The Code Blu-Ray Review
SoHood.com Reviewed by: Michelle Thomas
Movie Rating: 4 .5 out of 5
Extras Rating: 5 out of 5

This exhilarating action film is from acclaimed director Mimi Leder (Deep Impact), and features an all-star cast led by Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas and Radha Mitchell. Master thieves Ripley (Freeman) and Gabriel (Banderas) join forces to pull off a $40 million heist – but a monumental robbery like this is never easy and rarely without competition.

While pulling a down-and-dirty jewelry heist on a subway train, Gabriel (Antonio Banderas) encounters Ripley (Morgan Freeman), a legendary thief who was casing the same job.  In spite of Gabriel’s initial reluctance, Ripley manages to rope him into an impossible job: the theft of two priceless Faberge Imperial Eggs from the heavily guarded vault of a New York diamond wholesaler. The stakes rise for Gabriel and Ripley when Ripley’s goddaughter (Rhada Mitchell) is kidnapped by the KGB. Staying one step ahead of the NYPD, the FBI, the diamond merchants and the vicious Russian KGB crime boss determined to have the priceless eggs for himself, Gabriel and Ripley must find a way to pull off the heist and make it out alive.

The film begins somewhere in Russia with Morgan Freeman who plays the character named Ripley opens fire on an old man in the pool, which is his co-partner in crime in stealing jewelry. Fast forward, a couple years and Ripley is in the New York preparing his next jewelry heist. He spots Gabriel (Antonio Banderas) and tells him about stealing some jewelry. Then you have a cop who plays cat and mouse and knows Ripley very well, he tries to stay one step ahead of Ripley.  Gabriel and Ripley’s goddaughter Alexandra (Rhada Mitchell) are smitten for each other. But Gabriel isn’t sure if Alexandra loves him for sure. You’ll have to find out for yourself if they end up together.

I’m not going to give too much away but it’s an interesting film and very well acted. It’s not over the top with bank bombs and fireworks but it has its moments of suspense and drama.

The specific aspects of the Blu-ray:

The Code Blu-ray Disc allows movie fans to enjoy the film in high definition format, delivering far more crisply detailed images than standard DVDs. The sounds of The Code Blu-Ray Disc is extraordinary.

The Audio and visuals of The Code are really incredible. It sounded perfect as well as the picture looked amazing on my 1080P 46 inch screen TV .

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