6.2 | / 10 |
Users | 3.8 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history’s most fearsome creatures.
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff GoldblumAction | 100% |
Adventure | 94% |
Sci-Fi | 71% |
Fantasy | 53% |
Thriller | 15% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.00:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.00:1
English: DTS:X
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
French: DTS-HD HR 7.1
Spanish: DTS-HD HR 7.1
French = Quebecois, Spanish = Latin American.
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 | 2.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Few film properties have enjoyed the staying power and box office guarantee of Jurassic Park. The film series, based on the original novel of the same name by the late Michael Crichton, made its big screen debut in 1993 with Steven Spielberg's visionary and envelope pushing original. Now five films later, and the franchise's name changed to Jurassic World, nothing has equaled the splendor, suspense, and sophistication of that original film, though certainly 2015's Jurassic World did well to recapture the magic in a way that both respected the original story while plotting its own forward trajectory. Here, finally, is the sixth film in the franchise, Jurassic World: Dominion, and it is the latest in the recent cinematic trend of bringing back a gaggle of past characters and returning plot lines within a new film. The results here are tepid at best; the film can't find many reasonable excuses to exist and return so many familiar faces. It's an exercise in doing something because it can, not necessarily because it must. It's a watchable film, but it is also deeply flawed, overlong, and frankly not all that interesting.
Jurassic World: Dominion unsurprisingly looks great on Blu-ray. The picture quality is every bit the powerhouse one would expect of one of the biggest studio films of the year, revealing a clean, visually articulate image that thrives when both practical elements and digital effects appear on screen. Viewers will be astonished at how far technology has come in building dinosaurs for the screen and marvel at the complexity with which this Blu-ray presents all of the CGI elements, down to the finest leathery skin details and fibers. Human actors look wonderful, too, considering all of the easy-come complexities on display, including standbys like pores and hairs. Clothing elements reveal precision depth and detail. Locations are alive, teeming with massively impressive complexity and natural definition. Color output is true, offering balanced depth and impressive vividness across the board. Even beyond bright primaries -- silvery lab interiors, beige earthy locales -- the Blu-ray proves well capable of handling the full color spectrum with natural engagement and ease. Black level depth delights, whites are brilliant, and skin tones look healthy.
Universal brings Jurassic World: Dominion to the Blu-ray format with a DTS:X soundtrack. The presentation dazzles from the start, revealing the sort of prodigious, yet still contained and balanced, bass one would expect from the film (this is the extended cut; the theatrical cut starts with a sequence that is less bass-intensive). Throughout the film, low end extension dominates every time a dinosaur steps, stomps, bellows, does anything that sonically defines its size and scale. Additional action cues offer equally delightful low-end support. The bass is supported by seamless stage engagement. Every channel is utilized to seemingly maximum output effectiveness, including overheads, which are more finely integrated than discretely engaged. Still, the net effect is large, powerful, and full. Lesser ambient elements, such as a rattling cargo plane interior heard later in the film, pull the listening audience directly into the location. Dialogue is clear, well prioritized, and centered for the duration. This is absolutely the track one would expect of a new film in the Jurassic universe.
This Blu-ray release of Jurassic World: Dominion contains a short film, a featurette, and a lengthier multi-part feature (the latter two extras
are in 480i for whatever reason). A DVD copy of the film and a Movies Anywhere digital copy code
are included with purchase. This release ships with an embossed slipcover. Note that two cuts of the film are included: Theatrical (2:26:57) and
Extended
(2:40:40).
This is the first Jurassic movie that is a complete letdown. None of them beyond the first are perfect, but they've all ranged from excellent to enjoyable. This one is just a bloated yet also still flat film with little going for it. There's no draw, no sense of wonder, no feeling or excitement and danger. It's very mechanical, technically and at the script level, delivering what is easily the worst film, yet also easily the biggest and most elaborate, of the six. Universal's Blu-ray does offer excellent video and audio as well as a few extras. Worth a look.
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