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

ADDITION: Cohen Media Blu-ray (August 2021): Cohen Media have transferred Jacques Deray's Gang and Three Men to Kill to Blu-ray. Both films have had, separate, English-friendly (with English subtitles) Blu-ray release in France by Pathé; Le Gang HERE and Three Men to Kill (Trois Hommes à abattre) HERE.

Both transfers are on one dual-layered Blu-ray. Gang has noticeable green infiltration but the quality is consistent. Detail and grain support are reasonable. Aside from the green, I see no artifacts, damage or digitization. It may be faithful to the source or the original, although I suspect the print has been compromised over the last 40-odd years. Very watchable and an easily notch above SD.

Three Men to Kill looks better with a few crushed black but natural colors and strong detail. I had no issues with the HD presentation. I don't even know if a more robust transfer would make significant improvement. It seems to be what it is - no tinkering. Both films are in the original 1.66:1 aspect ratio. 

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On their Blu-ray, Cohen Media use linear PCM mono tracks (both 16-bit) in the original French language. Gang especially has plenty of aggressive violence usually in the form of gunfire. The uncompressed audio track exports some abundant bass. Three Men to Kill has fewer aggressive moments but still many scenes with conflict, car accident and gunfire.  It sounds similar in terms of quality - clean, flat but carry depth. The score for Gang is by Carlo Rustichelli (Night Ripper, The Long Hair of Death, The Whip and the Body, Seduced and Abandoned, Divorce - Italian Style, The Secret War of Harry Frigg, 1974's Ten Little Indians)  and for Three Men to Kill the score was by Claude Bolling (Le Magnifique.) Not overly remarkable audio but supportive of the action films. Cohen Media offer optional English subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Cohen Media Blu-ray offers only two trailers as a supplement to their double bill.

Well as 'Jacques Deray - Alain Delon' Double Feature. You could see these both - especially Three Men to Kill - fitting in the Neo-Noir category. While I wasn't as keen on Gang (Delon's hair was goofy although accurate to his character I presume) as a disorganized crime-gang actioner, I loved Three Men to Kill as Delon's 'Michel Gerfaut' gets caught in a strange witness-assassination attempt - we can see that he's up for the challenge. Yeah, there is value here on Cohen Media's bare-bones Blu-ray. A superstar actor and a formidable director of crime and thriller films makes for a decent double-feature night. Watch with a bottle of Bordeaux. 

Gary Tooze