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| Negotiator, The |
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Genre:Action Adventure
Reviewed In Issue 31 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer, J. T. Walsh |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Warner Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
16750 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
140 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1998 |
| (LD Release Date): |
12/98 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
F. Gary Gray |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
James DeMonaco & Kevin Fox |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Graeme Revell |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Holger Gross |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Christian Wagner |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
David Nicksay |
| (Co-Producers): |
Albert Beveridge |
| (Producers): |
David Hoberman & Arnon Milchan |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Super 35 |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.40:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Digital Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
DTS, SDDS & Dolby Digital |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Samuel L. Jackson stars in The Negotiator as Danny Roman, a highly respected Chicago police negotiator, who finds himself unjustly accused of murdering his partner. Another police negotiator, Chris Sabian (Kevin Spacey) is called in when Roman invades the Chicago Internal Affairs headquarters and takes—you guessed it—hostages. Two strong and motivated men are then pitted against one another in a life and death game of mental control.
LaserDisc Picture:
The LaserDisc exhibits sharp and detailed images with superb shadow delineation and contrast. Colors are vividly rendered, with natural hues in all aspects. While the 2.35:1 LaserDisc exhibits subtle noise, artifacts are not apparent.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The discrete 5.1 Dolby® Digital soundtrack is superb in its dimensional sound design. The matrix PCM soundtrack, while outstanding in soundfield envelopment, is no match for the directional holosonic dimension of the discrete version. Split surround envelopment is aggressive with center, back and side wall phantom imaging that is spatially defining. The orchestral music score is well recorded with excellent soundstage imaging and superb dynamics. Bass is deep and powerful, even in the surrounds, especially with .1 LFE enhancement in the discrete. Dialogue sounds natural throughout with generally excellent spatial integration.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
Yes |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
Yes |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
Yes |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
Yes |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
Yes |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
Yes |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
Yes |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
Yes |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
Yes |
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
Yes |
Superb Color Fidelity: |
No |
Superb Cinematography: |
- |
Reference LaserDisc: |
Yes |
Collector Edition: |
No |
DVD To LaserDisc Comparison:
The anamorphic DVD picture, viewed through the component video output, exhibits outstanding vertical and horizontal resolution with detail and sharpness that is dramatically improved over the otherwise excellent LaserDisc picture. Colors are much more controlled on the DVD. Both versions exhibit vivid, naturally rendered colors in all aspects. Blacks are blacker on the DVD, and shadow detail exhibits more subtle gradiations of shade between dark and picture black. The clarity of the DVD is outstanding with a complete absence of chroma noise. While the LaserDisc exhibits subtle noise, artifacts are not apparent on either version. The LaserDisc is framed at 2.35:1, while the anamorphic and letterbox DVD is 2.32:1 The discrete 5.1 Dolby® Digital soundtrack on both the DVD and LaserDisc is superb in its dimensional sound design. The matrix PCM LaserDisc soundtrack, while outstanding in soundfield envelopment, is no match for the directional holosonic dimension of the discrete version. Split surround envelopment is aggressive with center, back and side wall phantom imaging that is spatially defining. The orchestral music score is well recorded with excellent soundstage imaging and superb dynamics. Bass is deep and powerful, even in the surrounds, especially with .1 LFE enhancement in the discrete. Dialogue sounds natural throughout with generally excellent spatial integration.
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