean-Claude Van Damme finds himself out of money, fighting for custody of his daughter and losing every good action role to Steven Seagal. In an attempt to escape, the aging star walks away from his shrinking spotlight and returns home to his native Brussels. But when he is thrown into a real-life hostage situation, everyone sees a side of Van Damme they've never seen before as he takes on the police, battles the perpetrators and creates a media firestorm that captures the attention of the world. For more details about JCVD on Blu-ray, see the JCVD Blu-ray Review JCVD Blu-ray, Video Quality  There has been a lot of conflicting information as of late in regard to the technical specs of Peace Arch Trinity’s Blu-ray release of Mabrouk El Mechri’s JCVD. So, let’s see how this disc looks, what makes it so controversial and how it compares to the UK Blu-ray release (which we already have covered for you). Similar to the UK Blu-ray release, courtesy of Revolver Entertainment, the US Blu-ray release of JCVD arrives with a MPEG-4 AVC encode and the film’s original aspect ratio of 2.35:1 intact. Unlike the UK Blu-ray release, however, the US Blu-ray release offers a couple of different viewing options – through the main menu you could select to view the original theatrical version of JCVD, an English dubbed version of the film, a French version, and a Spanish subtitled version. The theatrical version offers exactly the same cut of JCVD found on the UK Blu-ray disc with the imposed English subtitles appearing whenever French is spoken. Furthermore, as far as I could tell, this is exactly the same AVC-encode (courtesy of Gaumont) the UK and French Blu-ray discs have. The English version basically replaces the French audio track with an English dub. So, here you won’t see the imposed English subtitles that appear on the theatrical version of the film. This being said, the English version of JCVD is identical to the theatrical version of the film (there aren't any cuts here). The French version of the film is rather similar to the English version of the film. It is intended for French speakers who wish to see the theatrical version of JCVD without the imposed English subtitles. So, what you get here is the theatrical version of JCVD with imposed French subtitles appearing during the portions of the film where English is spoken. The Spanish version allows you to see the film with the original French (and portions of English) audio intact and added imposed Spanish subtitles. Again, this is the same theatrical version of JCVD found on the UK disc. This being said, Peace Arch Trinity could have avoided all of the confusion surrounding their release if they would have added up optional subtitles for the main feature. By naming each of the subbed versions “French”, “English”, “Spanish” and “Theatrical”, they appear to have confused quite a few people (apparently, some even thought that these were different cuts of the film). To make a long story short, there is only one "version" of JCVD on this US Blu-ray disc – the theatrical cut found in the UK Blu-ray disc. Finally, the US release arrives on a 25GB disc while the UK release is on a 50GB disc. JCVD Blu-ray, Audio Quality  This Blu-ray disc offers two audio tracks: French Dolby Digital 5.1 and English Dolby Digital 5.1. Obviously, it is very disappointing to see that Peace Arch Trinity have not ported the French Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track found on the UK Blu-ray disc. This being said, the French Dolby Digital 5.1 track clearly lacks the depth of the French Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track; the bass is not as powerful and the surround activity not as impressive. Still, the French Dolby Digital 5.1 track shouldn't keep you away from renting this film. As far as I am concerned, on the US Blu-ray release the dialog is still crystal clear and very easy to follow. Finally, I did not detect any disturbing pops, cracks, or hissings to report here either. The English Dolby Digital 5.1 track is rather tricky. I did not watch the entire film with it, but I did run a few random tests with the French Dolby Digital 5.1 track to hear how they compare. To make a long story short, while the basics on the English Dolby Digital 5.1 appear to be identical – bass, surround activity, and dynamic amplitude sound the same – the actual dubbing is quite lifeless. For the record, the English dub also appears to have been done by French speakers. JCVD Blu-ray, Forum Discussions
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