Rest Stop: Dead Ahead Blu-ray

Rest Stop: Dead Ahead

 (2006)

Horror | Thriller



Jess is at the wheel. Nicole rides shotgun. And at the end of the road stretching before them is glittering, glamorous Hollywood. They're on a road trip, all right...straight to hell. When the runaway lovers pause at an abandoned rest stop, Jess disappears. And someone else appears - someone with his own demented sense of fun. With drills. Staple guns. Box cutters. All the tearing, grinding, ripping tools you need to hew wood. Or metal. Or people. Especially young, pretty people just like Nicole.

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Rest Stop: Dead Ahead Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


Rest Stop: Dead Ahead pulls over onto Blu-ray with an ugly 1080p, 1.78:1-framed transfer. Not only is the movie terrible, but it looks awful, too. The film features a rough, rugged look, one that is dark and dreary, with muted colors, minimal detail, and smooth-looking objects. Many background details appear smeared and lacking in definition. Black levels are decent, though there appears to be an appreciable loss of detail in many dark scenes. Flesh tones are inconsistent at best, at times appearing normal, and at others ranging from orange to pink. There is a tremendous amount of noise over much the image, particularly in the darker corners. The presentation is rather inconsistent, and is certainly not helped by the dismal cinematography and shooting locations. This is one of the least impressive transfers currently available on Blu-ray.

Rest Stop: Dead Ahead Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


Hear Nicole whimpering and whining in Rest Stop: Dead Ahead with its lackluster Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless soundtrack. For all the times Warner has failed to offer lossless audio on their biggest releases, they oddly deliver a lossless mix here, and the results are incredibly substandard. This track is front heavy with virtually no rear channel presence, either in support of the front or through the use of discrete sound effects. A few random effects come across as passably good, such as when a pickup truck rams a car in chapter seven or the bad guy tries to get inside a barricaded rest stop in chapter 10. One instance of decent bass comes during an explosion in chapter 18. Dialogue reproduction is adequate, though the movie might just play better on mute, anyway. That's really about all she wrote for this one.

Rest Stop: Dead Ahead Blu-ray, News and Updates

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