Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back (Uncut) + Otis – Uncut (Raw Feed/Warner Blu-rays)

 

Picture: B     Sound: B     Extras: C     Films: D

 

 

We already covered Otis when it arrived on DVD not too long ago, you can read about it here:

 

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/7075/Otis

 

 

Unfortunately, the film doesn’t get any better on Blu-ray and despite having better picture and sound; the film is still a dud.  Presented in a 2.40 X 1 High Definition 1080p transfer with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 mix the film hardly impresses even with superior sound and picture to the DVD counterpart.  In fact, if anything it shows the films limitations even more and you are better off skipping it and going on to our next film Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back. 

 

While both films are pretty bad, at least this one is a bit more entertaining as a follow-up to the 2006 Rest Stop, which had potential, but opted out and decided to be a typical slasher flick that followed the same cookie cutter mentality of films like Hostel, The Hills Have Eyes, Saw, and many of the other horror films of the new generation.  I can’t even remember the last decent horror film that I saw, let alone the last one with any sense of imagination.  Here we get more of the same formula: bad guy, run, blood, bad guy, scream, blood, bad guy, more blood, death, bad guy, more death, screaming some more blood, and then finally the credits roll.  I almost have to wonder if more and more people don’t just hit the fast forward button when watching these movies just to the death scenes, and then skip again until the next one happens. 

 

Same as Otis the film is presented in a 2.40 X 1 High Definition 1080p transfer with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 sound that is as unimpressive as the feature itself and is not the fault of the studio or the production of the Blu-ray, but the recycled soundtrack and poor attempt at cinematography that make these straight-to-video releases lame on arrival. 

 

I’ll pass.

 

 

-   Nate Goss