Review by Gary Tooze

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Description: A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.

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Julianne Moore is a psychiatrist trying to unravel the multiple personalities of her new patient, a young drifter called Adam, played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers. People start turning up dead, and Rhys Meyers has a whiff of the supernatural about him.

 

 

The Film:

Excerpt from Horror Asylum located HERE

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

Shelter has some surprising depth and acceptable detail supported by healthy contrast. It's dual-layered with a strong bitrate and aside from a few overly-exuberant colors - I'd say this is a rather impressive appearance. There isn't an abundance of gloss and skin tones seem true. I didn't notice a preponderance of noise and this Blu-ray is much better than I was expecting from this less-lauded film. This 1080p rendition probably does an excellent job of recreating the theatrical image. I don't see an demonstrative flaws. It gave me a solid visual presentation.

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A barely used powerhouse lossless audio track in the form of a DTS-HD Master 5.1 at 4143 kbps. There are only a few lonely instances where the track's ability is utilized and it comes through is spades with creepy bass and a supportive, mysterious, score by John Frizzell. There are optional English subtitles and my Momitsu has identified it as being a region FREE disc playable on Blu-ray machines worldwide.

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BOTTOM LINE:
I could watch anything with Julianne Moore. Sure there is some incongruence in the story here but I still think Shelter has a few worthy positives. It definitely falls short of expectations but that doesn't mean it's a total write-off. The Blu-ray is not a bad a/v transfer at all and one of the best attributes of the UK edition is the price - they are kind of giving this away. I think there are plenty of people who will find some value for what they are asking. Keep your expectations in-check and you'll be fine... you might even find yourself enthralled if you give over to it. As you can surmise - that's a very modest recommendation.

Gary Tooze

July 25th, 2011