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WORK – No, but say, is it good or not?

A Civil War veteran embarks on a perilous journey through Texas to offer a new home to a young orphan.

New-western twilight and deeply humanistic with moving sobriety, The Mission tells us about the reconstruction of two beings wounded by life in a tormented and changing world (the difficult reintegration of the Confederate States of America into the Union). A nice surprise brought by an imperial Tom Hanks.

IMAGE – Everyone's beautiful, are you sure?

Clearer, clearer and authentic than Blu-ray, the refined image of this UHD HDR10 transfer (and not HDR10+ as the jacket mistakenly mentions) is a wonder of all the moments that stopped sublimating the superb photograph of Dariusz Wolski (nominated at Oscar 2021).

Extremely detailed and very clear, it reveals textures of infinite precision (the clothes of the period, the decorations/landscapes more or less dusty) that its HD counterpart cannot approach. The colorimetric palette with earthy ambiences is gaining in ardour (green vegetation, blue sky), bold contrasts (blacks are firmer and whites purer) and natural lighting in vivacity (the sunny sky with cotton clouds, dusk around a campfire). Compression is controlled and does not allow any form of video noise even during low-light scenes.

SON – He who has ears to hear, hear!

With a seamless immersion, the Dolby Atmos VO (named Oscar 2021) is perfectly balanced. Overshadowed by a score of subtle (false) discretion that she faithfully aerates, she scatters her many atmospheres to the four corners of the listening room (cf. the beating rain in the heights). Engaging when the action occurs, she knows how to make the powder speak through a timely dynamic, fierce shootings and dry bass (but never for free dominant). Dialogues are always audible.

On the VF side (Dolby Digital 5.1) and despite the loss of verticality (wildlife is therefore forced to live on the ground), it is a bit the same but in addition « closed »... Kind of as if nature extended for less than miles!

CONCLUSION – Every good thing has an end...

Thanks to an excellent 4K Ultra HD invoice, there is no doubt that this work « classic » Make the headlines!