5.9 | / 10 |
Users | 4.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
An astronaut crash lands on a mysterious planet only to discover he's not alone.
Starring: Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, Chloe Coleman, Nika KingSci-Fi | 100% |
Adventure | 79% |
Thriller | 15% |
Video codec: HEVC / H.265
Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: Dolby Atmos
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
French (Canada): DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Thai: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English, English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Thai
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
Digital copy
4K Ultra HD
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
65 opens with this text: “Prior to the advent of mankind, in the infinity of space, other civilizations explored the heavens.” In other words the movie takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... until a spaceship crash-lands on earth, 65 million years ago, and conveniently in the hours before the cataclysmic collision that cost the dinosaurs their reign on the planet. 65 is a film with a somewhat campy story that tries to (more or less) steer clear of camp in favor of a forward moving action film that holds no pretenses beyond the adventure. It works in some spots and not in others, but in the aggregate the picture satisfies essential cinema demands as good, lean popcorn escapism. It doesn't try to be too much and doesn't try to be too little, finding that Goldilocks sweet-spot for disposable entertainment.
Sony's 2160p/Dolby Vision UHD release of 65 delivers a rock-solid UHD image that is more of a fine-point refinement of the Blu-ray and less a substantial overhaul. Gains in both key areas are fine rather than significant, with the UHD offering greater clarity to faces, clothes, and environments in addition to sharper definition and a greater sense of realism and clarity which delivers fine-point improvements to facial feature detail and terrain elements. Still, the smaller elements add up to make every shot crisper and more efficient. The Dolby Vision grading likewise fine-tunes the color experience, offering deeper tones with more significantly accurate shading, allowing greens to find a new level of vibrancy and various gray, blue, and black elements more stability. Skin tones enjoy a slightly deeper appearance, revealing healthier and fuller clarity. Noise is handled a bit better here as well when compared to the Blu-ray, and like the Blu-ray there are no obvious source or encode flaws to note.
Unlike the companion Blu-ray, which concurrently releases with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack, this UHD version of 65 releases with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. It's clearly a step above the Blu-ray, which itself offers an excellent track that just about pushes the 5.1 configuration to its limits. The gains here are not so much in clarity as they are in spacing. The Atmos track holds to the essential characteristics of excellent musical clarity, clear and center-focused dialogue, and heavy action effects but adds a sometimes substantial sense of spatial engagement in the film's various environments. Rainfall emanates from a top end position, reverb in caves is more obvious, and various dinosaur roars and action elements (and music) all play with greater upward positioning. The track is well balanced to fold in the top elements, using the overheads for both discrete purposes as needed and for complementary usage as the situation warrants to add a bit of fullness to the experience. But in all other ways the track holds fast to the same basic characteristics found on the Blu-ray track, including good bass to gunfire and dinosaur roars and overall excellence in detail and definition.
This UHD release of 65 includes a few extras, all of which are found on the bundled Blu-ray disc. A Movies Anywhere digital copy code is
included with purchase.
This release ships with a non-embossed slipcover.
65 doesn't demand that its audience turn off the brain, mostly because there's not much here to stimulate the brain one way or the other. If the film is good at anything, it's good at focus and forward momentum. That's also a downfall considering that the film plays with obvious repetition once the story is established. Still, it's a decent excursion and, at under 90 minutes sans credits, it doesn't overstay its welcome in its repetitiveness. Sony's UHD delivers excellent video and audio paired with a decent selection of extras. Recommended.
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