Source France | Publisher : Universal Pictures | Release date : 04 September 2024

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

The Fall Guy (2024)
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 7 | Video : 10 | Audio : 8.5

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. In addition, the images (from the Patreon account of Matt Paprocki) serve as an illustration and cannot be considered representative of the edition tested.

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 - My beloved stuntman

After leaving the trade a year earlier, Colt Seavers, a stuntman, resumed service when the star of a big studio film suddenly disappeared. As the mystery around the missing actor thickens, Colt soon finds himself trapped in a sinister plot that pushes him to the edge of a more dangerous fall than any waterfall.

Inspired by the series of 80 The man who falls at peak, this turbulent romantic comedy where the intrigue (borderic and uninterested) is just a pretext to celebrate all the shadow trades working on the magic of cinema, overflowing with valves, references to the 7th art and generous action scenes (in pyrotechnic) around a particularly glamorous duo (Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt). And despite the unskided staging (a sequence « planant » of the former stuntman David Leitch (Atomic Blonde, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, Bullet Train), this fun blockbuster remains very entertaining.

« - I'm real. You're a stuntman. We have to stay super professional. - Professional, that's my nickname. - Yeah, I thought it was dangerous. - Danger, that's my stage name. »

IMAGE - The reverse of the decor

Mostly captured using digital cameras (mounting with anamorphic lenses) except for rare passages in 35 mm, the hot photograph of the chef op Jonathan Sela fully spreads with this UHD Dolby Vision transfer just sublime whose average bitrate, measured at 75.4 Mbps, leaves no compressive trace.

The definition never fades, the details of a rare precision show an increased finesse (skin pores, facial hair, textile fibres, decor layout, sand grains) and the subtle film texture, obtained by a simulation of silver granulosity in post-prod, gains finesse.

Voluntaryly amber, the colorimetric palette is here much wider with more energetic primarys (blue sky, red leather jacket and Colt yellow suit), and in all the even warmer shades (especially in extracts from the fake film). Metalstorm). It should be noted that the very specific chromatic treatment produced by a drug inoculation, unfolds thanks to the WCG a surge of fluorescent colors with the explosive tenfold.

The contrasts, accentuated without evaporation, show more assertive blacks (without being blocked) and more elegant whites. The shadow thus acquires legibility (see the race-continuation by boat) and the high luminances enjoy a better cleavage (flames). As for the light sources, they deploy an additional spark perfectly suitable (explosions, nightclub lighting). MaxFALL was measured at 298 cd/m2 and MaxCLL at 649 nits.

SON - I am the man who falls to pic 🎶

Rhythmed by the resumption of I Was Made for Lovin of the Kiss group, this mix with the dynamic sinister benefits from remarkable spatialisation (the agitation on the filming trays, the noises of the city) and a particularly large eclectic soundtrack.

The voices are clear (those of the team members going so far as to move in accordance with the camera's movements) and the rear scene always goes. However, even if the LFE channel is triggered several times, the low frequencies are strangely apathetic (but where did the impacts of the shots and other detonations pass?).

If its dubbing (convincing) is well incorporated into the original mixing and regularly uses all the speakers made available to it, the VF Dolby Digital More 7.1 (768 kbps) cannot compete with the immersion of his 3D friend (16-bit, 3332 kbps)... Especially since its verticality is efficient (of debris, music, helicopters).

CONCLUSION - Silence... Action!

Strong love declaration to anonymous stunters (but open up a category to them at the Oscars!), this unbridled fun rush that lets his romance exist, always falls at peak on 4K Ultra HD support (A/V performances) « cosmic magnitude »)! And icing on the set, the presence of a long version including 20 minutes of essentially lengthened scenes.

Nyctalope like Riddick and with a very good hearing, I am ready to jump on physical editions and SVOD platforms. But if the quality isn't on the rendezvous, stop at the bite! #WeLovePhysicalMedia

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