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Movie Review
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Protege
Presentation
After a couple of covers from Dragon Dynasty that looked like bad student Photoshop entries, Protege's looks very nice. For those of you keeping score at home and are totally anal about these sorts of things, Dragon Dynasty seems to be now forgoing cardboard sleeves and cases with the two snaps. If it saves Dragon Dynasty a few bucks, but still allows them to make packaging that doesn't look like it belongs in the bargain bin, then I'm all for it.
The Movie Dragon Dynasty seems to have used the same source material from the Hong Kong DVD, which was put out by Deltamac. The picture has been improved somewhat, mostly in the area of color saturation and dark tones, but it's a toss up as to which version is better in the picture department, since the Deltamac version seems to have a bit of a sharper image.
Dragon Dynasty
Deltamac
Audio-wise, both the Dragon Dynasty and Deltamac versions share a Cantonese language track, which is presented in Dolby 5.1. This isn't the sort of film that's going to give your speakers a workout, so the sound mix is satisfying enough for what it is. Dragon Dynasty's version loses the Cantonese DTS and Mandarin-dubbed tracks of Delamac's edition, instead going with a English Dolby 5.1 track that is surprisingly good for a dubbing job.
The Extras
Commentary with Bey Logan: One would think that since the film's star, Daniel Wu, is a native English speaker, he'd be a perfect fit for a commentary, but alas, once again we have Bey Logan doing the task. If you've seen a Dragon Dynasty DVD before, then you know what to expect here. Logan is excellent at pointing out stuff like the locations used in filming and names of the supporting cast, but he does come off as dry at points. He even repeats the same sentiments several times (such as saying some of the locations look like sets) which leads me to feel that he was a bit bored with the proceedings.
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