Twisted Blu-ray - Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy García

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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r

(aka "The Blackout Murders")

Directed by Philip Kaufman
USA 2004

Ashley Judd (Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy) is sensual and stunning as Jessica Shepard, a San Francisco police inspector prowling the wharf for a serial killer whose victims all have one thing in common: her. The investigation becomes more and more twisted as her partner (Andy Garcia, Internal Affairs) behaves strangely, and the police commissioner (Samuel L. Jackson, Changing Lanes) is being asked to remove her from the investigation as she is a prime suspect. All the clues point to her and Jessica begins to suspect that she might be the killer she is looking for. Directed by the great Philip Kaufman (The Wanderers, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Right Stuff) and simmering with nail-biting suspense, Twisted is a provocative, pulse-pounding psychological thriller that will keep you guessing to the very end. Featuring David Strathairn, Leland Orser, Titus Welliver, Russell Wong, Camryn Manheim, Mark Pellegrino, D.W. Moffett and Richard T. Jones.

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Recently promoted and transferred to the homicide division, Inspector Jessica Shepard feels pressure to prove herself -- and what better way than by solving San Francisco's latest murder? However, as Shepard and her partner, Mike Delmarco, soon discover, the victim shared a romantic connection to her. As more of Shepard's ex-lovers turn up dead, her mind starts to become unstable, and she begins to wonder if she could be the very killer she's trying to track down.

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Theatrical Release: February 23rd, 2004

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Review: Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray

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Distribution	Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
Runtime	1:37:12.660
Video	1.85:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 40,256,968,497 bytes Feature: 33,198,010,368 bytes Video Bitrate: 38.91 Mbps Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate Blu-ray:
Audio	DTS-HD Master Audio English 2360 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2360 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) DTS-HD Master Audio English 1558 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1558 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Commentary: Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -31dB
Subtitles	English (SDH), None
Features	Release Information: Studio: Kino 1.85:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 40,256,968,497 bytes Feature: 33,198,010,368 bytes Video Bitrate: 38.91 Mbps Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Edition Details: • Audio Commentary by Director Phillip Kaufman • Creating a 'Twisted' Web of Intrigue: Featurette (11:00) • The Investigators - Clues of Crime: Featurette (10:01) • San Francisco - Scene of the Crime: Featurette (6:57) • Cutting Room Floor: Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary (16:21) • Theatrical Trailer (2:03) Blu-ray Release Date: July 30th, 2024 Standard Blu-ray Case inside slipcase Chapters 9

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NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (August 2024): Kino have transferred Philip Kaufman's Twisted to Blu-ray. It is cited as being from a "Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative". Unfortunately there is digitization here. It looks very smeary and has softness, compression artifacts / banding. I don't know where in the process that this occurred but, regardless, it is quite noticeable. HERE is an example.

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On their Blu-ray, Kino offer the option of DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround of stereo tracks (24-bit) in the original English language. Twisted has aggression and there is some head-turning separations. The score is by Mark Isham ( Fire in the Sky, Short Cuts, Little Man Tate, Of Mice and Men, Crossing Over, In the Valley of Elah, A River Runs Through It). It suits the film's twisty thriller moods very well. We also get James Brown's Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a) Sex Machine and Papa Don't Take No Mess - One More Nite by Johnny Nitro - tunes by Roberto Aguilar, Sandy Rogers and Tierney Sutton. Sounds clean and lively. Kino offer optional English (SDH) subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Kino Blu-ray offers a new commentary by director Phillip Kaufman from the 2004 DVD. He narrates quite a bit and pauses. There is not as much on the production details as we usually get. He identifies actors in their roles from David Strathairn (as Doctor Frank) to Camryn Manheim (as Lisa.) Also repeated from the DVD are three featurettes running about 1/2 hour in total; Creating a 'Twisted' Web of Intrigue, The Investigators - Clues of Crime and San Francisco - Scene of the Crime. There are also a 1/4 hour of deleted scenes with optional commentary - also from the DVD - and lastly a theatrical trailer.

Philip Kaufman's Twisted is kind of a poor cousin to Ashley Judd's superior neo-noirs like High Crimes, Kiss the Girls, Heat and Double Jeopardy. Personally, I've always preferred her in Eye of the Beholder and The Passion of Darkly Noon. Twisted received mostly negative reviews so I'm not that bothered by the flawed image transfer and, essentially, no new extras. Philip Kaufman is an excellent director and I've been waiting a long time for his The Unbearable Lightness of Being to come to Blu-ray - please Criterion? This Kino Blu-ray gets a pass. Weak film and image.