Sagt mal, haben die Scheiben einen deutschen Ton!?

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Having previously bought the Dutch E1 Blu-ray release of Cube I had some idea of what to expect from this release. However, while this version does offer some improvements over the E1 disc they aren't as pronounced as something like, say, Blade II, and some aspects are actually worse. At times the image is gritty, owing largely to the fact that the film was shot predominantly in low light conditions with a hand-held camera. Even so this actually works in the picture's favour and there are relatively pleasing levels of detail on display throughout, although some scenes do exhibit softness. Compression is also improved over the Dutch effort, with this particular disc boasting a larger file size and a higher bitrate. With that said, as the screens below demonstrate there isn't actually a huge amount in it. Film artefacts are still present in exactly the same spots as the Dutch disc, which leads me to conclude that both use the same master. The other key difference is the colour palette, which has a slight red shift that isn't apparent on the Dutch disc and is something I'm not too keen on. Even so the image holds up fairly well on your average display and will certainly please fans who have only ever seen the DVD version.