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| Special Features: |
Scene Selection
Photo Gallery
About Film/Cast/Crew
Commentary track by director Gerald Barclay
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| Video Format: |
Full Frame (1.33:1)
[SS-SL]
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| Languages: |
English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
English (Dolby Digital 2.0) Stereo
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| Subtitles: |
Spanish.
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| Captions: |
Yes
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| Casing: |
1-Disc Keep Case
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 Gano Grills is Black, a killer for hire, aided by his right hand man, 3RD Rail as Jah. After his son is killed during a drive-by shooting, Black is hell bent on revenge. Enter Kalimi Baxter as Semaji, the life changing love interst and Godfrey Sowah as Musa, the prophetic cab driver. Black's circumstances cause him to re-assess his life and lifestyle.
As discs go, Bloody Streetz wasn't the most ambitious disc I've seen. There was obviously some budget issues in the production of this disc (probably a carry-over from the film production.) I still can't discern whether the very prevalent artifact invasion was a result of poor transfering or poor cinematography. I supposed it really doesn't matter though. Neither is acceptable. If you are a burgeoning film maker, trying to stake out your little plot in Tinseltown, one of the few things you better concern yourself with most is image quality. You can't allows control your talent and you certainly can't control the weather, but you can damn sure control things like just making sure the transfer equipment was cleaned before use! I think you get my drift, so I want beat the equine.
Picture Quality: 4/10
Of all the problems I had with Bloody Streetz, the most prevalent issue was the picture quality. I don't recall ever seeing such poor image quality. Not even on Rambro, my own first and last attempt at filmmaking. Everything from artifacts to poor focusing burdened this film. Some might dismiss things like lens glare as artistic license, but I am not so sure that was director Gerald Barclay's intent.
Sound Quality: 4/10
There's nothing really spectacular about the sound on the disc. Although the film is presented in Dolby 5.1 audio, it did not seem to really have any dimensional affect on my review equipment. Reverting to Dolby 2.0 seemed more appropriate for the film. Sound fidelity was really just par.
Menu: 6/10
The menu is clean and basic. And it's one of the reasons this DVD didn't rate lower in my book. It's nothing to write home about, but certainly one can appreciate a more direct menu and navigation system. I am not sure I could maintain my sanity if I had to endure a poor film and a poorly constructed menu. Although more content would be preferred, kudos to the disc's graphics crew.
Extra Features: 5/10
The extra features include the traditional scene selection, as well as a photo gallery (albeit skimpy), Cast and Crew information, Audio format choices, a commentary option and Spanish subtitles.
The Final Word:
Film often echoes our lives in that regardless of how bad some situations prove themselves to be, we can always take something positive from the experience. I am sure that somewhere in the intent of this film, there is some life lesson or some Shakespearean reference to a life lesson, but in my finite wisdom, the only lemonade I got out of this lemon is that it too is finite. It ended...
...finally!
Tony Edwards
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