8.7 | / 10 |
Users | 4.9 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Dom Cobb is a professional thief with a difference: the spoils he goes after are not material objects but the thoughts, dreams and secrets buried in the minds of other people. This rare talent has cost him dear, rendering him a solitary fugitive stripped of everything he ever really cared about. When he is offered a chance for redemption by reversing the process and planting an idea rather than stealing it, he and his team of specialists find themselves pitted against a dangerous enemy that appears to pre-empt their every move.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, Ken WatanabeAction | 100% |
Adventure | 98% |
Sci-Fi | 76% |
Epic | 69% |
Thriller | 59% |
Crime | 43% |
Mystery | 27% |
Heist | 21% |
Surreal | 20% |
Video codec: HEVC / H.265
Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit)
German: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit)
Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Mandarin: Dolby Digital 5.1
Czech: Dolby Digital 5.1
Hungarian: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Polish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Russian: Dolby Digital 5.1
Thai: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Turkish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1
English SDH, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Cantonese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Korean, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
Blu-ray Disc
Three-disc set (3 BDs)
Digital copy
4K Ultra HD
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 5.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Warner Brothers has released the mind-bending Christopher Nolan film 'Inception' to the UHD format alongside many of the filmmaker's other works. This disc is available individually and as part of a box set that also contains 'Batman Begins,' 'The Dark Knight,' 'The Dark Knight Rises,' 'The Prestige,' 'Interstellar,' and 'Dunkirk.' The native 4K presentation boasts HDR color enhancement. No new core audio mix or supplemental additions have been included.
The included screenshots are sourced from a 1080p Blu-ray disc. Watch for 4K screenshots at a later date.
Inception doesn't look mind-bogglingly fantastic on UHD. Good to even great, yes, but it doesn't approach format pinnacle. Part of that --
maybe even much of that -- stems from Nolan's reserved touch; the movie wasn't made to be a visual dazzler, at least not from a purely photographic
process perspective. Generally speaking, the presentation is
sure and strong, very naturally and effortlessly filmic. There are 4K resolution and HDR color highlights within the movie, yes, but there's also a feeling
of inherent softness to the source, flatter details than
usual, and some overly warm flesh tones. Whether they individually or in totality render the image "disappointing" is to the eye of the
beholder.
Facial textures don't often
reveal the sort of innate, intimate complexity the format's finest have on offer. Environments often appear rather flat, whether well appointed interiors,
snowy exteriors, or urban textures. Clothes, firearms, and other objects, like everything else, tend to prove very revealing in places but smoother, less
organic in others. Softer photography is regularly obvious. Even focal subjects are sometimes apt to lack full-face sharpness; a scene featuring Cillian
Murphy (and later Tom Berenger) at the 75-minute mark is one of the most obvious examples. Still, even in that scene, the UHD presents the image
with a modest uptick in sharpness where the camera focuses, though it's not necessarily obvious when watching the movie in 4K prior to conducting
various scene comparisons
with the Blu-ray. In fact, there are not that many scenes in which it's plainly obvious one is watching the film on UHD rather than a top-tier Blu-ray. It
certainly looks very good with some tangible increases in sharpness beyond the 1080p format's capabilities, and undoubtedly
fairly close to the way Nolan intended for it to be seen, but this is not a movie that was made to take full advantage of its film resolution and present
its
subjects with the sort of intimate detail that the "best" of the UHD world have to offer. It's very filmic and very enjoyable, but chances are some fans
are going to be disappointed with the relative lack of textural dazzle.
Much the same can be said of the film's 10-bit HDR-enhanced color palette. Changes are subtle. Beyond the modest red push to flesh tones, the image
does brighten highlights with increased vitality. Whites are certainly more brilliant and clean; dress shirts under dark jackets are a particular highlight,
as is the lengthy snow sequence. There's a mild boot in general intensity; some fiery explosions pop with more vigor, but the movie isn't abundantly
colorful, at least not with shot-commanding boldness to clothes or environments. Nolan largely deemphasizes color, playing it down rather than
making it a focal point. Again, it's an example of the UHD seemingly reflecting Nolan's reserved touch. Black levels
are strong throughout. Overall, the UHD generally looks nice. The increase to detail is welcome but not significant, and the touch-up to the palette
brings a
more sure-handed approach to colors, but neither are particularly dazzling. Inception looks very good on UHD. It doesn't look
wow in the traditional sense, but its filmic qualities and apparent adherence to filmmaker vision make it a winner.
As with all of the other Christopher Nolan films on UHD, Inception has not received an upgrade to Dolby Atmos or DTS:X, instead sticking with the previously (or concurrently, as the case may be with Dunkirk) issued DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack. It remains a wonderful listen -- dynamic, intense, large, seamless -- but fans may be understandably put off but the lack of a new mix. For a full review of the 5.1 track, as great today as it was back in 2010, please click here.
Inception's 3-disc UHD bundle contains two Blu-ray discs, one housing the feature film in 1080p (with on extra) and a second disc's worth of
bonus content. The UHD contains no extras. For convenience, a list of what's included is presented below. A digital copy code is included with purchase.
Inception's UHD disc offers improvements to the Blu-ray that are more subtle than they are dynamic. Video is an upgrade over the Blu-ray to be sure, but it's not the sort of tight, significant leap one would expect, particularly of a movie shot-on-film and as visually rich and diverse as this. On the flip side, it appears fairly faithful to its source. Audio hasn't been upgraded, either, and no new extras are included. This is certainly the version to buy for those who have yet to own the film on disc, but those already enjoying the stellar Blu-ray would be wise to wait to grab this one on a good sale.
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Shooting Script
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Briefcase Gift Set
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Iconic Moments
2010
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