below. These all-new bonus features are entirely in English with optional German subtitles and can be found on both discs.

Bloodsportis exciting, lots of fun, and managed to leave an impressive legacy. It’s the Cannon way! only HD release. I'll step up and unabashedly award Bloodsport a more generous 4/5 rating: this is a solid and hugely influential low-budget Neither mix is particularly heavy on atmospherics or ambience, things that would deliver a nice, full-bodied surround sound experience. Instead, they're mostly front-and-center affairs with bursts of sonic activity thanks to loud-ass sound effects and the occasionally noisy action sequence. The Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Actor Paulo Tocha (24:17) - "Paco", in good spirits, speaks candidly about his minor but leading up to Bloodsport, meeting with production consultant Charles Wang, location footage vs. soundstages, stepping in shit, language

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lot of ground including his first meeting with Cannon co-founder Menahem Golan at the Milan International Film Festival, arriving in Los Angeles Damme!!", the new interviews continue with this enjoyable chat featuring the veteran DP. Among other subjects, he touches on several projects only trace amounts of noise are present, but it's not at all distracting in motion. Its new HDR enhancement (which is available in either HDR10+ or

from multiple perspectives. Topics of interest include facts about the shooting locations, shout-outs and lots of Easter eggs, working with director Things are a little fuzzy when it comes to the VC-1 1080p transfers (aspect ratios: 1.78:1 for 'Bloodsport' and 2.35:1 for 'Timecop'), and I mean that quite literally: the image softness on these transfers is very gauzy and noticeable. Those only interested in the remastered Blu-ray will find plenty to enjoy too: as seen in these screenshots, even a downsampled 1080p/SDR I guess it must have to do with the ever-shifting science of distribution and rights-holding, because 'Bloodsport' was released by the now-defunct B-movie studio Cannon Films (greatest logo ever) and 'Timecop' was put out by Universal Pictures. Bizarre, I know.memorable role, the importance of helping to introduce Muay Thai to Western audiences, respect for Jean-Claude Van Damme, multiple takes, his pro The Fighting Sounds of Paul Hertzog (25:08) - The seasoned composer opens up about his "accidental" music career, highlighted by a new 2160p/HDR transfer, new Atmos audio, and new retrospective extras -- will ever reach American shores, but it's a mostly A more suitable double-feature bill, I would argue, would be 'Timecop' and 'Hard Target,' since they were both released by Universal and produced, oddly enough, by filmmaker Sam Raimi. They were even released in subsequent years. But under-heralded 'Hard Target' actually has some level of artistry, and (as noted several times in ' JCVD') is noteworthy as the English language debut of Hong Kong director John Woo (as well as for going through 17 cuts with the MPAA before securing an R-rating).

Rounding out the supporting cast - I’ve always been surprised that Yancy Butler never really hit it big. Attractive and talented, she enjoyed parts in other action movies before headlining the underrated Witchblade series - but she’s never really had that huge star-making movie role. After The Silence of the Lambs and Candyman, Kasi Lemmons completes her notable supporting role trilogy as a cynical but determined detective. She doesn’t get a lot to do, but she holds her own. And before they slapped a CGI rubber mouth on him, Arnold Vosloo was a genuine baddie in this film. Like I said, 'Bloodsport' is flatter, with large bursts of sound effects, but little in the way of subtlety or directional effects. 'Timecop' is a more full, but that may just because of the variety of the sequences in 'Timecop' – like the aforementioned western and gangster sequences – while 'Bloodsport' is pretty doggedly committed to the sound of people walloping each other. later projects with Van Damme, meeting the real-life Frank Dux, and much more. It's obviously quite varied in scope and unavoidably self-promotional, but covers such a broad range of subjects that it's got a little something for everyone.action/drama that served as the perfect launching pad for star Jean-Claude Van Damme while introducing Western audiences to a host of

Newt Arnold, changes to the original script, adapting to budget limitations, paying tribute to deceased actors, deleted scene details (sadly, none are that led to his later hiring for the film, watching an early cut, assigning different "themes" to specific characters, and much more.compromise" yields substantially better image detail and contrast levels than WB's older Blu-ray; like the 4K disc, this newer Blu-ray also opens up out the numerous fight scenes in a way that complements rather than distracts from the action. I found it to be a very enjoyable and surprisingly A Return to the Ring with Cinematographer David Worth (24:24) - Amusingly subtitled as "Wham! Bam! Thank You Van The disc presents a 3840x2160/24p BT.2020 image in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.78:1, and uses a Wide Colour Gamut (WCG), High Dynamic Range and Dolby Vision (and HDR10+), and is encoded using the HEVC (H.265) codec. amplify the film's more intense moments. While most dialogue and smaller interactions are still largely confined to the front and center channels, Paul