6.8 | / 10 |
Users | 4.4 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, Justice Smith, Daniella PinedaAction | 100% |
Adventure | 97% |
Sci-Fi | 75% |
Thriller | 15% |
Video codec: HEVC / H.265
Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
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: Dubbed in Quebec
English SDH, French, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
Digital copy
4K Ultra HD
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
If there’s one lesson to be learned from what is now more than two decades of Jurassic Park unwritten rules and regulations, it’s to never return to the park, no matter the reason, no matter the possibilities for profits, no matter the stakes, no matter the morality of the action. “How many times must the point be made?” Ian Malcolm asks at film’s end. Until revenues begin to dry up, Ian. True for the profiteers in the movies and true in the board room at movie studios. Indeed, the franchise, which began with Steven Spielberg’s groundbreaking Jurassic Park, was rebooted in 2015, and is now on the fifth film in the series, the second in the World trilogy, and has never been shy about telling stories featuring characters making relatively poor decisions, albeit usually with good intensions, that lead to disastrous results. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is every bit the spectacle it should be, but whether it’s a worthwhile film is another matter entirely. The film explores good ideas on life and death and the existence of the species -- man and dinosaur alike -- but the red meat within the movie rings a bit hollow, playing with familiar beats that most closely resemble the storyline from the first sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
The included screenshots are sourced from a 1080p Blu-ray disc. Watch for 4K screenshots at a later date.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom rises on the UHD format with a very satisfying 2160p/Dolby Vision-enhanced presentation. The add to clarity,
courtesy of the upscaled 4K resolution, is obvious right off the bat. The image appears more clean and clear, if not a little more glossy in places, but
never at the expense of the film's cinematic state. Details are tangentially more robust and complex compared to the Blu-ray. There's certainly not an
astronomical rise to textural efficiency or crude level detailing over the 1080p presentation, but the 2160p resolution does allow for some fine-tuning
that even the
excellent Blu-ray cannot entirely handle or reveal. Though refinements are slight, the up in clarity is obvious and the improvements, however generally
minute
they may be, do bring the movie a little closer to that desirable theatrical look and feel. Viewers will note modestly increased details on skin and
terrain, for instance, while even digital constructs appear sharper and more menacing.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom features Dolby Vision color enhancements, and while there is not a significant, drastic alteration of the film's
palette and presentation, the adds the format brings to the movie are immediately obvious and very welcome. Color density is improved. Lava is a key
beneficiary in the film's first half. The color appears more stable, a little darker, but the increase in saturation and density to fire-hot oranges and reds
and
whites and even ashy blacks help make every scene with exploding fire or slowly creeping lava all the more visually intense. The image is rendered a
little darker on the whole. Natural greens around the island are more stabilized and intensely saturated, for example. Black levels present with more
pronounced shadows in lower light and with more impressively firm depth and detail over the Blu-ray. Skin tones are a little darker too. This is a good
upgrade from the Blu-ray. It's not the most dynamic UHD on the market and it doesn't offer the starkest contrast between the same film on the two
formats, but the increases to detail and particularly color accuracy make the UHD the way to go.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom chomps onto UHD with a prodigious DTS:X soundtrack. The film begins with an underwater sequence that produces some impressive sounds of intense depth, including an overhead component, that puts the aquatic pressure right in the middle of the home theater. Large and heavy doors push open through the stage, which transitions to a raging surface storm that punishes the listening area with sonic intensity, and sonic bliss, from all directions. As the action shifts to the dry but dangerous land, volcanic eruptions spew not only hot lava but intense bass and stage-saturating goodness. Helicopter rotors slice through, and above, in some scenes. Dinosaur vocalizations range from shrieking to intensely deep and dominant. Action scenes are never wanting for more perfectly harmonious stage chaos, with every speaker and the low end engaged for the duration. On the other end of the spectrum, Claire's introduction is met with bustling office space din, which is very clearly defined and very prominent, but balanced, throughout the stage. Buzzing flies in chapter 10 encircle the listener. Every example of small environmental support effects present with perfectly tuned positioning and sonic detail. Music is triumphantly large and fully enveloping, supported by expert low end accompaniments. Dialogue is clear, center-focused, and well prioritized throughout.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom's UHD disc houses the same featurettes found on the Blu-ray. A Blu-ray copy of the film and a Movies
Anywhere digital code
are included with purchase. The release ships with an embossed slipcover.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom sees the franchise teetering on fatigue, though this film's ending does at least show the promise for what might in store for the coming 2021 sequel. Fallen Kingdom is the most idea-driven film since the original. The trade-off is that it's not as purely fun as Jurassic World. The first half delivers classic franchise thrills while the second half takes on a darker tone as characters wrestle with a number of ethical questions and surprise revelations, of course still with the trademark dinosaur violence and action scenes in full bloom, not to mention a fairly healthy dose of horror cues mixed in as well. Universal's UHD is unsurprisingly top-rate. The 2160p video is terrific, the DTS:X soundtrack is terrific, and the disc is packed with featurettes. Highly recommended.
+ Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw Fandango Cash
2018
28 Page Gallery Book + Bonus Disc
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
+ Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw Fandango Cash
2018
Funko Pocket Pop! Keychains
2018
2018
Gallery Book / Bonus Disc
2018
2018
2018
2018
2015
2014
2013
2017
1993
2019
Collector's Edition
2013
2017
2018
2001
1997
2019
2018
2018
2018
2014
2016
2013
2013