Source France | Publisher : Blaq Out | Release date : 20 March 2024
Video format
1080p24 – Ratio 2.35
CSD / BT.709 – AVC encoding
Soundtrack
French DTS-HD MA 5.1
French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
French
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 7.5 | Audio : 9
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It is brought to the attention of our dear readers that, in addition to the specified and used viewing equipment, the rendering may differ from one installation to another, whether or not it is calibrated, as well as personal preferences and expectations may influence notation. Moreover, the images in the article are not representative of the edition tested.
Test equipment and condition (Config. HP: 5.1.4)
Video broadcaster : Sony Bravia XR-65A95L (Professional CSD)
Sources : Oppo UDP-203 Audiocom Reference | Zappiti Reference
Pregnant : Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar (DTS Neural:X), SVS SB-4000
WORK - Descent to Hell
In 1956, in northern France. A group of underground miners is forced to drive a teacher to take samples a thousand meters underground. Below, they discover an crypt of another time and awaken without knowing it a legendary creature thirsty with blood.
Between The Descent and Germinalthe new proposal Mathieu Turi gradually sinks into the claustrophobia so that at the deepest of the mine, the survival to the lovecraft dimension works... Especially as the monster (whose stiffness betrays the budget limits) has its small effect (especially when its presence is only suggested).
The horrific crescendo (despite the over-yearly effects) of the second half works as well as social realism (the description of the world of miners) depicts in the first, the tripaille generously spreads, casting second knives (Samuel Le Bihan, Amir El Kacem, Jean-Hugues Anglade) goes to coal, the staging is stifling and formal ambition, notwithstanding technical malfeasance, is to be welcomed. Under the ground, who will hear you scream?
« You know what they call us miners? The Black Gulls. Because once down, Italian, Spanish, French or Arabic all have the same colour, that of coal. »
IMAGE - In Darkness
If several planes are excessively noisy and the definition greatly variable (everything is clear in the heights but evasive in the depths), this HD transfer immersed exclusively (or almost) in the darkness does not, however, look grey.
The details of the digital capture remain eloquent as soon as the lighting allows (minors' faces, inscriptions on the walls), the colorimetry palette voluntarily « Off » shows vibrant beiges and crimson reds, and average flow was measured at 34.2 Mb/s. As for the contrasts, well supported, they display deep, unblocked blacks and whites with a beautiful blaze (see frontal lamps).
SON - To the north, they were the corons 🎶
Able to immerse us fully despite the confined spaces in which the protagonists evolve, this wide and well distributed multichannel soundtrack does not touch the background except on the side of the bass, whose ability to descend (really) low in the audio spectrum captures.
The atmospheres of the mine (its resonances and its collapses) such as the sounds of the creature (its movements and its grunts) make a deceitful use of all the speakers, the terrifying music ofOlivier Derivière In the long term, dialogues are clear at all times and the dynamics show a certain width.
CONCLUSION - Bad Stock?
Expedition nightmare in the heart of mining darkness, this anxious closed lock that locks us in a collapsed vein alongside his bloodthirsty resident is to (re)discover in Blu-ray (A/V performances ready to shoot down the coal king) so that the atmosphere of the places is even more suffocating!
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