7.6 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Helen Parr is called on to lead a campaign to bring superheroes back, while Bob navigates the day-to-day heroics of normal life at home with Violet, Dash, and baby Jack-Jack. Their mission is derailed, however, when a new villain emerges with a brilliant and dangerous plot that threatens everything.
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner, Catherine KeenerAdventure | 100% |
Family | 83% |
Animation | 77% |
Comedy | 42% |
Sci-Fi | 39% |
Action | 33% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 MVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
English: DTS-HD HR 5.1
Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 2.0
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Three-disc set (3 BDs)
Blu-ray 3D
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Pixar isn’t a studio to Dash into making sequels, but it also isn't afraid of returning to familiar and popular properties. Of its many films, only a few have enjoyed a second (or third) outing. Toy Story, the studio's first film, released in 1995. The studio's third film was Toy Story 2, released in 1999. Toy Story 3 released in 2010 and was, to that point, still the only franchise with a sequel. The studio released Cars 2 in 2011, Monsters University in 2013, Finding Dory in 2016, and Cars 3 in 2017 (Planes is technically not a sequel or Pixar film). Until Incredibles 2, that was it: six sequels out of 20 films over the course of about 23 years. That's nothing in modern Hollywood terms and timeframes. Pixar, bless it, is more about quality of content, good stories, and creating worthwhile endeavors, not just distributing the big-budget cinema equivalent of shovelware-meets-money-printing-press. Incredibles 2 follows the original The Incredibles, releasing 14 years later. It's a decent film about the family dynamic, super powers, and saving the world, but it's arguably one of the more inconsequential and least dramatically impactful films in the Pixar library.
Video hypnotized the television star.
Incredibles 2 features a 3-D Blu-ray presentation that presents core depth and dimensionally to impressive result. There's very good stretch
throughout the screen, with expansive areas the most obviously noteworthy beneficiaries, such as the cityscape battlefield seen during the opening
sequence. That world springs to life with very impressive world-stretching shape and depth that opens the environment to considerable success. The
transition to the following underground scene featuring Mr. Incredible battling Underminer is again home to highly enjoyable and very stable and
believable screen-extending depth, capably crafting a fully realized and convincing environment even in low light and without much opportunity to offer
distinctive landmarks and scale as it did back up on the surface in the previous scenes. Such holds true for the duration. Screen depth and stretch are
excellent as environments permit (and even in more cramped confines as well, limited as they may be). In 3-D, the film comes to life in a way even the
4K UHD release cannot offer in terms of directly pulling the audience into the
picture.
The presentation's 3-D goodness doesn't begin and end at film's start. There's good separation amongst a crowd of people at a ribbon cutting
ceremony in chapter 10, which also produces, a few minutes later, some of the most ambitious 3-D visuals in the movie when Elastigirl chases down a
runaway high speed train. The sequence boasts dynamic screen depth, a tremendous sense of scale, and an enjoyably stretched perspective, all very
impressive given all of the fast movement in the scene. Meanwhile, back at the family's new house, there's a nice balance between family intimacy and
the environment's more spacious maneuvering room that is a subtle, yet key, factor in drawing the viewer into the family's new environmental and
emotional realities alike.
Character and object shape and density are good, too. Never do those qualities find the same level of tangible excellence as the screen extension and
environmental definition, but core models, large and small, prominent and background, all enjoy a quality sense of volume and shape. Core details and
color remain steadfast components, both barely registering any loss in complexity or vibrancy, respectively, compared to the 2-D Blu-ray counterpart.
There are a few drawbacks. Would-be screen extending effects are not entirely convincing. Elastigirl uses her unique powers a few times in the fight
against Underminer with never quite the level of extra-screen pop one would expect of her stretchy body reaching out to stop cars or grab a falling
bystander. Additionally, the reference review 3-D monitor, a Sony XBR65Z9D, revealed far more crosstalk artifacts than expected. Nevertheless, the
exceptional environmental shaping and screen depth are enough to rate this one very highly. It's a shame Disney continues to abandon the U.S. 3-D
market, but fans can import this region-free release with no issues other than a longer wait time for the package to arrive.
For Incredibles 2, Disney has once again demoted the Blu-ray 3-D to DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 surround rather than the UHD's Dolby Atmos presentation. It's also another victim of Disney's low volume output mixing, requiring listeners with calibrated reference volume settings probably wanting to crank things up a few decibels. Once the volume is adjusted, the track proves fairly good, with plenty of surround integration and effortless front width but lacking a little in terms of absolute low end output. Bass delivers effectively, but not to the prodigious levels one might expect the material to produce, with various large thuds and clanks and punches and machinery and all of the movie's weighty elements lacking that last little push to low end dominance. The same holds for music; it lacks the fullness and depth Michael Giacchino's score demands. Still, the track is fun and fluid, never wanting for more movement as necessary and atmospheric fill as scenes require. There is some good supportive surround use beyond more frenzied action scenes, including spacious reverberation when Bob, Helen, and Lucious meet with Deavor in chapter six and later at a ribbon cutting ceremony in chapter 10. Light, surrounding din in a school hallway in chapter 13 and at a restaurant in chapter 17 help define the sonic atmosphere at each location. Dialogue delivery is clear, well prioritized, and firmly planted in the front-center location unless otherwise necessary to move. The track is imperfect but still a good bit of sonic fun.
For its UK 3-D release of Incredibles 2, Disney has included the short film Bao in 3-D (1080p 3-D, 7:41) on the 3-D disc. All other
extras appear on the bundled 2-D-only Blu-ray discs. This release ships with an embossed slipcover.
Blu-ray Disc One (Feature Film):
Incredibles 2 may be a little lower on the rung than most Pixar films, but that still makes it a standout in the greater movie landscape. The film exudes family-centric heart and charm, which largely covers the deficiencies that stem from a transparent story and well crafted, yet still relatively formulaic, action sequences. The film is gorgeously animated and a major step forward from the previous in that area. The voice cast again nails the parts. Disney's UK Blu-ray 3-D release delivers very good depth and dimensionality to environments, good core character and object shape, and little in terms of very impressive screen extension effects. Audio is typical modern Disney and the supplemental selection is good. Recommended.
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