7.5 | / 10 |
Users | 4.5 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
Starring: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cillian MurphySci-Fi | 100% |
Horror | 67% |
Thriller | 53% |
Mystery | 18% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: Dolby Atmos
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
German: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
French (Canada): Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1
Turkish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish = Espana and Latinoamerica, Portuguese = Brasil
English, English SDH, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Digital copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
A few years ago, Director John Krasinski's A Quiet Place made a lot of noise -- and a lot of money -- as one of the most innovative Survival-Horror films in many years. The sequel, almost equally successful in following on the original, faced a unique challenge as one of the biggest, and amongst the first, movies to be theatrically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally scheduled to release on March 20, 2020, theater closures, stay-at-home orders, and other obstacles altered plans until the film finally hit heaters more than a year later. And it was a film well worth the wait. Though perhaps not quite so groundbreaking and visionary as the original, it's every bit as psychologically intense, emotionally draining, and cinematically satisfying as its predecessor.
A Quiet Place Part II was shot on film makes the transition to 1080p Blu-ray with a well rounded, albeit fairly basic, high definition presentation. The presentation holds to its natural grain structure, amplified at times, particularly in low light where it intensifies and looks a bit noisy. Black levels are a little flat and thin as well, but the picture is otherwise in fine shape. Details are sharp, not so aggressive as some other presentations but capably yielding a level of innate filmic complexity that doesn't relent no matter the lighting or location, whether bright, sun-soaked exteriors or the tightly cramped and poorly lit bowels inside the steel mill. Positive facial elements, sharp textures around that mill, and even intricate digital creature effects look surprisingly clear and robust. Colors are healthy, particularly natural greens. There's a good sense of pop and tonal expressiveness at work. Flesh tones appear accurate. There are no major print shortcomings or encode failures of note. This is not a notable image in any way, but it gets the job done, unassuming as it may ultimately be.
The Dolby Atmos soundtrack offers some incredible audio cues as frantic traffic zips through town at the beginning, as the alien creatures hurtle onto cars and clearly climb atop them, taking full advantage of the overhead channels where it absolutely makes sense and only enhances the scene's dynamics. Car crashes strike here and there and then the track drops to dead silence to reflect Regan's hearing loss. The film plays with this sort of high energy to near silence juxtaposition throughout. When it's quiet, it's literally whisper quiet, with extremely light ambience all that is standing between dead silence (and dead characters, for that matter). When it's on, it's intense, with powerful music, plenty of surround action, quality subwoofer output, deep gunshots, piercing screams, and so on and so forth. It's all very well placed, balanced, and detailed, characteristics that also extend to dialogue. Audio engineering and home delivery don't get much better than this.
This Blu-ray release of A Quiet Place Part II includes several featurettes. A digital copy code is included with purchase.
A Quiet Place Part II is every bit as intensely draining and cinematically well executed as its predecessor. The lone "drawback" is that it isn't quite so novel as the original, but Krasinski's ability to maintain focus, adhere to the successful style, continue the story, and push the franchise forward all make this a terrific sequel and so far one of the best films of the year. Paramount's Blu-ray delivers several extras in addition to solid video and spectacular audio. Very highly recommended.
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