Source France | Publisher : Paramount Pictures | Release date : 24 October 2024
Video format
2160p24 | Ratio 2.39
HDR10 | Dolby Vision | BT.2020
HEVC encoding | DI 2K
Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles
English
French
Rated 4 out of 5
Artistic : 7.5 | Video : 9 | Audio : 9.5
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Test equipment and condition (Config. HP: 5.1.4)
Video broadcaster : Sony Bravia XR-65A95L (Dolby Dark Vision)
Sources : Oppo UDP-203 Audiocom Reference | Zappiti Reference
Pregnant : Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Max (Dolby Atmos | Dolby Surround), SVS SB-4000
WORK - World War
With cancer, a woman living in New York is confronted with the attack of mysterious creatures attracted by sound. Accompanied by her cat and an unexpected ally, she embarks on a perilous journey through a city where silence reigns.
Less a film of horror than an authentic drama on the background of disaster, this prequel roundly conducted (by a Michael Sarnoski and the screenplay) where emotions take precedence over chills, is both the most spectacular (more attacks) and the most intimate (thanks to the duo) Nyong/Quinn) of the three opus of this post-apo SF saga launched in 2018 by John Krasinski. If you don't make a big noise, this is a very touching survival.
« I'm really scared, I don't want to die here. »
IMAGE - They're coming to town
Resulting from a 4.6K clean digital capture as possible, this robust UHD Dolby Vision transfer (no flaw in encoding despite a fairly fair average bitrate of 55.6 Mbps) accentuates the photographic rupture between this ultra-clean third flap and its elders, with a clear 35 mm texture.
The definition is at the rendezvous (cf. the broad plans on the New York metropolis, the theatre and the church), the details that are legion both at the front and in the background gain in finesse (no reduction of the piqué during scenes in low light), the relief is omnipresent and the sharpness constant (including CGI creations).
The overall dull colorimetric palette (many ash and dust), where grey and/or brown hues predominate, benefits from a better saturation of its brightest colours (red/orange flames, Samira's yellow vest, blue reflections) and refined shades throughout its chromatic range (such as carnation, better assaine).
As for contrasts, with greater accuracy, they display a (better) shadow with enhanced legibility (the destruction of bridges, the flooded metro) by denser blacks not letting themselves go to an excessive depth. The whites are purer (the Frodo cat's dress) and the light sources, rarely demonstrative (except a handful of flashlights), more authentic (so slightly darkened and more capped). MaxFALL was measured at 249 cd/m2 and MaxCLL at 971 nits.
It's Day 1, the one we're holding 🎶
In line with its memorable predecessors, the VO Dolby Atmos (16-bit, 3180 kbps) alternates almost total silence and acoustic chaos (as soon as the creatures move to action) at the pace of narration.
The dynamics are vehement (attacks, explosions), the very demonstrative spatialization (the atmospheres of the city at the very beginning, the displacements to 1080° of aliens) and the suggestive music ofAlexis Grapsas Enveloping. Verticality is very effectively used (the public fountain, the violent thunderstorms, the beating rain, the going-and-coming of helicopters), the dialogues remain perfectly audible even though they are for the most part whispered and the LFE channel, generously requested (which is the apocalypse after all), releases particularly strong bass (the generator group, the underwater pressure, the monsters' steps).
With its reduced (but manifest) power and less (but efficient) immersion, the VF Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps) does not fight with equal weapons without demeriting for a lossy track. Treated, dubbing is always well incorporated into the original mixing.
CONCLUSION - The beginning of the end
In a world where noise is synonymous with death, this ant episode can hardly rely on the surprise effect on humans. And as it returns to the very first days of the alien invasion, where the monsters are everywhere, it is in an increasingly oppressive silence that it falls. Step by step to survive, the 4K Ultra HD prolongs the tension and fatality of this terror in the city. Shh!
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