The Quest JCVD October 7th 2019

[Decky]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07WLBRD5G/?coliid=I11J23SII5QG6B&colid=2YIKSLZRBPARF&psc=1&r ef_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

101 Films.

[drush9999]

I suspect most JCVD fans picked this up cheap from the US or in the Universal JCVD collection yonks ago. I think it's one of his best personally and it has Roger Moore

[Sky_Captain]

I'd be wary of 101 sourcing it from Krekel & chums.

The German release is the usual DigiDreams DNR'd crap:

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...2=8972&i=1&l=0

[Markgway]

101's other Van Damme titles were from the DNR'd German masters so I assume this'll be the same.

It's not one of my faves, but I bought the Universal disc because it's Van Damme and I'm a big fan, so...

[Agent Kay]

Released 7th October 2019: Pre-order now!

Acclaimed action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme directs and stars in The Quest, an exotic odyssey that takes him from the slums of 1920s New York to the mysterious Lost City of Tibet.

Christopher Dubois (Van Damme) is a street criminal on the run from the police, thrust into a forbidding realm of gun smugglers, pirates and an ancient, underworld martial arts competition. The legendary contest, known as the Ghan-gheng, pits the world’s deadliest fighters against each other in a furious winner-takes-all battle. Forced to compete, Dubois faces the ultimate test of manhood where one wrong move could cost him not only the competition, but his life.

Extras:

NEW: ‘Roger and Me’: Actor Jack McGee on filming the Quest and working with Roger Moore
NEW: ‘The Scottish Fighter’: An interview with actor Mike Lambert
NEW: Audio commentary with martial arts cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
Trailer
Gallery

https://101-films-store.myshopify.co...the-quest-1996

[Marv Inc.]

Wow, first time this movie gets some extra's.

[Markgway]

Sensibly downgraded to a '15'.

https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/quest-video-4

[drush9999]

Originally Posted by Markgway

Sensibly downgraded to a '15'.

https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/quest-video-4

Yeah it's always been an odd rating for this one, and cutting an ear clap to still get an 18 on video was patently ridiculous.

[DanielC]

Love this movie. Spiritual succesor to Bloodsport

[joezilla1995]

When will universal release a 4K version?

[Sky_Captain]

I'm sure it's top of their list...

[SpaceBlackKnight]

I'm seeing Universal's logo on 101's spine, which means we're in good hands and will be the same transfer as the US BD. The Quest was produced by Imperial Entertainment, but Universal distributed it in the US & most international places and appears still holds those rights unlike the Lionheart situation.

It was however, distributed by local distributors in Germany and France, then reverted back to Imperial/Moonstone. Imperial farms out film restoration and mastering of their catalog titles to Oliver Krekel's company, which explains why the Digidreams release (using the Universal master with it's own processing bugs) looks even more overprocessed and waxy. It also explains how most of the Imperial titles with HD masters look like smeary dumpster fires no matter what label releases them because of Krekels work.

[Markgway]

I remember when Krekel bragged on this forum that he'd ruined certain catalogue titles for all future distribution with his excessive DNR (something along the lines of 'my masters will be the only ones available anywhere from now on').

[cash_black]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

I'm sure it's top of their list...

Lol

[TheOneWithThePrize]

Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight

I'm seeing Universal's logo on 101's spine, which means we're in good hands and will be the same transfer as the US BD.

So the same decade-old master with chunky grain, dnr and sharpening then. Gotcha!

[Sky_Captain]

Just picked it up in HMV, for a tenner.







Thankfully, the cover is wrong regarding the audio.

Yes, it defaults to PCM 2.0, but the second audio track is DTS-HD-MA 5.1.

AVC encoded on BD-50.

While it's clearly an old master, it's not the Krekel DNR version.

Extras:


The Jack McGee interview is 26 mins 35 secs long.
The Mike Lambert interview is 15 mins 59 secs long.
The Gallery is a collection of on and off set photos from Jack McGee's photobooks, and runs 3mins 52secs.

The trailer is also in HD and runs 1 min 58 secs.

[Bonzi]

Is it really region-locked?

[Menteith]

Is this the same PQ as the US version?

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by Bonzi

Is it really region-locked?

Yes.

Not that there's a warning screen or anything, my Region A player will just refuse to load it.

[Nazim]

Originally Posted by Menteith

Is this the same PQ as the US version?

Does anyone have the answer?