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What would you do if you suspected that your neighbour was a domestic
terrorist? That's the question that Arlington Road asks, starring Jeff Bridges
and Tim Robbins. Jeff Robbins plays the part of teacher Michael Faraday who
saves the life of his neighbour's son. After a dinner party held to thank
Faraday, he notices some discrepancies in his neighbours tales and suspicions
are raised. From that point on, the movie takes twist after twist until it's
final fatal conclusion.
The
tale of Arlington Road is gripping the whole way through. It is in every sense
of the word a thriller and you cannot account for what is going to happen next
in the story. To continue telling you about the story is going to give key
plot points away so I will move onto what I thought of the movie as a DVD
title.
Probably one of the first points to make about this title is that even though
it sounds wonderful, it doesn't use surround. Whilst it's not really needed in
a movie of this type there is a scene at the end of the movie that involves
Bridges chasing a van that he thinks contains his abducted son. Surround would
have been nice in this instance. The music that accompanies the title is
appropriate throughout and certainly adds an air of suspense to it all.
The
quality of the video transfer is fine and the movie looks very good almost all
the way through. Rarely and barely noticeable is the fact that the skin tones
of actors were a bit off once or twice but you really had to be looking for it
to notice. This is an attractive movie to watch, however the style of camera
work done is not groundbreaking. Once again though that is down to the type of
movie that Arlington Road is, the tight story is what hooks you along for the
ride.
The
extras on the disc are also very nice to have considering the first time that
the movie was released here originally with little to no extras. It appears
now that we have most of the features previously associated with the Region 1
release. I do recommend that you save the extras till last as they do contain
plot spoilers.
A must
for all fans of thrillers that raises the question: Do you really know who
your neighbours are?
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Arlington Road Features
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- Scene Selections
- Trailer
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Behind the Scenes
- Interviews
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