The 2.35:1 image is delivered as high-bitrate AVC, and yet the image is a little soft, and a little noisy, particularly in smoky rooms, suggesting that this is just a modern HD presentation of an older video master. It's a journey which, like the movie itself, goes woefully off-course. For better or worse, the film defined the career of star Elizabeth Berkeley, who in fairness does work her ass off as Nomi Malone (not her real name!), a beautiful, gifted, hungry drifter who quickly works her way from a sleazy strip joint to the lead in the most celebrated topless revue in town. The 'women' of Showgirls are gross caricatures choosing to live in an angry world, spouting dialogue obviously written by a man, purporting to be shocking but really just fifth-grade-boys'-room-silly. And if that's the point, why set it on the gritty streets of Sin City? Not helping is the array of obnoxious characters so over-the-top in their cruelty that we lose all touch with reality. It's supposed to be sexy-the private and professional lives of Las Vegas' hottest 'adult' performers!-but in short order, the sheer quantity of nudity numbs us to its intended effect. Showgirls remains one of the head-scratchingest, eye-rollingest, 'WTF'est major motion pictures ever committed to celluloid, which imparts at least a sort of train-wreck fascination.

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