Super Troopers Blu-ray

Super Troopers

 (2001)

Comedy | Crime | Mystery



Thorny, Rabbit, Mac and Foster are passable Vermont State Troopers. Stationed in the boonies on the Canadian border, they spend the bulk of their time playfully toying with speeders and taking impounded sports cars for spins on the open highway. When they're not on the road, they try to stay on the good side of their fatherly mentor, Captain O'Hagan, and avoid their tactless, thick-necked compatriot, Officer Rod Farva. All in all, they find their work to be pleasantly unchallenging. However, once the state targets their low volume station for a potential budget slash, the guys decide to buckle down to impress the higher ups. Things look bleak until, unexpectedly, the State Troopers' new "by the book" attitude uncovers a drug smuggling operation running across the border to Canada. Sensing salvation, the Troopers race the clock to crack the ring and save their jobs. But they aren't the only ones in the hunt.

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Starring: Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar

Super Troopers Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


Super Troopers pulls viewers over through its 1080p, 1.85:1-framed transfer. While a well above average offering, this transfer doesn't have the same pop and clarity of the best and slickest of the more recent big-budget-turned-Blu movies, but the disc holds its own in most every scene, offering viewers highly detailed and rich imagery. The early scene featuring the trio of pot smokers in their car features very nice detail in the numerous close-ups of faces. The interior of the car, too, particularly the dash, features rich, lifelike imagery. The high level of detail continues throughout; a subsequent sequence in a diner in chapter three features a fine mixture of everyday objects all over the table and throughout the restaurant, ranging from the syrup bottles to chairs. The print features the occasional speckle and blemish, but these are never much of a deterrence to the overall presentation. Grain is not prevalent over the image, so for those who prefer that their movies fill their displays and feature minimal grain, this is the movie for them. Blacks levels and flesh tones are well represented. Super Troopers offers viewers a nice, lively, colorful transfer that suits the film well.

Super Troopers Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


Super Troopers arrives on Blu-ray with Fox's usual DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless offering. Dialogue is strong and nicely recreated throughout the film. The track is loud but not overbearing; the music and sound effects come across with a nice bit of punch and vibrancy. Sound effects are scattered all over the soundstage, the track taking advantage of every speaker at its disposal. For example, the revving of a diesel motor in chapter 11 showcases good, clear, distinct, satisfying audio reproduction. This track does not feature an overly active surround presentation, but for a comedy, what is to be found here is more than adequate. there is a decent sense of directionality across the front as sounds follow the on-screen imagery rather well. The mix is by no means on the same level as the best of the recent avalanche of reference-grade action tracks, but it is surprisingly sufficient for a comedy.

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