Director Abel Ferarra loves to confront his audiences with controversial material, and he's going to have a hard time outdoing his work in "The Bad Lieutenant", a film truly deserving of the NC-17 it received .  Harvey Keitel is magnificent as the title character, a man seeming to have no redeemable qualities until confronted with the brutal rape of a nun.  The film is as gritty as Taxi Driver, and equally troublesome.   The dvd transfer is excellent in most aspects.  The 16:9 enhancement brings out depth and clarity in almost every scene.  There are a few night scenes wherein artifacts are present however.  The dolby Surround sound is active.

"The Field" isn't flawless like Director/Writer Jim Sheridan's "The Boxer" and "In the Name of the Father", but it's engrossing!  Richard Harris stars as "Bull McCabe" the modern day "tenant-farmer" refusing to give up the plot of  Irish land he's tending to a wealthy American developer.   The acting is exceptional, Harris was nominated for an Oscar, and there's real tension, but the film's pacing is dogged at times.  The dvd transfer looks great in terms of fleshtones, but we're disappointed that it's not in letterbox format, even though nothing appears to be cropped.  The digital mono is fine