- Aspect Ratio: 1:78:1
- Video Codec: AVC MPEG-4
- Resolution: 1080p/24 (23.976Hz)
- Audio Codec: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1
- Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
- Subtitles Color: White
- Region: A (Region-Locked)
- Rating: PG
- Run Time: 90 Mins
- Discs: 1 (1 x Blu-ray)
- Digital Copies: None
- Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Blu-ray Release Date: December 11th, 2012
- List Price: $24.99
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Overall
[Rating:2.5/5]
The Film
[Rating:1.5/5]
Video Quality
[Rating:4/5]
Audio Quality
[Rating:3.5/5]
Supplemental Materials
[Rating:0/5]
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The Film
[Rating:1.5/5]
Collision Earth tells the story of something that might (wait for it) collide with Earth! Clever opening sentence, huh? All jokes aside, Collision Earth opens up with an exploration to Mercury via The Nautilius. When sudden solar flares kill everyone on board (outside of one person), solar flares cause the planet to begin hurtling toward Earth. Now, out of everyone in the ENTIRE world, who is left to save us? None other than disgraced wild theorist/scientist James (Kirk Acevedo) and his wife/lone survivor of The Nautilus mission, Victoria (Diane Farr). The goal? Why the secretive ‘Project 7’ defense program that NO ONE knew existed (outside of James of course.) Will James save the world? What results is a film that wants us to think we’re watching an intelligent film, but in all reality, we’re watching something way too over-the-top.
So, in the last 5 years or so, there seems to be some sort of increase in disaster themed films. Perhaps blame Roland Emmerich and his fascination with filming peril movies (with awesome special effects.) Or perhaps the blame lies with our inner desire to view destruction and carnage (hence why bloody actions movies will always be popular.) Whatever the reason being, these movies just keep getting made. While some of the lower budgeted ones can be entertaining (Ice Quake) simply because they never take themselves too serious, along comes a movie like Collision Earth. You know the kind of film that reeks of producers, and directors sitting in a room all thinking ‘wow, we’re creating something truly intelligent here.’ Umm, perhaps I didn’t get the right memo, or I’m not the target audience for this one as I found Earth to be kind of boring. Trying too hard to be a ‘smart’ disaster movie instead of just relying on clever destruction mixed in with said intelligence (like the classic Deep Impact) just smells of a bad product – and that’s exactly what Collision Earth is — a poor attempt at a somewhat good idea.
Video Quality
[Rating:4/5]
Collision Earth arrives with a 1:78:1 framed, AVC MPEG-4 encoded transfer, one of which is solid. Colors are fine throughout, with no real noticeable color that looks ‘overly hi-def.’ With that said, colors are accurate and do help to make the image appear to have a solid detail. Flesh tones are also accurate, with correct contrast levels. All in all, this image isn’t anything overly impressive, but handles the material well.
Audio Quality
[Rating:3.5/5]
Audio-wise, Collision Earth‘s Dolby TrueHD 5.1 mix offers up a suitable aural experience. Dialogue is well reproduced via the center channel, while the film’s atmosphere cranks up during a majority of the films ‘effect’ moments. Discrete effects, like that of explosions or gunfire, are placed well with the dialogue. Never do these explosions overpower the mix, rather they seem to be inserted in a complimentary manner. All in all, this mix is fine, but nothing great.
Supplemental Materials
[Rating:0/5]
No features, not even a trailer, are included.
The Definitive Word
Overall:
[Rating:2.5/5]
Despite Anchor Bay putting together a decent V/A presentation, Collision Earth is too over-the-top for its own good. Skip this one.
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Overall
[Rating:2.5/5]
The Film
[Rating:1.5/5]
Video Quality
[Rating:4/5]
Audio Quality
[Rating:3.5/5]
Supplemental Materials
[Rating:0/5]
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