4K Ultra HD – Edition EN – Metropolitan Video – 118 min – 16 October 2021
Video format
• Intermediate Master: 4K
• Standard HDR: HDR10
• Ratio: 2.39
Soundtrack
• English DTS-HD MA 7.1
• French DTS-HD MA 7.1
Subtitles
• 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 Death Wish a bottom conveyor
A freshly engaged money conveyor surprises his colleagues by the incredible precision of his fire attack, while they are being attacked by experienced robbers. All now wonder who he is, where he comes from and why he is here.
False remake of Conveyor Nicolas Boukhrief, An angry man is an angry and very first degree flicker oozing the hard-boiled polar of the 70s. Roundly led and worn by a Jason Statham who imposes « Angel of Death » This horrific revenge, rid of Guy Ritchie's staging tics, culminates in an ultra-spectacular final. And even if he doesn't revolutionize the genre, this black polar really hits!
IMAGE – Get on board the armored van
Captured in 6K before benefiting from an intermediate 4K master, rough images (a 35 mm grain has been added in post-prod) and slightly unsaturated from this UHD HDR10 transfer benefit from a sharp definition (the pique is dreadful precision) and clever contrasts (underlighted places thus gain in relief) that sublimate the dark and greyish photograph of the work.
The details are a little thinner than in HD (the fabric of uniforms and costumes, the textures of the backgrounds in the background), the rare colors come out with more fergo (the red atmosphere of the pedophile den), the blacks have been reinforced (a greater depth) and the light sources manage to be illustrated by an increased radiance (cf. the blue and red neons of the bar).
SON – That's a tough Statham!
Oppressing and overflowing with energy, this soundtrack rhythmized by an intensely dramatic score (signed Chris Benstead) and traversing impacting shootings plunges us into the heart of the action.
The dialogues detach perfectly, the dynamics are feverish, the realistic sounds (gunshots), the directivity of the always amazing effects (balls cross the acoustic space on both sides) and the visceral bass (they give a lot of weight to pyrotechnics).
Both proposed in DTS-HD MA 7.1, the VO and VF get both one and the other... But the absence of Dolby Atmos mixing in the rooms, at least in VO, makes the note of this section lose 0.5 points.
CONCLUSION – Braking or Conveying?
Squared, brutal and without fioritures, this 4K Ultra HD with rumbling technique is the image of the excellent « Stathamerie » He's with me!
Artistic note
8
Video quality
9.5
Audio quality
9.5
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