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Johnny Depp unlocks the gates to hell in Roman Polanski's gothic thriller. Depp stars as Dean Corso, an unscrupulous rare-book dealer who is hired to locate the last remaining copies of "The Nine Gates of the Shadow Kingdom," a demonic manuscript that can summon the Devil. Corso becomes embroiled in a conspiracy involving murder, theft and satanic ritual, and ultimately finds himself confronting the Devil incarnate.
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Last updated: August 12, 2009, 5:30 am
The Ninth Gate [Blu-ray] Cusomter reviews:
Average Rating: 4.0 Total Reviews: 10
(P. Greco, 2009-10-27) I've seen this movies so many times it never gets old. The blue ray version is really clear and crisp. As for the movie, the story and the pace of the film will suck you in and make you wonder what will happen next and who is the good/bad guy.
(j., 2009-10-15) A wonderful take on the book 'The Club Dumas.' The originally released standard-definition disc was so 'bare,' it did not even have subtitles! The blu-ray does, but still lacks a healthy dose of extras. I watch this movie over-and-over, it is a true classic. Polanski cast such fantastic characters! My absolute favorite is (if you've seen the movie) "UNSCRUPULOUS! THOROUGHLY UNSCRUPULOUS!" LOL
(Rick L. Parrish, 2009-10-14) The visuals are stunning, but the joke when this came out among my friends was that it had no ending. Like the Director just ran out of ideas. Well perhaps he'll have time to think one up now. Meanwhile as a blu-ray transfer it is great, but blu-ray can't fix the fundamental flaw.
(The Completist, 2009-09-14) No matter what you think about "The Ninth Gate" as a story, the film's flaws are overshadowed by Darius Khondji's remarkable photography; in fact, that was one of two reasons I bought it on DVD when it came out: the visuals AND the fetishistic detail to the books (typefaces, engravings, and the sound the pages made when they turned...mmmmm). So I rented the Blu-ray version of the film to see if it was worth buying. DEAR. GOD. This may very well be the worst Blu-ray transfer I have EVER seen thus far. Even worse that the legendary Digital Noise-riddled "Terminator 2" Blu-Ray. I barely got through my favorite 10 minutes of the film before I shut the whole thing off and took it back. The transfer is an UGLY washed out, aged-looking, and GRAINY-AS-ALL-GET-OUT P.O.S. and it's the only digital-age disc I've actually felt CHEATED on (even early-era DVDs had sharper advantages over video...plus you knew better re-releases would follow when DVD technology picked up, but at this point in technology this is inexcusable). I cannot recommend a Blu-ray title LESS than this one. For me, Blu-ray is about the VIDEO and AUDIO, not about the film itself. Even if I think a movie sucks, I'll commend it if the Blu-ray transfer is good (I own "Transformers" for cryin' out loud), because that's what people want to know. But even at $9 this disc is a total rip-off and the studio should have known better than to release this to the public. I will wait for the re-issue...but not with bated breath.
(SalemsLot, 2009-09-12) This disc lacks special features and doesn't even port over the score only audio selection from the DVD release, but GREAT film! Johnny Depp is cool and Frank Langella is awesome in his small role.