Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars Blu-ray Screenshots (+ a note) (Patreon)

[Note: Sorry to any non-fans of Hong Kong action/kung-fu. The deluge of genre releases - within a few months span - is really unheard of in my 20+ years of doing this. I'm trying to slip in other stuff as I can and have major new releases heading my way soon]

Video

Astonishing clarity and sharpness introduce this transfer, and Shout's encode is a winner. With the grain resolved, definition soars, the texture in the image truly spectacular, enough to suggest this comes from a true 4K scan. If not from the spotless camera negative, then something close enough to approximate it.

Equally splendid, color displays with a generous vibrancy. Plump flesh tones and saturated primaries dress Lucky Stars to an awesome degree.

As the final piece, bright, intense contrast drapes the scenery. Intensity looks natural, dodging any clipping, and creating a vivid visual space. Certainly, black levels do the same on their end, some of the richest seen so far in the usually flatter Jackie Chan Blu-ray library. While certain shots do push a dense blue rather than black, those moments are brief.

Audio

Four DTS-HD tracks include the default Cantonese mono, stereo Mandarin, English dub mono, and then an alternate Cantonese mono track. While not the firmest in fidelity, there's enough clarity to give this Cantonese offering a pass - barely. The chipper score hits clean peaks, better than the rougher dialog that lacks the same consistency; that's rougher and revealing its age.