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.
Whether you're a seasoned cinephile looking for the best editions of the market or an amateur wishing to maximize its home-cinema installation, follow the recommendations of our expert and prepare to be amazed by a quality image and sound you thought so far reserved for cinemas. Good reading and enjoy every issue to come! #WeLovePhysicalMedia 📀✨
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.
QD-OLED Television : Sony Bravia XR-65A95L
Universal reader : Oppo UDP-203 Audiocom Reference
Multimedia player : R_volution PlayerPro 8K Signature Edition
Modular home cinema pack (5.1.2): Yamaha True X Surround 90A
Image Modes : Professional (SDR or HDR) | Dolby Dark Vision | IMAX Enhanced
Listening modes : SURROUND:AI (Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, Auro-3D) | 3D MUSIC Auro-Matic (LPCM, DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, Dolby Digital) | STRAIGHT (2.0 Dual Mono, 1.0)
Contents
Trapped (2025)
Source Italy | Publisher : Eagle Pictures | Release date : 20 November 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Italian DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
Italian
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9
WORK – With a simple device and a tension that holds the road enough to maintain attention, this modest but solid thriller, where the staging transforms the enclosed space into a real trap tightening each movement around a constantly threatened protagonist, remains efficient « locked » thanks to the Skarsgård–Hopkins duo. The scenario, on the other hand, distills its revelations with a felted cruelty, even if a somewhat clumsy societal message comes to grip the whole.
IMAGE – This HDR10 UHD transfer is distinguished by a much sharper image than the Blu‐ray, with more details on faces, materials and the interior, where LEDs are much more intense. Despite the deliberately undefined inserts of embedded cameras and the post-prod addition of a grain « roots », the rendering is a beautiful mastery. The colours, more nuanced and better saturated, display a golden dominant without excess, and the night contrast impresses.
SON – A large and well held VO DTS-HD MA 5.1, offering a clear mix where dialogues dominate without stifling a sharper spatialization during taser dumps, intra-diegetic music and 4×4 moves. The urban atmospheres and those of the garage wrap around the spectator, while the impacts find a very efficient low-frequency support. The ensemble maintains a lively dynamic, a solid sound envelope and an amazing punch.
Predator: Badlands
Source France | Publisher : 20th Century Studios | Release date : 11 March 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 10 | Audio : 10
WORK – Audacious, this 9th opus signifies the most captivated entrance of the saga. After Prey and Killer of Killers, Dan Trachtenberg dynamizes the codes and takes us behind a young Yautja, a little frail, a little confused, ordered to prove his worth. Deprived of humans to skin, ferocious creatures swollen, and mischievous and mischievous by Elle Fanning (The Neon Demon) Derail with plume. One Predator fun, surprising, full of ideas, knitting action, humor and clever wink to Alien.
IMAGE – Apron and xeno-mineral photo: mist, dust and smoke swallow the light, while anamorphic optics impose incisive flares and peripheral softness, breaking any clinical sharpness... even when skins, mechanics and vegetation overflow with micro-details (tightened). The Dolby Vision digs black abyssals, electrifies weapons, holograms and red beams. The austere palette, alternating ice blue and eroded moles, is now more sharpened for hunting.
SON – The monstrous VO Dolby Atmos deploys a total sound sphere, saturated with vertical trajectories, lateral impacts and directional effects that are based on us as if in the middle of a hunt. Colossal bass, nerve dynamics, goldsmith spatialization: each creature, each debris, each projectile splits space with predatory precision. Clear dialogues, and tribal beats with controlled industrial accents. The VF, less large, less wild, remains in the line of sight.
Dog 51
Source France | Publisher : Studiocanal | Release date : 18 February 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
French Dolby Atmos
French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
French
English
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 9 | Audio : 10
WORK – In this adapted polar anticipation of the eponymous black novel, the staging searches a fractured city where each alley, under the influence of technological tools, monitors the previous one. Nourished by the social fracture, a peaty atmosphere and dry and nervous action, the deaf tension operates at full yield... where the story, too superficial, struggles to exceed its own codes despite a cabossed duo that brings a little relief. Still a gross efficiency.
IMAGE – With an exceptional nocturnal readability where every urban halo cuts the silhouettes like in a cyberpunk nightmare, this UHD transfer impresses. The Dolby Vision amplifies the contrasts, densifies the blacks and makes the neons burst like luminescent confetti fallen from a sick city. The definition, even more surgical, opens a depth of field that reveals the prison rigidity of urban planning. Note however: a fraction of dark planes reveal residual noise.
SON – Widely open and animated by almost continuous verticality, this Atmos mix with hyperactive surrounds unfolds an acoustic space of a singular richness in the French landscape: oppressive drones, dense traffic, diluvian rain, pedestrian brewing, etc. generously fill the scene, not without a precision at the height of a control protocol. Electrical dynamics, enveloping score, massive bass and clear dialogues complete the whole with the same authority.
Sisu: Gold and blood
Source France | Publisher : M6 Video | Release date : 17 February 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
French DTS-HD MA 7.1
Subtitles
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9
WORK – The staging, brute like a picket, transforms this authentic survival into a bloody ballet where the mutism of his hero strikes as much as the explosions. Between Inglourious Basterds and John Wick, this dry and frontal actuator assumes its to-butism and distils a pure rage energy that sometimes approaches overload, but its sense of frame and its large Nazi carnage maintain tension... until a final which seals this western frozen in an iron mythology.
IMAGE – The UHD disc offers a sharp image like a Finnish knife: voluntary but clean grain, rock and skin textures of formidable precision, autumn colours saturated with browns, oranges and residual greens. Details explode, from the slightest burst of mud to crystalline drops of blood, while deep blacks sculpt space. The HDR10 (DV to the US) strengthens the light without ostentation, including in underwater areas, better compressed.
SON – Despite mixing a little rough in places, the soundtrack hits quickly and hard: planes that shear space, tanks that plow the serious, detonations projected with a beautiful magnitude. The VO Atmos, exclusive to our edition, deploys a wide scene where surrounds, height and LFE work together without ever saturating. Painful impacts, well sewn atmospheres, solidly integrated music and always clear dialogues. The VF DTS-HD MA 7.1 with well-integrated dubbing follows closely.
Sisu: The Way of Revenge
Source France | Publisher : Sony Pictures | Release date : 25 February 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – Under the nervous setting of Jalmari Helander (the prequel of Rambo), this new bloody salve pushes all the sliders: larger, louder, more decomplexed. The filmmaker embraces the « Bigger and welder » with the rage of a Berserker, transforming each confrontation into a furious picture. If emotion remains in retreat, the rise in power never weakens. A rough show, willingly outrageous, that fully assumes its taste for stylized carnage.
IMAGE – A UHD transfer cut for survival: sharp definition, squeaky textures and almost tactile relief give each landscape, each debris, a tempered steel presence. DV muscle contrasts and shines, magnifying explosions, shadows and false blood. Deep blacks, striking earthy colours, cold and marked skins: everything breathes the clarity of the ground. No noise, no artifact, just crude to implacable cleanliness, perfectly tuned to the fury of « Immortal ».
SON – With its wide and nervous sound field, where overflights, motors, fire and explosive charges circulate with formidable precision, the VO Atmos deploys a mix of remarkable intensity. The dynamic alternates under high tension and total chaos, the LFE roars with authority without the rare but clear dialogues being stifled, and verticality seized during air attacks. The VF 5.1, as a solid alternative, shakes the listening space. In short, immersive and demonstrative!
Ice Road: The Vengeance
Source Germany | Publisher : Capelight Pictures | Release date : 05 February 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
German DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
German
Rated 3 of 5
Artistic : 6 | Video : 9 | Audio : 7.5
WORK – This suite moves the action towards the Himalayan heights without really raising its ambition. B-series muscled that assumes, it recycles its own mechanics : the carbide story to the facilities, the bad guys come out of a known mould, the staging runs automatically, and Liam Neeson advances like a tired but tenacious rock. Neither shameful nor notable, this steep detour is like an old tourist bus on the road to heaven: it grins, it derails, but it ends up reaching its goal.
IMAGE – With its solid HEVC encoding that reveals a wealth of micro-details, this 4K transfer impresses with its stability and finesse. From the opening, the rocky reliefs appear with remarkable sharpness, and all along, grains of sand, mineral shrapnel and textures of the decor invite to the edge of the frame. Colorimetry, dominated by earthy tones, enjoys the strength of the sun, while night scenes, with deep blacks, retain exemplary legibility.
SON – 5.1 tracks its route with a clear mix: clear voices, sound environment well placed, and some mountain respirations that go through the circles (see the wind). Urban aisles and arrivals swirl between the canals as in a Nepalese crossroads, and the shootings appear in dry bursts, without ever triggering the expected avalanche of bass, the bottom of the spectrum having clearly missed its stop. Too bad for the dynamics, on the reserve.
The President's Men
Source France | Publisher : Warner Bros. | Release date : 04 March 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Dolby Digital 1.0 English
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 9 | Audio : 8.5
WORK – Dense as an editorial room under pressure, this political thriller carries out its investigation with a goldsmith's precision, each revelation bouncing in the previous one like a crossover scoop. The staging, rigorous as a closing at dawn, captures the urgency without ever raising the voice. Casting, an essential link in a truth that stubbornly refuses to remain in the shadows, seems to testify under oath. Nothing spectacular, all methodical.
IMAGE – From a 4K scan of the original 35 mm negative, this UHD transfer breathes ink: living grain, straight textures, tight planes and raw lights make up an investigation ballet where each detail becomes a track. The Dolby Vision strengthens nights, neons and shadows without ever betraying the seventies aesthetic. Faces, fabrics, measured movements gain in relief without overemphasis. Almost documentary in its requirement, a presentation of great naturality.
SON – The blending of the VO, in a mono restored dual, focuses on dialogues: voices that weigh their words, intersect, intersect, clash, without ever losing in clarity. Compared to Blu-ray, it discreetly expands space, offering a more fluid and balanced rendering, while respecting the sound austerity of the investigation. Typewriters, telephones and David Shire's parsimonious score emerge with precise dynamics. VF 1.0 clean and stable, dubbing* flawlessly integrated era.
* Released in France on September 22, 1976 in a short montage, the film never received a full dubbing for its full version, which was later restored in 2006 during the DVD edition. The previously deleted scenes reappear in subtitled VO. A patchwork consistent with its editorial history, where each addition naturally finds its place in the journalistic mechanics of the story.
The fucker (1973)
Source France | Publisher : Seven7 and the image workshop | Release date : 14 February 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.66
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 : 7.5 | Video : 8 | Audio : 8
WORK – A delightfully unbridled police comedy, this classic 70s is based on the irresistible alchemy of two sacred monsters, Ventura and Brel. Their comic slaughter, supported by a sense of dreadful timing, turns every quiproquo into a burlesque writing model. The staging, at calculated discretion, allows gags to breathe and installs a laughter mechanics that slams like a well-positioned setback. Despite visible seams, it passes through time with a plumb.
IMAGE – Even if upscaled from the 2013 2K restoration (the few dusts attest to this), this UHD transfer puts the clocks back on time: a little better held, silver grain more elegant, and rebalanced pallet where the typical greys of the era gain in presence while an extra heat boosts the frames. In addition to a hint of depth, the Dolby Vision adds seat to the blacks and better control of bright peaks. More alive tints (reds and vegetation).
SON – True to existing materials, a 2.0 / 5.1 duo that will fill purists and lovers of less tight mix. The multi-channel track, able to open space when urban background and shots touch without playing the Gables, is surprisingly effective in its development, always in its right place. A welcome breath, where the dual mono track, with exemplary transparency, is more economical in its effects. In both cases: clear dialogues like a Milan contract.
Good Boy (2025)
Source United Kingdom | Publisher : Vertigo Release | Release date : 16 February 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English LPCM 2.0
Subtitles
English
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 6 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 9
WORK – Thriller dreadful with a biting ambitions, this canine story leads instinctively, paranoia and a creeping tension that simmers scene after stage. But if the concept is not lacking in flair (the point of view of the toy), it should bark stronger, paining to renew its effects. The staging, too wise, thus prefers to install an anxious atmosphere rather than to jostle the codes, while a thin scenario awkwardly exploits its double reading. Not really wouf!
IMAGE – If the absence of Blu-ray excludes any comparison, this UHD Dolby Vision transfer effectively restores the sensory photography of the work, thought to marry Indy's perception and the shadow variations of the haunted house: solid piqué, thick black, organic digital granulation, deliberately restricted palette (unsaturated blues) and shadow marked by extra lamps. A color banding hair, however, disturbs some dark gradients.
SON – Household micro-vibrations, cracks and resonances of housing, the importance of noise becomes here the key to mixing « animal » built around the atmospheres. Runway 5.1, rhythmic by the dog's felt support, focuses on the breaths and simmers that sculpt space, rather than on the easy impact... even if the dynamics are out of the niche. Tensions arise by slipping, and spirits whisper before acting. In the hallways, the sounds roam.
When a dog reinvents shooting, patoun after patoun: Good Boy (2025)
The shooting of Good Boy (2025) did not follow industry standards: he bypassed them, sniffed them, and buried them somewhere in the garden. For three years, director Ben Leonberg and producer Kari Fischer, a couple of people from both the city and the creative world, have made a film entirely conceived around a different actor: their dog Indy.
A radical device: filming the world at snout height
Ben Leonberg wanted to tell a story of horror from the point of view of a dog. Not a gadget: an editorial line. The camera remains at the ground level, follows Indy's hesitations, captures his alerts, his impulses, his fears. Humans become silhouettes, noises, distant presences. The story is built through the ears that shudder, the tail that hesitates, the look that searches. A non-verbal language that the director learned to read as a journalist deciphers a silence at a press conference.
An animal-guided shooting method
The team is a tiny, almost family core. No caravans, no lodges, no tight schedule. The only agenda that counts is that of Indy: his needs, his energy, his desires to explore or take a nap. Result: 400 days of shooting spread over three years, a duration that would make any producer shudder... Except Kari Fischer, who took on this radical bet to the end.
An independent film to the end of croquettes
Produced through their own structure, Whats Wrong With Your Dog?, the project escapes the usual constraints. No studio to impose a calendar, no pressure to speed up. This freedom allows the film to remain faithful to its founding principle: follow Indy, not direct him. An impossible approach in a classic Hollywood setting, but essential to preserve authenticity from the canine point of view.
A crazy project become a single cinema object
The result is a film that does not look like any other: a haunted camera, seen by a dog who does not play, shot as a sensory experience. Good Boy (2025) is proof that a film can be born of sincere love, that of a director for his dog, and become a singular work, certainly fragile, but bold. A film where, literally, cinema moves on all fours.
Influencers
Source France | Publisher : Factoris Films | Release date : 25 February 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
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 DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
French
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 8 | Audio : 9
WORK – Much more twisted than its elder, this horrific thriller with the sweet scent of the 90s plays its charms, slipping towards a psychosexual dimension that electrifies here and there. Feeling regressive and devilishly effective, however, he suffers from a somewhat too television bill and a superficial satirical statement, brandished as a simple alibi. Remains an entertainment stained with blood and cleverly poisonous, hyped by tasty tension and acid reading of digital drifts.
IMAGE – Reflecting the universe of web influencers, this flashing UHD SDR transfer seems to want to win subscribers. The digital rendering, deliberately smooth and bursting, accentuates the superficiality of the characters, while the flashbacks 16 mm way crack the digital varnish. Without HDR, the dynamics remain contained, but the ring-light seduces. Acerated piqué, bright colors almost artificial: the image performs like an Instagram profile too perfect to be honest.
SON – Nervous and ultra-readable, the VO pushes like a hyper-active actu thread: voices of great clarity, inserts of connected sounds, notifications that pop, dry blades, keyboard clicks and, from southern France to the nocturnal pulses of Bali, enveloping atmospheres. The surrounds are at the party, and the ensemble instantly finds its grip. Too bad the dubbing of the VF, made at the speed, comes out of the mix: too strong and intrusive, it debunks like a push alert impossible to close.
The Killer (1989)
Source France | Publisher : Metropolitan Video | Release date : 12 March 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
Cantonese DTS-HD MA 5.1
Cantonese DTS-HD MA 2.0
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 9 | Video : 8 | Audio : 8
WORK – An operatic fury and skin-flowering romanticism, The Samurai by John Woo has established himself as the incandescent result of his heroic bloodshed. Chow Yun-Fat (Tiger and Dragon) crosses the balls with an almost mythological class, ignited by a fulcruming staging, true seal of the "woodian" style. Choreographed fusillades, raging lawsuits and chivalrous code of honor make up an unmatched funeral ballet. Holy Grail of the kind!
IMAGE – From the original negative, this 4K restoration led by Duplitech delivers a superb overall image, organic and nervous, faithful to the 35 mm despite a fluctuating precision according to the planes, from melts to idles. The DV, discreet but effective, reinforces bursts, flames and shade zones without ever abrupting a colorimetry that remains sober. Accuracy, grain and stability revive its murderous elegance, even if there are traces of wear specific to optical effects.
SON – The audio section offers VO and VF in 5.1 and 2.0, but it is clearly the dual mono tracks that are required: more coherent, more natural, without fireworks or hazardous opening. Mix 5.1, on the other hand, lacks scope and sounds hollow, especially on the VF side, almost caricatural narrowness. The VO 2.0, round and balanced, manages post-synchronised dialogues, music and pyrotechnics with an honest dynamic. The VF 2.0, with a little forced rendering, lets voices dominate excessively.
The Killer's editorial content (1989)
Just indispensable for fans, this edition that draws faster than its shadow unfolds a real cathedral bonus, where each supplement seems to burst like a shot in slow motion. The Taiwanese montages (129' & 136'), both in HD, make the work even more melancholy. Around them gravitate a passionate commentary by John Woo and journalist Drew Taylor, a large documentary on the Heroic Bloodshed, a salve of interviews (John Woo, Terence Chang, David Wu, Sally Yeh, Tsang Kong, Peter Pao), a nervous focus of Grady Hendrix (Hong Kong Confidential), lost scenes resurrected like lost bullets (11'), and a new episode ofHK Revised where Christophe Gans et al. revisit the legacy of the film with fervor. A booklet completes the set.
Walk or die
Source France | Publisher : Metropolitan Video | Release date : 14 February 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos
Subtitles
French
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – Adapting Stephen King's first novel, the film depicts a totalitarian America where each step resonates as a countdown. His closed camera in the open, tense like a calf at the end of the effort, accurately captures the slow erosion of bodies and spirits, while some bursts of violence gore remind that survival is nothing like a game. And if some strides go away, this forced march towards adulthood is hard enough to mark the spirits.
IMAGE – A UHD transfer of implacable precision carried by the large and inhabited photograph of Jo Willems (Finch). The pallet, dominated by dusty greys and tired beiges, is enhanced by a measured DV, which reserves its flashes to bright fires, torn skies and flashbacks sepia. Despite a constant moving camera, textile fibres, vegetation and night plans enjoy an increased level of detail, reinforcing the immersive austerity of the world that the film tramples without mercy.
SON – The soundtrack Dolby Atmos envelops the spectator in a soundscape that is still in breath: wind gusts, torrential rain and bird vocals fully exploit verticality, while shots, motors and screams strike horizontality with dry and textured energy. The dialogues remain clear, and the VF, just as solid, competes with the VO thanks to precise spatialization and perfectly integrated voices. Immersion kept on alert.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Source France | Publisher : Warner Bros. | Release date : 16 April 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 10 | Audio : 10
WORK – Kenji Kamiyama's animé immediately imposes his vigour, making the rage of the Rohirrim sound like a vibrating echo Tolkien legends. The animation, ample and raced, embraces the heroic charge without losing sight of the intimate, giving to Hera a fiercely human presence. And if narrative shortcuts remain, it advances with the determination of a galloped warhorse, carried by an epic breath that honors Middle Earth while affirming its singularity.
IMAGE – In this fresco, the UHD gives a chivalrous vigour: despite a 2K master upscaled, the artisanal trait remains of a sovereign sharpness and the indomited plains of the Rohan open with a striking depth. The Dolby Vision, subtle but inspired, stirs flames, steel reflections and shadows without overbidding. The colours light up with more frank shades (see Hera's flamboyant red hair) and the encoding banishes any artifact, leaving the image galloping with confidence.
SON – The VO Atmos deploys a sound scene of the Riddermark's own scale: perfectly anchored voices, chiseled weapon effects, arrows that split the air with formidable directionality, gallops that wrap the space. The vertical channels, which hover like a blast of war, add Great Eagles, Wind and Helm's horn. Without overload, the dynamics strike just, and the bass (mûmakil) support the whole with authority. The VF 5.1, stable and valiant, carries out its mission.
DOA: Dead or Alive
Source Germany | Publisher : Nameless Media | Release date : 12 March 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.78
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
German DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
German
Rated 3 of 5
Artistic : 5 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9
WORK – Intrigue in mode « game over », shot in gust, fragile interpretation and dated SFX : this live adaptation is only held by its Cartoon energy and its anchoring in the Girls with Guns. Corey Yuen signs stylized body-to-body, while her heroines are as bright as they are slightly dressed. Like an arcade game dedicated to immediate fun, the show takes precedence over the depth. The target audience will therefore support « Continue »When the others leave the game.
IMAGE – The 4K transfer, taken from a neat upscale of the DI 2K, uses a bright HDR10 skin: acidulated tint, warm palette, supported saturation, aguir contrasts and overexcited brightness. Island scenes like bamboo groves explode with vitality, while the 35 mm skate remains fine and controlled. The relief is solid, the pique often formidable (some softer planes) and the shadows well detailed. The opening of the frame, which just reveals enough, raises the temperature.
SON – As an over-vitamin DOA fight, the DTS-HD MA 5.1 track focuses on pure impact: effects that velocate (team to fight DSP 3D), nervous clashes, spectacular sound circulation. Each channel actively participates in the tournament, and the beatings, firmly supported by physical bass, hurt. Clear voices, teasing mixtape and frantic dynamic participate in the combo. Little finesse here, but a real acoustic generosity. Fight!
Public woman
Source France | Publisher : LCJ Editions | Release date : 04 November 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.66
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
None
Rate 2 of 5
Artistic : 6 | Video : 4 | Audio : 6.5
WORK – This psychological drama advances as a discharge that crosses the bodies, seductive first, then clumsy. The expressionist universe with pregnant hostility saturates space, nourished by carnal passions, emotional violence and manipulations between dislocated beings. You can feel a fever, you can see shrapnel in the stage, even if the ambient hysteria ends up crumbling. But under the tumult touch a fiery game and a meta look at the drifts of the cinema.
IMAGE – This UHD Dolby Vision transfer is only rarely able to follow the visual frenzy of Counter-days brighter and reinforced vigour of lighting are illusions.
SON – True to the original and breathless mono, the soundtrack DTS-HD MA 2.0 remains surprisingly clear: dialogues generally well detached, honest dynamic despite the mash, music and balanced atmospheres. But « Voice energy » In the end, he put the whole thing to the test. Because the vocal bursts, very numerous, sometimes push the track in a slight saturation, as if the recording struggled to absorb the emotional overflows of the film.
The Last Cannibal World
Source France | Publisher : Sidonis Calysta | Release date : 16 January 2026
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
Italian DTS-HD MA 2.0
English DTS-HD MA 2.0
French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
French
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 6.5 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 7
WORK – Operative cinema (before) Cannibal Holocaust), this Italian bis of the 70s, filmed with a raw realism, strikes as much as he captive in his representation of a primitive anthropophagy. Survival is treated frontally, each danger being stressed without detours, while a few unsavory sequences inject into the adventures a real brutality of wild jungle. But now it is difficult to ignore animal abuse.
IMAGE – Restored from a 4K scan of the negative 35 mm, it devours the screen: respected silver grain, often sharp, dense black, white with beautiful purity, warm and vibrant colorimetry. Softer stock-shots and blurred capture inherent to the source. The copy is stable, the details on the skins and tips are abundant, the external light radiating and the shadow of the more visceral rocky bowels. Yet, the taste of flesh would have been higher in HDR.
SON – Three tracks clash like so many tribes ready to fight. The ardent Italian version lets the music of Ubaldo Continiello devour space despite post-synchronization not always tamed. English, more natural in its exchanges but with a whistle in the background, has a stronger dynamic and more biting atmospheres. The VF, clear but with dubbing detached from the ground, sometimes stifles noise. What mix are you going to chew?
Casino (1995)
Source France | Publisher : Seven7 and the image workshop | Release date : 12 March 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.35
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
French
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 10 | Video : 9 | Audio : 8.5
WORK – With CasinoScorsese transforms Las Vegas into a veritable theatre of illusions where each flash of light already announces the fall. A mafia fresco whose staging, mathematically precise, dissects the ascension then implosion of an empire based on mirage. From Niro, Stone and Pesci electrify the place, revealing the fragility behind the fascist. Between toxic glamour and felt violence, this golden tragedy exposes the relentless mechanics of power. A masterpiece.
IMAGE – Already very clean and well defined, the UHD transferUniversal preserved the softness of the photo while firmly restoring the Super 35 grain. However, the master DV provided by the right-holders takes the bet with a more natural rendering. Cooled in comparison to HDR10, it corrects the carnations too red and evokes the colorimetry of Blu‐ray 2008, while increasing the grade and saturation of the primarys. Refined by encoding, precision benefits from a moderate but undeniable gain.
SON – If the atmospheres of the casino do not completely recreate the tumult of the playrooms, these largely frontal sound tracks prioritize dialogues and voice off, while the B.O. very 70s unfolds its panache like Ace Rothstein. Mixing, sometimes extended backwards and supported by a measured LFE, remains consistent. Despite a lower volume than the previous DTS:X track, the Atmos VO imposes a sharper definition and more reactive surrounds. VF 5.1 finds its DTS-HD MA.
Cypher
Source Australia | Publisher : Umbrella Entertainment | Release date : 03 September 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.78
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
English LPCM 2.0
Subtitles
English
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 8 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – Vicenzo Natali (Cube) orchestrates a brain thriller where each revelation rebuffs cards. A minimalist futuristic identity puzzle, transcended by an elegant staging that sublimates a derisory budget. The scenario, of a formidable ingenuity, multiplies the false tracks and sculpts characters of a ductian subtlety without ever adapting the letter. Between ice paranoia and fractured identities, this captivating narrative maze maintains constant tension. A nugget.
IMAGE – Made from a DI 2K (a 35 mm capture finalized with the digital HD Cinema process), this 4K remasterization turns out to be a bit more incisive than sound during 1080i. The high lights, deliberately burned and sounded, increase in intensity, while the details, a little more precise, betray some reinforced contours. If the original desaturation remains, colorimetry has a more assertive saturation (copper wig) and a healthier carnation. Contrasts accentuated.
SON – The track DTS‐HD MA 5.1 deploys a sound environment of clinical accuracy, ideal for a film where each whisper can betray an identity. The voices remain clear, the music spreads with cold elegance, and the effects merge into an exemplary blend of cohesion. The rear scene, particularly demonstrative, envelopes the listener in an immersive acoustic network. Strengthening the suspicion and duplicity of the world of the work, this lossless track asserts.
Hellraiser (2022)
Source Germany | Publisher : Medien Turbine | Release date : 11 December 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.35
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English DTS 5.1
English DTS 2.0
German Dolby Atmos
German SDR 5.1
Subtitles
English
German
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 8.5
WORK – This sadistic rereading of the myth prefers pain to the blink of an eye, and this is his best decision. The staging, rigorous and cruel, organizes each torture as a ritual where the body becomes contract. The new apostles of suffering impose a disturbing presence, while the narrative, more human than expected, gradually slides towards the irremediable pact. Here, pleasure is never free: it buys in flesh, in guilt, and in silence after the last cry.
IMAGE – This UHD Dolby Vision transfer reinforces the suffocating aesthetic of the film: unfathomable blacks, voracious shadows and red shrapnel that slice like an invocation. The increased definition sublimates fleshly textures when the more ruthless light deigns to reveal them. The earthy palette, which oscillates between cold blues, malady greens and toxic ambers, perfectly serves this atmosphere of damnation. True to the creed of the Cenobits, the image seems to savor each cut.
SON – The VO Dolby Atmos sets up a tortured soundscape: cries of pain, tormented weather, moaning, cliqued chains and whispers from elsewhere slide over the spectator as if they were looking for a new offering. You have to push the volume to enjoy the bass, but the immersion becomes more visceral. The dialogues are clear, while the music of Ben Lovett, traversed by Christopher Young, envelops all of a liturgical tension.
Black Phone 2
Source France | Publisher : Universal Pictures | Release date : 25 February 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 9 | Audio : 8
WORK – This suite picks up a call we didn't expect: she refuses the re-edit and find his own voice. The winter decor, isolated as a breath cut, serves an intrigue that skilfully flirts with the legacy of the Claws of the night. The fantasy sequences, ultra-glaucal, seem to come up from a telephone of the 80s. Between nightmare visions and ice tension, this horrific thriller proves that some calls always come back... Even when you think you've hung up.
IMAGE – A UHD transfer of glacial precision, where the sharpness of digital shooting 5.8K violently slices with Super 8 visions, saturated with grain and abrasive textures. The bluish palette, deep blacks and bright flashes sculpt an oppressive atmosphere, while the Dolby Vision reinforces every shift between reality and nightmare. The details (skin, textile fibres, snow, practical effects) explode in fidelity, and encoding never picks up.
SON – The VO Dolby Atmos is striking in clarity: impeccable dialogues, striking LFE that gives weight to bursts, dreadful dynamics, and a frontal precision that would make even the voices on the other side of the handset shiver. But verticality and surrounds, almost exclusively reserved for electro hypnotic music, leave climate conditions without real breath... A real missed call. The clear and balanced VF follows honorably... even if the VO keeps the line open.
The Legend of the 8 Samurai
Source France | Publisher : The Smoker Cat | Release date : 11 September 2025
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1
Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0
French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles
French
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 7
WORK – Embarrassing the great show with a gallery of bigger-than-life characters and clashes carved for legend, this fantastic Japanese epic that carbide to excess jubilatory is deliciously pulp. We see there swirling Western influences assumed, from the retro flamboyance of Flash Gordon to the mythical impulses of Star Wars, merged with unbridled Japanese folklore. A shake with baroque sword, sometimes kitsch, but irresistibly memorable.
IMAGE – Stronger, more precise and brighter than Blu-ray, this UHD master provided by the Kadokawa is as sharp as the blade of a celestial warrior: refined textures, wide depth of field, preserved 35 mm grain and vibrant colors. The DV gives more relief to scenes bathed in supernatural light, while the WCG Intensify each shade, magnifying the reds. Some artifacts still exist here or there, without begin the general splendor. Plans to SFX below.
SON – Despite a constant slight breath, the sound part has a certain clarity. The original stereo track, with certain firmness, benefits from a well-feeling dynamic. The mix 5.1, open at the back, gives more scope to the rise of the fantasy, to the action and to the pieces of the 80s (White Light, Satomi Hakken-Den). Spatialisation fulfils its role, even if the fineness of execution is not there. The French dubbing, dull and mollasson, struggles to follow the braces.
Renaissance terminator
Source United Kingdom | Publisher : Sony Pictures | Release date : 28 October 2019
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.40
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
French (Parisian) Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – This fourth opus, finally located after Last Judgement, deploys a dark and credible post-apo universe where the war against machines takes on a visceral dimension. Faithful to The legacy of the saga While daring new fields, the film focuses on a nervous setting and memorable action sequences to plunge us into the heart of the conflict. Despite some passages shipped, the whole remains spectacular, human... and ready to never "abandon" resistance.
IMAGE – A formidable piqué, subtly desaturated colours, explosions more incandescent than ever, contrasts of striking depth and impeccable fluidity: this HDR10 UHD transfer impresses. The depth of field affirmed, the grain « Forced » more harmonious and light sources finally fully alive, from the blunder day to the Skynet projectors, reinforce immersion. A sharp visual rendering like a T‐800, ready to leave no chance for artifacts.
SON – The VO impresses with a mix of formidable power: explosive dynamics, surgical spatialization, constantly pressed surrounds and lows of a titanium scale. The absence of Dolby Atmos remixing makes the teeth grin even more. Reduced to a simple Dolby Digital, where the Blu‐ray enjoyed a DTS‐HD MA, the VF still retains a fierce sound aggression, carried by dry impacts and a war energy. IA enemy will tremble!
Godzilla II: King of monsters
Source France | Publisher : Warner Bros. | Release date : 02 October 2019
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | HDR10+ | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Dolby Atmos
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 10
WORK – Blockbuster of mass destruction, this suite frees titans with a frenzy that crushes any dramatic nuance. Intrigue, exacerbated by agreed family issues, struggles to compete with a majestically colossal visual spectacle. More action, more monsters, more excitement: it impresses with its apocalyptic imagery and mythological ambition, even though its writing remains as thin as a step away from the Godzilla. Invigorating... but less inspired than 1st.
IMAGE – Solid as a titan, this UHD DV/HDR10+ transfer offers a much more controlled image. Dark scenes loaded with atmospheric effects gain readability through tamed compression. Reinforced definition, sharpened piqué, finer textures, subtle chromatic palette (including blues and oranges) and magnified contrasts reinforce each plane. In front of the light sources (Kaiju energy, flames, King Ghidorah flashes), Godzilla trembles!
SON – Ultra enveloping and armed with cataclysmic basses, the Dolby Atmos slopes project us into the heart of chaos. The voices, perfectly clear and mobile, are detached from a large sound scene where Bear McCreary's score breathes fully. Encirclements requested from all sides, overflowing surrounds of effects, ubiquitous height (helicopters, debris, monsters, thunderstorms, deflagrations) and fiery dynamics: it strikes strongly. From the massif... A roar!
The Trip of Arlo
Source United States | Publisher : Disney | Release date : 10 September 2019
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English (Quebec) Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 9 | Video : 10 | Audio : 8.5
WORK – Moving and stunning beauty, The Trip of Arlo deploys an initiatory narrative where courage, loss and solidarity intertwine gently. Worn by deeply endearing characters and a natural staging of almost pictorial splendour, the film touches as much as it marvels. Despite a classic frame, the « small » apatosaur seduces with his sincerity and his sense of wonder. A bright tale that speaks to the heart, small and big.
IMAGE – A sovereign definition sublimates every detail of the decor, an ultra-pitch accentuates textural sharpness, bright colours gain in vitality (from celestial blue to green scales), while deeper contrasts magnify white (purer) and black (denser). The light sources, from sun to fireflies, breathe new energy into the image. Faced with this visual prowess, the Blu‐ray seems so shy... that at the beginning of his journey!
SON – The effects, the natural atmosphere and the musical score are broadcast generously on all channels, supported by round basses and controlled. More balanced but less nervous (a dynamic too measured) than the VF, the VO benefits from a larger sound scene. Its spatialization excels, carried by an aerial verticality where the asteroid, thunderstorm and pterodactyls mark points. As Arlo discovers the immensity of the world, the sonic flight is imposed.
Hulk
Source United States | Publisher : Universal Pictures | Release date : 09 July 2019
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English DTS:X
French (Parisian) SDR 5.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9
WORK – Hybrid work, Hulk mix split-screens inspired by comics and dramatically demeasure to sign a singular blockbuster. Ang Lee favors a dark and tormented psychological exploration, giving the green monster an unexpected depth. While the narration, sometimes banal, weakens the whole, this intimate approach dares the emotional complexity rather than the simple destructive fury, offering a more mature and introspective rereading of the character.
IMAGE – Equipped with a crazy cinegenicity with its light granular structure, this UHD HDR10 transfer sublimates every detail (faces, costumes, decorations) and reinforces immersion in its singular graphic aesthetic. More precise, clearer, it also benefits from a densified colorimetric spectrum, more elegant contrasts (despite the sometimes unstable blacks), and magnified brightness, whether it be control screens, daylight, flames or military laboratories.
SON – Although there is a lack of out-of-action rear presence and impact during the shots, this mix remains remarkably immersive. The atmospheres benefit from a real space, the score breathes fully, the pyrotechnic effects circulate with precision, the LFE channel is a formidable physicality and the dialogues of great clarity. Less powerful and enveloping, the VF bows against a VO DTS:X whose aerial scene simmers during Banner's metamorphoses.
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Source : Belgium | Publisher : Sony Pictures | Release date : 13 November 2019
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
French (Parisian) DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – Mild to the Infinite Saga, Spider-Man: Far From Home mix mourning, illusions and juvenile comedy to offer an entertaining teen-movie to the endearing characters. Adventure, fun and summer, meets a spectacular but sometimes hollow blockbuster. Never unpleasant, although clearly calibrated for a teen audience and in need of real dramatic tension, this 23rd opus of the MCU reflects his time, between virtuality and false-semblances, while increasing his young hero.
IMAGE – More clearly defined and brighter, the images of the UHD Dolby Vision transfer display a refined pitch, with stabilized textures and very sharp backgrounds. The colorimetric palette increases in saturation, contrasts in precision (bright whites, deeper blacks) and bright lights, from the sunlight of the outside scenes to the luminescence of the powers « supernatural » Mysterio. The only shadow on the picture: a hint of aliasing here and there.
SON – Rarely, it is the VF that imposes itself here. Touched by a narrow dynamics and too weak encoding, the VO Dolby Atmos mix remains desperately flat, with no impact or lows worthy of this name, despite the valuable vertical effects during the attacks of the Elementals. On the other hand, the much more powerful and immersive VF loseless delivers an intense sound maelstrom where pyrotechnics, atmospheres and Michael Giacchino scores benefit from exemplary spatialisation.
Snow Queen (2013)
Source United States | Publisher : Disney | Release date : 1 October 2019
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
English (Quebec) Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 9 | Audio : 8.5
WORK – This adaptation of the tale of Andersen unfolds a remarkable visual splendour and immediately endearing characters. Faithful to inheritance Disney While assuming an assumed modernity, the film slides from a Broadway musical opening to an initiatory quest nourished by northern myths. Stereotyping melts like snow in the sun, action swirls, and Olaf's humor never cools the final emotion, capable of even warming a frozen heart.
IMAGE – Crossed by a denser darkness that sometimes swallows some details, this sumptuous UHD HDR10 transfer still enhances the visual experience. The definition is getting brighter, the piqué refines with crystal precision (the dress of Elsa, the snowy coat, the fur of Sven). The bewitching colors are nuanced (orange of « carrot nose »), icy blues saturate, contrasts sharpen and light sources, more subtle, shine with increased intensity.
SON – Once the reference volume is exceeded, these soundtracks reveal all their splendor, carefully restoring the atmosphere of the countries of the North: snowstorms, ice cracks, slippery sleds and wolf screams. Dialogues and noises are distinguished by their clarity, the spatialization of anime from speaker to speaker, and the musical sequences flourish. Despite a somewhat timid dynamic, the VO takes advantage of aerial channels (rafts, spells of magic).
Salyut-7
Source Germany | Publisher : Concorde Home Entertainment | Release date : 22 March 2018
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.35
HDR10 | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
Russian DTS-HD MA 7.1
German DTS-HD MA 7.1
Subtitles
German
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 9.5 | Audio : 9.5
WORK – Despite strong patriotism, this Apollo 13 Russia imposes itself as a solid historical drama, revealing an unknown chapter of the conquest of space. The reconstruction, realistic as possible, impresses as much as the SFX, to be praised for their quasi-documentary accuracy. Driven by invested actors and a tense staging, it combines spectacle and technical credibility. An unexpected success, able to compete with Hollywood productions of the genre.
IMAGE – Very sophisticated, the photo finds in this UHD HDR10 transfer an ideal setting. More chiseled than in HD, the frost of the Soviet station bears witness to this, it is based on striking contrasts, blacks of an unreachable depth in Blu-ray and light sources of a bluffing realism, whether it is the Earth's brilliant, stars or internal lighting. The pallet, warmer and rid of its yellowish veil, benefits from an exemplary compression where the banding stays at dock.
SON – With a striking authenticity (the spatial silence is absolute there), this atmospheric mixing is full of meticulous effects, from floating debris to metallic clicks, which reinforce immersion. The dialogues integrate naturally, in particular the voices suffocated under the helmets, while all the speakers contribute fully to the action, including the height with a 3D DSP. Dramatic music stretch with magnitude and bass respond with a controlled ardour.
Angry Birds: Cops as pigs
Source United States | Publisher : Sony Pictures | Release date : 12 November 2019
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 1.85
HDR10 | BT.2020
Certification IMAX Enhanced
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English DTS:X
French (Parisian) Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 3.5 out of 5
Artistic : 6.5 | Video : 10 | Audio : 8
WORK – Often very funny, this totally hideous suite prolongs the adventures of birds and pigs in a world that is always as colorful, where the adventures chain at a pace that is sometimes too frantic. Entertainmenting even so lazy on the scenario side, visual energy and absurd humour of this animated film compensate. Between the sense of self-help assumed and the gags that come along, he will easily entertain the youngest... while picking up frank smiles at parents.
IMAGE – Flying in the feathers of the splendid Blu-ray, softer and duller in comparison, this dazzling 4K master offers a rare sharpness, to the point that each element of the frame seems to spring as in 3D. The depth of field stretches as far as you can see, the definition literally cuts the breath and the details gain surgical precision. The larger colorimetric palette explodes with radiance, while expanded contrasts and intensified lighting bring immediate visual impact. Wow.
SON – Although the dynamics and bass remain contained (a consistent choice for mixing for the younger ones), this DTS:X track, rich in atmospheres and fully exploiting the height channels (personages, molten or molten projectiles, electric shocks), is very solid once the volume is raised. The general clarity impresses, the spatialization proves generous, the pop score pushes with vigour and the dialogues remain clear. VF less enveloping.
Running Man (2025)
Source France | Publisher : Paramount Pictures | Release date : 25 March 2026
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 4K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Artistic : 8 | Video : 10 | Audio : 10
WORK – More faithful to Stephen King's novel, this dystopic thriller finds a social darkness and a more entrenched dramatic tension, far from the bodybuild show of the 80s. The narrative advances with a fat-free efficiency: steady pace, clear issues, dry but motivated violence. A few aesthetic choices a little supported do not seem to be the strength of a controlled ensemble, where the criticism of the media-arenes resonates strongly. A manhunt that runs fast... and in the right direction.
IMAGE – This UHD transfer propels dystopia into an almost tactile precision: skin textures, suspended dust, tentacular decorations... Everything seems ready to pop up through the screen. The factory opening radiates with suffocating heat, while the TV studio gains a spectacular depth. The DV makes red and neon flames without ever betraying impeccable blacks. False grain controlled, rich details and sharp contrast refuse to end as victims of the game.
SON – This Atmos mix unfolds a wide-ranging scene where clear dialogues, thundering television broadcast and chaos of lawsuits run smoothly. Helicopters like drones split the vertical space, explosions shake the LFE channel and the action envelopes like a crowd starving with show. Height exploited with plume, lively spatialization, expanded dynamics, there is not only Ben Richards who seems to run to save his skin. Dubbing of the aligned VF without any friction.
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