7.3 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
In a desperate attempt to overcome a family curse, siblings Jimmy, Clyde and Mellie stage an elaborate heist during the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. With the race acting as a distraction, the gang look to break into an underground vault where money is transported via a pipeline under the speedway circuit. However, if the Logans are to pull it off, they must recruit experienced but unpredictable thief Joe Bang to help with their ambitious plans.
Starring: Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Riley Keough, Daniel Craig, Seth MacFarlaneHeist | 100% |
Crime | Insignificant |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: HEVC / H.265
Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: DTS 2.0
French (Canada): DTS 5.1
English SDH, French, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
UV digital copy
4K Ultra HD
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 0.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Steven Soderbergh certainly knows his way around a Heist film. The Oscar-winng director helmed the Oceans trilogy, a trio of films about elaborate robberies featuring star-studded casts. His latest, Logan Lucky, is sort of like a redneck version (or "Hillbilly Heist" as it is called at one point in the film) thereof, taking place not in a fancy Vegas casino but rather in the bowels of a NASCAR raceway and featuring a hodgepodge of everyday characters, like an unemployed and divorced father of one, a maimed combat veteran, and an incarcerated safe cracker. It's a contagiously fun film filled with great performances (including Channing Tatum, who has certainly turned his career around following a few less-than-stellar outings early on) from an all-star cast. It's subtly witty and plays through an agreeably authentic script. The result is one of the most unique Heist films ever made and one of the best of its kind, period.
The included screenshots are sourced from a 1080p Blu-ray disc. Watch for 4K screenshots at a later date.
Logan Lucky seems one of the "rare breed" of newly crafted, digitally photographed films to actually be finished at 4K. IMDB also reports that the film received the Dolby Vision
treatment as well, but that option is not on this disc; it's HDR10 only here. The presentation is quite strong, topping a reference Blu-ray with mostly
sharper and more refined textures and colors, but this isn't amongst the cream-of-the-crop, huge-leap-forward UHDs. It's a very good, steady, and
enjoyable one to be sure, though. Firmer details are evident immediately. Every surface -- skin, clothes, prison interior walls, barroom woods, natural
greens and terrain, and various environments around and below the NASCAR venue -- reveals fine, very sharp, and intimately detailed qualities that
improve on the Blu-ray, again never significantly but certainly tangibly. Image clarity is excellent and refinement over the Blu-ray is obvious. Likewise,
colors are firmer and more organic. The image is a smidgen less inherently vibrant, favoring a slightly darker tone, but the trade-off is more deeply
saturated, more robust, more lifelike colors that enjoy a boost in organic depth and shading. Black levels remain strong and flesh tones true, the latter
with some added stability and tonal nuance. Light noise is visible in spots but no other source or encode issues are apparent.
In a somewhat rare move, Logan Lucky's UHD presentation does not contain an Atmos or DTS:X soundtrack. The recent Universal release of Split is another, as is the surprise release of Stranger Things, though that last one is an entirely different can of worms altogether. The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack capably, energetically, and clearly carries the film from beginning to end. Sound is wide and often intense, particularly during the NASCAR race in the final act where vigorous engine revs and other sounds of racing scorch through the soundstage, particularly during some of the on-track sequences but even down below when the guys are carrying out their plan as the cars zoom around above. While it would have been the perfect opportunity to further engage the top end with an Atmos or DTS:X soundtrack, the disc features neither, but there's nevertheless a pleasing sense of swirl during the sequence. Heavier action effects, like a small explosion or a prison riot, are smartly positioned and precise. Ambient support, whether light exterior sounds or mild barroom din, gently eases the listener into any of the film's varied locations. Music is wide and detailed with honest surround and subwoofer support. Dialogue is clear and precise with firm front-center positioning and expert prioritization.
Logan Lucky's UHD disc contains no supplements. The pair of 1080p deleted scenes -- Pro/Con (2:45) and Tap Dancing (1:05) -- can be found on the bundled Blu-ray. A UV/iTunes digital copy code is included with purchase.
Logan Lucky is a hugely enjoyable film built on a modestly styled heist plot that's made fresh with a fun setting, good characters, strong direction, and wonderful performances. Universal's UHD is disappointingly short on supplemental content, contains the same 5.1 soundtrack as the Blu-ray, and the 4K/HDR presentation offers a modest boost to video. Recommended.
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