4K Ultra HD – Edit DE – Capelight Pictures – 92 min – 29 April 2022
Video format
• Intermediate Master: 4K
• Standard HDR: HDR10+
• Ratio: 2.39
Soundtrack
• English DTS-HD MA 5.1
• German DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles
• English
• German
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 – Witches and Nazis
Germany, 1945. An American military plane crashes into the Black Forest. Major Johnson sent his best soldiers to pick up the top secret equipment he was carrying. Close to the accident site, they discover hanged Nazis and other corpses with ancient symbols engraved. They are then violently attacked by someone, something...
Little interested in his characters (of the cannon flesh) and only touching his own script (mysticism), this series B opportunistic exploitation (Overlord went there) where Mickey Rourke is only a commercial argument (so a cameo) nevertheless manages to pose an atmosphere in addition to revealing a technical invoice (make-up is successful) far from being naughty.
IMAGE – Let's walk through the woods
Underexposed and depressive, this photograph plunged into a fog of sombritude is in no way attractive despite a solid UHD HDR10+ transfer from a DI 4K.
Digital in its rendering (a capture with RED cameras) and well encoded, the image is as detailed as it can (see the accuracy of the close-up) in view of the low ambient lighting. When present, it should be noted that the light sources shimmer with force (flames, daylight, reflections on Major Johnson's eye mask). Voluntaryly little expressive (green/brown tints), the colorimetric palette sometimes lets itself go with a few exceptions (the « peasant » red, gold compass).
But as I have previously announced, despite a clarification (forced?) of the depth of the blacks (never absolute at the time!), 3/4 of the film is immersed in an artificial shadow that camouflages part of the environments.
SON – The Scrambles of the Night
If it's not very striking shots, the multichannel soundtrack encoded in DTS-HD MA ensures the mission. The dynamics unfold as it should, the bass roar as needed (the inaugural crash), the spatialization is palpable (the whispers of witches regularly emanate from the rear) and the dialogues are easy to grasp.
Dominated by crusts that break at regular intervals the silence of the forest, this soundtrack invokes the activation of a virtualization DSP.
CONCLUSION – The return of Nazisploitation?
As World War II rages, a supernatural enemy who hunts down and kills its prey (as in Predator) makes its appearance in woods where « Walk » Nazis and soldiers of the Airborne Division. And if this fantastic survival isn't as regressive as expected, the 4K Ultra HD presented by Capelight Pictures seems to restore the sinister atmosphere of the place to the best (no Blu-ray for comparison).
Artistic note
5
Video quality
7
Audio quality
8
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