6.7 | / 10 |
Users | 4.5 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.
Starring: James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sarah PaulsonSci-Fi | 100% |
Comic book | 94% |
Thriller | 23% |
Drama | Insignificant |
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)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
French: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
English SDH, French, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
Digital copy
DVD copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
While Marvel and DC are battling it out for box office returns, littering the movie landscape with, now, nearly countless Superhero films that all basically play to the same beat in increasingly grim and trope-filled narratives with an ever-expanding character count of decades-old names and faces, M. Night Shyamalan has taken his time to craft his own, much more grounded, and in many ways more engaging and intimate "Superhero" and "Super villain" stories. Unbreakable introduced audiences to David Dunn (Bruce Willis) and Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson), physical opposites that were seemingly born for conflict with one another. Shyamalan's Split revealed that film's antagonist, a man suffering from a unique twist on multiple personality disorder known as "The Horde" (James McAvoy), to be part of the Dunn/Glass world. The director brings their stories together in Glass, a film that is far less concerned with action and instead built on characterization and both introducing and dissecting the worlds of comic book heroes and villains in a believably approachable and innately human way. Though it is not his best film, Glass is a fitting continuation of the saga with an end that both closes one chapter of the story and opens a world of possibilities for future films.
Glass' 1080p Blu-ray presentation leaves nothing to be desired. The digitally photographed image, which was shot at 3.4K, offers a meticulously clean viewing experience where even low-light noise is kept to a bare minimum. The image offers resoundingly complex textures, showcasing every facial hair, skin pore, clothing detail, and environmental tidbit with remarkable clarity. The image misses absolutely nothing, never struggles to reveal crystal-clear human and world details with the most complexity and clarity this format can muster. Colors are likewise similarly impressive. The palette is of narrative importance throughout the film, and the image reveals terrific depth and saturation to every shade, whether more robust colors or neutral accents and environments. Whether large swaths of pink seen at the hospital during one scene or Mr. Glass' purple accented costume, there's no mistaking the depth and accuracy inherent to every shot, scene, and sequence. Black levels are terrific and skin tones appear spot-on. No encode artifacts of note are readily apparent. Blu-ray doesn't get much better.
Glass shatters through speakers with a terrific Dolby Atmos soundtrack. While the track isn't one of those sorts to feature wall-to-wall mayhem, it folds in both high yield effects with subtle atmospherics and dialogue remarkably well. Every occurrence of soundtrack stretch and engagement are top-notch. Thunder cracks behind, and overhead, in chapter three. There's a natural, well defined bustle in a school cafeteria in chapter five. A "growling"-type sound effects plays at the 59-minute mark when Jospeh is searching the web. The effect seems to move through portions of the stage with ferocious depth. Listeners will enjoy terrific low end response to various slams and punches into a myriad of surfaces during the climax. Bass is powerfully engaged in support of music and sound effects alike to the tune of some of the most well pronounced examples one will find while also maintaining balance and integrity with other elements. Music flows freely along the front and engages the rears in balance, while dialogue is clear, well prioritized, and center focused with a few good examples off reverberation as the situation allows.
Glass contains deleted scenes, an alternate opening, and a dozen featurettes, most of which are of the typically short, sub 3-minute variety
common
in Universal releases. A DVD copy of the film and a Movies Anywhere digital copy code
are included with purchase. This release ships with an embossed slipcover.
Glass both brings Shyamalan's Unbreakable trilogy to a close while also igniting a new spark with an opportunity for the filmmaker to play into a whole new wide world, should he so choose. This film builds and plays internally much more than it does externally, and it's a welcome escape from so many of the more superficial (yet often still very good) superhero movies which are so dominant across today's cinema. Shyamalan certainly seems to be back in a groove. He's too talented to miss too often, and here's hoping there much more good Shyamalan in store in the future. Universal's Blu-ray release of Glass delivers reference quality video and audio as well as a voluminous collection of short extras. Highly recommended.
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