Subway (Luc Besson)

[TheHutt]

Owning the French Blu-Ray (with English subs) for years now. This is indeed a cult film (and the soundtrack by Eric Serra is great on its own).

[GRD43L]

After waiting for sale for few years, the price dropped on Amazon.ca by about 60% from the usual. Had to get it. First watched it in the 80's, last watched maybe about 30 yrs ago.

[GRD43L]

BD arrived last week and found time to watch it yesterday. Not as impactful as my (much) younger years but still quite enjoyable.

Watching it on a large screen TV was a treat. My last watch was, I think, on a 1980s movie; cannot remember the screen size (17"?) but it had 'clicky' channel dials on the TV without a remote control.

Isabelle Adjani... WOW! Helena (Isabelle's character) telling all the guests at the dinner party to FU is the greatest moment.

[Agent Kay]

It's a great flick

[beamish13]

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

It's a great flick

Phenomenally fun. I love how the ridiculous song plays again over the end credits. Besson never made anything as compelling or fun again

[fahlim003]

As someone in North America who speaks english, what is the best version to get at this point? (so with english subtitles, and playability in Region A)

[CouncilSpectre]

Originally Posted by fahlim003

As someone in North America who speaks english, what is the best version to get at this point? (so with english subtitles, and playability in Region A)

I think this might be the only option….

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by beamish13

Besson never made anything as compelling or fun again

I know what you mean but Nikita had its moments. For Cinema du Look I go to the granddady of them all, Diva. Never get bored of that movie. And Mauvais Sang may have literary pretensions but Carax had the sense to fill his movie with a truckload of gorgeous close-ups of two happening actresses firing on all cylinders.

[RossyG]

I like Subway, but think that The Big Blue, Nikita, Leon, and Angel-A are all superior films.

Since those, I’ve been very disappointed with the films he’s directed (*) with the exception of Valerian, which is for me about 75% successful artistically (although a box office bomb, of course).

(*) I’ve appreciated a lot of the popcorn entertainment that he’s written and produced, though, especially The Transporter and Taxi series, Lockout, Banlieue 13 and Taken.

[Sifox211]

Originally Posted by RossyG

I like Subway, but think that The Big Blue, Nikita, Leon, and Angel-A are all superior films.

Since those, I’ve been very disappointed with the films he’s directed (*) with the exception of Valerian, which is for me about 75% successful artistically (although a box office bomb, of course).

(*) I’ve appreciated a lot of the popcorn entertainment that he’s written and produced, though, especially The Transporter and Taxi series, Lockout, Banlieue 13 and Taken.

Do you consider Valerian to be better than The Fifth Element? I've only seen the former once and while it looked great and was entertaining, I found the leads to be a bit anodyne.

[RossyG]

Originally Posted by Sifox211

Do you consider Valerian to be better than The Fifth Element?

Yes. The Fifth Element is visually stunning, but I found a lot of it bland, including the story and most of the characters.

Valerian was visually stunning too, and as a fan of the comics I liked seeing it come to life. That said, a lot of what didn't work for me came because I was familiar with the characters. I thought Laureline was unrecognisable to the comic version: a scowling bore who used her fists rather than wits. Valerian himself was a lot truer to the original.

I thought it was weird that the Shingouz and Point Central were renamed, but they expanded on the comic story very well and added new interesting things like the inter dimensional market.

And the opening 'Space Oddity" montage is terrific.

Some characters and situations are flat, but overall I liked it a lot.

[fahlim003]

Originally Posted by CouncilSpectre

I think this might be the only option….

Much appreciated - not sure how I missed this but indeed, Region A B and C that bodes well. Interesting its an older release. I might look into the Besson bundles and see if the others also share multi-region and multi-lang subs.

[chip75]

Subway (1985)
DE
Blu-ray
Studio Canal
AVC • 1920x1080

[Wintermute]

Anyone know if the Region B Optimum blu-ray plays on Region A Panasonics with the Top Menu trick?

[Wintermute]

Originally Posted by Wintermute

Anyone know if the Region B Optimum blu-ray plays on Region A Panasonics with the Top Menu trick?

For the record, the Region B Optimum blu-ray release of Subway does indeed play on my Panasonic 820 with the Top Menu trick. (I saw it on eBay and rolled the dice.)

[RossyG]

Originally Posted by drush9999

That and Nikita would be awesome to upgrade.

Nikita is coming.

Nikita - Prochainement en Blu-ray et 4K ultra HD - YouTube

It’s Subway’s 40th anniversary () in 2025, so you can bet that’ll get the UHD treatment too.