Welcome to The 4K Ultra HD Bazaarvo monthly appointment to find out all about the latest 4K releases and the visual and audio experience they offer. Born of his author's passion for physical media and his desire to share with you the pleasures of cinema at home in his most accomplished form, each issue is the opportunity for the celest wolf to test and evaluate the audio/video performances of many discs released in France and internationally, guiding you through the subtleties of the HDR, the nuances of the WCG and the immersion of 3D soundtracks.
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Video broadcaster (QD-OLED) : Sony Bravia XR-65A95L
Sources (4K) : Oppo UDP-203 Audiocom Reference | Zappiti Reference
Pregnant (5.1.4): Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Max, SB-4000
Image Modes : Professional (SDR or HDR) | Dolby Dark Vision | IMAX Enhanced
Listening modes : Dolby Atmos | Dolby Surround | DTS:X | DTS Neural:X
Contents
Kickboxer
Source United States | Publisher : Lionsgate Films | Release date : 17 December 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby TrueHD 5.1
Subtitles
English
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 8
WORK – Between rigorous training and violent duels, this martial arts film that has long been a lasting influence on minds in the 1980s (like Bloodsport before him) offers a muscular spectacle where physical strength and determination are in honor. Retro cinema that obviously conforms to the clichés of the genre (the avenger hero, the old Asian mentor, the superpowerful villain), but whose emotional depth and charisma of Jean-Claude Van Damme take the piece away.
IMAGE – Despite chained melts and irregular encoding, this UHD Dolby Vision restoration from the original 35 mm negative is truly superb. The silver texture makes its big comeback, the details gain strongly in sharpness (cf. the beautiful Thai landscapes) without getting rid of some original sweetness (the blurring of focus persists), the colorimetric palette is much more natural (the carnation) and the contrasts have been carefully adjusted.
SON – Much less artificial than the previous track DTS-HD MA 5.1, the current soundtrack Dolby TrueHD 5.1 is otherwise more coherent in its spatialization (from the Ultra Stereo slightly extended to the rear) and its level of recording (the effects and partition of Paul Hertzog no longer predominate over dialogues). The cheers of the crowd surround the ring, the dynamics do not lack punch and the musical spatialization, efficient, is balanced.
Sugarland Express
Source France | Publisher : Universal Pictures | Release date : 04 December 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.35
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby TrueHD 5.1
French DTS 2.0
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 2.5 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 6 | Audio : 7
WORK – Much more than just a criminal epic across Texas, this picaresque road-movie paints a critical portrait of America's 70s by pointing its headlights to socio-economic fractures and dysfunctions in child protection. A desperate pursuit (and very entertaining in its action) based on a true story, in which Spielberg manages to skillfully play suspense and emotion. William Atherton and Goldie Hawn are amazing.
IMAGE – Yet supervised by « The Entertainment King », this 4K restoration from a 35 mm negative scan is too uneven to convince. The image suffers from variable degreasing, the previously blurred planes (a failed focus) are clumsyly accentuated by the AI (visual aberrations do not deceive) and the carnation is heterogeneous. Remains a veil of extra sharpness and colors less washed than in the past (reds, yellows and blues).
SON – Leaving on the lower side of the former dual mono VO, this edition embarks on a new Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track that will lightly open the sound field (vehicles move forward and crowd invests the surrounding channels) while remaining faithful to its frontal origins (dialogues are clear). Despite low muddyness, gunshots and carbblings become more robust. Although well distributed, stereo VF (unbearable dubbing) is more narrowed.
Gandahar
Source France | Publisher : The Smoker Cat | Release date : 10 March 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.37
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
French DTS-HD MA 5.1
French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
French
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 6.5 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 7.5
WORK – Adapted from a novel by Jean-Pierre Andrevon, this animated film is a bizarre SF that leaves as puzzled as it is amazed. A kind of psychedelic journey inside of a wild dream imbued with a very strong symbolism, where time and space lose all meaning while strange characters evolve in a surreal universe with unique aesthetics. In short, an invitation to contemplation and interpretation that requires a certain openness of mind.
IMAGE – Taken from the 35 mm negative, this 4K restoration calibrated in Dolby Vision will amaze fans of this iconic work. Because if there are still rare dust left, the image has been very effectively stabilized and retains a natural celluloid texture. Philippe Caza's sophisticated hair gains in finesse, pencils are even more palpable, the atypical colorimetric palette benefits from better gradients and contrasts show greater accuracy.
SON – A multi-channel track with discreet spatialization where the musical accompaniment of Gabriel Yared (as mysterious as it is enchanting) and the atmospheres (most of them intimate) never cover the voices, clear and distinct. The sound effects (from the murmurs of nature to mechanical noises) are exuded with precision and the dynamics do not fail to surprise in its pugnacity. Just as harmonious, proposal 2.0 simply returns everything to the front.
Alienoid: The confrontation
Source France | Publisher : Condor Entertainment | Release date : 06 December 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.35
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
Korean Dolby Atmos
English Dolby TrueHD 5.1
Subtitles
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9
WORK – While he travels from one genre to another more often than fans of series Netflix binge-watch a weekend, this crazy blockbuster that mixes SF and wu xia pian fantasy walks on bold steps (and quite unique it goes without saying) of Part 1. On the programme, an avant-garde cocktail of a crazy generosity based on intertwined timelines, naughty alien colonizers, tones ruptures, protective robots, fighting defying gravity and 14th century warships-mages.
IMAGE – Blu-ray-free, a possible point of comparison with this UHD Dolby Vision transfer from a digital capture finalized in 2K. But fantastic and devoid of any color banding (even in the thick red mist), the image displays a sharp first order, pimping colors (the opulence of costumes), a range of contrasts to the accomplished density and light sources of a bright shine (flame, temporal portal, lighthouses).
SON – Spacious and carried on a very attractive directivity (the shootings, the pursuit on the roof of the train), the VO Dolby Atmos which certainly does not lack a safe (the pyrotechnic effects are vigorous) uses a clear verticality (cf. the final battle). The dialogues are clear and the partition is airy. Although robust, the VF Dolby TrueHD 5.1 suffers from dubbing « West » coming to snack some of the noises of the frontal scene because of its prominence.
Horizon: An American saga - Chapter 1
Source France | Publisher : Metropolitan Video | Release date : 15 November 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
French DTS-HD MA 7.1
Subtitles
French
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 10
WORK – With its classicism all fordian, the first act (out of four) of this ambitious saga on the conquest of the West sounded the return of the western Dantan with a five-star casting. For in the style of the 90s, as the shots resound in the Sierra and the great feelings settle forever in the Great American West, this historic choir fresco making the part beautiful to the women smells good cow leather and the great meadows.
IMAGE – Well lit and full of fine details, this UHD Dolby Vision transfer resulting from a digital 4K capture is magnificent. The definition hardly weakens, the piqué becomes more precise (facial hairiness, clothing), the colorimetric palette with yellow-orange tones exposes a more realistic saturation and the contrasts, delicately reinforced, increase the density of the blacks (shadows better restored) as well as the purity of the whites (the clouds).
SON – With its three-dimensional atmosphere (a clear rear scene and a verticality to the proper presence) faithfully reproducing the great spaces of the Far West, the VO Dolby Atmos is naturally immersive. Powerful (cf. Indian attack) and well distributed, she never forgets to highlight John Debney's score. Although horizontal (damage to storm and roof steps), the DTS-HD MA 7.1 mixing of the VF (well lined and incorporated) is in good position.
Se7en
Source France | Publisher : Warner Bros. | Release date : 08 January 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 10 | Video : 8 | Audio : 9
WORK – While we follow two inspectors whom everything opposes, the young mad dog (Brad Pitt) and the old sage (Morgan Freeman), in the footsteps of a fascinating serial killer inspired by the seven capital sins to commit his murders, this great classic from the black polar with a peasy atmosphere and glaucous scenes keeps his hand until his tetanizing final shot of theatre. As bad as The Silence of LambsThere is no escape in this suspense tinted with diluvian despair.
IMAGE – If it arrives with numerical modifications (a door here, clouds there, etc.) and adjustments under IA (a targeted enhancement of the sharpness on the sweets formerly) supervised by David Fincher, this 4K restoration from an 8K scan of the negative 35 mm remains no less good. The details turn out to be more beautiful, the extremely fine grain breathes with more precision, the shades gain in depth and the ambient darkness is refined.
SON – Supervised by the original sound designer Ren Klyce, this brand new 5.1 blend encoded in DTS-HD MA gets rid of the reverbs of the old 7.1 track without re-entering the bits of lost dialogues in the background. A dynamic soundtrack charged in low frequencies, where the atmospheres (rain, metro, road traffic) are realistically restored to all the speakers. Retrograded to single Dolby Digital, the VF no longer has the shoulders.
Largo Winch: The price of money
Source France | Publisher : Pan-European Distribution | Release date : 04 December 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.35
CSD | BT2 BT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos
Subtitles
French
Rated 3 of 5
Artistic : 5.5 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9
WORK – More than ten years after the previous opus, Largo Winch (the comic book hero created by Jean Van Hamme) continues to touch the films James Bond without great originality. Intrigue (already seen and with coarse strings) goes in all directions, the photos are as numerous as tourists in front of the Eiffel Tower and despite the fact that its director (Belgian Olivier Masset-Depasse) knows how to hold his camera, nothing captive. Too bad for Tomer Sisley who doesn't spare his effort.
IMAGE – If the absence of an HDR transfer questions, this 4K SDR image is truly superb. The piqué is surgical, the colours flatter the retina (see Thai landscapes), the brightness is very noticeable (especially with the snows of Quebec) and the contrasts remain at all test (excellent black management). Unlike Blu-ray, compression is never taken in default and the details give more finesse (forests, buildings, mines).
SON – The surrounds install a pleasant return, the front exudes the voices with great clarity, the bass regularly wraps up and the dynamic moves severe as soon as the action mixes. But to take advantage of the international dimension of this Dolby Atmos mix (where verticality really serves only to raise Frédéric Vercheval's music), it is towards the multilingual VO that we will have to turn. Impeccable, VF is as energetic and well distributed as its sister.
The Crow (2024)
Source France | Publisher : Metropolitan Video | Release date : 19 December 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos
Subtitles
French
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 6.5 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – Far from competing with Gothic jewel d-Alex Proyas whom he tries to resurrect, this reboot is only a pale shadow (where did the tragic accents pass?) having difficulty taking off after his inaugural idyll to tease. Yet, he does not detract from the form, re-approve the story to better distinguish it (why so summon Eric Draven?) and resorts to a sort of John Wick emo (the carnage at the Opera) when the hour of punishment sounds.
IMAGE – Close to excellence in UHD Dolby Vision (with rare color banding ribs near), this digital capture in anamorphic shooting (for a slight ghostly sweetness) is adorned with a beautiful precision in concert with a certain aesthetic flamboyance (from the stylized neo-black). The details and the false grain have been refined, the colorimetric palette often enriched cold (more soaring and soft pink) and the sharp contrasts (shades and specular reflections embellished).
SON – Supported by a dynamic revenge (the gunfighters) and bass overhangs (the passages from one world to another), this ever immersive Dolby Atmos (VO/VF) mix juggles between the subtlety of drama (the clarity of voices) and the all-power of action. The multichannel envelope is fully implemented by living surrounds (urban environments) as well as a regular verticality (see rain and ravens), and the BO spreads on all sides with an estimated fidelity.
I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
Source France | Publisher : ESC Editions | Release date : 08 January 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10+ | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 7.5
WORK – Even 40 years after its release, this pillar of rape and revenge remains a punched work that marked its era by emancipating from its exploitative film appearances (point of voyeurism plucking). For, while shocking by its dry violence, this knowingly provoking experience provokes debate about the individual "right" of revenge. A classic horror of the 70s to be stored next to Massacre with chainsaw and The Last House on the left.
IMAGE – Never appeared on HD media in France, this visual shock arrives directly with a UHD HDR10+ transfer (made from a 4K scan of the original 35 mm negative) beautifully prepared despite the rare instability of the frame. The image is perfectly cleaned, the organic texture is finely preserved, the details acquire a sharpness absent until then, the colorimetric palette displays a rich saturation (cf. reds and greens), the blacks are deep and the brightness is desirable.
SON – Inviting wildlife, the city's environmental activity and the outboard engine to discreetly use surrounds, the VO DTS-HD MA 5.1 expands the mixing of the 2.0 dual mono proposal without losing its dominant frontality. Saturations are from ancient history, all effects are clear and dialogues, whether or not they are doubled, mostly clear. Despite its stereo presentation, the cavernous VF projects nothing and must endure a permanent breath.
Late Night with the Devil
Source United Kingdom | Publisher : Second Sight | Release date : 28 October 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.33, 1.66, 1.78, 2.35
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
English
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 10 | Audio : 10
WORK – Despite an irrelevant reminder, this horrific talk-show night stuffing of the 1970s is a hypnotic found footage where demons find their quarter hour of fame in the run at the dawn. And orchestrated by a diabolically charismatic animator, it's easy to get involved while the boundaries between real and illusion, permeable, question our own beliefs... stuck between superstition and scepticism. Will you dare launch the program?
IMAGE – Multiplying the formats (1.66, 1.33, 1.78, 2.35) and textures handled in post-prod (of vintage colouring filled with softness and chromatic aberrations, granular black and white, « 35 mm » refined) to transcribe the changes of source (introducing reportage, broadcast, behind the scenes, illusion), the image nimbles with the video look of the 70s that the present UHD Dolby Vision transfer, very firmly encoded, does not fail to reinforce in all fields. A fool!
SON – With the audience at the back (applause), animation at the front (dialogues are the star of the show) and the crumbling of the recording, the illusion of watching an old TV show works. And the same is true during the advertising breaks, where upside down the decor comes to life with a dreadful proximity (the technicians simmering on all sides). As for strangeness, it arises violently on the plateau by taking possession of dynamics, surrounds and basses.
Strange Darling
Source United Kingdom | Publisher : Icon Film Distribution | Release date : 02 December 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
English
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 10 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – Presented as a thriller in six chapters, this independent work (proud of its ingenuity) which is played with expectations (nothing is what it seems) arouses constant fascination. The nonlinear narration amuses to blur the cards, the suspense is tight, the archetypes of the genre are cleverly diverted, the artistic direction is just sublime, the game of actors is inhabited (Willa Fitzgeral and Kyle Gallner) and the ambiguous characters. Are you a serial killer?
IMAGE – Captured in 35 mm 4-perf, the electric photo signed by actor Giovanni Ribisi evokes the cinema bis d Facing the Blu-ray, the details are sharper, the grain more prominent, the brighter shades (blue and red), the brighter light and the more corsed blacks.
SON – Through an obsessive BO, this mix DTS-HD MA 5.1 that unfolds its impact with force (engines, shots) and its natural atmospheres with accuracy (the murmurs of the forest), shows an exemplary balance. The soundscape extends over all the speakers, the dynamic surprises by its aggressiveness and the dialogues (like the screams) are of rare intelligibility. Despite the lack of verticality, this unique soundtrack is technically amazing.
Transformers: The Beginning
Source Finland | Publisher : Paramount Pictures | Release date : 09 December 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
French (Parisian) Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 8.5 | Video : 10 | Audio : 10
WORK – Much more malignant than it seems at first glance, this origin story removed with mad visual ambition, seals solid stakes against the background of class struggle (a well-feeling political charge) and fraternal split. And while he carbide to the psychology of his metal colossus, this surprisingly human animation film (even if there is none) never lesine on the action filled with pyrotechnics. Funny and tragic, this opus puts oil back in the engine of the franchise.
IMAGE – While WCG technologies (an otherwise more striking colorimetric palette) and HDR technologies (better defined shadows and exacerbated light sources) stand out significantly, this UHD Dolby Vision transfer also offers a consolidated definition (the metal structures of the city of Iacon) and refined textures (wear on chrome alloys) although scaled. HEVC encoding supports pace without any compression artifact.
SON – Completely enveloping with its incessant surround activity and its engaging vertical sphere (where it flies and castagnes), the spectacular VO Dolby Atmos creates a richly detailed sound environment with wonderful clarity. The dynamics are devastating, Brian Tyler's heroic score and the incredibly deep bass (see the collapse of the mine). As well doubled, the VF lossy remains quite impressive (very large) despite its lower accuracy.
Land of Bad
Source Germany | Publisher : Capelight Pictures | Release date : 22 August 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.40
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
German DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
English
German
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 8 | Audio : 8.5
WORK – If he doesn't reinvent the powder and enlists us for a very linear military operation, this war film willingly bloody filmed with the application of an artificer and carried by a team of large, highly charismatic arms (Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe), captures the intensity of special operations where today's state-of-the-art technology (the drones) redefines the battlefields (the remote strikes). The pyrotechnic debauchery is there, the tension also manifests.
IMAGE – Reviving the abnormal paleness of its HD counterpart (to over-washed colors and low-density blacks), this UHD Dolby Vision transfer is intended to be darker with an energized colorimetric palette (the verdony of the jungle, the red-orange heat of the flames) and a range of seriously enlarged contrasts (from caves to the appropriate shadows). Apart from extreme slowing, the increase in detail is not significant. Compression sometimes visible.
SON – While firearms (strongly dynamic and strong low frequencies) quickly overshadow the voices (light in all circumstances), the VO DTS-HD MA 5.1 lets hell break loose in the theatre of operation and the calm (we say relative) invade the control room of the telepilots. Spatialization is used wisely despite a background slightly on the reserve and the drawn music composed by Brandon Roberts does not lack presence.
Baby Blood
Source United States | Publisher : Kino Lorber | Release date : 29 October 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
CSD | BT2 BT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
French DTS-HD MA 2.0
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
English
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 6.5 | Video : 9 | Audio : 8
WORK – If his play of actors (except that of the beautiful and voluptuous Emmanuelle Escourrou) and his lack of budget could have caused a miscarriage, this forgotten pioneer of the French gore gave birth to a series B horrifico-loufoque with the hints of Z assumed where bloodshed mates with black humour so that the macabre turns into a laugh. Creativity is evident, the outrageous scenario (a sort of satire biting on the primary instinct) and seductive candour.
IMAGE – Just using the fine 4K SDR restoration (a scan of the original negative) used for the excellent 2019 Blu-ray, this UHD transfer stands out only a little. Clarity is always in order, colour reproduction continues to impress (including greens and reds) and contrast management is beautifully rendered. However, the density of the 35 mm grain is better resolved, the textures more detailed and the video noise (formerly very minor) removed.
SON – Remarkably sharp and in no way altered by the ravages of time (no whistling or distortion), the original French version provides a robust stereo. The (vulgar) dialogues are clear (if actors articulate), the well-integrated partition and the significantly sharp effects. Flat and stifled, the English track remains a curiosity to enjoy the dubbing of Gary Oldman who, in the skin of the parasite, speaks to his future mother in utero with a velvety voice and no more acute.
Love Lies Bleeding
Source United States | Publisher : A24 | Release date : 04 June 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Subtitles
English
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 8.5
WORK – In a dilapidated America with perpetual violence, Rose Glass blurs the genres (a Thelma and Louise at the crossroads of Cronenberg and the Cohen brothers) to better liberate women from male domination (as Julia Ducournau and Coralie Fargeat do). And from this love under steroids where the blows are brutally (to survive), emancipates a peaty and torrid queer polar celebrating the powerful body of Katy O的Brian. The fantastic allegory is however too much.
IMAGE – From digital to aesthetics « pulp » (a controlled silver emulation, double-sided calibration and neonesque lighting) enhanced in UHD Dolby Vision. The encoding is solid, the definition believes in it, the details are even more eloquent (cf. the close-ups on the bodies and faces), the colorimetric palette has increased saturation and the night scenes, by adjusted contrasts, enjoy blacks and lights with increased magnificence.
SON – Aggressively using surround channels (for the atmospheres of the gym, the shooting stand and the street) and infusing a sacred punch (lows and breadth) to its excellent atmospheric partition with 80-s sound (in the movement of Drive and The Neon Demon), this Dolby Atmos mix gives a lot of fun despite the very little noise of gun detonations. Clear, dialogues are never buried by the dissonant pulses of the score.
Galaxy Quest
Source France | Publisher : Paramount Pictures | Release date : 18 December 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.33, 1.85, 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 3 of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 7 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – Declaration of Love to the SF Television (with Star Trek in the viewfinder) and in the geek culture (especially fanboys), this castrated comedy of stars (Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell) amuses codes that she pays tribute to without ever ridiculing them. The concept is innovative, irresistible dialogues, animated rhythm, endearing characters and insightful meta-humour (it changes). In space, everyone will hear you laugh!
IMAGE – Cleaned film (bye bye parasitic dusts), restored formats (the return of the 1.85 ratio framed in 2.39 during the fan convention), nuanced colorimetry (less yellow with life-filled primaries) and improved contrasts (deeper blacks and bolder high luminances) sprinkle this new master 4K DV. On the other hand, the application of a noise reducer results in a serious lack of fine detail and severe attenuation of the 35 mm grain.
SON – Replacing the Dolby TrueHD 5.1 blending from the previous Blu-ray, the VO Dolby Atmos imposes as the significant addition of this 4K UHD edition. Impressive, it delivers multiple directional effects and has a wide dynamic range. The dialogues are clear, David Newman's score is well developed, deep bass and regular verticality (see magnetic mine field). More limited (in all), the VF lossy remains no less well doubled.
Rush (2013)
Source United States | Publisher : Shout Factory | Release date : 19 November 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.40
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
English
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 8.5 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 10
WORK – Very well oiled, this biopic that retraces the legendary rivalry of English James Hunt and Austrian Niki Lauda on the tracks and outside during the Golden Age of Formula 1, is a profoundly human and truly spectacular sporting drama led beating drum. The staging is virtuoso, the direction of irreproachable actors (Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth), the exciting narration (with increasing tension), the seductive reconstruction and the exciting races.
IMAGE – From a 4K restoration of the 2K intermediate master, this UHD Dolby Vision transfer to the perfect grip (an average flow of 80 Mbps) takes precedence over its counterpart 1080p. The 70-s patina supported by the photograph (which recalls the Metrocolor on Eastmancolor film) is gaining in depth, the digital grain of organic appearance in finesse and contrasts in opulence. Despite the use of a vintage filter, the details (still a little soft) are more perceptible (rain).
SON – A VO Dolby Atmos vrumbling and immersive with clear voices, precise spatialization, stunning atmospheres, formidable frontal dynamics, roaring motors, ultra-solicited rear scene, powerful basses, audible verticality (cf. subjective visions in the cockpit) and striking score (an impetuous music signed by Hans Zimmer of the 1990s). An acoustic competition show that sweats, adrenaline, and the thrill of speed.
Inglourious Basterds
Source United Kingdom | Publisher : Arrow Films | Release date : 13 January 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.40
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
English
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 9 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 9
WORK – When the western spaghetti goes to war, the cinema becomes the theatre of a uchrony as bloody as jubilatory where the Nazis end up in gigot with Tarantino sauce. A savoury dish, generously sprinkled with sharper dialogues than the razor blades of Aldo Raine and surmounted by a deliciously spicy casting (Brad Pitt and his accent as scary as his taste for scalpation, Christoph Waltz and his courtesy as evil as his sadism). Bingo!
IMAGE – If he operates the same 4K master as publishing Universal by 2021, this UHD HDR10 transfer (not HDR10+) is adorned with a new encoding (with a higher bitrate) to any other efficiency. The image thus gains in cleanliness (decrease of chromatic noise, suppression of pixelization traces) and fineness (homogenization of the grain 35 mm), but retains its slight vertical aliasing... as well as the increased vibrance of its primary and the intense intensity of its lighting.
SON – While conversations dominate the debate with clarity, spatialisation takes place as much in calm (the country house) as in agitation (the bar in the basement, the vet's examination room, the movie hall). Both the dynamics and the bass are brutal (fires, explosions), the environmental atmospheres are copiously exuded by the back and the musical selection, eclectic in its genre and its tone, resounding as possible.
Persepolis
Source France | Publisher : Studiocanal | Release date : 18 October 2023
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
CSD | BT2 BT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2 NT2
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
French DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 8.5 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 8.5
WORK – Oscillating between revolutionary narratives and the stinging diary of a punk rock teen, this jewel of animation with acerbic humour and certain graphic beauty (at the crossroads of German expressionism and Italian neorealism) magnifies the autobiographical comics of which it is adapted (by no other than Marjane Satrapi). A satire at the same time funny and touching, where the great and the little History merge to defuse the horror of the authoritarian Iranian regime that it denounces.
IMAGE – Despite the absence of HDR, this 4K remasterization respecting the original editorial will is more definite and detailed than in the past (see the precision of the line and the strength of the contours). Black and white is more expressive (more depth and purity), more realistic grey gradients and carefully adjusted color keys (symbolizing the present). Apart from a lower (but solid) encoding and a little less brightness, the new Blu-ray is similar.
SON – Spurred but not silent, this DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack delivers clear voices, effective spatialization (the atmospheres of Tehran and Vienna), a faithful score (melting-pot of several genres) and an unexpected dynamic (often accompanied by moments of danger in Chinese shadows). More authentic, French dubbing (Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux) prevails over his English counterpart (Sean Penn, Gena Rowlands, Iggy Pop).
Wanted: Choose your destiny
Source United States | Publisher : Shout Factory | Release date : 28 March 2023
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.35
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
English
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – Explosing once again the limits of spectacular and credibility, Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov (the diptych) Night Watch / Day Watch) delivers a huge tank with a large caliber casting (James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman). A veritable bullet storm with decoding action scenes and breath-taking SFX, where the sweetened scenario (against Moore's and Gibbons' corrosive comic book) is just a pretext to blow everything up.
IMAGE – A new 4K master perfectly encoded to the better defined grain structure, with much sharper details (without the light veil of softness of its Super 35 anamorphic capture disappears), with the colorimetric palette easily warmer (the amber filter of the photograph comes out more) displaying reinforced primarys, with clearly energized light sources (the vehicle headlights) and with the generously expanded contrast range (abyssal blacks).
SON – A little less dynamic than on the previous Blu-ray, this DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack with constant clarity (dialogues, music, noises) still remains ultra-engaging with its aggressively prolific surrounds (broken glasses, the trajectory of bullets), its heavily armed LFE channel (heartbeats, explosions) and its deliberately ostentatious multichannel effects (up to echoes in some rooms). Adding a 3D mix would not have been too much.
Upgrade
Source United States | Publisher : Shout Factory | Release date : 04 July 2023
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
English
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 10
WORK – While she anticipates a near future where technological progress without brakes could well become our worst enemy, this increased revenge controls her blows by a bold staging, thrilling confrontations and a scenario rich in twists. A B-series of nervous SF with constant pessimism and decomplexed amorality, which gives thought to transhumanism while deploying a cyberpunk arsenal to make pale Terminator and Robocop.
IMAGE – More robust (video noise is only a distant memory) and refined (details are a little clearer), this UHD transfer Dolby Vision also gains in clarity due to enhanced brightness. Warmer overall, the image features reinforced colours (including red and blue), more assertive shadow games and meticulously enhanced specular reflections (vehicle lights, urban lighting, the light that crosses the windows at the computer hacker).
SON – Aggressive in its dynamics and guttural in its basses (thermal motors), this DTS-HD MA 5.1 mix also features diverse effects and/or atmospheres that exploit each channel with just fantastic precision. The blows are painful, electropulsative music is significantly large and the environments are very active. Already of great intelligibility, human voices are surpassed by that thicker STEM (which only Grey can hear).
Thunder in the tropics
Source United States | Publisher : Kino Lorber | Release date : 18 October 2022
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.34
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
English
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – Weared by a casting that openly mocks his image (Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise give to heart joy) and doped to the warrior sequences that passicher Revelation Now and Platoon in their disproportionate pyrotechnics, this crazy parody of Hollywood star-system shot in ridicule by a Ben Stiller (actor, director, screenwriter, producer) who « journey to the end of hell », is a perfectly assumed absurdity festival where self-destruct rule.
IMAGE – Supervised and approved by Ben Stiller, this 4K remasterization (reserved for the Theatrical Cut) benefits from denser silver granularity (a Super 35 anamorphic capture), fine details better transcribed (the lush jungle), a more saturated colorimetric palette (greens and oranges) and intensified contrasts. Blacks thus reach an increased depth and brighter light sources (flames) explode on the screen with a beautiful vivacity.
SON – Little subtle, like the film, here is a soundtrack DTS-HD MA 5.1 (formerly encoded in Dolby TrueHD) to the violent dynamic where the effects (profusion detonations) are on all sides. The dialogues are strongly exuded by the power station, the spatialization is very successful (from the inaugural shooting that sets the tone), the basses do not lack impact and the music perfectly integrates into the mixing. An acoustic madness whose multichannel efficiency is never contradicted.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Source France | Publisher : Warner Bros. | Release date : 22 January 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – Finally out of his grave, Tim Burton offers a successful return to the sources with this (late) suite that remains faithful to the original spirit without falling into nostalgia. Recreational reunions in a train of curiosities where at every stop, burlesque situations and eccentric characters derail wounds and exorcise zygomatics. And despite a final shipment, this putrid jewel of the absurd revives the mischievous demon in an infernal ballet with overflowing creativity.
IMAGE – Very convincing, this UHD Dolby Vision transfer highlights the variety of textures (between traditional techniques and modern innovations) that populate the surreal photography of Haris Zambarloukos (the Cinderella live action). Fine details are well improved (modeling, make-up), rich color reproduction (saturation of primary, carnation) and strong contrasts. As a result, more realistic shadows and lights haunt the place.
SON – Atmospheric and particularly unpredictable, this Dolby Atmos proposal (where VO and VF play equally) is full of atmospheres and/or off-the-shelf effects. The dialogues are divinely reproduced (a careful French dubbing), massively exploited surround channels, lucrative aerial presence (see paranormal activity in the haunted house) and massive low frequencies. Mostly recycled, Danny Elfman's memorable score is easy.
Wolfman (2010)
Source United States | Publisher : Shout Factory | Release date : 22 October 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
English
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 6.5 | Video : 9 | Audio : 8.5
WORK – An artistic direction to scream of pleasure but a story without tripes (where action is privileged to horror), for a theatrical tribute to the Hammer (The Gothic ambiance of Dantan) revisiting the myth of the werewolf with a melancholic savagery in the hair. And despite well worn strings, this fantastic romantic film can count on the animal presence of a Benicio del Toro who eats the rest of the casting (Emily Blunt is invisible and Anthony Hopkins cabotine). Ahooou!
IMAGE – As a lover of dark and mist, Shelly Johnson's diffuse photography (Jurassic Park 3) is securely returned (if this is a noisy plan) by this UHD Dolby Vision transfer. The details and the Super 35 texture are more delicate (including focusing disorders), the diluted colorimetric palette highlights pale flesh and scarlet blood, the lights are infused with a new life (flame, light flashes) and the shadow more permeates the places.
SON – Freshly mixed with Dolby Atmos, this fiercely dynamic soundtrack unfolds insatiable spatialization. Very open in its multichannel exploitation (the atmospheres of the forest, the movements of the beast) and decisive in terms of low frequencies (squeaks, thunderstorms), it is more enveloping than its consoeur DTS-HD MA 5.1 by a threatening verticality. If the score is large, the dialogues (light as well) are submixed.
Tracked
Source United States | Publisher : Kino Lorber | Release date 26 November 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
English
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – On the sharp wire of the blade, William Friedkin (Exorcist) fomented a fabled face-to-face where the father (the opinist Tommy Lee Jones) had to sacrifice the son (the tortured Benicio del Toro) who had become a threat. And not embarrassing with words and feelings, this Human hunting More and more wild hunts down the beast that sleeps in each of us. Between Rambo and The Fugitive, here is an action film not devoid of soul and particularly annoying that keeps its senses alert.
IMAGE – Coming from a 4K scan of the original 35 mm negative, this UHD Dolby Vision transfer corrects the excessive softness (due to DNR abuse) of the previous Blu-ray. Textured as it should be, the image is remarkably sharp (within the limits possible in composite planes) and covers its slight granularity. The natural colors are more vibrant (green forests) and the range of contrasts amplified (snow cover and darkness are sublimated).
SON – Aggressive (to better choke us) even when the calm operates (cf. the atmospheres of the wild nature that deserve to activate a DSP of virtualization), this soundtrack DTS-HD MA 5.1 makes known its intentions as soon as it opens on the battlefield, where countless shots and other explosions invade the scene. The dialogues are clear, the dynamic as the engaging basses and the score, as melancholic as well as warrior, barred by depth.
In a Violent Nature
Source Germany | Publisher : Capelight Pictures | Release date : 12 December 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.33
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
German DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
German
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 8 | Audio : 9
WORK – If he turns a little in circles over the duration, this slasher « at the Gus Van Sant » renews the genre (where most productions seem interchangeable) by making a refreshing change of perspective. Because sticking to the Basques of his mutic boogeyman (the protagonist), the victims (the extras) only exist to get charmed during his hike. Participating in the tension felt, this malinous narrative is well-fitted with contemplation that stains.
IMAGE – Using the 4/3 format to attest to the limited point of view of his killer on the world, the staging close to the documentary finds some advantages in this UHD DV transfer. Encoding gains in robustness, sharpness details (backgrounds), rich forest colorimetric palette, density blacks and light (sometimes extremely limited) in realism. As on the Blu-ray, the depth of field is often low and the video noise is significant.
SON – Dominated by the atmospheres of the forest (branch cracking, the wind blowing, the rustling of leaves, the song of birds) and without musical score, this soundtrack encoded in DTS-HD MA 5.1 parachutes us in the middle of nature. All noises show alarming proximity (including physical devices), official spatialization throughout, rare dialogues are well defined and dynamics contribute to the emergence of murders.
Is there a pilot on the plane?
Source France | Publisher : Paramount Pictures | Release date : 20 November 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.78
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 9 | Video : 7 | Audio : 7.5
WORK – While chaos has taken control of the flight diverted by the ZAZ, a wind of madness blows on this aerial parodic delirium that raises the nonsense to a stratospheric level. The gags are faster than the air hostesses serve as peanuts, the frenetic setting causes the North to lose faster than a broken compass and the intrigue is so crazy that it would make the autopilot laugh if it existed. Passenger, do you like gladiator movies?
IMAGE – Despite serious turbulence in the air (chained melts are mutilated by a dreadful combination of DNR and EE), this UHD Dolby Vision transfer from the same master's degree as the 2020 Blu-ray (a 4K remaster supervised by the directors) landed smoothly. Clarity travels in the first class (see edge instruments), the silver grain breathes better (even if still diminished) and the colors like contrasts have been softened (too aggressive until then).
SON – With friendly spatialisation « ambience » (the vacarm in the airport and the agitation in the aircraft), the VO DTS-HD MA 5.1 (an enlarged stereo track) sounds well to some dated effects (the clarity of which is low). The dynamics have energy to resell (including disco sequence on Stayin), dialogues have a nice presence and Elmer Bernstein's music is projected very well. The VF mono is only valid for its cultivating dubbing.
The Pianist
Source France | Publisher : Studiocanal | Release date : 17 September 2023
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 10 | Video : 7 | Audio : 8
WORK – In the meaningless hell of the Second World War, Roman Polanski composes an intimate partition (between sobriety and modesty) where at the threshold of death, the melancholic virtuoso Adrien Brody (King Kong, Predators) tastes life by music, a language that brings together beyond barbarism. And at the heart of the horrors of war, as souls get lost, the most beautiful of notes ends up resonating, hope. An upsetting masterpiece on human resilience.
IMAGE – Completely re-produce the post-production (to avoid scaling the DI 2K obtained from a 1080p scanning) in order to obtain a 4K master from a 6K scan of the original 35 mm negatives, that's good! Removing the silver grain (for a bad digital rendering) and revisiting several SFXs is not good! But the previous Blu-ray is only a distant memory, both the fineness of the details (with a gain of framing) and the adjustment of the (warmer) colors are notable.
SON – Essentially frontal (the rear scene remains very modest) although naturally ventilated (some out-of-field immersive when the armed conflict is close to Władysław Szpilman), this soundtrack 5.1 (under 16-bit) never pours into the demonstrative (even bombings only little mobilize the dynamics and bass) in order to favor the reproduction of dialogues and transparency of piano pieces. For more authenticity, the VO is best placed on the VF.
The Seven Samurai
Source France | Publisher : The Jokers | Release date : 18 December 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.37
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
Japanese DTS-HD MA 1.0
Subtitles
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 10 | Video : 8 | Audio : 8
WORK – Between visual poetry and human tragedy, the sensei Akira Kurosawa (Ran) choreography a twilight dance where each samurai, incarnation of a different facet of self-denial, fights for an idea of justice and dignity (so far from all glory) in medieval Japan of the late sixteenth century. A monument of the shabara which, in life as in death, the size of its seven swords a humanist tale in black and white whose defense of the oppressed resonates throughout the ages.
IMAGE – From a new 4K scan of the best 35 mm intervector, this restoration is due to the Toho Archive Co. Ltd is very solidly returned by this UHD Dolby Vision transfer. Of course, the limitations of the source persist (swimming point, multiple vertical lines and optical transitions below), but the details gain in refinement, the shadows in depth and the high luminances in shine (the rays of the sun, the reflections on steel). The grain looks intact.
SON – Remastered for the occasion, this monophonic soundtrack (filled with the laughter of Kikuchiyo and drum beat) of great cleanliness does not have to endure any distortion or unwanted noise (blow, sizzling and/or scratches) by an exemplary cleaning. The dialogues are clear, the mediums and the sharps in nothing strident, the serious rather round (gunshots, horse hooves) and the iconic partition of Fumio Hayasaka reasonably dynamic.
In this supernatural polar that explores the urban legend of Barcelona's most strange metro station, tunnels hide a terrifying past... Even if too classical in its unfolding and gnawing with dusty jumpscares, this urban horror effectively formatted for the general public rises in a row with strong sensations where the claustrophobic atmosphere is tense and the investigation holds in breath until the end. Are you going down to that stop?
Source United States | Publisher : Well Go USA | Release date : 08 October 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
Korean Dolby Atmos
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 9 | Audio : 10
WORK – Two young shamans have been hired by a rich family who fear that a danger will hover on their newborn. A dark curse seems to be weighing on the family. The shamans use a geomanic and a croque-mort in order to find the tomb of the ancestor at the origin of this evil... Going crescendo towards horror and making the part beautiful to the suggestion (before a last part openly bis to the), this thrilling esoteric thriller split into two large segments embraces threats, folklore, rituals, mysteries and religions to better surprise spectators. And while the ghosts of the past lie right next to the hidden traumas of history (the annexation of Korea by Japan), Jang Jae-hyun comes to distill a deaf tension.
IMAGE – This UHD Dolby Vision transfer, derived from a digital capture finalized in 2K, reveals a disturbing photograph of which the organic aspect is rooted in the earth of tears and blood dug for the needs of the story. In the absence of Blu-ray, no comparison could be made. However, it appears that the details are meticulous, the calibration of the colors (most of them heavy and autumn) worked and the robust contrasts. A plan in the dark is very loudly sounded.
SON – Very committed at the back (environmental atmospheres, demonic encounters) and in the heights ( fantomatic manifestations), the Korean track Dolby Atmos impresses. The dialogues are returned with great clarity, the spatialization is particularly marked (cf. the fireball), the low frequencies impose it as soon as the fantastic is unearthed, the score develops a nicely sober chill and the dynamic pushes the whole without a certain amplitude.
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- The best 4K Blu-ray support (2016 → 2024)
- The best 4K Blu-ray in support (2016 → 2020)
- The best 4K Blu-ray to test 3D sound (2016 → 2024)
- The best 4K Blu-ray to test 3D sound (2016 → 2021)
- Best 4K Blu-ray from 2024
- Best 4K Blu-ray from 2023
- Best 4K Blu-ray from 2022
- Best 4K Blu-ray from 2021
- Best 4K Blu-ray released in France in 2020
Support flops:
The previous Bazar:
- Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14
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