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Prison Break - Season 1 [Blu-ray]
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Format | Color, AC-3, Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, NTSC, Dolby, Dubbed, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled |
Contributor | Dean White, Amaury Nolasco, Michelle Forbes, Brad Turner, Robin Tunney, Paul Adelstein, Greg Yaitanes, Guy Ferland, Wentworth Miller, Brett Ratner, Robert Knepper, Sarah Wayne Callies, Bobby Roth, Rockmond Dunbar, Wade Williams, Marshall Allman, Fred Gerber, Muse Watson, Dominic Purcell, Dwight H. Little See more |
Language | English |
Number Of Discs | 6 |
Runtime | 16 hours |
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Fox's Breakout Hit of the 2005-2006 Season!
Most men would do anything to get out of Fox River Penitentiary, but Michael Scofield will do anything to get in. His brother Lincoln has been sentenced to die for a crime he did not commit, and the only way to save him is from the inside out. Armed with prison blueprints and an impossibly intricate escape plan, Michael gets himself incarcerated, and the race against time is on. Now, he'll need all of the cunning, daring, and luck he can musterÂ...along with the assistance of some of the prison's most vile and dangerous felons.
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Season one of Prison Break is great television. Here's the set-up. Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) is framed and wrongfully convicted for assassinating the Vice President's brother. Lincoln's brother Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), who just happens to have designed Illinois' Fox River Penitentiary where Lincoln is on death row, hatches an elaborate escape plan. Michael's plan involves getting himself incarcerated in Fox River and smuggling the prison's blueprints by having them hidden in tattoos that cover his entire torso. Once inside, Michael must form alliances with a rogue's gallery of felons with their own sometimes unsavory motives. Meanwhile, on the outside, Lincoln's lawyer and one-time girlfriend Veronica Donovan (Robin Tunney), pursued by Secret Service agents, attempts to unravel the conspiracy that sent her man to the slammer.
Prison Break is anchored by tight, suspenseful writing clearly relished by the largely little-known cast. Standouts include Robert Knepper as the murderer/pedophile T-Bag, who somehow makes such a despicable character likeable. Stacey Keach of Mike Hammer fame plays the warden-with-a-heart-of-gold, who clashes with Captain Brad Bellick (Wade Williams) over whether to rehabilitate the inmates or makes their lives more miserable. Peter Stormare, famous for his skills with a wood chipper in Fargo, turns in a deliciously menacing performance as mob boss John Abruzzi, while Amaury Nolasco's winsome Fernando Sucre shares a cell and secrets with Miller's Scofield. Watching the show one gets a sense that this is the opening salvo of Wentworth Miller's career, which will doubtless include roles as assassins, detectives, super heroes, and perhaps the champion of staring contests. Midway through the season it's explained that Scofield is a genius with an heightened sensitivity to other peoples' suffering, which sums up what makes the show so great--the mind-bendingly intricate plot is a framework for moments when people make others suffer and cope with the burden of their own suffering.
The six-disc set includes 22 addictive episodes, audio commentary on selected episodes, three featurettes, and alternate and deleted scenes. As with most TV shows on DVD, the "previously on Prison Break" intros can get tiresome, but that's what the fast forward button is for. --Ryan Boudinot
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 6.75 x 5.3 x 0.75 inches; 8.24 ounces
- Director : Bobby Roth, Brad Turner, Brett Ratner, Dean White, Dwight H. Little
- Media Format : Color, AC-3, Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, NTSC, Dolby, Dubbed, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled
- Run time : 16 hours
- Release date : November 13, 2007
- Actors : Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Robin Tunney, Amaury Nolasco, Marshall Allman
- Dubbed: : French, Japanese
- Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish
- Language : English (DTS 5.1)
- Studio : 20th Century Fox
- ASIN : B000W4HIWM
- Number of discs : 6
- Best Sellers Rank: #166,904 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #2,696 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)
- #9,598 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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If you never watched this show, it is structured similarly to 24, Lost, and Heroes. Meaning, each episode is not self contained, but rather, continues on each episode, offering multiple storylines throughout the season. Every episode ends with a cliffhanger, making it downright impossible to wait another week. You will tear through this series in 2-3 days. I really hope Fox will release season 2 on blu-ray soon, and announce their plans for 24 (it was supposed to be released around the same time as season 1 of prison break).
Now on to the Blu-Ray particulars.
The show was shot, and aired in high def. I managed to watch these in high def (when the show aired, cable, nor sat offered HD locals, so we had to move the antenna all over the place to pick up fox, and move the antenna back, to watch cbs or some other station!). With that said, these blu-ray dvds, look even better than I remember (Fox airs in 720p, or did back during this season). The show looks very good, movie quality good. It is presented in widescreen (not full screen, as the listing states). Each disc contains 4 episodes, the last disc has 2. You will notice no pixelation, nor any bad spots on the release. This is one of the best looking blu-ray discs I own. Blacks are black, contrast is high, there are no faults to be found in this blu-ray release.
The sound is presented in DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 Surround track (48kHz/24-bit). The soundtrack is fantastic, you can hear everything. The sound effects are fantastic, you get a nice sense of depth, and it seems as though you can hear everything that is going on inside the prison.
The only negative I can think of is season 2 has yet to be announced on blu-ray. So now I have to buy season 2 on dvd, because I must watch season 2 again. The show is really that good.
I decided to give the show a chance because I'd read an interview with the creator who stated that he only meant for the show to last 4 seasons and had written out the storyline to last that long. I was intrigued because usually after a 1st season this good, series tend to fall off because the writers hadn't banked on a hit.
The premise of the show has been detailed perfectly by other reviewers so I'll just go on and add my 2 cents regarding what kept me drawn to this show:
1) Wentworth Miller in a star making turn as "Michael Scofield" - loved his steely glares and the little smirk he'd get when his plans went off without a hitch
2) Peter Stormare - his take on the Mafia Don was original (at times menacing and other times humorous)
3) Robert Knepper - "T-Bag", one of the creepiest characters ever! Where is his Emmy???!
4) The exceptional chemistry between the entire cast (with the exception of Robin Tunney)
My two favorite scenes were:
1) when the brothers initially meet in the prison chapel and Michael tells Linc that he's going to get him out and
2) near the end of the riot - again the two brothers meet up and just the expression on Wentworth's face actually made me cry as he realizes the horror he unleashed and then sees his big brother
Really I know that if u live on the east coast right now the last thing u want to do is sit in front of a tv, especially since the weather has gotten so perfect but honestly, if u missed the chance to get hooked on this show when it initially aired, try to either view it or buy it. This season really became my personal crack and thankfully Amazon had a price reduction so I was able to buy the first 3 seasons and have the last one on order.