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  • Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emilie De Ravin, Lukas Haas, Nora Zehetner, Noah Fleiss
  • Directors: Rian Johnson
  • Format: PAL
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 20 Jul 2009
  • Run Time: 110 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B002BD9DOS
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,408 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A detective story set around a California high school, BRICK dares to combine the teen and film noir genres. In mixing these two disparate worlds, Director Rian Johnson creates many comically jarring and ironic moments. When loner Brendan Frye (a barely recognizable Joseph Gordon-Levitt of THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN) gets a desperate-sounding call from his ex-love Emily (Emilie de Ravin), he feels compelled to help her, plunging himself into the seedy world of teenage crime that pulled her away from him in the first place. Throughout this journey, Brendan plays a hard-boiled type reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart's iconic Sam Spade character. Johnson's script invests heavily in the fiction of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, and is filled with other archetypical characters like the femme fatale (Nora Zehetner), the eccentric crime lord (a brilliant Lukas Haas), and the dame in distress. As teens trade in their cell phones for things as old-fashioned as pay phones and 1940s gangster vocabulary, occasional references to detention and first period provide a humorous contrast with the otherwise unbelievably complex, precocious, and largely parentless world that these teens inhabit. With its heavy reliance on references to old noir classics like THE MALTESE FALCON and THE BIG SLEEP, the film may risk alienating viewers not familiar with these older films. Seeing teenagers speaking in coded detective-movie-style lingo is entertaining, but mixed with the often overlapping, fast-paced but muttered dialogue, it also proves to be distracting at points. People eager to see a predictable teen drama may be confused by BRICK, as its goal is to turn the genre on its head, earning inevitable comparisons to films like 2001's surreal teen fantasy DONNIE DARKO. Because of the film's attention to detail and witty yet hard-to-follow dialogue, BRICK may be better appreciated on second viewing.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Five stars for the movie, two for the blu-ray., 17 Sep 2009
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This high school neo noir is one of the best independent movies of recent years, with a superb script by writer/director Rian Johnson and great performances, especially from Joseph Gordon Levitt, Nora Zehetner and Noah Fleiss. It begins with Levitt's character, Brendan, trying to find out what has happened to his ex-girlfriend (Emilie de Ravin from Lost). It's quirky, as offbeat as its score, and builds up to something incredibly powerful. Anyway, if you already know the movie, you don't need me to tell you. If you don't know it, check out some of the critical reviews like Ebert's - http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060406/REVIEWS/60403003/1023 - he can give you a better critique of it than I can.

What I can tell you about that Ebert can't is the blu-ray. Firstly, it's 1080i, not 1080p. Now, I know a lot of us automatically question why this is the case, and honestly who knows. It might simply be a matter of budget. To remaster a movie at full 1080p quality that blu-ray is capable of costs a lot, and it might simply be a case of budgetary limitations. Either way, the picture is still very good. However, the audio is not without problems. One BIG complaint I have, which applies to this movie more than most I see, is that there are no subtitles whatsoever. The reason it's a problem for me is that the dialogue in this movie is incredibly stylised, with a lot of colloquial words that are often hard to make out. Subtitles would help this movie a great deal, in the way Heath Ledger's mutterings as Ennis del Mar seem to sink in a lot better with subtitles supporting them. We're not required to strain to see images in films, so why are we sometimes left to struggle to hear the dialogue. So for both the occasionally mangled audio and the lack of subtitles, and the complete absence of any special features, it loses stars.

That quibble aside, it's still an exceptional film and well worth checking out, but I'd probably recommend the 2-disc DVD instead, which upscales well and has some great special features.
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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Barebones Blu-ray, 20 Jul 2009
As the title says, this is just a barebones release. Doesn't even have a trailer or subtitles. Not really a big deal to me personally, I only really noticed the lack of subtitles because I wanted to know precisely what was being said during the film as quite a bit of unfamiliar slang is used. On the other hand, if you have hearing problems/not native english speaker then you're flat out of luck. I mean really, how hard is it to include subtitles, anyway?

As for the film quality; it's pretty good for what you could expect from a more low budget release, that's not to say it's in any way bad, just don't expect absolute top notch visual quality. Having said that, I believe this HD transfer was done to the best of it's capabilities given the source. The image itself is completely unmanipulated, so it may seem to come across as a little bland when compared to the shiny, make-up ridden faces of most Hollywood films but personally I like the stark realism, and it suits this film well. I wasn't really conscious of grain throughout the film which was my main concern upon buying this blind (first blu-ray I've ever bought without reading a review first actually). On the plus side the aspect ratio is 1:85 native, so that means no borders whilst maintaining the true directors vision of the film. No pan and scan, blown up image/cropping rubbish going on here.

I compared this with the DVD version immediately after viewing the blu-ray version. The DVD version does actually hold up surprisingly well, but I don't regret buying this and I definitely wouldn't recommend anyone else against it if it's a choice between the two, even after factoring in the slightly increased price. The only thing you're losing out on here over the DVD version is a lack of a Director and cast audio commentary, and that's it. The DVD version is just as empty as the Blu-ray version besides that one thing. One last thing I should point out, is this is clearly marked as a Region B release so make sure you can play it if you're importing.

I really typed this review for people that have already seen the film/owned the original dvd, but I'll just quickly say that if you haven't seen it already then it's definetely worth a look, especially if you find yourself bored of the typical mainstream drivel getting churned out. You may have a bit of difficulty suspending disbelief at the complexity of the plot as it unravels if you're a bit older, what I would say is this movie will probably reasonate more with 20 something people. Taking that into to consideration the film does provide some brief and unexpected comic relief poking fun at the films premise, such as when he's being offered orange juice and cereal after a certain event, lol. I don't think you can really go wrong with this purchase, first time I watched it I was pretty hooked on the suspense and how it'd all unravel. Having just watched it today I feel like I'll probably be taking another look again quite soon, so it is a keeper.
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