The Net / The Net 2.0 (Blu-ray Review)
Rated: PG-13/R/Region: A/Number of disc: 1
Available from Mill Creek Entertainment
The Net (1995)
DIRECTED BY: Irwin Winkler
STARRING: Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller
RATED: PG-13/REGION A/1:78/1080P
Angela Bennett’s a software engineer type who works from home and has few friends outside of cyberspace. Taking her first vacation in years she becomes embroiled in a web of computer espionage.
This is a movie most people will want to see if they are fans of Sandra Bullock. She brings her A-Game here and is easily the best part of the movie. While not a “bad” movie per say, after all, it is very watchable, The Net is a thriller without a lot of thrills at the end of the day. This is one that has the right stuff in it to be better than it actually is. Will you have a bad time watching it? No, you won’t. But you might find yourself not thinking a whole bunch about it once the credits roll either. On a tech side Mill Creek has been knocking it out of the park, but this isn’t a very good transfer. It’s super soft and I’m not sure why. Is it the film? Is it the source? Who can say, but it won’t impress much on the 1080 fronts.
Extras
- None
Quality of Transfer: 50%
The Net 2.0 (2006)
DIRECTED BY: Irwin Winkler
STARRING: Nikki Deloach, Demet Akbag, Neil Hopkins
RATED: R/REGION A/1:77/1080P
An in-name-only, direct-to-video sequel to 1995’s blockbuster thriller The Net, The Net 2.0 begins with a new character – a stunning computer tech named Hope Cassidy – who travels to Istanbul, where she plans to take a new job. Yet Hope soon finds herself pursued by dozens of unsavory characters and underhanded types, who threaten to “erase” her identity by wielding the power of the internet’s dark side.
Well, if you came back for more Sandra Bullock I’m afraid she’s not here. What you do end up with is Nikki DeLoach in the lead role. The movie feels like a straight to video movie and that means it’s nothing to complex and feels like a modern day “Red Box” special. It is never bad enough to offend anyone or anything of that nature, but the movie just seems to kind of be just “there” from time to time. I’d call it a good pop corn movie if nothing else. You can make it through it and not be offended but its not going to be one you often go to after. You also have the same issue as the original with the transfer not looking good at all. So, it is what it is and here in this case it isn’t much.
Extras
- None
Quality of Transfer: 48%
