REVELATIONS
MINI-SERIES

UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

Release Date: February 1st, 2005

MSRP Price: $27.98 
Amazon Price: $19.59
Sam's Club Price: $19.99
Costco Price: $19.99

Format: 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Studio: Universal Entertainment
Run Time: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Number of Discs -  2
Sound - Dolby Digital 5.1 

Revelations - Mini-Series Rating: 

Video - A
Audio - B 
Packaging - B
Content - B
Extras - D
Overall - B

STARS: Bill Pullman, Natascha McElhone, Michael Massee.

I think this was suppose to have been a religious Indiana Jones type project. It wasn't. 

Don't rate what you saw on television against what you will see on DVD. Without the commercials to sidetrack the viewers this is not a bad mini-series. That being said it can see to drag on forever and you need to make sure you enjoy religious themed programs. Come on, Revelations is about the Antichrist and the second coming of Christ. So it's a bit heavy handed and hard to swallow. 

Give it a watch and you might be surprised by how entertaining Revelations with it name brand actors and feature film look. 

What's it about? Dr Richard Massey, Harvard professor, a non believer in the matters of Heaven and Hell. After being teamed up with a nun - Sister Josepha Montafiore - Massey learns the devastating truism that the prophecies foretold in the Bibles "book of Revelations" is actually coming true and the world is in the End of Days. A true battle of good vs evil through two humans.

PACKAGING 
Almost archaic by today's new DVD storage standard Revelations comes in a two disc single sided burn and uses the old snap type cases rather than the new ultra thin case. Both snap cases slide snuggly into a cardboard designer sleeve. The graphics are good looking, but not eye catching if you know what I mean. The snap-case inserts are the same photo used on the designer case. 

VIDEO: 
The video looks splendid. It should, considering the mini-series project is a recent production. The blacks are black, the colors vibrant and there is little debris on the transfer. 

AUDIO: 
The audio rocks, but if felt like something was missing. It could have used the rear channels a so much better. 

BONUS FEATURES: 
Not much is included with this set. You will get an on-set featurette and interviews with Bill Pullman, Natashia McElhone, Michael Massee and with writer/producer David Seltzer.

SUMMARY: 

All these anthology series are getting out of hand. Hollywood works hard to run a new favorite into the ground. Yunno, vampires, undead and others. Fans might find this an interesting and entertaining mini-series. 

Revelations - Mini-Series  Rating: 
video/audio/content/extras/overall: A/B/B/D/B

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