Damage is still present, I should point out, in the form of tiny marks, scratches, and tram lines (along with small splices), it just all ends up being less visible this time around. The restoration appears to have been a bit more thorough compared to the previous film, which was littered with scratches and marks.
Motion is also smooth, aiding those quick fight scenes, and I didn’t make note of any severe digital artifacts appearing on screen. This also aids in the sharp rendering of that nighttime fight scene in the rain. Black levels also hold up nicely, looking deep and inky without eating up shadow detail. Highlights manage to look nice and sharp, though, an early nighttime fight scene in the rain looking especially good.Īs with the previous film colours come out looking terrific, bolder than what the first three films offered, delivering sharp blues, reds, and greens. Materials appear to be playing most into that as grain is rendered well, lending a photographic look, there’s just this slight haze around most objects onscreen, at least in long shots. Though the presentation is technically better than what IV offered, it’s still one of the set’s weaker ones, coming down to general clarity and definition while the image overall is sharp enough, the finer details rarely pop. in 2K, scanned from a 35mm interpositive. It is presented in the aspect ratio of around 2.39:1 and has been encoded at 1080p/24hz.Īs with the previous film in the set the restoration was conducted by Warner Bros. Tsui Hark’s Once Upon a Time in China V appears on the fifth dual-layer in Criterion’s box set Once Upon a Time in China: The Complete Films.
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