Fatal Attraction Blu-ray Review

Fatal Attraction

Blu-ray Review
Paramount Home Entertainment
Release: June 16, 2009

Continuing with resurrecting oldies but goodies, Paramount Pictures brings back “Fatal Attraction”, the story that took the box office by storm in 1987 with six Oscar nominations and heated debates in both print and parties. The movie took a simple love affair and brought to a whole new level.

The movie starts by introducing Dan Gallagher and his family with his wife Beth and daughter Ellen. They seem to be the idealistic family on the surface, but when Dan can’t attend a family getaway it takes its turn for the worse.

Dan eventually meets with book editor Alex Forrest and ends up getting the weekend of a lifetime. They two spend an incredible weekend between the sheets and have some of the most incredible and animalistic sex a couple could have in the matter of 48 hours. However, come Monday, all must come to an end and Dan must return home to his normal and now seemingly boring life, but what he doesn’t know is that saying goodbye to Alex proves not to be as easy as getting in bed with her.

This is where the movie takes its turn as Alex denies his rejection and begins to try harder and harder to get him back. She’s soon repeatedly calling his apartment, showing up at his office, and confronting him in the street. The movie draws you in and keeps you till the very end. It’s definitely a worthwhile movie if you have yet to see it and your parents don’t still have the VHS lying around.

Paramount has done a decent job in bringing the movie to blu-ray but don’t expect anything special, remember, this was made in 1987 (over 22 years ago this summer). It retains its fine grain look and slight softness while contrast isn’t always consistent.

The audio comes in TrueHD 5.1, though I don’t see why it has to. Dialogue is clear which is good but no need for TrueHD 5.1 here, especially with its age.

The extras are the same from the DVD in 2002 with only the trailer and alternate ending being upgraded to HD. Though they’re the same they’re still worth checking out with a directors commentary, a remembering fatal attraction, a few other that may interest you.

Film: 8.0 Oldie but goodie here

Video: 6.5 Though a step up from DVD, it’s old and putting into HD isn’t easy

Audio: 6.0 Crisp and clear, but no need for surround sound

Extras: 7.0 Same as the DVD but the alternate ending is good and in HD

Final: 7.0

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