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The Marine 2(2009)
While on temporary leave, Marine recon sniper Joe Linwood, joins his wife Robin, a public relations executive, at the grand opening of a luxurious five-star resort on the South Seas. Unfortunately, their relaxing holiday soon comes to an end when a group of local rebels seize control of the property and take the billionaire owner, a group of guests and Robin hostage. With the victims in danger of being brutally murdered by a militant tyrant looking for a substantial ransom, Joe takes matters into his own hands in order to save his wife from certain death. For more about The Marine 2 and The Marine 2 Blu-ray release, see The Marine 2 Blu-ray Review Starring: Ted DiBiase Jr., Temuera Morrison, Lara Cox Director: Roel Reiné The Marine 2 Blu-ray, Video QualityThe Marine 2, for what it's worth, has better production values than your average straight-to-video action fest—being shot on-location in Thailand certainly helps—but the film's 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer is a mixed bag. Occasionally the film lets loose with some impressive detail, like the stubble and beads of sweat on DiBiase's face or the craggy rocks in a beachside cave, but the image often suffers from either soft focus, which is an inherently source related issue, or over-sharpening, which produces slight haloing that's perhaps most noticeable on Temuera Morrison's closely shorn skull. More apparent, however, is the discrepancy between the quality of the daytime and nighttime scenes. Daylight exteriors tend to look okay, with the exception of overblown white highlights, but the night scenes and interiors are abuzz with a potent mixture of heavy grain and noise. Couple this with black levels that frequently crush— wiping out shadow detail—and you have an image that's gritty, chunky, and undefined. The black crush sometimes even creeps into the daytime sequences. In terms of color, the results are similarly uneven. While you'd think Thailand would offer a vibrant color palette—and you do see some nice turquoise ocean blues from time to time—the film goes too often for that dingy, desaturated action film look. There's one sequence where the foliage, which should be a lush green, looks half gray. Overall, The Marine 2 looks better than expected for a straight-to- video film, but it still looks cheap. The Marine 2 Blu-ray, Audio QualityThere's only two things you need to know about The Marine 2's DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track: gunfire and explosions. Because really, for a full two-thirds of the film, that's basically all you're going to be hearing. And if this film's A/V package has one highlight, it's that this audio track serves up almost non-stop surround usage, with rockets ripping through the soundstage, exploding grenades sending showers of concrete raining from front to back, and bullets zipping every which way. There's more Whiz! Bang! Pow! here than in an episode of the Batman TV series. At the same time, the effects sound a bit canned, and the directionality is definitely more concerned with volume and quantity over precision. Dynamics are fairly solid— there's plenty of detail in the high end, bass is tight, and the LFE channel gets a few chances to rumble and roar—but dialogue seems too low in the mix on occasion, even when explosions aren't rendering all other sounds inaudible. Let's be honest though: you're not watching The Marine 2 to listen to Ted DiBiase talk. Action fans will happy enough with this mix.
The Marine 2 Blu-ray, News and Updates• The Marine 2 Announced for Blu-ray - September 29, 2009 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the direct-to-video film 'The Marine 2' to Blu-ray on December 29th, day-and-date with the DVD release. Starring WWE star Ted DiBiase, video will be presented in 1.78:1 1080p AVC accompanied ... • The Marine 2 Headed to Blu-ray - July 27, 2009 According to reports, 'The Marine 2' will be heading to Blu-ray this holiday season,
day-and-date with the DVD release. Starring pro-wrestler, and son of former pro-
wrestler "The Million Dollar Man", Ted DiBiase Jr., the film is a direct-to-video
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