4K Ultra HD – Edition EN – MGM United Artists – 163 min – 28 February 2022
Video format
• Intermediate Master: 4K
• Standard HDR: Dolby Vision
• Ratio: 2.39
Soundtrack
• English Dolby Atmos
• English Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
Subtitles
• English
• French
It is brought to the attention of our dear readers as well as the viewing equipment specified and used by each tester of the MaG team, the rendering may differ from one installation to another, whether or not it is calibrated, as well as personal preferences and expectations may influence the rating. Moreover, the images in the article are not representative of the edition tested.
WORK – The spy who loved
James Bond has left the secret service and is running happy days in Jamaica. But his tranquillity is short-lived because his old friend Felix Leiter of the CIA arrives to seek his help: it is about saving a scientist who has just been kidnapped. But the mission proved to be much more dangerous than expected and Bond found himself in the kits of a mysterious enemy with formidable technological weapons...
Nanti to an inspired staging and a bold conclusion to Daniel Craig's 15 years of service, this big show that distills an amazing cocktail of action and emotion focuses, once it's not customary, on the man that Bond is and not the icon. On the occasion of his 60 years, far from the usual « Bondian recipe »Agent 007 shows a soul!
IMAGE – Just a number?
Resulting from a 35 mm, 65 mm and IMAX capture then finalized in real 4K, this stunning UHD Dolby Vision transfer stopped magnifying Linus Sandgren's superb photography (The Land).
Clearly superior to its HD counterpart, the image that is much better defined (cf. the increased sharpness of the backgrounds) displays a slightly finer silver texture, much more intimate details (the tomb of Vesper Lynd, close-up on the faces, the texture of the clothing), a clearly more sustained colorimetric palette (starting with blues and greens), much more harmonious contrasts where whites gain in purity (the snowy nature during the opening sequence) and blacks in precision (the exploration of underground passages), and light sources with a tenfold fervour (exterior sunshine and interior lighting).
Up to Her Majesty's favorite secret agent class, this Ultra HD Blu-ray is perfect!
SON – No Time to Die
Richly spatialized and eminently musical, the VO encoded in Dolby Atmos rivals, not without some British phlegm, with tenors of the genre.
The mix is carefully balanced, the dialogues are perfectly clear, the dynamics turn full throttle, the effects as well as the atmosphere are particularly well placed in the acoustic space (the Aston Martin under the shots in Matera, the evening of the organization SPECTRE in Cuba, the manhunt in a forest in Norway), the surround scene follows the continuous action, the basses are striking, the aerial stratum immerses fully (the sound of a bell, the overflight of helicopters, debris falls, an announcement in the loudspeakers and j-en pass) and the score signed Hans Zimmer, which admirably paces this 25th mission by taking out the saga of the musical torpor in which it was plunged for a long time (the « leitmotiv Bondien », very present, being gripped by the heavy sounds peculiar to his composer), spreads everywhere with an emeritus magnitude.
More discreet and less striking, the VF proposed in Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 and however effective it is enough to satisfy the followers of Molière's language.
CONCLUSION – Live and not exist
Not quite yet retired and at a few hours to worry about his legacy, James Bond will have to reload the tuxedo and equip the present 4K Ultra HD to save the world, and his own, one last time!
Artistic note
8.5
Video quality
10
Audio quality
10
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