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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: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
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
English SDH, French, Spanish
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Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
Digital copy
DVD copy
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.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom's 1080p transfer is about as good as one can expect from the Blu-ray format. Clarity is tight and textures are incredibly detailed. Not only do faces and clothes dazzle with intimate, intricate complexity, but so too does the rough-edged and decrepit environment that once was Jurassic World: the ruined tourist attractions, the derelict vehicles, the various types of terrain, all of the foliage. The level of intricate detailing visible across the spectrum, whether characters or places, natural or manmade, practical or digital, it's all seamless and perfectly blended into a harmoniously clean, rich, and lifelike presentation. Not a single texture disappoints, down to individual leaves or blades of grass or smudges of dirt or drops of sweat on characters. Colors are likewise bold and intense. Natural greens dazzle on the island, the volcanic lava delivers endlessly intense shades of burning-hot red and orange. Secondary colors dazzle with vibrant shades across the board, but never with contrast overextended or the palette pushing in the opposite direction, either. Black levels are impressively dense and intense. Skin tones appear natural. Noise is barely an issue even as the picture was digitally photographed. There is some underwater banding at the four-minute mark, a small price to pay for an otherwise top-class transfer from Universal.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom chomps onto Blu-ray 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 Blu-ray release contains a number of featurettes. A DVD 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 Blu-ray is unsurprisingly top-rate. Video is pristine, the DTS:X soundtrack is terrific, and the disc is packed with featurettes. Highly recommended.
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